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The army corps stationed in the Kaliningrad region received a batch of 23 modernized T-72B3M tanks, the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation reported on Thursday.

The joint exercises "Selenga-2021" have ended in Mongolia. According to the Press Service of the Eastern Military District, the active phase with the participation of air defense units and the Mongolian army was held at the Doityn Am high-altitude training ground.

Calculations of the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes during an exercise in the Novosibirsk region repelled an attack by a group of enemy attack drones on a command post and infrastructure, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Wednesday.

The actions of the Chinese Air Force, which fly in Taiwan's air defense zone, undermine regional peace, said the head of the cabinet of the Taiwanese administration, Su Zhenchang.

Artillery units of Russia and Mongolia at the joint exercises "Selenga-2021" for the first time used a reconnaissance and firing contour when applying a massive fire strike on the "enemy", the press service of the Air Defense Ministry reports.

The cruise missile "Malachite" was hit by missiles of the anti-aircraft missile system "Redut" and the fire of a 100-mm naval artillery installation A-19

The Pacific Fleet corvette "Loud" during exercises in the Sea of Japan hit the Malachite cruise missile with anti-aircraft missiles. This was reported to journalists in the press service of the fleet.

More than 1,450 spacecraft were launched into orbit in 2021 under the control of the Space Forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

The Russian space forces have detected more than 110 launches of foreign and domestic ballistic missiles and space rockets since the beginning of 2021, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

A dozen new complexes operating on various principles will appear in Russia until 2025 to control space objects, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

In Australia, the first full-scale target was demonstrated, copying the appearance of the Russian T-14 tank on the ARMATA heavy unified platform.

At the end of last month, GaardTech posted a photo of this sample on its Twitter page and described it as a "robotic opponent of the 5th generation."

On Thursday, a new anti-aircraft missile was tested at a test site in North Korea. In the development of the DPRK, they saw similarities with the Israeli missile defense system "David's Sling". This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

The variant of the Pantsir complex for military air defense (air defense) and the fighter of drones "Derivation-air defense" will soon be put into service, said the commander-in-chief of the Russian Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov.

North Korea has tested a new anti-aircraft missile, the state news Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA) reported on October 1. It is noted that the tests took place on September 30.

In 2021, tests of the Prometheus perimeter security system, including remotely controlled combat modules with a large-caliber machine gun, will be completed at the facilities of the Ministry of Defense, Igor Afanasyev, Director General of the research and production association eLektromashina, told TASS.

The Joe Biden administration is in an extremely difficult position due to the fact that the Indian government, led by Narendra Modi, is determined to purchase weapons from Russia.

More than 30 sets of MANPADS "wIllow" entered service with a motorized rifle unit of the ZVO, stationed in the Leningrad region.

The Russian military will receive a portable anti-aircraft missile system of the new generation "METKA". As the commander-in-chief of the Ground Forces, Army General Oleg Salyukov, told the kRasnaya Zvezda newspaper, the MANPADS has a missile with a homing head resistant to all types of optical interference.

The Royal Navy of Great Britain tested the launches of drones from an aircraft carrier of the Queen Elizabeth type. A jet unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was launched from the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales. This is reported by the UK Defense Journal.

In India, the T-72M1 chassis served as the basis for the Akash short-range anti-aircraft missile system created in this country. This was recalled by the video frames posted on the Network.

All systems of this SAM were installed on a single platform from a licensed main battle tank.

Russian and Turkish Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the continuation of cooperation between the two countries in the field of military-technical cooperation, including the possibility of expanding cooperation on the S-400 and other areas, the press secretary of the head of the Russian state Dmitry Peskov said.