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The Uraltransmash plant has handed over the first batch of upgraded 2S7M Malka self-propelled guns to the Russian Ministry of Defense. The military received vehicles with new communication equipment and surveillance devices. This is reported by the Uralvagonzavod concern.

10 ships of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation were involved in the exercises. The shooting area was declared dangerous for navigation and aviation flights

The Russian corvette Stoyky conducted an exercise in the Baltic Sea with a combat launch of an anti-ship cruise missile at a target simulating a simulated enemy ship, the Russian Baltic Fleet reported on Tuesday.

The Sky Sabre air defense systems began to enter service with the 16th Regiment of the Royal Artillery. According to the British Ministry of Defense, Sky Sabre consists of an all-round radar, a data transmission system and anti-aircraft guided missiles.

The US Missile Defense Agency has completed the construction of the LRDR (Long Range Discrimination Radar) ballistic target selection radar and has begun testing it. According to Defense News, next year the military will integrate LRDR into the GMD missile defense system and the C2BMC combat information and control system.

The Siper air defense system being developed by Turkey can surpass the characteristics of the Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs), according to the head of the country's Defense Industry Department Ismail Demir. Sabah newspaper writes about it.

Rostec State Corporation has prepared the Gibka-S anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) for serial production. In the publication of the information and consulting agency Defense Express, the complex was compared with the Polish Poprad air defense system.

The command staff of the Southern Military District will consider the issues of covert and operational redeployment of troops at the operational mobilization gathering, Vadim Astafyev, head of the press service of the Southern Military District, told reporters.

Calculations of the Russian S-300 air defense system repelled an air strike by a simulated enemy at an exercise in Tajikistan, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Monday.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov proposed to send 500 military instructors from Canada to the country. The head of the Defense Ministry said this on December 5 in an interview with the Canadian edition of The Globe and Mail.

Russian anti-wing mines PTKM-1R belong to a new generation of anti-tank ammunition. According to Rosoboronexport, they are capable of attacking the most poorly protected parts of tanks or self-propelled artillery installations - the roofs of towers or buildings.

The Minister added at the same time that Russian-Indian relations have a special character of a privileged strategic partnership

The implementation of the deal on the supply of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems to India is going according to plan, despite US attempts to undermine cooperation between Moscow and New Delhi in this area. This was stated to journalists on Monday by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov following talks with Indian Foreign Minister Subramanyam Jaishankar and Russian-Indian consultations in the "2+2" format between the defense and foreign ministers of the two countries.

A new motorized rifle division in the Kaliningrad region, which, according to the Russian military, was created in response to NATO activity, has received more than 40 upgraded tanks this year, the Baltic Fleet said on Monday.

A batch of modernized heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A "Solntsepek", made as part of the state defense order, has been transferred to the troops. This is reported by Rostec.

The data of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on the decline in Russian arms sales are not true. On Monday, December 6, military expert Andrei Frolov told Izvestia.

Amid increasing tensions in diplomatic and military relations between Russia and the West, the launch of the Zircon hypersonic missile system into mass production has put the United States in a hopeless position. The Iranian newspaper Kayhan writes about this on December 6.

Ukraine should act cautiously and diplomatically, and an increase in the number of troops on the territory of the country will irritate Russia. This opinion was expressed on Monday, December 6, by the Chief of the Canadian Defense Staff Wayne Airy.

Amid increasing tensions in diplomatic and military relations between Russia and the West, the launch of the Zircon hypersonic missile system into mass production has put the United States in a hopeless position.

According to Dmitry Shugaev, the Stockholm Institute for Peace Research uses only open data that is not complete

The methodology of the analysis of the global arms market used by the Stockholm Institute for Peace Research (SIPRI) does not reflect the real situation. Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), told reporters about this, commenting on the SIPRI report released on Monday, according to which sales volumes of Russian arms manufacturers are falling.

The upgraded anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex (ZRPC) "Pantsir-S1M" can hit small-sized and low-speed drones. The Russian ZRPC was evaluated by military expert Masai Saito in a material for Yahoo News Japan.

The tank battalion of the 201st Russian military base in Tajikistan has been re-equipped with modern T-72B3M. On Monday, the press service of the Central Military District reported that 30 combat vehicles with improved characteristics entered the fleet of the compound. It is said that this will increase the combat capabilities of tankers due to the improved maneuverability of the tank and the special armor protection of its crew.