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Tests of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" from the submarine "Severodvinsk" pose a serious threat to the American fleet, writes the magazine Military Watch.

Military expert Dmitry Boltenkov on Tuesday, October 5, in an interview with Izvestia, spoke about the capabilities of the nuclear submarine Severodvinsk, from which a hypersonic cruise missile "Zircon" was launched from an underwater position.

For the first time in Russia, a hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile "Zircon" was launched from an underwater position from the nuclear submarine "Severodvinsk". The missile successfully hit a target in the Barents Sea. According to Military Watch, with such missiles, the Russian Navy will significantly increase the firepower of its ships.

Tests of the Zircon hypersonic missile from a submarine have been completed, all its characteristics have been confirmed, Commander of the Northern Fleet Alexander Moiseev reported to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a conference call.

The Russian Armed Forces have received a new special escort and control vehicle 4386 "Partner". The corresponding order was signed by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Russia is expanding the list of carriers of hypersonic weapons. On October 4, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on its official YouTube channel published a video of the launch of the Zircon missile from the nuclear submarine Severodvinsk.

Small-sized ammunition has been tested in Turkey. The METE mini-missile is designed to arm quadrocopters, ground-based unmanned platforms and infantry. The tests were announced on Twitter by the head of the Turkish Defense Industry Department, Ismail Demir.

The Iranian military industry currently produces several types of modern ATGMs capable of destroying any tank. For example, mass production of the Toophan-3M guided missile, which is an analogue of the American TOW-2B, has begun in the Islamic Republic.

The American operational-tactical missile system (OTRK) will hit 500 km and even further. October 4, portal militaryaerospace.com He announced that Lockheed Martin Corporation has received a new contract under the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) program.

The second generation of the chip, addressed to researchers, contains more than 1 million neurons. The Loihi 2 IC was created using a preliminary version of the Intel 4 process technology, which uses EUV lithography.

The Vanilla Unmanned drone of the American company of the same name spent eight days, 50 minutes and 47 seconds in the air. The developers say that he broke the world record for the duration of the flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle with an internal combustion engine without refueling.

Given the importance of sleep in the process of human life, the US Army allocates funds for the development of a special device capable of controlling the intensity of brain activity during sleep.

NASA has completed design and development work on the creation of the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope, according to the agency's website.

Along with various types of wheeled self-propelled artillery installations, tracked self-propelled guns continue to be offered for export in China. So, at the recently ended international aviation and space salon Airshow China 2021 in Zhuhai, a 155-mm PLZ-52 was demonstrated.

Promising weapons samples will be used in the re-equipment of formations and military units of the space forces

About 50 research and development works on the creation of a new generation of systems and complexes for space forces in the near future are being carried out in Russia. This was reported to journalists on Monday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The National Interest explained why launching a hypersonic Zircon missile from a submarine could be a breakthrough. No country in the world has ever carried out an underwater launch of such missiles.

The publication The National Interest evaluated the tests of the "Zircon" from the submarine. Special attention of the author Chris Osborne was attracted not by the first surface launch, but by the second, from an underwater position, scheduled for November.

Alexey Podberezkin, director of the MGIMO Center for Military and Political Studies, explained what the successful tests of the Zircon hypersonic missile from a nuclear submarine say on Sputnik radio.

The first successful launch of the Zircon hypersonic missile from the Severodvinsk submarine indicates that the tests are on schedule and the Russian Navy will receive the missiles on time. This was announced on October 4 by Admiral-submariner, former commander of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation Vladimir Valuev.

On the air of the Zvezda TV channel, a prototype of the S-70 Hunter strike drone was shown. The chief designer of the device, Sergey Bibikov, revealed the features of a promising drone in the "Military Acceptance" program.

At the Airshow China 2021 in Zhuhai, the first flight of a Chinese carrier-based fighter of the next generation was announced, which will be made before the end of the year. In the United States, they doubted China's ability to introduce a new aircraft this year. Former US Army officer Brent Eastwood wrote about this in 19FortyFive.