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Russian President Vladimir Putin called for the modernization of the aerospace defense system (EKO). This is reported by Interfax.

The closing ceremony was attended by the commanders of the Airborne Forces, Colonel-General Andrei Serdyukov and the paratroopers of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Divisional General Atif Ibrahim Mady

The fifth joint tactical exercises of the paratroopers of Russia and Egypt "Defenders of Friendship - 2021", which took place on October 17 with the participation of military transport aircraft of the two countries, ended near Cairo.

Deputy Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (KNSH) The US Armed Forces (AF) General John Hyten said that China is ahead of Russia in the development of hypersonic weapons. This is reported by TASS.

The pace of China's development of its own weapons is impressive, Beijing can outpace the United States and Russia, said John Hyten, deputy chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Armed Forces, speaking at a meeting with a Washington Group of military observers.

FAR EAST - Missile strike control training with calculations of operational tactical missile systems (OTRK) "Iskander" was held in Primorye, the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO) reports.

The Indian Armed Forces launched the Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at night. During the tests, the rocket covered a distance of more than 5,000 kilometers. This is reported by Army Recognition.

US allies should lift restrictions on the supply of defense systems to Ukraine. This opinion was expressed by Laura Cooper, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia.

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.