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The upgraded three-coordinate radar stations "Casta-2E2" (39N6) involved in the exercises in the Leningrad region timely detected the approach of a squadron of drones. The transmitted coordinates allowed the Tor-M anti-aircraft missile systems to successfully repel a massive aerial drone attack.

The Swedish Air Force Command has announced initial plans to adopt the Gripen E multipurpose fighter developed by Saab and named the first base for the deployment of this type of aircraft.

The crew of the Ka-27 helicopter of naval aviation also practiced taking off and landing on the deck of the ship on the move during the exercises

The Pacific Fleet corvette "Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov" destroyed air and surface targets with artillery fire during exercises in Peter the Great Bay (Sea of Japan).

In Iran, a MiG-29 fighter destroyed a missile fired by an F-5 Tiger II aircraft. The video posted on YouTube drew attention to The Drive.

In the future, China will inevitably become the main rival of the United States in all components, possibly lagging behind in nuclear weapons. Vasily Kashin, Deputy Director of the HSE Center for Integrated European and International Studies, told Izvestia about this on Friday, October 29.

A new Brimstone Sea Spear missile, developed by the British company MBDA UK, may be delivered to Ukraine. This was announced on October 29 by the Ministry of Defense of the country.

Kiev will decide on a missile strike on the territory of the Russian Federation only if Russia starts a full-scale conflict against Ukraine. Such a statement was made on October 29 by the freelance adviser to the head of the office of the Ukrainian president, the press secretary of the Kiev delegation in the Trilateral Contact Group on Donbass, Alexey Arestovich.

It is planned to carry out five launches for sea and coastal targets

State tests of the newest hypersonic anti-ship missile "Zircon" from the surface carrier - the frigate "Admiral Gorshkov" - will begin in November this year. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the Russian Defense Ministry.

The Russian air defense systems used by Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh turned out to be outdated and unreliable, the American magazine Popular Mechanics tells.

US allies hope that US President Joe Biden at the G20 summit will confirm the immutability of the principles of the use of nuclear weapons, The Financial Times newspaper reports.

US allies in Europe and the Pacific are trying to influence the White House and are calling on American leader Joe Biden not to change Washington's current nuclear policy, the Financial Times newspaper reports.

The Russian military is monitoring the actions of the USS Porter, which entered the Black Sea on Saturday, the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation reported.

The United States has made significant progress in increasing the power and accuracy of nuclear weapons, which have become significantly more reliable and effective than ever before, The Washington Post says, citing interviewed experts.

The crews of the large anti-submarine ships Admiral Panteleev and Admiral Tributs of the Pacific Fleet conducted air defense training at their base in Vladivostok, the press service of the fleet reported on Saturday.

The air defense of Damascus repelled a missile strike. This was announced on October 30 on its website by the SANA agency. Data on who is firing is not provided.

Russia and Brazil continue to discuss the possible purchase by the Latin American country of the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun systems (ZRPC). This was announced by Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) Anatoly Punchuk.

Mortars are becoming more dangerous and "smarter". Yesterday, October 30, the portal janes.com He reported that Saab Bofors Dynamics Switzerland (SBDS) has announced the completion of the development of the "smart" THOR artillery mine.

US President Joe Biden at a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Erdogan on Sunday expressed his desire to maintain constructive relations between the countries, while expressing concern that Ankara has acquired Russian S-400 air defense systems.

The winners of the competition among potential developers of a super-powerful combat laser announced by the US Army were General Atomics (GA) and Boeing. According to the plan of the command, in the future it will be able to destroy high-speed air targets, including hypersonic missiles.

Allies fear that the United States will reconsider its nuclear policy and move to the principle of a "single goal— - it implies that Washington uses nuclear weapons solely for deterrence or as a retaliatory measure