Poland is preparing to comprehensively defend its ground forces. October 15, portal defence24.pl He reported that the company Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) presented its solution to the SONA project, within which short-range mobile air defense systems are being developed.

The PT-76 floating tanks continue to be operated by the Indonesian Marines and ground forces. Judging by the published pictures, Soviet cars have been modernized. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

The main disadvantage of the Russian T-90 tank is the low resistance to fire of modern anti-tank missiles. This conclusion was reached by former US Army officer Brent Eastwood in a material for 19FortyFive.

Soldiers and officers of the country's combat army reserve called up for field training have mastered the use of UAZ-Patriot rocket-machine-gun car pickups. Retraining classes were held at nine training grounds of the Southern Military District.

Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant has released a new ballast tractor MZKT-630240-010 (8x4) in a tropical version, designed for a foreign customer.

China, with the help of a launch vehicle, launched a hypersonic glider capable of carrying nuclear weapons in August.

China launched a hypersonic glider capable of carrying nuclear weapons in August. This was reported on Sunday, October 17, by the British newspaper Financial Times, citing sources in the US government and a number of Asian countries.

Details have emerged of China's tests of a hypersonic glider, a combat gliding unit for ballistic missiles. Before hitting the target, the device flew around the planet, which was a very unpleasant surprise for the US military.

The US Army and the US military-industrial corporation Lockheed Martin have tested the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), reports The Drive.

The US military plans to carry out three test launches of ground-based hypersonic missiles under development in the coming 18 months before putting them into service in 2023, said Lieutenant General Neil Thurgood, head of the US Army Hypersonic Development Department.

The United States decided to launch an unknown military missile system over the Pacific Ocean in the period from October 20 to October 29, Interfax reports, citing a navigation warning for pilots and navigators.

Local air defense systems "Joshan" and "Khatam", belonging to the Iranian Air Defense Forces, successfully shot down conditional targets in joint specialized exercises codenamed "Defenders of the Sky Vellayat".

At the 10th International Exhibition of Armaments and Military Equipment "Partner-2021" held in Belgrade, a Serbian version of the modernization of the Strela-10M anti-aircraft missile system of the military air defense was presented.

One of the targets shown was an unmanned helicopter, which was eventually hit by a burst from a cannon

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published a video of the destruction of drones by the forces of calculations of the Pantsir air defense systems during the Slavic Shield - 2021 exercises in Serbia. The video was provided by the Russian military department.

The LPD-801 radio-electronic rifle was presented in Russia. A device for jamming the control channels of drones was demonstrated at the International Exhibition of Weapons and Hunting Goods ORELEXPO-2021. This is reported by TASS.

The National Security Agency (NSA) was concerned about the ability of Russia and China, as well as to some extent Iran and the DPRK, to "land" American fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters without a single shot, writes Popular Mechanics.

A promising anti-space defense complex "Aerostat" is being developed in Russia. In the United States, they told about the Russian long-range missile defense system, which will be able to intercept targets in space. The assumption was made by analyst Bart Hendricks (Bart Hendrickx) in a material for the portal The Space Review.

After leaving the Earth's atmosphere, space objects remain without any technical support, but this situation may change in the coming years. After a successful experiment in space towing, the United States intends to create full-fledged refueling satellites that prolong the life of objects in orbit.

Finnish woodworking company UPM announced the postponement of the launch into space of the world's first satellite made of wood WISA Woodsat for the first half of 2022. This was reported on Friday, October 15, on the company's website.

The Taikonauts entered the Tianhe module about three hours after the successful docking

Three Chinese cosmonauts from the Shenzhou-13 manned spacecraft entered the main module of the PRC orbital station on Saturday and began the first operations for its maintenance and operation. This was reported by the Administration of the Manned Space Flight Program of China.