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About 60 units of military equipment will be involved in the two-day exercises

Exercises with the participation of about 1 thousand military personnel of artillery and motorized rifle units of the combined arms association of the Central Military District (CVO) started on Wednesday at a training ground in the Kemerovo region. This is stated in a message distributed on Wednesday by the press service of the district.

The Russian army has the strongest air defense in the world, according to experts interviewed by Forbes. Each battalion tactical group (BTG, the main combat element of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) is accompanied by a variety of anti-aircraft systems, each of which has its own task.

The Algerian ground forces have received the first batch of new Chinese 120mm self-propelled mortars mounted on the platform of the HAFEET 640A 6x6 tactical armored vehicle developed by the UAE-based company NIMR.

The new technology is capable of simultaneously aiming more missiles and firing more targets

The anti-aircraft missile Regiment of the Central Military District (CVO), stationed in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, will receive upgraded S-300PM-2 Favorit anti-aircraft missile systems by the end of 2022. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday by the commander of the Central Military District, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin.

The tasks were worked out within the framework of the first combat training flights in 2022

The crews of Su-34 fighter-bombers of the Aviation Division of the Central Military District (CVO) overcame the air defense systems and destroyed the airfield and the planes of the conditional enemy during the first combat training flights in 2022. This is stated in a message distributed on Wednesday by the press service of the district.

19FortyFive: The US compensates for Russia's increased potential in Europe

Russia has a "narrow window" to consolidate its military advantage in Europe, says the American publication 19FortyFive.

In the 80s, Chinese designers began to look for a replacement for the 100-mm guns, which they installed on their Type 69 medium tanks. At this time, the leading tank-building powers of the world began to produce a new generation of combat vehicles with powerful multilayer armor, reinforced on some models (T-72BM, T-80U) with built-in dynamic protection.

The multifunctional combat laser system HELIOS will be installed on the destroyer "Preble" type "Arlie Burke" this year, according to Breaking Defense. After that, it will be tested at sea. HELIOS has three functions: to hit small ships and drones, to monitor remote objects and to dazzle optical systems.

During the operation to liberate Grozny in January 1995, Russian troops, along with anti-aircraft missile and cannon "Tunguska", also used older ZSU "Shilka".

Japan to strengthen monitoring of Pyongyang's military activities

North Korea launched a suspected ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, Yonhap reported, citing the South Korean military.

During the year, the complex is serially delivered to fleet ships, the interlocutor of TASS noted

The newest ship-based anti-submarine missile system "Response" has been adopted by the Russian Navy. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The upgraded submarines of the 949AM project will become the most armed Russian cruise missile submarines and will be able to carry up to 72 "Calibers", "Onyx" or "Zircons" on board, a source in the shipbuilding industry told RIA Novosti.

During the modernization, the multipurpose nuclear cruisers of the project 949AM "Antey" will receive 72 launchers of the Kalibr, Onyx and Zircon cruise missiles.

The Ministry of Defense of Japan intends to start full-scale development of electromagnetic guns capable of shooting down hypersonic missiles from fiscal year 2023.

With the military personnel of the motorized rifle unit of the combined arms association of the Air Defense Forces, stationed in the Trans-Baikal Territory, the training of anti-aircraft gunners of MANPADS began on the universal complex simulator "Cone".

The Tor-M2 anti-aircraft systems entered service with the 20th Motorized Rifle Division in Volgograd.

"Tor-M2" is the most modern air defense system in its class. It effectively fights against any aerial targets - from airplanes and helicopters to high-precision projectiles. This is a defensive weapon, experts say.

The Chinese defense industry presented the latest 120-mm wheeled self-propelled unit. The published video tells about the features of this combat vehicle, made on the chassis of a three-axle all-wheel drive version of the Dongfeng Mengshi CSK131 armored car.

During the year, Russia intends to conduct five launches of the Sarmat heavy ICBM and one launch of the Avangard missile defense System.

Sources report that by the end of this year, the Russian military plans to conduct at least five launches of the heavy intercontinental ballistic missile "Sarmat", as well as at least one test launch of the domestic hypersonic missile complex "Avangard".

According to the commander of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Southern Military District, Lieutenant General Nikolai Gostev, the indicator of the provision of anti-aircraft missile troops with equipment has reached 100%

The S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMS) will be delivered to the southern parts of the Russian army by 2025. This was announced by the commander of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Southern Military District, Lieutenant General Nikolai Gostev, in an interview with the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda, published on Monday.

The Estonian Defense Ministry intends to supply Ukraine with Javelin ATGM and 122-mm howitzers from the presence of the country's Armed Forces. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was announced on New Year's Eve by the head of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Defense Peeter Kuymet.