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The award was given for the creation of an adjustable 500 kg aircraft bomb

The State Research and Production Enterprise "Region" (part of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation) has received the first Golden Idea award of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia for its contribution to the development of military products, a TASS correspondent reports from the award ceremony.

State tests of the Kub barrage ammunition have been successfully completed in Russia, a source close to the military department told RIA Novosti.

The firing range of the updated missile may be several tens of kilometers, the agency interlocutor clarified The

range of the guided cruise missile 91P1 of the newest anti-submarine complex "Answer" after its improvement will be at least doubled. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

Rostec handed over to the troops a batch of ammunition to protect against high-precision weapons

Rostec State Corporation has prematurely handed over to the Russian Ministry of Defense a batch of aerosol means for protection against high-precision weapons. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the state corporation.

The Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering (Tsniitochmash) has prematurely fulfilled a contract for the supply of ammunition to protect against high-precision weapons in the interests of the Russian Defense Ministry, the state corporation Rostec reported.

The White House believes that now is "not the time" to deploy medium- and shorter-range missiles (INF) manufactured by Russia in Europe. This opinion was voiced by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday, December 14.

The Estonian Ministry of Defense plans to purchase multiple launch rocket launchers with high-precision ammunition by 2031 and increase the number of personnel of the Defense Forces.

Specialists of the 27th scientific center of the Russian Ministry of Defense have designed an innovative means of protection - an armored helmet-a gas mask that protects both from the effects of weapons of mass destruction and from "ordinary" damaging elements (cartridges, fragments), follows from a document posted on the Rospatent website.

Rospatent: the scientific center of the Ministry of Defense has designed a protective gas mask-armor helmet

Russia has developed an innovative gas mask-armor helmet, which will protect not only from the effects of weapons of mass destruction, but also from such damaging elements as cartridges and fragments. The product was designed by the 27th Scientific Center of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Rospatent.

A video of tests of the Lancet barrage ammunition from a naval carrier has been published. A drone launched from a small vessel landed on the shore.

The Lithuanian Ministry of Defense announced the purchase of ammunition for the 84-mm Karl-Gustav hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers manufactured by the Swedish company Saab, which are in service with the Armed Forces of the country.

Engineering and sapper units of the Central Military District (CVO) for the first time received a batch of induction mine detectors IMP-3.

Defense News: Mojave drone can take off from unprepared sites

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has unveiled a new drone in the United States. Mojave can take off and land on unprepared platforms, as well as carry weapons. This is reported by Defense News.

On December 9, 2021, the American company General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI, a subsidiary of General Atomics Corporation) introduced a new long-duration reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle Mojave, which is a further development of the well-known vehicles of this company MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1C Gray Eagle-ER.

The American company General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has introduced the Mojave drone for a shortened takeoff and landing. According to FlightGlobal, it will be able to take to the air and land on the ground, sand or deck of an aircraft carrier.

Interfax: tests of the T-14 Armata with new shells will be completed in 2022

The promising T-14 tank on the Armata tracked platform will receive new shells. The tank with the new ammunition is being tested. Andrey Yelchaninov, First Deputy chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) of Russia, said this in an interview with Interfax.

The United States will send small arms and ammunition to Ukraine this week. This will be the last batch of military aid that is planned for the current year, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on December 8.

Defense Express: Ukraine has started the operation of the Bars-8MMK mortars received in 2019

The airborne assault troops of Ukraine have begun operation of new mobile mortar launchers "Bars-8MMK". The military uses vehicles that they received in 2019, writes Defense Express.

The power of Russian heavy flame-retardant systems so impressed retired American officer Brent Eastwood that in his article for 19FortyFive he advised human rights organizations to consider the use of thermobaric weapons and develop some rules for its use, and maybe even ban such systems altogether.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation has proposed to change the legislation on weapons in some articles. This was reported on December 8 by RIA Novosti with reference to the department's letter to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.