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At the 10th International Exhibition of Armaments and Military Equipment "Partner-2021" held in Belgrade, a Serbian version of the modernization of the Strela-10M anti-aircraft missile system of the military air defense was presented.

One of the targets shown was an unmanned helicopter, which was eventually hit by a burst from a cannon

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published a video of the destruction of drones by the forces of calculations of the Pantsir air defense systems during the Slavic Shield - 2021 exercises in Serbia. The video was provided by the Russian military department.

The LPD-801 radio-electronic rifle was presented in Russia. A device for jamming the control channels of drones was demonstrated at the International Exhibition of Weapons and Hunting Goods ORELEXPO-2021. This is reported by TASS.

Poland is preparing to comprehensively defend its ground forces. October 15, portal defence24.pl He reported that the company Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) presented its solution to the SONA project, within which short-range mobile air defense systems are being developed.

Local air defense systems "Joshan" and "Khatam", belonging to the Iranian Air Defense Forces, successfully shot down conditional targets in joint specialized exercises codenamed "Defenders of the Sky Vellayat".

The Soviet anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) "Strela-10M" was modernized. At the international exhibition of armaments and military equipment "Partner-2021" in Serbia, a new version of the SAM was shown, which was made inconspicuous. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

The US army should give priority to Russia, not China, writes the American edition of Breaking Defense.

Moscow and the Central Industrial Region of Russia are now covered by the latest anti-aircraft missile system (SAM). On October 13, the TASS news agency reported that the first brigade set of the S-500 Prometheus air defense system entered service with the 15th Special Forces Army of the Russian Federation.

Calculations of the latest Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile systems conducted firing at the Kapustin Yar training ground in the Astrakhan region. They successfully hit ten targets.

According to the head of the Polish military department Mariusz Blaszczak at a meeting with Polish servicemen undergoing training in the United States, the delivery of the ordered Patriot air defense systems to the country's armed Forces will be implemented as planned - by the end of next year.

The Russian military put the Pantsir-S air defense systems on duty near Belgrade, which were transferred by planes to Serbia for joint exercises, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

The air defense forces of Russia and Serbia conducted a training to repel an enemy air raid during a joint exercise, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The Russian Ministry of Defense conducted experimental exercises in the Black Sea. As sources in the military department told Izvestia, the maneuvers ended last week.

The brigade set of the S-500 air defense system entered the troops of the 15th Special Purpose Army of the Aerospace Forces, the interlocutor of TASS noted

The first brigade set of the newest S-500 anti-aircraft missile system (ZRS) entered the troops of the 15th Special Purpose Army of the Aerospace Forces of Russia, covering Moscow and the Central Industrial District. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the military department.

ROSTEC has started developing man-portable air defense missile systems (MANPADS) of extended range, Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the armament complex of the state corporation, told RIA Novosti.

Seventy-year-old HYDRA 70 rockets have received modern capabilities. On October 12, the press service of BAE Systems announced the successful use of APKWS ammunition against aerial targets.

In the coming years, Turkey will develop its own analogue of the Russian S-400 tRiumph air defense system, the Turkish daily Milliyet writes, citing a statement by the head of the country's defense industry department, Ismail Demir.

As the TASS news agency reported on October 13, 2021, the first brigade set of the newest S-500 anti-aircraft missile system (SAMS) produced by ALMAZ-ANTEY Concern of East Kazakhstan Region entered the troops of the 15th Special Purpose Army of the Aerospace Forces of Russia, covering Moscow and the Central Industrial District. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the military department.

The whole world was watching the S-500 tests. Thanks to this weapon, Russia will have the opportunity to create an absolutely impenetrable "space shield". Why is so much attention focused on this SAM, including in the Chinese press?

The court in The Hague, instead of establishing the truth in the case of the crash of the Malaysian civil airlines flight MH17, is engaged in the "transfer of arrows" from Kiev to Moscow. This is stated in a statement issued on October 12 by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.