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Super-protected "Shilkas"were seen in a convoy of Syrian government troops heading to Daraa province.

These combat vehicles differ from conventional self-propelled anti-aircraft installations in that they have dismantled radar stations that have become unnecessary and increased the ammunition supply of 23-mm quadruple rapid-firing guns. There are also additional armor sheets that protect against bullets and shrapnel, and anti-accumulation screens.

The Syrian military, using Russian-made air defense systems, destroyed Israeli missiles fired at the territory of the republic, said Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in Syria, on July 22.

The Russian S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) is one of the most modern air defense systems in the world and poses a special challenge to NATO. This is written by the portal 19FortyFive.

The first Russian interceptor drone "Wolf-18" is planned to be used at airports to destroy intruder drones that can interfere with the operation of air harbors, tests are being completed, Dmitry Savitsky, Deputy General Director of the Almaz-Antey concern for products for the air navigation system and dual-use products, told RIA Novosti during the MAKS-2021 air show.

Rostec structures signed agreements worth more than 230 billion rubles within the framework of the MAKS-2021 air show, said the head of the state corporation Sergey Chemezov.

The first export deliveries of the Adjutant universal target complex are planned to begin in 2022,Vyacheslav Dzirkaln, Deputy General Director of the Almaz-Antey Concern for Foreign Economic Activity, told RIA Novosti.

"Adjutant" includes four different types of targets, as well as information visualization tools for commanders

Specialists of the Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant (IEMZ) "Kupol "(part of the concern of East Kazakhstan Region" Almaz-Antey") have completed a cycle of state tests of the target complex for air defense" Adjutant " and are preparing for its mass production. This was announced to TASS on the sidelines of the MAKS-2021 air show by Alexander Dushkin, a specialist of the Target Complexes project at the Kupol IEMZ.

The United States has reached a turning point in directed energy technologies that will bring many concepts of science fiction closer to reality, in particular, the protection of objects with the help of so-called force fields, The Drive claims, referring to the materials of the Research Laboratory of the United States Air Force (Air Force), located at Kirtland Air Base (New Mexico).

The US military hit one of two targets while testing the Aegis missile defense System (Aegis), the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) at the Pentagon reported on July 24.

The S-500 has successfully passed the tests. The new missile system is also named Prometheus, it will become another competitor to the American Patriot . Its advantages include a greater variety of interceptor missiles, an increased detection range and the number of targets that the complex can resist.

The United States conducted another test of the Aegis sea-based missile defense system to the northwest of the Hawaiian Islands, during which it was possible to intercept only one of two simultaneously launched short-range ballistic missiles, the US Missile Defense Agency reported.

Within the framework of the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2021, held in Zhukovsky near Moscow on July 20-25, agreements worth 265 billion rubles were signed. This was reported on July 25 in the Telegram channel of the event.

The air defense units stationed in the Moscow region conducted an exercise on Wednesday to repel a massive missile and air strike of a conditional enemy, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Thursday.

The Syrian air defense (air defense) repelled an Israeli attack in the sky over Homs, the Syrian state television channel Al-Ekhbariya reported.

The program for the creation of enlarged air traffic management centers (ATM) in Russia will be completed next year, said Dmitry Savitsky, Deputy General Director for products for the air navigation system and dual-use products of the Almaz-Antey concern of East Kazakhstan Region.

Alexander Mikheev, General Director of Rosoboronexport, said on Thursday, July 22, that foreign partners want to buy in Russia, first of all, Su and MiG fighter jets, Il-76 and Il-78 aircraft, Mil and Kamov helicopters, as well as Pantsiri.

Rosoboronexport has signed contracts worth over €1 billion within the framework of the MAKS-2021 air show. This was announced on July 22 by the head of the company, Alexander Mikheev.

The concern of East Kazakhstan Region Almaz-Antey presented at the MAKS-2021 air show an unmanned interceptor of small-sized drones "Wolf-18", which can independently detect UAVs and shoot them down.

The Defense Ministry plans to build several more such stations on the territory of the country, said Lieutenant General Andrey Demin, commander of the 1st Army of Air and Missile Defense (special purpose).

The new-generation S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile systems will enter service with the army, which provides anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense (air defense-missile defense) of Moscow, Lieutenant General Andrey Demin, commander of the 1st Army of special-purpose Air Defense-Missile Defense, said in an interview with the Russian Defense Ministry newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda, published on Wednesday, July 21.