The international exhibition Shield Africa 2021 will be held in Ivory Coast from 8 to 10 June

The Strela floating armored vehicle developed by the Russian Military-Industrial Company (MIC) will be presented for the first time at the international arms exhibition Shield Africa 2021, which will open in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) on June 8. This was reported to TASS on Wednesday in the press service of the military-industrial complex.

The enemy will not be able to detect the Russian hypersonic missile "Zircon" - it turned out to be "invisible".

The newest Russian sea-based hypersonic missile, the Zircon, proved to be unique not only in terms of its technical capabilities and combat power, but also in terms of protection against enemy counteraction.

Calculations of the operational-tactical missile complex "Iskander" of the combined-arms army of the Eastern Military District (VVO) at one of the training grounds in the Trans-Baikal Territory took part in training with the implementation of tasks for the application of conditional missile strikes, as part of a single day of fire of rocket troops and artillery.

A promising hypersonic missile Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) of the US army, launched from London, is capable of hitting Moscow during a military conflict, says the American magazine Popular Mechanics.

A video has appeared from the site of the destruction of the Israeli Merkava tank by the Russian Kornet complex, which is in service with the Palestinian movement Hamas. This video is currently available for viewing on Twitter.

The spacecraft, together with two other satellites in orbit, will form a network for high-precision monitoring of the marine environment

The Chinese launch vehicle "Changzheng-4-Bi" (Long March-4B, CZ-4B) successfully put the Haiyang-2D satellite into the specified orbit on Wednesday. This was reported by China Central Television.

The first Chinese rover "Zhuzhong" sent images from the surface of Mars. The photos confirmed that the rover's solar panels and antenna opened successfully, and will help experts build a plan for the rover's movements, CNSA reports.

The US State Department has issued the necessary documents and licenses to allow the supply of six TAI-produced T129 ATTACK attack helicopters equipped with American LHTEC T800-4A turboshaft engines to the Philippines.

It took four years for the FCAS partner countries to agree on the construction of the first prototype. Yesterday, May 18, portal defensenews.com he reported that France, Spain and Germany have agreed on the transition of the development of a new generation fighter to levels 1B and 2.

Rosoboronexport will promote an upgraded version of the Ka-52 helicopter to the international market, said the head of the company, Alexander Mikheev.

Specialists of the corporation cooperate on the development of a hybrid engine with specialists of the Central Institute of Aviation Engine Building, the United Engine Corporation reported.

The first IL-76MD-90A heavy transport aircraft, assembled at the new assembly line at Aviastar-SP JSC (part of the UAC Transport Aviation Division within Rostec Group), was transferred to the aircraft factory's flight test station for ground and flight tests.

The flight of unmanned aircraft of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District in South Ossetia during the winter training period amounted to more than 3 thousand hours.

In the Kaliningrad Region, training of naval aviation of the Baltic Fleet has begun, in which three home-based airfields are involved at once.

The Ministry of Defense will deploy a squadron of Su-34 fighter-bombers at the airfields of the Franz Josef Land and Novosibirsk Islands archipelagos. Special infrastructure is already being built for the base, sources in the department told Izvestia.

The survival kits of Russian military pilots are planned to include small arms for the first time - the PPK-20 submachine gun and the Lebedev compact pistol, these samples were selected by military pilots during military-technical experiments conducted at the beginning of the year, two sources in the aircraft industry told RIA Novosti.

A military plane of the Lida Yak-130 assault air Base crashed in the Belarusian city of Baranovichi, BelTA reported on Wednesday, May 19.

The United States Army Corps of Engineers plans to explore potential contractors for a project to build military facilities in 20 countries in the Middle East and Central Asia. The corresponding initiative is estimated at $240 million, as reported on Wednesday, May 19.

In Ukraine, the decision of the National Security Council of the country (NSDC) of May 14, which provides for an increase in military spending in the budget of Ukraine in the next three years, was put into effect. The corresponding decree was signed by the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky on May 18.

Russia will not leave unanswered the expulsion of its diplomatic staff and unsubstantiated accusations from unfriendly countries, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergei Vakhrukov said in an interview with Interfax.