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The defense budget of Ukraine for 2022 will be increased. This will allow using the funds allocated for the purchase of weapons to continue the development of the Sapsan operational and tactical missile system (OTRK). This is reported by Defense Express.

Estonia's defense budget for 2022 will amount to a record 748 million euros or 2.31% of the projected gross domestic product of the republic, Defense Minister Kalle Laanet said.

During the second day of the Ukrainian strategic command and staff exercises "United Efforts-2021" at the Yegorlyk training ground in the Kherson region, the S - 300, Buk-M1, S-125 and Osa anti-aircraft missile systems are involved.

Transport planes are often converted into bombers, but the Americans went further. On September 22, the YouTube channel The War Zone published a video of tests of the Rapid Dragon system, with the help of which many non-combat aircraft can become missile carriers.

Despite reports that the deal between Russia and Algeria for the supply of S-400 Triumph was periodically refuted, it became known that a few days ago this African state still received the first S - 400 anti-aircraft missile systems.

Relations between Turkey and the United States are currently experiencing difficult times, including due to problems with Ankara's acquisition of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems from the Russian Federation, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters.

The participation of light armored vehicles in local wars and conflicts often led to its massive losses. We can recall the mission of the Soviet limited contingent in Afghanistan, the fighting on the territory of the post-Soviet space. Dozens or even hundreds of burnt-out and exploded infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers remained everywhere after the fighting.

The missiles of the Ukrainian Neptune and Alder complexes can receive new combat units that will increase the capacity of ammunition. The company "Spetsoboronmash" has mastered the vacuum-lump technology of forming explosive charges, which increases the damaging effect of ammunition. This is written by Defense Express with reference to the Ukroboronprom concern.

The video demonstrates a concept known as Rapid Dragon. Cruise missiles were dropped from C-17 and EC-130 aircraft: it is assumed that this will increase the strike power of the United States.

A Russian military base in Tajikistan conducted sniper training using new rifles at a mountain training ground, the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Wednesday.

Air-to-air missiles can significantly increase the range. September 21 portal thedrive.com He reported that at the Air, Space & Cyber Conference event, Boeing presented the concept of a two-stage LRAAM munition.

After a long break, a T-72MP was seen at the Kharkiv training ground, first shown back in May 1997 at a weapons exhibition in the Czech city of Brno.

According to available data, this tank, which is one of the first modifications of Ural machines developed in Ukraine, was for a long time in the settling tank of the landfill testing site of the experimental shop 190 of the Kharkiv Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering.

The most powerful Soviet self-propelled guns - 203-mm 2S7 "Peony" were mainly operated in Soviet artillery brigades of high power. In total, according to various sources, more than 500 such combat vehicles were manufactured.

During the main stage of the strategic exercises "West-2021" at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, watched by Russian President Vladimir Putin, a B-19 infantry fighting vehicle with an Epoch combat module was shown, which turned out to be an "imperceptible revolution," writes the Polish edition of Defence24.

The American company Square One Systems Design has tested a prototype of the MHU-TSX robotic charging system. It should help to install heavy hypersonic weapons on bombers.

Almaz-Antey is working on a hybrid car with the working name E-NEVA: it will use hydrogen and electricity as fuel. Unlike electric cars, hydrogen provides more mileage and lower CO2 emissions

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and South Korean President Moon Jae-in at a meeting in New York expressed deep concern about North Korea's recent missile tests, the British Prime Minister's office said.

About 5.5 thousand military personnel and more than 1.2 thousand units of weapons and special equipment are involved in the practical exercises

The military personnel will use more than 70 artillery and missile systems to work out tasks to combat illegal armed groups at the anti-terrorist exercises of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member countries "Peace Mission-2021", which are being held in the Orenburg Region. This is stated in a message distributed on Tuesday by the press service of the Central Military District.

The Russian complex of active protection (KAZ) of armored vehicles "Arena-M" can repel an attack from any direction. The system received a modern radar and maneuverable ammunition for destroying an attacking projectile. The features of the complex were revealed by the head of the development and design department of the Kolomna KBM, Vladimir Kharkiv, on the air of the Zvezda TV channel.

The Boeing Corporation presented the appearance of the LRAAM air — to-air missile. It has a two-stage design and can hit air targets at a very long range.