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Upgraded air defenses will be put on duty to protect the Rostov region.

The Rostov region and the Rostov NPP will be protected by new air defense systems.

Novocherkassk Vedomosti writes about this with reference to the Panorama edition.

Retired American Special Forces soldier Steve Balestrieri admitted that the Soviet 23-mm twin anti-aircraft gun ZU-23-2 turned out to be the most interesting weapon from which he had a chance to shoot. The

"Green Beret" told Business Insider that over the years of service he had to try out many types of weapons, including the 106-mm recoilless gun M40, but the Soviet anti-aircraft gun impressed him due to its simplicity, ease of operation and fire power.

The air defense fighters of the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) managed to intercept an American-made F-15 fighter jet of the Royal Saudi Air Force.

A single multi-purpose aircraft capable of carrying weapons for attacking air and ground targets was detected using a thermal imaging system.

Chile decided to convert some of the existing Leopard 1V main battle tanks into multiple rocket launchers.

Currently, a technology demonstrator has been created, which is a tracked combat vehicle, from the turret of which the 105-mm rifled L7A3 cannon was removed. Two packages of twenty guides for launching 70-mm unguided missiles were reportedly installed on it.

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Colonel-General Alexander Fomin and Myanmar's Ambassador to Russia Lwin Wu confirmed at a meeting in Moscow the desire of the two countries to maximize the accumulated potential for deepening cooperation in the defense sector, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Thursday.

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces Andrey Demin stressed that in 2021, the S-350 was operated and mastered by teachers at a specialized training center, showed high reliability of systems and proved itself from the best side.

President Vladimir Putin said that there is no need to worry about the Russian army, since everything is fine with it. He mentioned this on December 9 at a meeting of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights (HRC).

Tests of the Hurricane-M MLRS have begun at the Osipovichi test site in Belarus

The Hurricane-M multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) is being tested at the Osipovichi training ground of the 51st Guards Artillery Brigade of the Armed Forces of Belarus. This is reported by BelTA with reference to the head of the Osipovichi garrison, Guard Colonel Alexei Ratushny.

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov gave an interview to the Greek TV channel ANT1, in which he also spoke about Turkey.

As the telegram channel "Turkey's Agenda" notes, he also told about Russia's plans to supply Turkey with an additional batch of S-400.

In October, the United States handed over 30 Javelin anti-tank missile systems to Ukraine. The Ukrainian military also received 180 missiles to them, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The cost of command and launch units is $60 million. Deliveries of Javelin ATGMs to Ukraine began under Donald Trump. According to media reports, in 2018-2019, the military received 50 complexes.

The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile has successfully passed tests from the Su-30MKI aircraft. It was launched from the joint test site in Chandipur off the coast of the Indian state of Odisha. Now the rocket will go into mass production.

India will begin mass production of the BrahMos rocket for the air carrier

Tests of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Su-30MKI aircraft have been completed in India. Successful tests make it possible to start mass production of a version of the ammunition for air carriers. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of India.

The administration of US President Joe Biden has postponed the provision of a $ 200 million military aid package to Ukraine, which was prepared in advance, NBC reported with links to its informed sources.

Popular Mechanics: FGM-148 Javelin complexes in Ukraine are vulnerable to Russian artillery

American portable FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile systems in Ukraine are not enough to confront Russia, writes Popular Mechanics.

A batch of new T-72B3M tanks, which reinforced the Russian military base in Tajikistan, has been sent to a training ground in a mountainous area, the Central Military District (CVO) said on Saturday.

The department noted that this information is official and is not subject to disclosure.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has classified information about the use of Turkish Bayraktar attack drones and American Javelin missile systems in the Donbass.

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that sooner or later foreign partners will also have hypersonic weapons, but Russia will most likely have the means to eliminate them by then.

Russia today occupies a leading position in the world in modern types of weapons, Vladimir Putin said in the film "Russia. Recent history" on the channel "Russia 1".

The crew of the small anti-submarine ship "Junga" of the Kola Flotilla of the heterogeneous forces of the Northern Fleet (SF) practiced artillery firing in the coastal ranges of the Barents Sea, the press service of the fleet reported on Sunday.

In the Kiev region, a Ukrainian-Turkish plant under construction will begin production of a new generation of jet unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) capable of countering other aerial objects.