China has successfully launched the Kuaizhou-1A launch vehicle with the Tianxing-1 experimental satellite. The device is designed to study near-Earth space. This was reported by the Central Television of China, reports TASS.

On June 22, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed how, during the operation to protect Donbass, the Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) works, designed to detect and defeat enemy air targets.

China's next step towards providing a higher missile defense capability will be to conduct tests to respond to more complex scenarios. Even Chinese analysts admit that a lower success rate of US missile defense does not necessarily mean that China has surpassed the American system, because tests conducted by the US may include other and more complex simulation parameters.

Despite the statements of the Ukrainian and Western press about additional supplies of MLRS M142 HIMARS to Ukraine, a decision on this has not yet been made. According to the Pentagon, the issue of possible delivery to Kiev of another batch of rocket artillery installations is under consideration.

Military expert Dmitry Kornev — on the prospects of the first heavy intercontinental ballistic missiles

The first Sarmat missile system will be on combat duty at the end of 2022. "We will continue to develop and strengthen our Armed Forces taking into account potential military threats and risks, based on the lessons of modern armed conflicts, and improve their combat strength," Russian President Vladimir Putin said on June 21.

The new Sarmat rocket will be able to reach London in just three minutes. The Daily Mail writes about this, stating that the threat to the United Kingdom is growing.

The strategic Command of the US armed forces may lose its most powerful nuclear bombs in the coming years, it follows from the materials of the US Congress.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held the third extended meeting of the Central Military Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, the country's main military and political body. This was reported by the Central Telegraph Agency of the DPRK.

During the past day, the allied forces conducted massive artillery fire on enemy positions in the Donetsk direction, from which the enemy strikes at the capital of the DPR.

35 years ago, the BMP-3 was adopted. Due to its firepower and level of protection, this armored vehicle remains the main combat unit of infantry support. The BMP-3 feels equally confident on the ground and in the water, it is used in the desert, in the jungle and in permafrost conditions. The Kurganmashzavod of the holding "High-Precision Complexes" of the Rostec State Corporation is engaged in the production and modernization of the machine.

The leadership of Vietnam is conducting a deep modernization of the armed forces, while following its own path of reform. The main goals are the transition to national missile systems, the re-equipment of infantry with new small arms (created on the basis of Galil ACE) and equipment of domestic production and the renewal of the tank fleet through the acquisition of new T-90 and modernization of old models.

There are reports on the Internet that the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to use armored vehicles made in Great Britain on the front line. They claim that British HUSKY Tactical Support Vehicle (TSV) armored vehicles have entered service with the AFU.

Polish media reported that the Armaments Agency of the Ministry of National Defense of Poland, within the framework of the Daglezja-P program, signed a framework contract with the French company Constructions Industrielles de la Méditerranée (CNIM) for the supply of new generation PFM NG pontoon bridge parks for Polish engineering troops by the end of 2026. The cost of the framework contract is about 1.5 billion zlotys (about 320 million euros).

The Kalashnikov Concern Joint Stock Company, which is part of the Kalashnikov Group of companies, is the backbone structure of the small arms sector of the military–industrial complex (MIC) of Russia and is the parent organization of the holding company in the field of advanced models of specialized weapons complexes for military purposes. By industry affiliation in the defense industry of Russia, JSC Concern Kalashnikov belongs to the "Conventional Arms Industry" (POV). The company is located in Izhevsk (Udmurtia).

Rostec State Corporation's Roselectronics Holding is presenting communication systems for remote areas, UAV counteraction systems, as well as equipment for ensuring environmental safety at industrial facilities at the International Security Industry Exhibition in Belarus.

It is reported that on the delivery base in Kronstadt on June 10 and 17, 2022, respectively, the signing of acceptance certificates of the anti-sabotage boats P-468 and P-471 (with factory numbers 991 and 992) of project 21980 (code "Grachonok") built for the Russian Navy took place. These are the eleventh and twelfth boats of this type built by JSC Zelenodolsk Plant named after A.M. Gorky, which is part of JSC Ak Bars Shipbuilding Corporation (a group of companies of JSC Ak Bars Holding Company). Both boats will be part of the Baltic Fleet.

Japan's Self-Defense Forces tracked five Russian Navy ships that entered the Sea of Japan after passing through the Tsushima Strait, NHK reports.

In 2021, the Australian authorities decided to abandon their contract for the supply of French Attack-class submarines in favor of 8 nuclear submarines that the United States will have to build as part of a partnership in the new AUKUS block.

Patrushev: the protection of Russia's borders must be strengthened due to the possible expansion of NATO

The protection of Russian borders should be strengthened taking into account new threats, including the possible accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev said at a meeting in Kaliningrad on topical issues of national security in the North-West of Russia.

Young scientists from the scientific companies of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Military Innovative Technopolis "ERA" will demonstrate at the Army-2022 MVTF more than 40 developments created during military conscription.