The US Department of Defense announced the signing of an additional contract by the command for concluding contracts of the US Army with Lockheed Martin Corporation to support the production and deployment of multiple launch rocket systems of the M-270A2 version.

The overwhelming majority of Russians (83%) believe that Russia needs to have nuclear weapons, among fellow citizens aged 60 years and older, 88% of respondents think so, according to a VTsIOM survey received by Interfax on Monday.

North Korea has successfully tested a new long-range cruise missile. This is reported by the South Korean newspaper Yonhap with reference to the Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA).

Japan is concerned about North Korea's tests

North Korea's test launches pose a threat to the region and beyond, the Indo-Pacific Command of the US Armed Forces said in a statement.

The Japanese government has commented on North Korea's tests of a new cruise missile. According to the Secretary General of the Japanese government, Katsunobu Kato, whose words are quoted by RIA Novosti, the missile causes concern in Tokyo.

The Turkish company Roketsan has developed a new 122-mm rocket ammunition with a laser guidance system. The munition was first presented in August at the IDEF-2021 exhibition under the designation TRLG-122.

The first group of 150 citizens of Uzbekistan went to work at Kamaz enterprises as part of an organized recruitment carried out in August.

Painted in a protective color, the Vityaz-2 with a 6x6 wheel formula looks very similar to an ordinary army car. However, as it turns out, this is an all-terrain vehicle with a "secret": behind the awning of the on-board platform there is an armored module designed to transport sixteen military personnel or three tons of cargo.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published footage of the use of the latest vehicles by Ulyanovsk paratroopers - light buggies "Sarmat-2", recently adopted by the Airborne Forces. The light high-speed all-terrain vehicle is designed to transport three fighters, equipped with a 12.7-mm Kord machine gun and an automatic Flame grenade launcher.

The authors of the Defense Blog portal were surprised by the new modification of the outdated Russian T-62 tank. The publication emphasizes that the medium tank, adopted in 1961, is still in service.

For the first time, the T-80UE-1 conducts joint training operations with the BMD-4M at the Zapad-2021 strategic exercises.

The paratroopers have their own T-72B3, but it was decided to work out tasks with gas turbine main battle tanks during these maneuvers.

For the first time during the drawing of the main stage of the joint strategic exercises "West-2021" at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region, the latest B-19 infantry fighting vehicles with the Epoch combat module were used to provide fire support to the defending units.

The V. Malyshev Kharkiv Plant has recently been able to produce two BM Oplot tanks. Moreover, one of them will be used as an exhibition, and the other, apparently, will go to the United States under a long-concluded contract.

The Russian military for the first time used the Uran-9 and Nerekhta reconnaissance and fire support robots in the combat formations of combined-arms units, the Defense Ministry reported.

Russia for the first time used the Uran-9 and Nerekhta attack robots in the combat formations of combined-arms units at the joint strategic exercises Zapad-2021, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Monday.

The sports parachute system Magic of the Technodinamika holding of the Rostec State Corporation has passed state tests of the Ministry of Defense.

Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant "Kupol", which produces the world-famous short-range anti-aircraft missile systems of the Tor-M2 family, is conducting a number of projects to create complex cooling systems, including for nuclear power plants, as part of diversification, said Alexander Vedrov, Deputy General Director of the Almaz-Antey Concern for production and technological policy.

The early market for hydrogen in transport is limited by the appearance of infrastructure and will last for another 5-7 years, Mikhail Nenyukov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board and Chief Operating Officer of RUSNANO Group, said during the panel session "Digital and Green Transport: development trends and agglomeration aspect" at the 16th International Commercial Vehicle Exhibition COMTRANS 2021.

Serial production of the autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicle " Sarma "is planned to begin in 2024, said Alexander Vedrov, Deputy General Director of the Almaz-Antey concern for production and Technological Policy.

The Industrial Development Fund and Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant JSC (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) signed a loan agreement under the guarantee of USC JSC.