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US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken did not announce the imposition of sanctions against India for the country's possible purchase of S-400 air defense systems from Russia.

Turkey tried to use its Bayraktar TB2 attack and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle to launch attacks on the positions of the Syrian military, however, the drone was successfully shot down.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has signed a contract with the Almaz-Antey concern for the supply of the first batch of advanced S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile systems. The aerospace forces will receive more than ten such complexes, starting from the first half of next year. A source in the military-industrial complex informed TASS about this at the MAKS-2021 air show.

In April 2021, the cycle of state tests of the Adjutant was completed, preparations for mass production are underway, said Alexander Dushkin, a specialist of the Target Complexes project at the Kupol IEMZ.

The Americans are increasing their capabilities to resist unmanned swarms. July 27, portal thedrive.com He reported that Raytheon has successfully tested the Coyote Block 3 drone, created at the request of the US Army.

China and Russia should respond decisively to the involvement of the United States of outer space in the military confrontation of major powers and resist the creation by the Americans, together with their allies, of an improved radar facility for deep space (Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability, DARC).

The Rostov Regional court sentenced Russian Denis Lobov to nine years and six months in a penal colony and Armenian citizen Ararat Khachatryan to 10 years and five months in prison.

The Syrian army continues to operate the Kvadrat anti-aircraft missile systems (NATO designation SA-6 Gainful), which are an export version of the Kub systems. The army of a friendly country began to receive them from the Soviet Union in the early 70s, almost immediately after the appearance of this modification.

The deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, said that President Assad's troops successfully repelled an attack by Israeli aircraft with the help of Russian-made air defense systems early on Sunday.

Super-protected "Shilkas"were seen in a convoy of Syrian government troops heading to Daraa province.

These combat vehicles differ from conventional self-propelled anti-aircraft installations in that they have dismantled radar stations that have become unnecessary and increased the ammunition supply of 23-mm quadruple rapid-firing guns. There are also additional armor sheets that protect against bullets and shrapnel, and anti-accumulation screens.

The Syrian military, using Russian-made air defense systems, destroyed Israeli missiles fired at the territory of the republic, said Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in Syria, on July 22.

The Russian S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) is one of the most modern air defense systems in the world and poses a special challenge to NATO. This is written by the portal 19FortyFive.

The first Russian interceptor drone "Wolf-18" is planned to be used at airports to destroy intruder drones that can interfere with the operation of air harbors, tests are being completed, Dmitry Savitsky, Deputy General Director of the Almaz-Antey concern for products for the air navigation system and dual-use products, told RIA Novosti during the MAKS-2021 air show.

Rostec structures signed agreements worth more than 230 billion rubles within the framework of the MAKS-2021 air show, said the head of the state corporation Sergey Chemezov.

The first export deliveries of the Adjutant universal target complex are planned to begin in 2022,Vyacheslav Dzirkaln, Deputy General Director of the Almaz-Antey Concern for Foreign Economic Activity, told RIA Novosti.

"Adjutant" includes four different types of targets, as well as information visualization tools for commanders

Specialists of the Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant (IEMZ) "Kupol "(part of the concern of East Kazakhstan Region" Almaz-Antey") have completed a cycle of state tests of the target complex for air defense" Adjutant " and are preparing for its mass production. This was announced to TASS on the sidelines of the MAKS-2021 air show by Alexander Dushkin, a specialist of the Target Complexes project at the Kupol IEMZ.

The United States has reached a turning point in directed energy technologies that will bring many concepts of science fiction closer to reality, in particular, the protection of objects with the help of so-called force fields, The Drive claims, referring to the materials of the Research Laboratory of the United States Air Force (Air Force), located at Kirtland Air Base (New Mexico).

The US military hit one of two targets while testing the Aegis missile defense System (Aegis), the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) at the Pentagon reported on July 24.

The S-500 has successfully passed the tests. The new missile system is also named Prometheus, it will become another competitor to the American Patriot . Its advantages include a greater variety of interceptor missiles, an increased detection range and the number of targets that the complex can resist.

The United States conducted another test of the Aegis sea-based missile defense system to the northwest of the Hawaiian Islands, during which it was possible to intercept only one of two simultaneously launched short-range ballistic missiles, the US Missile Defense Agency reported.