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New guided missiles and mines will be tested before the end of the year
In Russia, this year, state tests of new guided shells "Krasnopol-M2", as well as guided mines "Gran"will be completed.
The enemy and the Gremlin: a new hypersonic missile will be tested in 2023
The hypersonic aircraft missile, code-named "Gremlin", will take off in two years: tests are scheduled for 2023. In some documents, the product is called GZUR-hypersonic guided missile. In terms of its dimensions, the Gremlin will be smaller than the previously adopted X-47M2 Dagger.
State tests of "smart" ammunition for "Terminators" will start in April
State tests of 30-millimeter ammunition with remote detonation for combat vehicles supporting Terminator tanks will start in April 2021, the general director of the company developing these shells, NPO Pribor (part of the Techmash concern), told RIA Novosti.") Yuri Nabokov.
Kalashnikov expects to complete state tests of the KUB kamikaze drone this year"
State tests of the KUB-UAV drone are planned to be completed this year, and its export version is being developed, said Dmitry Tarasov, General Director of the Kalashnikov Concern.
Rosatom has created a shell for the Armata tank"
Rosatom State Corporation is working on a standard ammunition for the T-14 Armata tank. - The projectile will be ready by the time the installation batch of tanks is delivered to the Russian Armed Forces at the end of 2021,-said Andrey Terlikov, general designer of the vehicle developer, the Ural Design Bureau of Transport Engineering, at the IDEX 2021 exhibition in Abu Dhabi. His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.
In Russia, they began to develop a new hypersonic missile " Gremlin"
Russia is developing a hypersonic guided missile codenamed "Gremlin", Izvestia reported. According to the publication, development work started in November 2018. Tests of the rocket are scheduled for 2023, soon the creators will start testing the engine of the complex.
Russian snipers switch to NATO calibers
On February 18, the TASS news agency reported that Tsniitochmash has started manufacturing prototypes of a new semi-automatic sniper rifle being developed as part of the Ugolek development work.
Finland to acquire long-range guided missiles ER GMLRS
On February 17, 2021, the US Department of Defense's Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned upcoming sale to Finland through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of long - range guided missiles ER GMLRS (Extended Range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System) with a firing range of up to 150 km manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corporation for use from launchers of US MLRS multiple launch rocket systems.
Source: Su-57 began flight tests with demonstrators of a small hypersonic missile
According to the data provided, the Russian fighter jet performed several flights with demonstrators of the new hypersonic complex. In the foreseeable future, they plan to conduct the first throw tests.
"It will destroy everything": how the Pentagon is going to "restrain" Russia
Moscow is concerned about the prospect of an echelon of the US missile defense system in space. The implementation of Washington's plans will destabilize the existing system of international security, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov is sure. The diplomat stressed that if this idea is successful, the Americans will be able to strike directly from orbit at the positional areas of intercontinental ballistic missiles. Without waiting for them to start.
Russian AK-19 gets NATO ammunition
The AK-19 machine gun will be able to be loaded with NATO cartridges, RIA Novosti reports the statement of the general director of the Kalashnikov group of companies Dmitry Tarasov.
The Georgian army receives new equipment and weapons
On February 10, 2021, the Ministry of Defense of Georgia held a ceremony to receive more than 300 new trucks of Western production, and on February 11 - American machine gun and grenade launcher weapons.
"Asps" from the Apennines
The Italian military-industrial complex is aimed at maintaining its share in the global arms market
In the 80s, the Italian military-industrial complex continued to develop, which allowed the country to reduce arms imports and increase exports. However, in France, several thousand ATGMs "Milan" were purchased, in Germany – aviation PKR "Cormoran".
Video: in the South of Russia have been firing from nuclear mortars
In the southern military district began the teaching of the units of missile troops and artillery of great power. More than 13 thousand servicemen marched in a combined way to military training grounds in the Astrakhan, Rostov, Volgograd regions, as well as in the Krasnodar and Stavropol territories.
Russian scientists have offered guaranteed protection against NATO aggression
Russian military scientists have proposed a variant of the combat use of the Aerospace Forces( VKS), which will provide guaranteed protection against a possible multi-sphere operation of NATO, a new approach is presented in the journal "Aerospace Forces. Theory and Practice", published by the Military Training and Research Center of the Air Force (Air Force).
A modern arsenal of 20 storage facilities was built in Transbaikalia for the needs of the Ministry of Defense
A system of facilities for storing ammunition and explosive materials, which is able to withstand a shock wave with a capacity of 240 tons in TNT equivalent, has been put into operation in the Trans-Baikal Territory.
The Defense Ministry will additionally purchase hypersonic and high-precision weapons
The issues of additional supplies of hypersonic and high-precision long-range weapons were discussed at a meeting held by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at the Military-Industrial Corporation NPO Mashinostroeniya JSC in Reutov near Moscow on Friday, February 5.
Russia has completed state tests of a long - range export air-to-air missile
The maximum range of its launch for some types of targets reaches 200 km
State joint tests of a promising export long - range air-to-air missile RVV-BD were conducted in Russia, according to the corporate newspaper Vimpel of the State Design Bureau Vimpel (specializing in the development of air - to-air missiles, part of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation, KTRV).
The military personnel of the VVO in Transbaikalia began to master the latest remote devices of the RCB intelligence
In the course of combat training, military personnel of the RCHB intelligence units of the VVO stationed in the Trans-Baikal Territory are trained to work with the latest remote-action chemical reconnaissance devices PCRDD-3.
KTRV said that Indian specialists are trained in the Russian Federation to operate and repair missiles
Theory and practice are practiced on Russian missiles for various purposes
The Tactical Missile Armament Corporation trains Indian specialists in the operation and repair of Russian missiles for various purposes delivered to India. This was reported to TASS in KTRV at the international arms exhibition Aero India 2021.