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Tests of the missile interception system failed twice in the United States
In 2020, the US Missile Defense Agency failed twice to test the THAAD-Patriot system.
Blinken advises allies not to buy Russian weapons, so as not to risk falling under US sanctions
US allies should refrain from entering into large contracts for the supply of Russian weapons, as otherwise they may fall under US sanctions, the head of the State Department, Anthony Blinken, said on Wednesday.
In India, the delivery time of the first batch of S-400 from Russia was announced
The first batch of S-400 air defense systems will arrive in India by the end of this year, Indian Ambassador to Moscow Datla Bala Venkatesh Varma told reporters.
"Patriot" in Ukrainian: the anti-aircraft complex "Kilchen" will hit at 280 km
In Ukraine, they said that the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau is working on the latest Kilchen anti-aircraft missile system, which is allegedly an analog of the American Patriot air defense system.
US to spend $18 billion to develop missile interceptors from Iran and North Korea-Media
The Pentagon plans to spend nearly $18 billion to develop, manufacture and support interceptor missiles from North Korea or Iran, the first major defense government purchase of the administration of President Joe Biden, according to Bloomberg.
Military personnel on Sakhalin suppressed control channels of drones of the conditional enemy-VVO
Specialists of electronic warfare (EW) of the Army Corps of the Eastern Military District (VVO) on Sakhalin conducted exercises to suppress the control channels of the simulated enemy drones and cellular communications, the press service of the VVO reported on Wednesday.
The work planned by the Pentagon to create new interceptor missiles is directed against the Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces
The work planned by the Pentagon to create new interceptor missiles is directed against Russia's strategic nuclear forces, said Igor Korotchenko, the director of the CAMTO, in an interview with RIA Novosti.
Foreign military attaches were shown the capabilities of the S-400 air defense system near Astrakhan
[b]They included representatives of the military and diplomatic corps from 52 countries of the CIS, Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America.]
The Russian military demonstrated to military attaches from 52 countries live firing from the S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems and the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and gun systems at the Ashuluk training ground in the Astrakhan region. This was reported to journalists in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The military group in the Kaliningrad region is reinforced by two motorized rifle regiments
Two new motorized rifle regiments have been created in the Kaliningrad region, it follows from the message of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation. In recent years, Russia has strengthened its military infrastructure in the western direction, in particular, in the Kaliningrad region.
The US called the "plan B" delivery of a nuclear warhead to Russia
The use of star navigation will allow you to bypass the blocking of the Global Positioning System (GPS) by potential US adversaries like Russia and China, writes the American magazine Popular Mechanics.
Russia and Tajikistan will have a joint air defense system
[b]Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the countries also plan to jointly repel threats from Afghanistan.]
The joint air defense system is being created by Russia and Tajikistan, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at talks with the head of the republic's military department, Sherali Mirzo, in Dushanbe on Tuesday.
Leonidas microwave cannon will neutralize a swarm of drones with one shot
As the practice of many modern local conflicts has shown, even the simplest civilian drones equipped with improvised explosive devices can become an effective weapon in the right hands – which, by the way, is not so easy to resist.
The launch of a new missile defense system was shown on video
Combat crews of the air and missile defense forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces have successfully launched a new missile of the Russian missile defense system (ABM). This happened at the Sary-Shagan test site in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The military has launched a new Russian missile defense system
The Zvezda TV channel showed footage of the test launch of a new missile of the Russian missile defense system.
In Kuban, a Ukrainian spy was jailed for trying to buy spare parts for the S-300
A Ukrainian spy who tried to buy spare parts for S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems in Russia for 163 thousand dollars was sentenced to 10 years in a penal colony in Kuban, the FSB of Russia reported on Monday.
The destruction of the Bayraktar Akıncı UAV of the Pantsir complex was shown in Turkey
Recently, it has become fashionable for many weapons manufacturers to show footage of the destruction of Soviet or Russian-made weapons.
In five regions, the combat readiness check of the tank army of the ZVO was completed
The control check of combat readiness of more than 15 thousand servicemen of the Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District for the winter training period was successfully completed. The exercises were held on the territory of the Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Smolensk, Yaroslavl, and Ivanovo regions.
Hamas fires five more rockets at Israel after retaliatory tank attack
Five more rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip after the country's army retaliated against Hamas targets. This was announced on Saturday, April 24, by the IDF press service on Twitter.
Russian military personnel destroyed more than 100 air targets over the Black Sea as part of the exercise
Military personnel of the Russian military base in Abkhazia destroyed more than 100 air targets in the sky over the Black Sea as part of a control check during the winter training period, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.
Israeli air defense intercepted a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on the evening of Saturday, April 24, on the territory of Israel was intercepted by the country's air defense system "Iron Dome". This is reported by the press service of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
