The concept of "official secret" in the field of defense is now fixed at the legislative level - in the Law "On Defense". Official secrets will include information about any activity in the defense sector that is not classified as a state secret, but is not publicly available.

Vadim Kulit, deputy Head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in Syria, said that they intend to accuse the Syrian government forces of using toxic substances against the civilian population.

The US Department of Defense is considering deploying a permanent naval task force in the Pacific to counter China. This was announced on Tuesday, June 15, according to the newspaper Politico, citing sources in the Pentagon.

BAE Systems has received a $ 90.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the maintenance and modernization of the San Diego-class amphibious assault dock ship.

The Mariotti Shipyard will build a new multi-purpose submarine rescue diving vessel for the Italian Navy. According to Naval News, its construction will begin by the end of 2022. It is planned to transfer the ship to the fleet in 2025.

On June 11, the ECA Group announced the implementation of the first stage of the modernization program for three Alkmaar-class minesweepers of the Latvian Navy.

Diesel submarines of two projects - 636.3 "Varshavyanka" and 677 "Lada" for the first time will take part in the naval salon, which will be held on June 23-27 in St. Petersburg, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

The cost of ship production increased by 25% against the background of rising metal prices, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said during a working trip to the Primorsky Territory, where he visited ship and aircraft factories.

Military innovation Technopolis "Era "within the framework of the" Russian High-Tech Week-2021", which takes place in Moscow from June 15 to 18, presented more than 20 promising developments.

IRZ has opened another testing ground for innovative communication equipment. The oDAS RADIUS system is installed in the Karakulinsky district of Udmurtia.

Teledyne FLIR will develop personal chemical detectors for the US military. According to Teledyne FLIR, the device will detect chemical warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals, flammable gases and low or high oxygen levels, which may indicate an explosive environment.

Russia is developing a new generation of ammunition designed for the RPG-7 grenade launcher. They are created by the NPO "Basalt", which is part of the concern "Techmash"of the State Corporation Rostec.

According to RIA Novosti with reference to the head of the design bureau "Basalt" Nikolai Sereda, the first such ammunition is expected in 2-3 years.

An inventor from Moscow, Alexander Kuznetsov, created a project of weapons based on new physical principles. The development was called-a universal, inertia-free, automatic rifle complex of continuous destruction-the "SCAT"machine gun.

The Lebanese Armed Forces received 60 B80VJ SUVs with a 4x4 wheel formula from BAIC and 40 Sinotruk Howo trucks as part of the military assistance provided by China.

The Brazilian Leopards will remain in service until at least the middle of the next decade. June 16, portal janes.com He reported that the Brazilian Defense Ministry announced a tender for the modernization of 116 Leopard 1A5BR tanks.

The first tactical exercise of the Guards Tank Division of the Central Military District (CVO) with the use of combat vehicles supporting tanks of the BMPT "Terminator" began at the interspecific training ground in the Chelyabinsk region and will last until June 17, the press service of the CVO reported on Wednesday.

The Americans may launch a promising Ground-based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile in 2023. In the arsenal of the Air Force, it will replace the famous Minuteman III.

Two of the three tests of the combined US missile defense system ended in failure, according to a report by the US government Accountability Office.

NASA has approved the start of development of the preliminary design of the NEO Surveyor infrared space telescope, which will go into space in 2026. It is expected that in 12 years of operation, the telescope will help bring the number of known potentially dangerous near-Earth asteroids with a diameter of more than 140 meters from 40 to 90 percent of their total number in this size range, according to the NASA website.

China plans to send a crew of three astronauts to the space station under construction on June 17, Ji Qiming, a representative of the Chinese Manned Flight Program, told reporters.