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"Adjutant" will help the air defense forces
The tests of the highly mobile universal target training complex (UMTK) "Adjutant" will be completed by the end of the year, said Vyacheslav Dzirkaln, Deputy General Director for Foreign Economic Activity of the Almaz-Antey concern of East Kazakhstan Region.
The airborne air defense system "Birdman" will enter service with the airborne Forces in 2024
According to the commander of the Airborne Forces Andrey Serdyukov, the supply of air defense systems will be carried out separately
The Ptitselov airborne anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) will enter service with the Airborne Troops in 2024. This was reported to TASS on Tuesday by the commander of the Airborne Forces, Colonel-General Andrey Serdyukov.
At the exercises near Astrakhan, the Pantsir complex was used
The air defense calculations used the Favorit anti-aircraft missile system and the Pantsir-S1 missile and gun system to repel a raid by bombers and unmanned aircraft of a conditional enemy at the Privolzhsky airfield in the Astrakhan region.
Russia has started developing mini-missiles to destroy drones
Russian developers have started creating mini-missiles for the destruction of unmanned aerial vehicles.
According to Pavel Sozinov, the general designer of the Almaz-Antey concern, the projectile will be a small-sized anti-aircraft missile. As RIA Novosti notes, the work is financed at the expense of the company.
Russia offers Myanmar weapons for all types of armed forces-head of Rosoboronexport to Interfax
Russia is ready to provide all types of Myanmar's armed forces with equipment and weapons within the framework of military-technical cooperation, the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, told Interfax.
Rosoboronexport is conducting pre-contract work on the Pantsir-S1M with 10 countries
"Shell-С1М" got a new anti-aircraft guided missiles, so increased the range target and 20 to 30 km and a height of 15 to 18 km
Rosoboronexport (part of state Corporation rostec) performs a pre-contract work on anti-aircraft missile and gun systems (zrpk) "Pantsir-С1М" with ten countries in the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. This was reported to TASS by Rosoboronexport during the international military-technical forum "Army-2021".
Almaz-Antey estimated the power of Western missiles against Russian air defense systems
Hypersonic missiles, which are being created in the West, do not pose big problems for Russia's anti-aircraft missile systems, the country is able to successfully fight them. This was announced on August 24 by Pavel Sozinov, General Designer of the Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region.
General Designer of Almaz-Antey Sozinov: Western hypersonic missiles are not a problem for Russian air defense
Hypersonic missiles created in the West do not pose big problems for Russian anti-aircraft missile systems, Russia will be able to successfully shoot them down, Pavel Sozinov, general designer of the Almaz-Antey concern of East Kazakhstan Region, told RIA Novosti.
The contract for the supply of a new batch of S-400 to Turkey is planned to be signed in the near future
The contract for the supply of an additional batch of S-400 to Turkey is planned to be signed in the near future, the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, said in response to a question from Interfax
Deputy Prime Minister Borisov announced the serial production of the S-500 air defense system
The new-generation S-500 air defense system is being mass-produced, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told Interfax.
The modification of the Sosna air defense system on the BTR-82 was presented at the Army-2021
The Sosna short-range anti-aircraft missile system continues to demonstrate its versatility. At the seventh International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021", a version on the chassis of the four-axle domestic armored personnel carrier BTR-82A was presented for the first time.
Russia will supply S-400 air defense systems to India by the end of the year - Almaz-Antey Concern
The first group of Indian specialists has already completed training on these systems
Deliveries of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems to India will begin before the end of this year, said Vyacheslav Dzirkaln, Deputy General Director for Foreign Economic Activity of the Almaz-Antey concern of East Kazakhstan Region.
The French armed Forces tested a UAV counteraction system based on a 40-mm automatic grenade launcher
The command of the French Armed Forces announced the testing of a 40-mm automatic grenade launcher manufactured by Heckler und Koch with the use of air-detonating grenades to neutralize micro - and mini-unmanned aerial vehicles.
ZRPC "Pantsir-S1M" became one of the novelties of Rostec at the MVTF "Army-2021"
One of the novelties of Rostec at the Army-2021 MVTF was the Pantsir-S1M anti-aircraft missile and gun system (an upgraded version of Pantsir-S1), capable of detecting air targets at a distance of up to 80 km.
Preparation of calculations for the Resonance-N radar station will begin in 2022 near Vladimir
The single-module combat training radar station is capable of working on hypersonic and stealth targets in the 90-degree sector
The training of regular combat crews to work with the Resonance-N radar stations (radars) capable of detecting and giving target designation for hypersonic and stealth targets will begin in 2022 with the deployment of a single-module radar of this type at the training center of the radio-technical air defense forces of the VKS in the Vladimir Region. This was stated to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.
East Kazakhstan Region "Almaz-Antey" has created a new production cluster for 73 billion rubles
The concern of East Kazakhstan Region "Almaz-Antey" spent 73 billion rubles on the construction of a new production cluster in Kirov and Nizhny Novgorod, the company's general director Yan Novikov said.
Army-2021 Forum: the beginning
The International military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" is held from August 22 to 28 at the Patriot Congress and Exhibition Complex in Kubinka, near Moscow.
The 47th Missile and 238th Artillery Brigades were formed as part of the 8th Combined Arms Army
In 2020, the newly formed 47th Missile and 238th Artillery brigades were deployed on the territory of the military garrison of Korenovsk (Krasnodar Territory).
Rostec showed a portable anti-drone system at the Army Forum
Rostec presented a mobile anti-drone system at the Army-2021 forum, the press service of the state corporation reported.
The Syrian air defense destroyed 22 of the 24 missiles launched by the Israeli Air Force on August 19
As a result of the attack, there are no victims and destruction, said the deputy head of the Russian Center for reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit
The Russian-made Syrian air defense systems Buk-M2E and Pantsir-S destroyed 22 of the 24 guided missiles fired by Israeli Air Force fighters at the Rif Damascus and Homs provinces on August 19. This was reported to journalists by the deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit.
