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It is planned to complete the tests before the ice break on the White Sea with the implementation of several launches

Tests of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" from the submarine carrier-the nuclear submarine (submarine) of the project 885 "Severodvinsk" - are scheduled to begin at the end of August. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The decision of Russia and the United States to extend the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (STCW) is a welcome step, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres believes.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu will instruct the creation of a scientific and production company (NPR) on the basis of the Makeev State Missile Center (GRC), which will allow young employees to perform military service on the job.

The Defense Minister stressed that the main task assigned to the military-industrial complex is to increase the production of military and dual-use products

The import substitution program will allow to increase the share of Russian products in the domestic market of the defense industry by two and a half times by 2025, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting with the staff of Krasmash on Friday.

According to the Pakistani media, the launch ceremony of the third of the four Type-054A/P class frigates ordered for the Pakistani Navy took place at the enterprise of the Chinese company Hudong Zhonghua in Shanghai.

Russia can put an end to the piracy of Israeli aircraft in the Syrian airspace by transferring more powerful air defense systems and operational information from its anti-aircraft systems deployed in the region to Damascus. The recent missile attack, successfully repelled by the Syrian army (as it is believed, not without the help of Russia), as well as the change in the rhetoric of the Russian Defense Ministry, are a signal to both Tel Aviv and Washington to negotiate clearer parameters for ending the conflict in Syria, MilitaryWatch writes.

Almaz-Antey Aerospace Defense Concern JSC will receive more than 11% of the shares of Khabarovsk Radio Engineering Plant JSC from federal ownership, according to the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The report that Russian engineers are engaged in automating the rocket artillery system has caused serious concern in the United States.

The fact that the US military recognized that Russia is ahead of America in the development and creation of supersonic missiles seems to be "perpendicular"to Bulgarian readers. They do not believe in this fact, as well as in the existence of the coronavirus. But there are also those who note the efficiency and ingenuity of Russian scientists and designers.

The ship's strike group of the Northern Fleet, operating in the areas of the North-Eastern Atlantic as part of the command and staff training on the management of forces and troops of the Northern Fleet, conducted a missile strike exercise for a ship's group of a conditional enemy.

The Americans continue to arm Taiwan against the background of China's threats to seize the island by force. August 6, portal thedefensepost.com He reported that the US State Department approved the sale of weapons in the amount of $ 750 million.

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.