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The latest hypersonic cruise missiles "Zircon" may appear in the armament of the Russian Navy (Navy) in 2025. Such timing of the rocket's arrival was revealed by a TASS source.

Russia and China do not want an exchange of nuclear strikes more than the United States, the American edition of SpaceNews reports a statement by former Deputy Defense Minister for Research and Technical Development of the United States (under the administration of President Donald Trump) Michael Griffin.

Hypersonic missiles "Zircon" will be included in the arsenal of submarines of the Russian Navy in 2025. - The state tests of the Zircon for nuclear submarines will be completed approximately in 2025. The first full-time rocket carrier, the Perm nuclear submarine, will participate in them. At the same time, according to the plan, the boat, along with the missiles, will enter service with the Russian Navy," a source told TASS.

The MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) operational and Tactical missile system of the US Army, if deployed in Ukraine near its northern borders with Russia, is capable of hitting Moscow, writes the American edition of The Drive.

The missile is designed to destroy modern and promising enemy armored vehicles with dynamic protection, as well as fortifications and engineering structures

The export-oriented modification of the latest Mi-28NM combat helicopter will be equipped with guided missiles (UR) "Chrysanthemum" developed by the Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering (KBM, part of the holding "High-Precision Complexes" of the Rostec State Corporation).

Thanks to the adaptation to any type of chassis, it will fit everything from a car to a robot, said Alexey Leonkov, editor of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine

The latest modification of the Kornet-EM anti-tank missile system (ATGM), thanks to adaptation to any type of chassis, can be installed on any equipment, starting from a car and up to a robot. This opinion was expressed by TASS editor of the magazine "Arsenal of the Fatherland" Alexey Leonkov.

The Nikkei newspaper reported that the delivery of new weapons is planned in 2025-2029

The Japanese Defense Ministry intends to increase the range of the cruise missiles being developed, which will be equipped, in particular, ships and fighters, up to 1,000 kilometers. This was reported on Thursday by the Japanese business newspaper Nikkei.

The missile is part of the armament of the Chrysanthemum-S self-propelled anti-tank missile system, and is also adapted for the latest combat helicopters, in particular, the Mi-28NM and Ka-52M

The Engineering Design Bureau (KBM, part of the Rostec State Corporation's High-Precision Complexes holding) is upgrading one of the most powerful guided anti-tank missiles in the world, the Chrysanthemum. This was announced to TASS by the general designer of the KBM Valery Kashin during the international arms exhibition EDEX 2021.

The Russian laser complex "Peresvet" is primarily designed to disable satellites, military expert Dmitry Kornev said in an interview with Izvestia.

Presented this year at the defense industry exhibition "Army-2021" in Moscow, the guided missile "product 305E", originally developed for FSB helicopters, is capable of hitting targets at a distance of about 15 kilometers, which will make it attractive to foreign buyers, writes Defence24.

The United States calls on North Korea to engage in dialogue, the republic's missile and weapons programs are increasingly destabilizing regional security. This was announced on Thursday, December 2, by the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin.

Next year, the Tunguska 2S6 anti-aircraft missile and cannon, considered one of the world's best air defense systems of the ground forces, will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its adoption.

All this time, the complex has been constantly improving, and now new versions significantly exceed the original samples. In particular, they received additional multi-channel sights that allow them to detect and attack the enemy at any time of the day.

Belarus needs Russian S-400 or S-500 anti-aircraft missile systems for effective protection against a missile attack, President of the Republic Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

A solid line of defense is being created on the southern Kuril Islands. On Thursday, December 2, military historian Dmitry Boltenkov told Izvestia, commenting on the assumption of duty of calculations of the Bastion coastal missile system.

Russia will not allow a significant superiority of the Naval forces of other states over the Navy of the Russian Federation, especially in the light of the American concept of a "global strike", said the chief adviser to the head of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), Commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy (2012-2016), Admiral Viktor Chirkov.

The deployment of Russian Bastion coastal missile systems on the Kuril Islands will make power pressure from Tokyo meaningless, military expert, editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine Igor Korotchenko told RIA Novosti.

Serbia is buying new Pantsir air defense systems from Russia. This was announced on Thursday, December 2, during talks with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin said.

Russia is ready to mass-produce anti-aircraft Tigers. On December 1, the TASS news agency reported that the Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering (KBM) has prepared for serial production the first Russian air defense system (air defense) of short/ultra-short range type VSHORAD (Very Short-Range Air Defense) "Flexible-S".

The appearance of calculations of the Bastion coastal missile system (DBK) in the Kuril Islands became possible after Russian specialists managed to solve problems with the water supply of the military camp. This explanation was given by journalist Alexander Kotz in his Telegram channel.

Bastion coastal missile systems on the Kuril island of Matua will provide protection of Russian waters. This is reported by the Zvezda TV channel with reference to military expert Viktor Litovkin.