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New air threats are forcing weapons manufacturers to look for new methods of counteraction. On February 7, the Rheinmetall Defense press service announced the release of a new Skyranger 30 HEL anti-aircraft gun.

Tests of the ROSC-1 complex, equipped with the Wolf-18 drone hunter, began in Samara under real operating conditions, the Almaz-Antey concern of East Kazakhstan Region reported on Tuesday.

The Drive proposed destroying Russian hypersonic weapons with a "wall of dust"

One of the most promising means of destroying hypersonic missiles, in particular the Russian "Zircon", is the use of microwave weapons capable of "frying the sky" and anti-aircraft artillery of the XXI century, ejecting clouds of solid particles, such as metal shavings, writes The Drive, referring to the report of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (USA).

Servicemen of the Central Military District (CVO) have begun preparations for major exercises in the Astrakhan region with S-400 Triumph air defense systems and launches of anti-aircraft guided missiles, the press service of the CVO reported on Tuesday.

The crews of the Erebuni aviation military base (Armenia) and the calculations of the anti-aircraft units of the air defense of the military base of the Southern Military District in Armenia worked out joint actions with the servicemen of the duty shifts of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

Defense Minister Reznikov: the Iron Dome system will not be able to protect facilities in Ukraine

Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system will not be able to protect strategic facilities in Ukraine. The uselessness of the system was announced by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov during a briefing, Defense Express reports.

Russian and Belarusian Su-30SM crews conducted joint patrols of the state border, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Monday, February 7.

19FortyFive stated that Ukraine could become the site of the first real drone war

Ukraine may become the site of the first real drone war. According to Robert Farley, a columnist for the American publication 19FortyFive, this weapon will play a critical role in a possible war between Russia and Ukraine.

According to information published on the Tactical Report website on February 4, Iraq is negotiating with China on the acquisition of long-range anti-aircraft missile systems FD-2000B.

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that he was not aware of plans to create a joint command of the allied forces of Russia and Belarus

Diehl Defense has demonstrated in real-world operating conditions the combat effectiveness of the IRIS-T SLM ground-based anti-aircraft missile system during several successful test firings.

The US State Department has approved the potential supply of terminals of the multifunctional MIDS/LVT information distribution system and related equipment to Saudi Arabia as part of the Foreign Military Sales program.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, new units and units of the mobile air defense reserve will be formed as part of the Southern Military District.

The new American satellite of the missile attack Warning System (SPRN) SBIRS GEO 5 has begun to perform operational tasks after the completion of the testing period in orbit, the US Space Operations Command announced on Sunday.

The gunners of Russia and Belarus have worked out the destruction of the equipment of the conditional enemy

As part of the verification of the reaction forces of the Union State, the gunners of Russia and Belarus worked out the destruction of equipment and personnel of the conditional enemy. The military used mortars, multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) "Grad" and self-propelled howitzers to strike targets at the Brest training ground. This is reported by RIA Novosti.

The Ukrainian drone, which, according to the Belarusian authorities, was spying on the territory of Belarus, took more than 200 photos in a little less than an hour of flight, said Sergey Shuka, head of the technical expertise department of the State Committee for Forensic Examinations of Belarus in the Brest region.

Two Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bombers performed patrols in the airspace of Belarus and returned to Russia, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

Calculations of anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) "Osa" work out the tasks of air defense during the inspection of the reaction forces of the Union State on the territory of Belarus on Saturday.

On February 2, the Ministry of Defense of India published an updated request for proposals (RFP) for the purchase of towed anti-aircraft artillery installations for the country's Armed Forces.

The exercises involved 40 units of weapons, military, special and aviation equipment of the ZVO

The units of the military air defense (air defense) and operational-tactical aviation of the Western Military District (ZVO) conducted exercises, within the framework of which they were convinced of the security of the western borders of the Russian Federation. This was announced by the commander of the ZVO troops, Hero of Russia, Colonel-General Alexander Zhuravlev.