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Moscow is concerned that the United States has begun to deploy weapons at an anti-missile defense (ABM) base being created in northern Poland. This was stated on Thursday, June 24, by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko.

The MILEX 2021 military-technical salon is being held in Minsk. During its work, the course of strengthening military and defense-industrial cooperation between our countries was confirmed.

In particular, according to the leadership of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, Russia is ready to consider Belarus ' application for the purchase of S-400 long-range anti-aircraft missile defense systems and Pantsir-S short-range air defense systems in a short time.

The Altair Scientific and Technical Center noted that the complex is capable of hitting any target attacking a ship with a single missile

The ship's anti-aircraft missile system "Resource", first presented by the Almaz-Antey concern of the East Kazakhstan Region within the framework of the International Naval Salon "MVMS-2021", is capable of hitting any target attacking a ship with a single missile.

The anti-aircraft Missile Regiment of the Central Military District (CVO), stationed in the Irkutsk Region, will complete re-equipment with the modernized S-300PM-2 "Favorit"air defense systems by the end of the year.

Soldiers of the elite Preobrazhensky regiment have been sent to Venezuela for a parade dedicated to the Independence Day of this country, the Western Military District said on Wednesday.

The deployment of attack missiles and anti-missile defense systems in the Asia-Pacific region will pose a danger to the eastern regions of the Russian Federation, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The US Missile Defense Agency has presented an animation with the detection, tracking and interception of a planning hypersonic block of an enemy missile, The Drive reports.

The Israeli Ministry of Defense published a video demonstrating the capabilities of an air-based combat laser system. The tests, according to the agency, were successful, and the drone was shot down.

The American-made Scan Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed by supporters of the Yemeni movement "Ansar Allah" (Houthis). The drone was used to perform reconnaissance missions over the province of Marib.

It monitors the surface and air situation and provides information about it to the command posts of the coastal surveillance system and the national Coast Guard forces

The over-the-horizon radar station (ZG radar) "Sunflower-E" was presented at the International Naval Salon (MVMS-2021) in St. Petersburg.

Russia is working on the issue of supplying Belarus with new radar stations, the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) of Russia told Interfax.

Sniper pairs of special forces units of the Southern Military District for the first time began to train in shooting at drones and ground objects from the side of a helicopter barraging in the air. The maximum target range is two thousand meters.

The Ural-4320 became the platform for the installation of the British Rapier surface-to-air missile system.

The combat vehicle was demonstrated this month in the capital of Zambia, Lusaka, during a large-scale military parade dedicated to the 45th anniversary of the formation of the national armed forces.

The United States has begun deploying weapons at a missile defense base being created in northern Poland in Redzikovo, the Missile Defense Agency said.

The Iraqi People's Militia forces continue to operate improvised multiple launch rocket systems built on the chassis of tracked vehicles of the Kvadrat anti-aircraft missile system.

Three such launchers were seen during the rehearsals of the parade that these armed volunteer formations are going to hold.

The Israelis conducted a series of tests of a powerful laser system installed on the aircraft. With its help, it was possible to destroy the drones.

60 years ago, the S-125 short-range anti-aircraft system was adopted. It was a response to the changed tactics of the Air Force and is designed to deal with low-altitude high-speed targets.

After the war, the bombers received jet engines and climbed to heights inaccessible to anti-aircraft artillery. On the ground, long-range radars and interceptor missiles were urgently invented - so effective that by the mid-50s, the Air Force was forced to change tactics.

The video diary of innovations of the forum “Army 2021 " is a series of video broadcasts about innovative products of the most advanced enterprises of the military-industrial complex. The broadcasts will be held from August 23 to 27, 2021, during the Army-2021 forum, and are aimed at the heads of the main enterprises and the command of the Ministry of Defense.

A video posted on YouTube by the US Army showing possible scenarios for the use of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) shows a "strike" on the Russian project 1164 cruiser "Atlant" (NATO code — "Glory") and the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system "Triumph", reports The Drive.

The Biden administration has begun reducing US anti-missile systems in the Middle East as part of a reorientation of US military strategy, The Wall Street Journal reported.