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As part of the third stage of the exercise of non-strategic nuclear forces of Russia, footage of the MiG-31 aircraft being equipped with an R-33 air-to-air missile has been published. The R-33 medium-range missile was accepted into service in 1981, information about it is in the link to the video in the comments to the video. It is assumed that in this case, the R-33 missile is shown for the first time equipped with a special warhead, that is, in a nuclear version. Officially, the warhead of the R-33 missile is not reported.

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Footage of the Russian mobile radio relay station R-419L1, which was put into service in 2018, the station is manufactured at the A.S. Popov Radio Plant. The R-419L1 communication station is mounted on the KAMAZ 4350 chassis and is designed to organize communications as part of field communication systems at the tactical and operational levels. The radio relay station provides interference-proof communication in analog, digital and mixed modes; this type of communication is significantly better protected in terms of radio suppression and radio interception. The R-419L1 communication station provides communication on lines up to 120 km long in the 390-645 MHz range, in digital modes up to 400 km and up to 1500 km in the 1550-1850 MHz range. The maximum information transfer rate is 8.448 Mbps. The R-419L1 communication station has two onboard AD4-T400-1VM2 power units and operates autonomously for at least 48 hours without replenishing fuel and water supplies. The deployment time of the communication station is 25 minutes, the mean time between failures is at least 20,000 hours, and the service life is at least 15 years. The R-419L1 communication station is serviced by 4 people. Details in the video.

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