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The ground stage of work on the new Sarmat ICBM is almost complete, said the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin. "In fact, we are already completing the ground testing of the entire system, Russia has never created such a missile before, "Rogozin said on the YouTube channel"Solovyov Live".

The ground testing of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is being completed, this strategic complex will ensure the complete security of Russia for 30-40 years ahead, said Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos.

30 years ago, in the Barents Sea, the strategic nuclear submarine K-407 (now Novomoskovsk) released the entire ammunition set from the underwater position-16 R-29 Sineva ballistic missiles with an interval of 14 seconds. The operation was called "Behemoth-2" and made a great impression on potential opponents of the Soviet Union (the Americans were able to launch only four missiles from the Ohio submarine in one salvo).

The Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant is waiting for the arrival of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. Krasmash is listed in the list of production facilities that the minister is going to visit this week during a working trip to Siberia. The new Sarmat strategic missile system will be mass-produced at this enterprise. And the head of the Russian military department is personally monitoring all the stages of preparation for this important event not only for the army, but also for the whole country.

According to a TASS source, the Topol ICBM that has served its service life is being changed to the Yars ICBM with a splitting head

Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces) In 2024, Russia will completely stop operating the RS-12M Topol solid-fuel monoblock intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The US Department of Defense announced that the US State Department approved the sale of 40 units of 155-mm M109A6 self-propelled howitzer artillery systems to Taiwan at a cost of $750 million.

The US Navy conducted the first combat test of the AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER) supersonic anti-radar missile, designed to destroy enemy missile defense systems, the American edition of The Drive reports.

The US State Department has approved the sale of Javelin anti-tank missiles to Georgia. According to TASS, with reference to the Office of the US Department of Defense for Defense Cooperation and Security, the transaction amount will be $ 30 million.

A lockdown in Russia in the spring of 2020 due to the coronavirus epidemic threatened to disrupt the supply of weapons and military equipment under the state defense order and for export in the amount of several trillion rubles, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said.

As promised in the Russian Defense Ministry, our ground units in Tajikistan are reinforced with modern armored vehicles. "A batch of 17 modernized BMP-2M infantry fighting vehicles has entered service at the 201st Russian military base stationed in Tajikistan. The new combat vehicles are designed to replace outdated models of equipment of motorized rifle units," the press service of the Central Military District reported yesterday.

For the first time, the Russian Defense Ministry announced its plans to create a long-range hypersonic missile. It is planned to equip strategic aircraft with such powerful weapons.

The head of the Military Academy of the General Staff, Colonel-General Vladimir Zarudnitsky, told about the plans for the development of a new hypersonic weapon.

Units of the air defense forces of the Guards Red Banner Combined Arms Army of the Western Military District conducted an exercise with the calculations of the latest anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) "Buk-M3" in the Kursk region, the press service of the ZVO reported on Wednesday.

The latest anti-aircraft systems, reflecting the latest achievements of China in the field of anti-missile technologies, were not even close to the S-500. If an export version of Prometheus appears , you need to buy it! This, in short, is the essence of the publication in the Chinese edition of Paper, where the author does not skimp on flattering assessments of the new Russian technology. The translation of the article is provided by the InoSMI portal.

With the arrival of Vladimir Lepin as general director of the Kalashnikov Concern, the export potential of the enterprise will be fully realized, Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia, told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.

For the first time, a new Russian intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) "Sarmat" can be launched in the fall. Earlier it became known that this year they want to conduct several tests of the product.

In the largest weapons concern Kalashnikov, the general director will be replaced, the name of the new head is Vladimir Lepin.

Now he is acting as CEO instead of Dmitry Tarasov, who left at his own request, who headed the concern since September 2019. A purely formal decision on the change of management will be made at a meeting of the board of directors on August 10.

The Russian S-500 anti-aircraft missile system is significantly superior to its Chinese counterparts, The Paper writes.

The German Air Force is testing new air-to-air missiles. On August 3, the press service of the Bundeswehr reported that Eurofighter Typhoon fighters are testing Meteor missiles.

The long-suffering Ukrainian armored car "Dozor-B", attempts to establish the production of which were accompanied by numerous scandals, decided to use it in a new quality.

On its basis, the Kharkiv Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering has created a light self-propelled flamethrower system "Speca" ("Heat"), the Defense Express edition reports.

The Deputy Prime Minister noted that under the leadership of Vladimir Lepin, the heavy flamethrower system TOS-2 and the remote mining engineering system "Agriculture"were started and brought to state tests.