The frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov performed a test firing of a hypersonic Zircon missile at a coastal target. This was announced on Thursday, December 16, according to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The Admiral Gorshkov frigate hit a target located at the Chizha training ground with a Zircon hypersonic missile. Serial deliveries of "Zircon" should begin next year.

The flight of the hypersonic missile corresponded to the specified parameters, the target was hit, the Ministry of Defense reported

The frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Gorshkov" successfully hit a target from the White Sea with a hypersonic missile "Zircon" at the Chizha training ground in the Arkhangelsk region. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

A detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) returned to the home base after the closure of the missile firing area with the newest anti-submarine complex "Response" for a training underwater target in the waters of the Sea of Japan. This was reported to "RG" by the head of the information support department of the press service of the Eastern Military District for the Pacific Fleet, Captain 3rd rank Ilya Kolesnikov.

A video was posted online showing the work of American mortar crews through the latest Enhanced Night Visions Goggle-Binoculars (ENVG-B) type night vision device. He is able to dramatically increase the combat capability of soldiers on the battlefield.

Shvabe Holding has created the first Russian thermal imaging sight based on a high-resolution matrix, Rostec State Corporation (GC) reported on Thursday.

The troops of the Central Military District received a batch of 30 Lesochek radio interference equipment.

This was announced by the head of the electronic warfare service of the Central Military District, Colonel Nikolai Fedorov, at the operational combat training camp, which is taking place in the Orenburg region.

In Ukraine, a local businessman Nazar Dibrov organized an "exhibition" of inflatable tanks, which were made by order of the Ministry of Defense of the country.

Employees of the Udmurt Federal Research Center (UdmFIC) Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences has developed camouflage muffs to protect snipers' hands from frostbite, the press service of the center reported on Thursday.

During the operational and combat training of the command staff of the Central Military District, held in the Orenburg region, a new camouflage suit for the "Chimera" type scouts, made in 3D, was demonstrated for the first time. This is reported by the Press Service of the Central Military District.

Sony has introduced a wheeled robot with an unusual design: it has two pairs of conventional wheels at the corners and two omnidirectional front and rear. This allows the robot to turn around on the spot and climb the ledges, almost without changing its angle of inclination. The company will test it as an observer on the construction of a building in Tokyo, according to a Sony press release.

Hyundai has introduced the MobED robot, a four—wheel platform with independent suspension that allows it to keep its balance even on inclined and uneven surfaces. The use of MobED can be very diverse. For example, in the video, he carries a champagne tower and a stroller with a baby, and also works with a tripod.

During the Iran-Iraq war, due to significant losses in tanks, the armed forces of the two countries began to massively acquire Chinese armored vehicles. Thus, Iran, which fell under Western sanctions, previously operated mainly American M47, M60 and British Chieftain, purchased more than 500 Type 59 and 250 Type 69.

Finland will update its Leopard 2 tank fleet. On December 15, the portal armyrecognition.com He reported that the Finnish Ministry of Defense approved a deal with Krauss-Maffei Wegmann for the modernization of fire control systems for Leopard 2A4 and Leopard 2A6 tanks.

On December 13, 2021, Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton and Australian Defense Industry Minister Melissa Price signed a contract with Hanwha Defense Australia (the Australian branch of the Hanwha Defense Defense division of the South Korean Hanwha Group) to supply the Australian Army with 30 self-propelled howitzers K9 Thunder 155-mm/52 caliber and 15 K10 AARV transport loaders on their base, with the assembly of all of them in Australia at a planned construction facility in Geelong (Victoria).

The US Marine Corps abandoned the use of AAV tracked amphibious vehicles after the 2020 incident in which nine people died.

The Ukrainian army will soon receive a batch of equipment that has been repaired and modernized at the Lviv Armored Plant. According to the ArmyInform news agency, this year's latest batch consists of five T-64 main battle tanks and seven BMP-1s.

Rostec handed over to the troops a batch of ammunition to protect against high-precision weapons

Rostec State Corporation has prematurely handed over to the Russian Ministry of Defense a batch of aerosol means for protection against high-precision weapons. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the state corporation.

Novosibirsk Artificial Fiber Plant of the Technodinamika Holding of Rostec State Corporation has developed a LVV-34-1 belt charge, which is used to harden metals in the manufacture of products for railways. Tests of the new products were completed this year.

The award was given for the creation of an adjustable 500 kg aircraft bomb

The State Research and Production Enterprise "Region" (part of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation) has received the first Golden Idea award of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia for its contribution to the development of military products, a TASS correspondent reports from the award ceremony.