Latest news on "Missile and artillery"

As promised in the Russian Defense Ministry, our ground units in Tajikistan are reinforced with modern armored vehicles. "A batch of 17 modernized BMP-2M infantry fighting vehicles has entered service at the 201st Russian military base stationed in Tajikistan. The new combat vehicles are designed to replace outdated models of equipment of motorized rifle units," the press service of the Central Military District reported yesterday.

For the first time, the Russian Defense Ministry announced its plans to create a long-range hypersonic missile. It is planned to equip strategic aircraft with such powerful weapons.

The head of the Military Academy of the General Staff, Colonel-General Vladimir Zarudnitsky, told about the plans for the development of a new hypersonic weapon.

Units of the air defense forces of the Guards Red Banner Combined Arms Army of the Western Military District conducted an exercise with the calculations of the latest anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) "Buk-M3" in the Kursk region, the press service of the ZVO reported on Wednesday.

The latest anti-aircraft systems, reflecting the latest achievements of China in the field of anti-missile technologies, were not even close to the S-500. If an export version of Prometheus appears , you need to buy it! This, in short, is the essence of the publication in the Chinese edition of Paper, where the author does not skimp on flattering assessments of the new Russian technology. The translation of the article is provided by the InoSMI portal.

With the arrival of Vladimir Lepin as general director of the Kalashnikov Concern, the export potential of the enterprise will be fully realized, Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia, told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.

For the first time, a new Russian intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) "Sarmat" can be launched in the fall. Earlier it became known that this year they want to conduct several tests of the product.

In the largest weapons concern Kalashnikov, the general director will be replaced, the name of the new head is Vladimir Lepin.

Now he is acting as CEO instead of Dmitry Tarasov, who left at his own request, who headed the concern since September 2019. A purely formal decision on the change of management will be made at a meeting of the board of directors on August 10.

The Russian S-500 anti-aircraft missile system is significantly superior to its Chinese counterparts, The Paper writes.

The German Air Force is testing new air-to-air missiles. On August 3, the press service of the Bundeswehr reported that Eurofighter Typhoon fighters are testing Meteor missiles.

The long-suffering Ukrainian armored car "Dozor-B", attempts to establish the production of which were accompanied by numerous scandals, decided to use it in a new quality.

On its basis, the Kharkiv Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering has created a light self-propelled flamethrower system "Speca" ("Heat"), the Defense Express edition reports.

The Deputy Prime Minister noted that under the leadership of Vladimir Lepin, the heavy flamethrower system TOS-2 and the remote mining engineering system "Agriculture"were started and brought to state tests.

Also, on August 27-29, more than 15 units of military equipment will be presented at the forum site

The events of the military-technical forum of the Southern Military District "Army" in Kaspiysk (Republic of Dagestan) will include a demonstration of the combat capabilities of the ship group of the Caspian Flotilla. More than 30 crews of ships, vessels and boats will be involved in the demonstration, the press service of the military district told reporters on Tuesday.

The Russian Federation is developing the latest long-range aviation hypersonic missile X-95, said the head of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Vladimir Zarudnitsky.

The B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber is distinguished from the Tu-160, Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3 aircraft by a diverse combination of strategic nuclear and tactical conventional weapons. The Drive tells about the advantages of the American bomber over the Russian ones.

Russia is developing a long-range hypersonic missile X-95, said the head of the Military Academy of the General Staff, Colonel-General Vladimir Zarudnitsky. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Viktor Baranets commented on the message.

The launchers of the Yars mobile ground-based missile system (PGRK) of the Barnaul Missile Division entered the combat patrol routes as part of the exercise, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

The actions of the Russian strategic nuclear submarines of the Borey project in the Atlantic Ocean have caused fears in the Western media. The submarines were called "deadly", and the tasks they performed were "sinister".

The German Air Force conducted flight tests of its newest Meteor air — to-air missile. According to Defense News, the military decided that the ammunition is ready for integration with Eurofighter Typhoon fighters.

The Russian diesel-electric submarine Krasnodar, equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles, performed conditional torpedo firing in the Baltic Sea, the press service of the Baltic Fleet (BF) reported on Tuesday.

A family of various combat and auxiliary equipment has been developed for the Russian airborne troops on the platform of the BMD-4M amphibious assault vehicle. Many of these samples could be met at the Alabino training ground near Moscow on the eve of the celebration of the 91st anniversary of the creation of the Airborne Troops.