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The T-90M will confidently act both in conditions of a full-scale war, including with the use of weapons of mass destruction, and in local conflicts, including counter-insurgency operations.

The Guards tank Army of the ZVO received five unified command and staff vehicles (UKSHM) R-149MA1, which increased the combat capabilities of communication units.

In the United States, they continue to create full-scale models depicting the military equipment of potential opponents. If earlier Soviet or Russian samples, such as the T-90, were mainly presented, now imitation of products of the military-industrial complex of the People's Republic of China has become increasingly common.

Since 2016, the Strategic Missile Forces have received more than 70 Typhoon-M combat anti-sabotage vehicles (BPDM).

The motorized rifle brigade of the ZVO, stationed in the Leningrad Region, received 10 modernized BMP-2M with the Berezhok combat module for service under the state defense order.

Russia plans to create a robotic air defense system based on the Uran-9 shock RTC, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in the defense industry.

The Ukrainian NGO "Praktika "(part of the Civil Union" League of Defense Enterprises of Ukraine") in 2021 successfully fulfilled a contract for the supply of a large batch of Kozak-5 armored vehicles adapted to the local climate to one of the Middle Eastern countries.

According to the information published on August 10 by the Daily Sabah, the light armored vehicle "Yoruk" (Yoruk) with a 4x4 wheel formula of the Turkish company Nurol Makina became one of the finalists of the tender for the supply of armored vehicles held in Japan.

Researchers from Cornell and Stanford Universities (USA) criticized the "blue hydrogen", calling it a time bomb and a diversion against the policy to reduce emissions into the atmosphere. It's all about methane, from which this kind of hydrogen is obtained. In their opinion, an increase in methane production for the sake of closing the need for hydrogen in the future will create so many problems that it is easier to abandon this method in advance.

At the Mulino training ground, military personnel of the separate engineer-sapper regiment of the 6th Combined Arms Army of the ZVO used the Uran-6 robotic complex for the first time.

In the Primorsky Territory, a joint Russian-Lao exercise "Laros-2021"is being held on the territory of the Sergeyevsky training ground of the combined Arms Army of the Eastern Military District (VVO).

Battalion exercises with 6 thousand servicemen are beginning on the territory of 10 regions of the Western Military District, the press service of the ZVO reported.

A batch of command and staff vehicles of a new generation entered the service of the tank army of the ZVO.The Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District (ZVO) received five unified command and staff vehicles (UKSHM) R-149MA1, which increased the combat capabilities of communication units.

On Friday, the press service of the Western Military District informed that the motorized rifle brigade stationed in the Leningrad Region received 10 upgraded infantry fighting vehicles BMP-2M with a combat module "Berezhok". It is reported that by the end of the year, 30 more units of such equipment should be transferred to the service of the ZVO troops.

An air defense robot is planned to be created on the basis of the Uran-9 strike robotic complex, which is entering service with the Russian army, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

According to Ukrainian media, during his speech at the International Defense Investment Forum held in Kiev on August 12,2021, the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kiev CJSC "Scientific and Production Association "Praktika" and concurrently the chairman of the Board of the League of Defense Enterprises of Ukraine Oleg Vysotsky said, informing about the company's plans to participate in the defense exhibition in Saudi Arabia, that: "Praktika has implemented two export contracts this year, including with them (Saudi Arabia)."

Japanese journalists and users were delighted with the modernized domestic T-90M "Breakthrough" tank. Excellent cross-country ability, increased safety of the crew and the relative lightness of the design-all this attracted the attention of the authors.

The LCD-360MC "Neptune" anti-ship missile system "has become even cooler," says the Ukrainian information and consulting agency Defense Express.

The Vityaz machine-building company, part of the Uralvagonzavod concern of the Rostec State Corporation, has handed over a batch of DT-10PM two-link tracked conveyors to the Russian Defense Ministry. By the end of the year, the company will fulfill 2 more contracts.

The volume of Russia's secret exports increased by 61% in January—June 2021, to $27 billion. Exports of defense industry, aircraft and shipbuilding products increased by 31%, to $4.7 billion, Vedomosti reports. The largest importer of these products was the Czech Republic, which was included in the list of countries unfriendly to Russia.