A small-sized radar station (MRLS) "Volna" has been developed, designed for round-the-clock and all-weather search, detection and tracking of ultra-small drones.

Along with large strike unmanned aerial vehicles, very small drones performing reconnaissance functions pose a major security threat.

The upgraded three-coordinate radar stations "Casta-2E2" (39N6) involved in the exercises in the Leningrad region timely detected the approach of a squadron of drones. The transmitted coordinates allowed the Tor-M anti-aircraft missile systems to successfully repel a massive aerial drone attack.

The Kasta-2E2 radar station can detect drones and fifth-generation F-35 aircraft. Methods of repelling attacks of inconspicuous targets are reported in the material of the magazine "Army Standard".

Russia and Brazil continue to discuss the possible purchase by the Latin American country of the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun systems (ZRPC). This was announced by Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) Anatoly Punchuk.

The Russian air defense systems used by Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh turned out to be outdated and unreliable, the American magazine Popular Mechanics tells.

The winners of the competition among potential developers of a super-powerful combat laser announced by the US Army were General Atomics (GA) and Boeing. According to the plan of the command, in the future it will be able to destroy high-speed air targets, including hypersonic missiles.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced a competition for the disposal of aviation ammunition. The agency plans to dispose of 187 guided missiles of the Navy. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the data of the public procurement portal.

It is planned to carry out five launches for sea and coastal targets

State tests of the newest hypersonic anti-ship missile "Zircon" from the surface carrier - the frigate "Admiral Gorshkov" - will begin in November this year. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the Russian Defense Ministry.

FAR EAST - Missile strike control training with calculations of operational tactical missile systems (OTRK) "Iskander" was held in Primorye, the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO) reports.

The Indian Armed Forces launched the Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at night. During the tests, the rocket covered a distance of more than 5,000 kilometers. This is reported by Army Recognition.

US allies hope that US President Joe Biden at the G20 summit will confirm the immutability of the principles of the use of nuclear weapons, The Financial Times newspaper reports.

The United States has made significant progress in increasing the power and accuracy of nuclear weapons, which have become significantly more reliable and effective than ever before, The Washington Post says, citing interviewed experts.

Allies fear that the United States will reconsider its nuclear policy and move to the principle of a "single goal— - it implies that Washington uses nuclear weapons solely for deterrence or as a retaliatory measure

US allies in Europe and the Pacific are trying to influence the White House and are calling on American leader Joe Biden not to change Washington's current nuclear policy, the Financial Times newspaper reports.

Vietnam continues experiments on the creation of wheeled self-propelled guns. On October 28, the Vietnamese TV channel QPVN showed a story with video footage of tests of a promising self-propelled gun PTH-130-K255V.

The first experience of combat use of Soviet combat vehicles in infantry in Afghanistan only confirmed what has long been known: our IFVs, like their foreign peers, have insufficient survivability on the battlefield.

The Agency for the Acquisition of Norwegian Defense Products (Forsvarsmateriell / Norwegian Defense Materiel Agency – NDMA) received the first three of the six ordered armored repair and evacuation / engineering vehicles "Visent-2" (Wisent 2).

Mortars are becoming more dangerous and "smarter". Yesterday, October 30, the portal janes.com He reported that Saab Bofors Dynamics Switzerland (SBDS) has announced the completion of the development of the "smart" THOR artillery mine.

The group of companies stressed that in the near future a factory for the production of Kalashnikov assault rifles of the hundredth series will open in Venezuela

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies (GC) is negotiating with a number of Latin American companies on the organization of joint production of small arms. This was reported to TASS during the international arms exhibition SITDEF 2021 by the press service of the Kalashnikov Group of Companies.

As reported in the group of companies, the region is of significant interest to Kalashnikov

Latin American countries are showing interest in the latest small arms manufactured by the Kalashnikov Group of Companies (GC). This was reported to TASS during the international arms exhibition SITDEF 2021 by the Kalashnikov press service.