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A detachment of warships of the Northern Fleet conducted an exercise to repel the attacks of a simulated enemy aircraft in the northeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean, the fleet said on Friday.

The US military intends to convert some of the M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles in storage into equipment depicting a likely enemy during exercises. We are talking about imitations of the Russian T-72BZ and the Chinese-made VN17 infantry fighting vehicle.

During the inspection of the reaction forces of the Union State, Belarusian and Russian fighter crews perform tasks of patrolling air borders as part of mixed pairs.

Vice Admiral of the US Navy John Hill called the only hypersonic missile SM-6

Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) missiles can be used against hypersonic weapons, writes The Drive, referring to a statement by Vice Admiral of the US Navy John Hill.

The exercises involved 40 units of weapons, military, special and aviation equipment of the ZVO

The units of the military air defense (air defense) and operational-tactical aviation of the Western Military District (ZVO) conducted exercises, within the framework of which they were convinced of the security of the western borders of the Russian Federation. This was announced by the commander of the ZVO troops, Hero of Russia, Colonel-General Alexander Zhuravlev.

The development of hypersonic weapons poses a serious threat to the US Navy. The US military intends to counteract warheads flying at a speed of several Mach with the help of space satellites and an SM-6 interceptor missile.

Russian servicemen of the Western Military District have completed a bilateral tactical exercise in the Voronezh Region, the press service of the Military District reported.

Two Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bombers performed patrols in the airspace of Belarus and returned to Russia, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

Calculations of anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) "Osa" work out the tasks of air defense during the inspection of the reaction forces of the Union State on the territory of Belarus on Saturday.

The new American satellite of the missile attack Warning System (SPRN) SBIRS GEO 5 has begun to perform operational tasks after the completion of the testing period in orbit, the US Space Operations Command announced on Sunday.

The forces of the Union State are being tested in the Republic

The Russian S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system has been relocated to Belarus, where it will take up combat duty as part of the verification of the reaction forces of the Union State. This was reported to journalists in the Russian Defense Ministry.

The Drive: Polish Thunder MANPADS would be very useful for Ukraine

Portable anti-aircraft missile systems (MANPADS) "Thunder", which Poland will supply to Ukraine, would be very useful for Kiev now. The possibilities that Polish weapons will provide to the Armed Forces of Ukraine were evaluated in the American edition of The Drive.

Western countries are actively arming Ukraine. On February 2, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak announced the transfer of the Piorun MANPADS to the Ukrainian army (Polish. - lightning) and an ATGM of an unnamed type.

Rostec announced the completion of preliminary tests of the Lotos ACS for the Airborne Forces in 2022

Preliminary tests of the airborne self-propelled artillery gun 2C42 "Lotus", which is being developed for Airborne troops, will be completed in 2022. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Rostec state Corporation.

"On January 24, 2022, the border service authorities, in cooperation with the Air Force and air defense units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, recorded the fact of violation of the State Border of Belarus in the airspace from Ukraine by an unmanned aerial vehicle, which was subsequently forced to land by the air defense units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus.

Aircraft of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) of Russia and the Belarusian Air Force, during joint exercises, launched a missile attack on a conditional enemy whose forces were stationed at the Brest training ground. This was reported in the Russian military department.

The Ptitselov air defense systems will begin to be delivered to airborne units in 2023

Mobile air defense systems (PVO) "Birdman" next year will begin to arrive in the units of the Airborne Troops (airborne). Russian paratroopers will receive vehicles based on the BMD-4M. This was reported in the February issue of the magazine of the Ministry of Defense of Russia "Army Collection".

Deliveries of Russian S-400 air defense systems are an internal matter of Turkey, they do not bear a negative attitude towards NATO. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Poland adopted a resolution on the transfer of Polish-made MANPADS "Perun" to Ukraine. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was announced by the Minister of National Defense of the Republic Mariusz Blaszczak.

The exercise of calculations of the S-400 "Triumph" air defense systems of the Central Military District (CVO) to repel a massive missile strike of a conditional enemy took place in Siberia, the press service of the CVO reported on Wednesday.