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China's next step towards providing a higher missile defense capability will be to conduct tests to respond to more complex scenarios. Even Chinese analysts admit that a lower success rate of US missile defense does not necessarily mean that China has surpassed the American system, because tests conducted by the US may include other and more complex simulation parameters.

On June 22, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed how, during the operation to protect Donbass, the Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) works, designed to detect and defeat enemy air targets.

The new Sarmat rocket will be able to reach London in just three minutes. The Daily Mail writes about this, stating that the threat to the United Kingdom is growing.

Rosoboronexport JSC will present the latest Russian security solutions and more than 350 types of military, dual-use and civilian products for all types of armed forces and branches of the armed forces at the first exhibition "National Security. Belarus-2022".

Rostec State Corporation's Roselectronics Holding is presenting communication systems for remote areas, UAV counteraction systems, as well as equipment for ensuring environmental safety at industrial facilities at the International Security Industry Exhibition in Belarus.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: a retaliatory strike was launched by cruise missiles at the military airfield Shkolny

On June 21, the Russian Defense Ministry reported an Onyx missile strike at the Shkolny military airfield near Odessa. Hangars with Ukrainian Bayraktar-TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles identified by Russian intelligence tools have been destroyed, the ministry said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that modern S-500 air defense systems are already being delivered to the troops, and the heavy Sarmat ICBM will be on combat duty at the end of 2022.

The German government has officially confirmed plans to send Ukraine 30 Gepard ZSU, three Mars MLRS complexes, IRIS-T air defense systems, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Cabinet of Ministers.

The Russian Armed Forces began to receive air defense systems that have no analogues in the world About the S-500 Prometheus. This was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with graduates of Russian military schools, as quoted by Interfax.

The correspondent of Izvestia visited the positions of a howitzer battery near Svetlodarsk, where there are battles for the largest thermal power plant

Svetlodarsk — it is also called the "city of power engineers" — was liberated quickly and without much fighting at the end of May. But now Ukrainians have gained a foothold in numerous strongholds nearby, as well as on the territory of the Uglegorsk thermal power plant — one of the largest in Europe. In this direction, the Allied forces are methodically pushing through the defense lines of the VFU. Here, artillery plays a major role in the battles. How in the LPR they fight with long-range foreign artillery systems, how they shoot down Ukrainian "Dots—U" and rockets, - in the Izvestia report

Defense Ministry: Iskander is not visible to Ukrainian air defense due to special camouflage

Ukrainian air defense systems cannot intercept a missile of the Iskander tactical complex, it is not "visible" to satellites and drones, Roman, the head of the calculation of this complex, said in a video presented on Tuesday by the Russian Defense Ministry.

As a result of the strike, over 50 Ukrainian generals and high-ranking officers were killed

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) are successfully developing an offensive in the Severodonetsk direction, the Defense Ministry said on June 19.

Arriving in Prague on June 18 on a visit, the head of the Slovak Defense Ministry, Yaroslav Nagy, handed over to the head of the Czech Defense Ministry, Yana Chernokhova, a written request for the Czech Air Force to protect the airspace of his country.

NATO and the US supply Kiev with operational data

During a special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine, our troops actively use one of the most important operational intelligence information techniques to suppress enemy firing points on the principle of "scouted - destroyed". At the operational and tactical level, it is transformed into a mode of constant readiness for fire damage, close to real time.

The Syrian-Russian exercises took place against the backdrop of rising tensions in the region

The statement by President Recep Erdogan about Turkey's readiness to conduct an "anti–terrorist operation" against Kurdish formations in the Manbij-Tell Rifaat area, together with the ongoing Israeli Air Force raids on "pro-Iranian formations", encourage the leadership of the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR) to consistently strengthen the country's air defense system.

Beijing will not let the rebellious island acquire an atomic bomb

In recent weeks, relations between the States of the Asia-Pacific region have moved into a mode of increased military and political readiness. US President Joseph Biden announced Washington's intention to defend Taiwan, and former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe - about the need for Japan to abandon the "nuclear taboo".

Russia has enough high-precision missiles and bombs for everyone

Yuri Borisov, deputy prime minister of the Russian government, responsible for the military-industrial complex, says that manufacturers of high-precision weapons are working "tirelessly." Every day, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports on the defeat of objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with high-precision weapons. Industry rhythmically supplies products, replenishes the necessary reserves.

The Russian Navy urgently puts on its ships a system designed for operations on land. The reason for this was the latest combat experience. He showed that the main threats to warships are not at all those that were previously considered, and the existing naval air defenses against them are not always suitable. The new air defense cruise missiles do not intercept, and it is not too good against drones of the Bayraktar type.

A detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet entered the Philippine Sea, where it conducts air defense exercises and searches for "enemy" submarines, said Ilya Kolesnikov, head of the press service of the Pacific Fleet.

The Russian command is learning lessons from the military campaign in Ukraine, in particular, adjusting plans to replenish the fleet based on the results of its use in the Black Sea. Poland calls for taking into account the experience of the Russian Navy and its conclusions, "despite the fact that this is the Russian fleet."