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In 2021, four launches of sOyuz-2 rockets with military satellites and the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile were carried out at the Plesetsk cosmodrome, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

The Russian space forces have detected more than 110 launches of foreign and domestic ballistic missiles and space rockets since the beginning of 2021, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has released a video of the launch of the Zircon rocket, the first tests of which took place on October 4 from the Severodvinsk nuclear submarine.

Judging by the video published by the agency, the rocket launch took place at night

The Russian military conducted the first test launch of a hypersonic missile "Zircon" from a submarine. Prior to that, the launches of the Zircon were carried out from a surface ship.

These missile systems are difficult to identify, track down and destroy, which makes them superior to mine-based missiles in terms of survivability.

The Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces) have launched large-scale exercises in the center of the country in the Sverdlovsk region.

The US has made it clear that it is working on a new nuclear doctrine. This was announced by Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary of the preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO).

The National Interest explained why launching a hypersonic Zircon missile from a submarine could be a breakthrough. No country in the world has ever carried out an underwater launch of such missiles.

The publication The National Interest evaluated the tests of the "Zircon" from the submarine. Special attention of the author Chris Osborne was attracted not by the first surface launch, but by the second, from an underwater position, scheduled for November.

Alexey Podberezkin, director of the MGIMO Center for Military and Political Studies, explained what the successful tests of the Zircon hypersonic missile from a nuclear submarine say on Sputnik radio.

The first successful launch of the Zircon hypersonic missile from the Severodvinsk submarine indicates that the tests are on schedule and the Russian Navy will receive the missiles on time. This was announced on October 4 by Admiral-submariner, former commander of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation Vladimir Valuev.

Divisions of anti-ship coastal missile systems "BAL" and "Bastion" of the Baltic Fleet are practicing a missile strike on the ships of a conditional enemy on the coast of the Kaliningrad region.

Along with various types of wheeled self-propelled artillery installations, tracked self-propelled guns continue to be offered for export in China. So, at the recently ended international aviation and space salon Airshow China 2021 in Zhuhai, a 155-mm PLZ-52 was demonstrated.

The American operational-tactical missile system (OTRK) will hit 500 km and even further. October 4, portal militaryaerospace.com He announced that Lockheed Martin Corporation has received a new contract under the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) program.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov announced the completion of the development of a line of artillery and mortar weapons for use in the Arctic.

The variant of the Pantsir complex for military air defense (air defense) and the fighter of drones "Derivation-air defense" will soon be put into service, said the commander-in-chief of the Russian Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov.

The upgraded Mi-28NM attack helicopter made its first flight on October 12, 2016

A batch of the latest Mi-28NM "Night Hunter" attack helicopters has been delivered to the troops as part of the state defense order. This is stated in an infographic published on Friday in the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

North Korea has tested a new anti-aircraft missile, the state news Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA) reported on October 1. It is noted that the tests took place on September 30.

The perimeter security system includes remotely controlled combat modules with a large-caliber machine gun

Tests of the first Prometheus perimeter security system, which includes remotely controlled combat modules with a large-caliber machine gun, will be completed at the facilities of the Russian Defense Ministry this year. This was reported to TASS by the General Director of NPO eLektromashina (part of the Uralvagonzavod concern of the ROSTEC State Corporation) Igor Afanasyev.

Former Chief of the General Staff of the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) Retired Russian Colonel-General Viktor Yesin doubted the presence of hypersonic missiles in the DPRK. In his opinion, such developments do not correspond to the industrial level of North Korea. This is reported by Interfax.

The Russian military will receive a portable anti-aircraft missile system of the new generation "METKA". As the commander-in-chief of the Ground Forces, Army General Oleg Salyukov, told the kRasnaya Zvezda newspaper, the MANPADS has a missile with a homing head resistant to all types of optical interference.

In 2021, tests of the Prometheus perimeter security system, including remotely controlled combat modules with a large-caliber machine gun, will be completed at the facilities of the Ministry of Defense, Igor Afanasyev, Director General of the research and production association eLektromashina, told TASS.