Japan has sent a protest to Russia in connection with the large-scale military exercises that began yesterday in the waters of the Sea of Japan, on Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, Secretary General of the Japanese government Katsunobu Kato told reporters.

Work on a vaccine against coronavirus infection in the form of chewing gum is on schedule. This was announced on Thursday, June 24, by the head of the 48th Central Research Institute (Central Research Institute) of the Russian Armed Forces Defense Forces (AF) troops developing the vaccine, Colonel of the medical service Sergey Borisevich.

Two military districts of the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan have begun training to bring troops into combat readiness against the background of the escalation of the situation in neighboring Afghanistan, the press service of the ministry reported on Thursday.

In the West, the militarization of space and cyber warfare on the Internet are coming to the fore when developing new weapons. The NATO command also pays close attention to the development of hypersonic weapons and combat robots.

Russia is already used to being the object of attacks from the West, but it has developed a reliable response to external pressure - consolidating society, strengthening its defense potential, strengthening economic, financial and technological self-sufficiency, said Sergey Naryshkin, director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree that puts into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council on indefinite sanctions against the Director General of Rostec State Corporation, Chairman of the Board of Directors of VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation Sergey Chemezov.

Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin, speaking at the Armed Forces Committee of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, said that when preparing proposals for the US defense budget, the possibilities of new wars were taken into account.

At the MILEX-2021 exhibition held in Minsk, a new development of the Belarusian defense industry - the Hunter reconnaissance and strike aviation complex was presented.

It is reported that the created unmanned helicopter can search for and destroy armored vehicles and manpower in the conditions of counteraction provided by the enemy.

New generation heat traps guarantee protection against the most "smart" missiles with infrared homing heads, they are presented for the first time at the MILEX 2021 exhibition in Minsk

The Il-114-300 passenger aircraft will go into production in 2023, the head of Rostec, Sergey Chemezov, said. On the air of Sputnik radio, former pilot, flight safety specialist Alexander Romanov called the main features of the upgraded version of the airliner.

The US Marine Corps plans to equip JLTV, LAV-25 armored vehicles and long-range robocats with barrage ammunition from the Israeli company uVision. According to uVision, armored vehicles and robocats will launch kamikaze drones from multi-cassette installations.

An American-made Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft of the Ethiopian Air Force was shot down by militants of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray. It is reported that the winged vehicle was carrying personnel and ammunition.

We are talking about a place on a Russian manned spacecraft for a flight to the ISS

NASA is working with partners from Russia and other countries to ensure the availability of a crew for the safe operation of the International Space Station (ISS). This was announced on Wednesday by the official representative of the US space Agency Stephanie Schirholz.

Masten Space Systems is forced to postpone the launch of its lunar lander from 2022 to 2023. One of the reasons was the pandemic.

The Starlink company intends to provide the entire Earth with satellite Internet by the fall. This is reported by Reuters.

The anti-aircraft Missile Regiment of the Central Military District (CVO), stationed in the Irkutsk Region, will complete re-equipment with the modernized S-300PM-2 "Favorit"air defense systems by the end of the year.

The Altair Scientific and Technical Center noted that the complex is capable of hitting any target attacking a ship with a single missile

The ship's anti-aircraft missile system "Resource", first presented by the Almaz-Antey concern of the East Kazakhstan Region within the framework of the International Naval Salon "MVMS-2021", is capable of hitting any target attacking a ship with a single missile.

The MILEX 2021 military-technical salon is being held in Minsk. During its work, the course of strengthening military and defense-industrial cooperation between our countries was confirmed.

In particular, according to the leadership of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, Russia is ready to consider Belarus ' application for the purchase of S-400 long-range anti-aircraft missile defense systems and Pantsir-S short-range air defense systems in a short time.

Moscow is concerned that the United States has begun to deploy weapons at an anti-missile defense (ABM) base being created in northern Poland. This was stated on Thursday, June 24, by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko.

Specialists are also working on the creation of a universal mine complex, said Boris Obnosov, general director of the Tactical Missile Weapons Corporation

The Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) has started mass production of the latest aircraft anti-submarine missiles APR-3ME, Boris Obnosov, General Director of KTRV, said in an interview with TASS at the 10th International Naval Salon (MVMS-2021).