The new-generation S-500 Prometheus air defense systems and the Zircon hypersonic missiles will soon be mass-delivered to the military units of the Russian army. This was stated at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov.

Russia is conducting non-nuclear experiments at the test site on Novaya Zemlya, aimed at confirming the reliability of the domestic nuclear arsenal, said the head of the 12th Main (Nuclear Weapons) Department of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Kolesnikov.

In the future, the munition can be used as part of the defensive weapons of existing and new models

The Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering (JSC "TSNIITOCHMASH" of the state Corporation "Rostec") has developed a new ammunition for protection against high-precision weapons, which will increase the survivability of armored vehicles on the battlefield. This was reported on Friday to journalists in the press service of Rostec.

In Russia, a munition has been created that "blinds" the guidance systems of high-precision weapons of the enemy. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Alexey Leonkov spoke about the principle of operation and the features of the development.

The head of the holding "Technodinamika" Igor Nasenkov said that according to the results of the tests, a decision will be made on putting it into service

The Tosochka heavy flamethrower system TOS-2 will complete state tests by the end of 2021. This was announced on Friday by the head of the holding company "Technodinamika" of the state Corporation "Rostec" Igor Nasenkov during the SPIEF-2021.

Since 2019, Russia has received six applications for the supply of ground-based combat robots, said Dmitry Shugaev, head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation.

It is expected that the production of 30-mm VOG shots for the AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher will be made from components of domestic production and individual materials produced by the chemical industry of one of the NATO member states.

The first meeting on electronic warfare was held on June 4 in Moscow at the CSTO Joint Headquarters. The heads and representatives of the relevant departments of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, as well as the CSTO Secretariat, positively assessed the prospects for training specialists in electronic warfare from the CSTO member states in educational institutions of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

A series of small marine tankers of project 03182 will be built for the Russian Navy, which will join the auxiliary fleet.

The active phase of mooring tests began on the oceanographic research vessel "Eugene Goriglejan", which is being built at the Baltic shipyard" Yantar " in Kaliningrad.

The crew of the world's oldest ship "Commune" of the Black Sea Fleet (it traces its history back to the Imperial Russian Navy) successfully tested the underwater inhabited search and rescue vehicle AS-28 at sea.

High metal prices may negatively affect the implementation of the state defense order, said Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Colonel-General Alexander Fomin spoke about the threats in the near future that the Russian military sees. According to him, the most serious security challenges and threats are caused by several recent trends in the world.

A new cold war is beginning in the world and the doctrinal definition of opponents is already underway, Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin believes. In his opinion, there are now several trends in the world that cause the most serious challenges and threats to security.

One of the most important tasks of the Security Council of the Russian Federation is to develop measures to counteract the threatening policy of Western countries, said the press secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Yevgeny Anoshin.

As part of the implementation of the Vienna Document of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Russian officers visited Estonia to inspect military facilities there.

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Colonel-General Alexander Fomin said that the department invited the NATO leadership to the IX Moscow Conference on International Security. The event will be held on June 22-24.

Western sanctions against Minsk and Moscow are elements of a hybrid war, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service director Sergei Naryshkin said on Thursday after a joint meeting with the leadership of the State Security Committee of Belarus.

Russian Senator Alexei Pushkov, commenting on the statement of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky about the lack of funds for the maintenance of the army, said that the country "does not need an army."

The servicemen of the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine were left without an underground training complex with engineering communications. It was flooded, so the complex is not suitable for its intended use.