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The US military does not believe that hypersonic weapons being developed by Pyongyang pose a threat to the United States, the head of the North American Joint Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), US Air Force General Glen Van Herk, said at a briefing at the Pentagon after reports of a hypersonic missile test in the DPRK. His words are quoted by Interfax.

The Russian research and production enterprise "Moscow Institute of Heat Engineering" has found a way to extinguish forest fires using rocket technologies by patenting a "cannon" for extinguishing, it follows from the documents posted in the Rospatent database.

More than 2 thousand servicemen were involved in the exercises

Combat crews of anti-aircraft missile systems of formations and military units of the air defense of the Central Military District hit more than 50 air targets during joint exercises of the air defense forces, which ended in the Astrakhan region. This was reported on Wednesday by the press service of the Central Military District.

Seven aircraft of the Black Sea Fleet conducted a bombing and missile launch exercise in Crimea, said the official representative of the Black Sea Fleet Alexei Rulev.

The large-scale Strategic Missile Forces exercises that began in the Urals differ from previous maneuvers in that all attention is focused on YARS ballistic missiles. Earlier, different types of missiles were used during the maneuvers. Thanks to mobile launchers, "yArsa" is more difficult to detect, track and aim missiles at them, writes The National Interest.

Combat crews of anti-aircraft missile systems of formations and air defense units destroyed more than five dozen air targets during an exercise in the Astrakhan region.

The overwhelming majority of Russians (86%) are confident that an armed conflict with the use of nuclear weapons should not be expected in the near future, according to a VTsIOM survey released on Wednesday.

The Omsk submarine and the vAryag cruiser launched cruise missiles at a target at a distance of over 450 km during an exercise off the coast of Kamchatka. This is reported by the press service of the Pacific Fleet.

Russia is tracking information about North Korea's missile launches. The situation around the launches affects the prospects for a dialogue on nuclear disarmament of the peninsula. This was announced to journalists on September 29 by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.

Flight design tests of the Zircon hypersonic missile from a surface carrier have been completed, TASS reports, citing a source close to the Russian Defense Ministry.

The entire color of the Chinese defense industry is represented these days in Zhuhai. On September 28, the 13th International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, better known as Airshow China 2021, opened in this city.

North Korea has created a new hWasong-8 missile capable of effectively overcoming American missile defense. Its successful launch, which took place last Tuesday, was reported by the KCNA news agency.

The United States drew attention to the expanded arsenal of MiG-31BM and MiG-31BSM interceptors. The aircraft received a new short-range R-74M air-to-air missile. The new ammunition makes the MiG-31 one of the most versatile aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS). A similar opinion was expressed by the magazine The Military Watch.

The American hypersonic missile on tests reached a speed five times greater than the speed of sound, the Pentagon's Advanced Development Agency (DARPA) reported on September 27.

As reported by the Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties, it was launched from the Idlib de-escalation zone

Russian means of controlling the airspace of the Khmeimim airbase in Syria have detected a drone launched by militants. The UAV was shot down by the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex, said Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in Syria.

The regiment of the mobile ground missile system (PGRK) "yArs" of the Tagil missile compound has begun to march to a field position, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

In Japan, it is assumed that a ballistic missile was tested

The North Korean military launched at least one missile towards the Sea of Japan, Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the South Korean military.

The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan ordered to conduct a "comprehensive analysis" of the missile launch. The Prime Minister of Japan ordered to strengthen surveillance

South Korea has called an emergency meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) on Tuesday in response to North Korea's launch of a "short-range missile," the administration of the President of the Republic of Korea said.

The DPRK missile launch does not pose an immediate threat to the US military, the country's territory or its allies, the Indo-Pacific Command of the US Armed Forces (INDOPACOM) said.

The United States will be able to put its hypersonic missiles into service in the next five years, but Russia is able to neutralize this potential threat with the help of S-500 complexes.