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Americans are switching to a new generation air defense system. December 27, portal defensenews.com He reported that the US Department of Defense has signed a contract with Northrop Grumman for small-scale and full-scale production of IBCS systems.

The Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan has announced its intention to sign a letter of offer and acceptance of an offer for the supply of American-made MQ-9B "Skygardian" UAVs in March next year.

Andrei Kartapolov, head of the State Duma Defense Committee, believes that Russian ships with Zircon hypersonic missiles can be located in the port of Tartus in Syria to completely block the Mediterranean Sea.

The Inspectorate for Armaments of the Polish Ministry of Defense announced the transfer to the Polish Armed Forces of the last batch of self-propelled short-range anti-aircraft missile systems "Poprad".

The self-propelled anti-tank complex "Sturm-S", which was in service with the Soviet Army, was developed in the 70s and currently no longer fully meets modern requirements.

Therefore, in 2012, Russian designers created an upgraded version of the Sturm-SM, which received thermal imaging sights and more advanced long-range missiles with tandem cumulative and high-explosive fragmentation warheads.

An image of a new Russian hypersonic air-launched missile has appeared on the web

An image appeared on the network showing a new Russian hypersonic air-launched missile. Attention was drawn to him by the Telegram channel "Military Informant" on Tuesday, December 28.

During the storming of the Chechen capital on December 31, 1994, 2S6 "Tunguska" anti-aircraft missile gun systems were in the columns of Russian troops. In total, different sources mention two dozen ZRPC.

The Kremlin expects that the successful tests of the new hypersonic missiles "Zircon" will give additional credibility to Russian initiatives on security guarantees.

The units of the military air defense celebrated the 106th anniversary of its formation on December 26.

The militants of the Taliban movement (recognized as terrorist and banned in the Russian Federation) armed themselves with an unusual version of the BM-21 Grad. The launcher, which has forty guides, is installed on the American Navistar International 7000 MV.

The forces of the military air defense (air defense) of the Western Military District conducted an exercise to repel a massive air strike by the "enemy" on strategic objects, the press service of the ZVO reported.

The US Army has signed a contract with Northrop Grumman for the production of a unified control system for air and missile defense systems IBCS. According to Breaking Defense, under this agreement, the company will develop 160 systems for the US military and their foreign partners by the end of 2026.

The corvette "Savvy" conducted an exercise in the Baltic Sea with the combat launch of an anti-aircraft missile from the Redoubt complex, the press service of the Baltic Fleet reported.

Defense Express: tests of the Sturm-SM self-propelled ATGM are planned to be completed in 2022

The State Kiev Design Bureau (GKKB) "Luch" plans to complete state tests of the self-propelled anti-tank missile system (ATGM) "Sturm-SM" in 2022. This was announced by the head of the Ukrainian enterprise Oleg Korostelev in an interview with Defense Express.

In November, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on conducting tests during which an inactive Russian spacecraft was successfully hit

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, questioned the likelihood of repeated tests to destroy space satellites, similar to those conducted by Russia earlier in 2021. He expressed this opinion in an interview with The New York Times.

As military and diplomatic sources told Izvestia, the analysis of American hypersonic weapons showed that the Pentagon's stake was placed on the development of ground- and air-based systems with a non-strategic range. This will make it possible to quickly create a grouping of such forces and means in Eastern European countries, in particular in Ukraine, without the need to build a complex and expensive infrastructure.

In 2022, work will be completed on a new version of the Pantsir-SM-SV air defense cannon-missile system for the Ground Forces and Airborne Forces. It will have a tracked chassis and an enlarged kill zone.

The Parties are creating a joint regional air defense system, which is an integral part of the joint air defense system of the CIS member states

The Federation Council at a meeting on Friday ratified the agreement between Russia and Tajikistan on the creation of a joint air defense system.

The Ministry of Defense of India has announced the successful conduct by the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) of the first test launch of the national operational tactical missile (OTR) "Pralay" (Pralay) of the surface-to-ground class.

Lieutenant General Alexander Leonov: the development of the Pantsir-SM-SV missile defense system will be completed in 2022

The development of a modification of the anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex (ZRPC) "Pantsir-SM-SV" on a tracked chassis for Ground and Airborne troops is planned to be completed next year. In an interview with Krasnaya Zvezda, the readiness of the new Russian air defense system was revealed by the head of the military air defense (Air defense) of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Alexander Leonov.