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The concern of the East Kazakhstan Region "Almaz-Antey" has tested an upgraded interceptor drone "Wolf-18", designed to automatically intercept other drones. According to RIA Novosti, now the company plans to present an unmanned vehicle for state tests. They are expected to begin before the end of 2021.

The world's largest military-industrial and aerospace corporation, Lockheed Martin, showed the operation of the Mobile Radio Frequency-Integrated Unmanned Aircraft System Suppressor (MoRFIUS), designed to intercept a swarm of drones. The American company posted the corresponding video on Twitter.

Russian military scientists have offered guaranteed protection against a" multi-sphere operation " by NATO. On the air of Sputnik radio, Igor Korotchenko, the editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine, shared his opinion on this issue.

Already developed, adopted or undergoing state tests, in particular, hypersonic systems "Dagger", "Zircon", cruise missiles "Caliber", reported in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

While on duty on the island of the Southern archipelago, the pilots were able to work out training flights to intercept a simulated enemy

The first change of flight personnel and MiG-31BM fighters during the pilot combat duty took place at the Northern Fleet airfield Rogachevo on Novaya Zemlya. In the modern history of Russia, this is the first time that this is being practiced, the press service of the Northern Fleet reported on Monday.

On February 4, 2021, China successfully conducted tests to intercept a medium-range ballistic missile at the Korla test site in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

The complete defeat of the army and the surrender of the capital on the fourth day of the war-the Polish generals tried to simulate an attack on Poland from the east. The exercises ended in a complete failure — even the latest American military equipment did not help the defenders. Why the Polish Army forgot how to fight — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Russia is creating the world's first anti-tank missile system capable of shooting down drones. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Vadim Kozyulin told how difficult the task is to be solved by engineers and designers.

Short-range air defense to be upgraded

The Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system will become interspecific, learn to swim and see targets twice as well. According to Fanil Ziyatdinov, General Director of the Kupol IEMZ (part of the Almaz-Antey Concern of the East Kazakhstan Region), work on the marine – ship – version of the short-range system is already underway.

In Poland, the exercise "Winter-2020"was held. But at some point something went wrong, and they ended in an "impressive disgrace " — the" war " on the border with Russia and Belarus was lost by the Poles. "The commanders of individual units were in shock," EADaily quotes one of the Polish publications.

The Ministry of Defense has begun to create a coastal defense division in Chukotka. At the end of last year, the first regiment was formed, which took up combat duty. The unit will patrol the coast and will have at its disposal everything necessary to repel the landing. The area of operation of the new part will extend along the Northern Sea Route up to Wrangel Island. According to experts, the connection should provide safer navigation in the region.

"Rosoboronexport" in the next 5-7 years will bring to foreign markets about 50 new models of weapons and special equipment, including the latest complex "Derivation-air defense", as well as an air-independent power plant (VNEU) for submarines, the press service of the company told RIA Novosti.

The Ministry of Defense will strengthen the land component of the defense of the Kaliningrad Region. In particular, the reformation of the 79th separate motorized rifle brigade began. This is the most powerful combined-arms unit in the region at the moment.

The US Navy, when talking about the Russian threat in the Black Sea, actually refers to Moscow's ability to quickly turn almost all of this water area into a zone of destruction with its anti-ship missiles, writes The Drive.

The US missile defense system (ABM) will ultimately prove to be a colander and will not be able to protect the country from all Russian ballistic missiles. This was stated on the air of the Zvezda TV channel by the head of the Franklin Roosevelt Foundation for the Study of the United States at Moscow State University, Yuri Rogulev.

Last year, the Turkish government held consultations with the UK on the purchase of a new or used aircraft carrier, but the negotiations were not successful, according to the information and analytical portal Middle East Eye (MEE, headquartered in London) with reference to their sources.

The Ministry of defence of Kazakhstan, February 1, 2021 announced that air defense Forces, air defense Forces of Kazakhstan's first multifunctional anti-aircraft missile system (set of division) 9К317Э "Buk-M2E", made the Russian JSC "EKO Concern "Almaz-Antey".

As reported by the TASS news agency on February 2, 2021, the 9T260 transport and loading vehicle of the new 57-mm self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery complex 1K150 "Derivation-AIR DEFENSE" is capable of charging the combat vehicle of the complex at the forefront of the battlefield. This was reported to TASS in the press service of JSC "Research and Production Corporation "Uralvagonzavod "(UVZ, part of the state Corporation"Rostec").

A major military-political scandal is being discussed in Poland. The Winter 2020 staff exercise, in which several thousand officers took part, ended in spectacular disgrace. The simulation showed that in just five days, the war on the eastern flank of the country (the border with Russia and Belarus) was lost, and the Polish army ceased to exist.

According to the portal DefenseWorld, information about the cost of the transaction and the number of missiles that can be ordered is not yet available

The Indian news portal DefenseWorld reported on Tuesday about the possibility of supplying India with the Russian group of companies "Kalashnikov" (part of the State Corporation "Rostec") anti-aircraft guided missiles (SAM) 9M333 for the complexes of the "Strela-10" line.