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The US Department of Defense announced that the US Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center has signed a contract with Raytheon for the implementation of the engineering development and preparation for mass production (EMD) of the advanced long-range LRSO missile defense system.

In the desert in the north-west of China near the city of Yumen, US commercial satellites recorded the construction of about 120 ICBM mines. According to experts, this may mean a sharp increase in the nuclear missile potential of the PRC.

American strategic aviation will be able to destroy enemy targets with nuclear weapons without response. With the new cruise missiles, missile-carrying bombers will be inaccessible to enemy air defense systems. On June 2, the press service of Raytheon Technologies announced the signing of a new contract with the US Air Force for the development of a Long Range Stand-Off missile (LRSO).

The Russian military is conducting a special exercise to test the systems and weapons of submarines in the deep-water areas of the Barents and Norwegian Seas, the Northern Fleet said.

The need to consolidate efforts has intensified against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic

A specialized formation of radiation, chemical and biological protection is planned to be created in the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the press service of the CSTO Joint Staff reported on Friday.

An American expert in the field of strategic weapons noticed signs of the construction of a grandiose positioning area for intercontinental ballistic missile launchers on satellite images of the desert in northern China.

According to the estimates of the US Air Force command, one of the components of the US strategic nuclear shield – the Minuteman III land-based ICBM needs to be replaced, since many of them have already passed half a century, and their service life is already expiring. After all, they were adopted back in 1970.

India has a new carrier of nuclear warheads. On June 28, the press service of the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) of the Ministry of Defense of India announced the successful tests of the new Agni P missile.

The Network posted high-quality photos of the Russian special purpose submarine K-329 "Belgorod" — the longest in the world.

He reaffirmed the US commitment to peace in the Middle East

US President Joe Biden said that his administration is ready to support Tel Aviv's defense efforts, as well as that the United States will not allow Iran to create its own nuclear weapons.

At a meeting in the Kremlin with graduates of military universities, Vladimir Putin said that among the new weapons systems are the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, the Zircon hypersonic ship missile, and the S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft systems.

A new Russian submarine with nuclear drones that can destroy an aircraft carrier and cause a tsunami has gone on its first voyage. Experts believe that it is perfectly equipped for sabotage and covert operations and will report directly to the country's leadership, bypassing the structure of the naval command.

Russia has successfully launched the latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which was developed at the Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering (MIT, part of Roscosmos). The launch took place from the 1st State Test Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, TASS reported on June 28, citing a source in the military-industrial complex.

The Russian Armed Forces see the development of strategic nuclear forces and robotic equipment as their priority.

Financing of the supply of weapons and equipment within the framework of the State Defense Order to the army and navy is proceeding at a faster pace. This was stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, speaking at the board of the military department. Shoigu said that already now the rate of placement of the state defense order is higher than last year and is 95 percent.

Flight tests of the American advanced intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) are scheduled for 2023, according to Popular Mechanics magazine.

The new Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said before the start of negotiations with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken that the Israeli side has concerns about the possible resumption of the work of the agreement on the Iranian atom - the JCPOA.

The Russian Quantum Center, Rosatom State Corporation and the National Quantum Laboratory will hold the VI International Conference on Quantum Technologies from July 12 to 16. The largest event in the field of quantum technologies in Russia will be held for the first time in an online format and will bring together leading scientists from the USA, Canada, China, Germany, Great Britain, France, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Singapore. The partners were the Russian Academy of Sciences, Gazprombank and the Roscongress Foundation. 

The new Russian nuclear submarine K-329 "Belgorod" is capable of destroying not only an aircraft carrier, but even an entire city, British journalists told the Daily Mail.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry said that it is not Tehran, but Western countries that will have to make fundamental decisions so that all parties return to fulfilling the terms of the agreement on the Iranian atom - the JCPOA.

In the West, the militarization of space and cyber warfare on the Internet are coming to the fore when developing new weapons. The NATO command also pays close attention to the development of hypersonic weapons and combat robots.