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The Russian Defense Ministry has transferred to Serbia a battery of Russian anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes (ZRPC) "Pantsir–S" to participate in the Russian-Serbian exercises "Slavic Shield - 2021". This was reported on October 13 in the Russian military department.

Units of the Barnaul Division of the Strategic Missile Forces stationed in the Altai Territory brought mobile ground-based YARS missile systems to combat patrol routes.

The Azerbaijani army has adopted the Yugoslav triple-barreled 20-mm M55 Zastava cannons captured from the Armenian troops in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Calculations of the S-400 tRiumph anti-aircraft missile systems of the Air Force and Air Defense Association of the Western Military District (VVO) destroyed hypersonic targets during control classes for the 2021 academic year in the Leningrad Region, the press service of the VVO reports.

Coastal missile launchers of the Pacific Fleet have been alerted as part of exercises in Kamchatka, the press service of the Air Force for the Pacific Fleet reports.

Russia has completed testing of the latest hypersonic missile

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the implementation of the second test launch of the hypersonic cruise missile "Zircon". It was produced by the crew of the nuclear submarine missile cruiser Severodvinsk from the Barents Sea. The shooting took place in normal mode and, it would seem, was no different from many other similar missile launches. But in fact, it changes a lot.

For the first time during the exercises, Russian sailors used reconnaissance drones from aboard the ship to control hitting the target with KALIBR cruise missiles, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) told reporters.

The Lazar III armored vehicle received the Russian DUBM 32B01 with a 30 mm automatic cannon, as well as an uninhabited module with a 57 mm cannon

The Serbian defense company yUgoimport for the first time presented the newest armored personnel carrier (APC) Lazar III A1, equipped with Russian combat modules, at the international arms exhibition "Partner-2021", held in Belgrade (Serbia) from October 11 to 14, a TASS correspondent reports from the scene.

The updated self-propelled howitzers "Acacia" were delivered to the Belarusian army from Russia, after major repairs, modern communications equipment, as well as chemical reconnaissance and night vision devices were installed on them, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus.

Now the ships have begun to implement a set of pre-arrival measures, the source said

The frigates of the Black Sea Fleet of Project 11356 "Admiral Grigorovich" and "Admiral Essen", equipped with the Kalibr-NK missile system, are preparing to perform combat service tasks as part of the permanent task force of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean. This was reported to TASS by a source in the naval sphere.

Russian hypersonic missiles "Zircon" will be tested with a volley launch from the frigate "Admiral Gorshkov", which will test the concept of a "swarm of bees", which allows distracting the fire of the enemy's anti-aircraft system (air defense), writes TASS columnist Dmitry Litovkin.

The United States intends to significantly increase its air defense capabilities. October 11, portal defensenews.com He announced that full-scale production of the promising IBCS air defense system could begin as early as 2023.

A brigade or regiment of S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft systems, having received the Pantsir-SM complexes, will become a self-sufficient unit. Military expert Viktor Murakhovsky told Izvestia about this on Tuesday, October 12.

At the 10th International Exhibition of Armaments and Military Equipment "Partner-2021" held in Belgrade, the Serbian armored personnel carrier "Lazanski", created in yUgoimport-SDPR, was demonstrated for the first time.

The four-axle combat vehicle is named after the Serbian ambassador to Russia Miroslav Lazansky, who passed away in early August of this year.

North Korea has demonstrated for the first time various samples of its latest missile weapons, including the recently tested hWasong-8 for the first time.

This modern means of destruction, as well as other samples of military equipment manufactured by the military-industrial complex of the DPRK, are currently being demonstrated at the exhibition of achievements in the development of state defense "Self-Defense - 2021", which opened in Pyongyang.

For the first time, Philippine ships will have missiles to fight air targets. October 11, portal navalpost.com He reported that France had delivered Mistral 3 surface-to-air missiles to the Philippine Navy.

At the exhibition "Self-Defense-2021", North Korea demonstrated the innovations of its military-industrial complex. Among them is a tank visually similar to the Russian T-14 based on the ARMATA tracked platform. Another important novelty was the hWasong-8 hypersonic weapon system, tested in September.

Reconnaissance drones were used from a ship for the first time in Russia. The sailors of the Caspian Flotilla used drones during exercises to control the hit of KALIBR cruise missiles on target. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the Southern Military District (SE).

This was announced by the company's CEO Alexander Mikheev on the eve of the international arms exhibition "Partner-2021"

Cooperation between Russia and Serbia in the military-technical sphere tends to grow. This was announced on the eve of the international arms exhibition "Partner-2021", which will be held from October 11 to 14, 2021 in Belgrade (Serbia), by the Director General of Rosoboronexport JSC (part of ROSTEC State Corporation) Alexander Mikheev.

TASS has no official confirmation of this information

Two test launches of the newest liquid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) "Sarmat" are planned to be carried out by the end of 2021, the first of them in November. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.