The Nigerian army continues to receive weapons from China. At the end of August, a small convoy of vehicles carrying military equipment was spotted on one of the highways.

Since the combat vehicles were covered with a tarpaulin, it was not possible to determine their exact type. However, it has been suggested that these are Chinese Type 89 tracked armored personnel carriers. Currently, this information seems to be confirmed.

The new armored vehicle "Partner" was accepted for supply by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. On October 5, the press service of the Remdiesel company announced that MSIU 4386, better known as "Partner", will accompany military convoys.

At the International Mine Action Center (IPC) For the first time, servicemen from Burkina Faso have completed training in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Russian servicemen at the joint exercises "dRuzhba-2021" showed their colleagues from Pakistan a "smart house", the Southern Military District reported.

Terrorist organizations around the world are trying to get information about the production of chemical and nuclear weapons, the Russian Security Council reported.

Director of the Institute of Strategic Planning Alexander Gusev commented on the radio Sputnik calls of Russian diplomats to the United States to destroy chemical weapons.

As of September 2020, the United States had 3,750 nuclear warheads, the United States State Department said.

The Strategic Missile Forces receive a unique simulator for training the personnel of communications units. On it, military personnel learn to establish communication with various management links in any situation.

The Iskander missile system was tested in practice at the landfills of the Jewish Autonomous Region (EAO), the press service of the Eastern Military District reports.

State tests will begin in November, a source in the military-industrial complex noted

Two successful launches of the Zircon hypersonic missile from the Severodvinsk nuclear submarine will allow state tests of the missile from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate by the end of the year, a source in the military-industrial complex told TASS on Wednesday.

By the end of 2021, another test firing of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" will take place - from the frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Gorshkov". Earlier it was reported that the tests of the missile from the surface carrier have been successfully completed.

Calculations of the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes during an exercise in the Novosibirsk region repelled an attack by a group of enemy attack drones on a command post and infrastructure, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Wednesday.

The DART spacecraft will have to separate from the rocket and reach the Didymus-dImorph double asteroid in the fall of 2022, collide with the smaller of them - Dimorph, and change its orbit

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will test the protection of the Earth from potentially dangerous asteroids for the first time.

On September 29, 2021, exactly 1,000 days have passed since the planetoid appeared on the Earth's natural satellite, passing over 839 meters on the surface of the Moon.

Deputy Head of GAZPROM Vitaly Markelov noted that this direction is very promising and a priority

The Gazprom and Roscosmos plant for the production of satellites for Earth sensing will be launched in 2022. This was announced by Deputy Head of GAZPROM Vitaly Markelov during the St. Petersburg International Gas Forum.

Scientists noted that the growth of vegetables on the ISS turned out to be less significant than those grown on earth

For the first time, US astronauts were able to grow peppers aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of an experiment that began on July 12. This was announced on Tuesday by the Space Center. John F. Kennedy of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in his Twitter.

NASA is preparing an agreement with Roscosmos on cross-flights, a Russian cosmonaut can fly on an American ship in the fall of 2022, said Joel Montalbano, head of NASA's ISS program.

The American company Boeing has signed a contract with the US Army for the production of the first upgraded heavy transport helicopters CH-47F Chinook Block II. It should start delivering them in 2023.

Boeing will continue to ensure the combat readiness of the BTA C-17A "Globemaster-3" aircraft for ten years within the framework of the contract signed on September 27 with the US Department of Defense with a total value of up to $ 23.8 billion (including options and incentives).

Air Force (Air Force) The US dropped a mock-up of a nuclear bomb as part of the tests. The F-35A fighter-bombers used a test version of the B61-12 bomb at the Tonopah proving ground in Nevada. This is reported by The Drive.