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MiG-31K fighters capable of carrying hypersonic missiles and Tu-22M3 long-range bombers flew over the Mediterranean Sea as part of the exercises. This was announced on June 29 by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Self-propelled artillery installations 2S3M "Acacia" of the Belarusian army will undergo major repairs at the Ural plant of transport engineering of the Uralvagonzavod concern.

According to Rostec, this information was announced at the 10th International Exhibition of Weapons and Military Equipment MILEX-2021, which was recently held in Minsk.

MiG-31K hypersonic weapons carriers and Tu-22M3 long-range bombers performed flights over the Mediterranean Sea

Russian ships conducted training to repel an air attack by a simulated enemy in the Mediterranean Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday.

The International exhibition of arms and Military Equipment "MILEX–2021"has ended in the Belarusian capital. One of the most popular expositions of the exhibition, held from June 23 to 26, 2021 in Minsk, was the products of the Russian Aerospace defense Concern Almaz-Antey. The guests of the exhibition were shown anti-aircraft missile systems of the Tor family, the Buk-M2E medium-range complex, the Antey-4000 anti-aircraft missile system, as well as the Adjutant universal target training complex and the operation of a number of new radar stations.

According to the estimates of the US Air Force command, one of the components of the US strategic nuclear shield – the Minuteman III land-based ICBM needs to be replaced, since many of them have already passed half a century, and their service life is already expiring. After all, they were adopted back in 1970.

The South Korean Defense Procurement Authority (DAPA) decided to create its own air defense system, similar to the Israeli "Iron Dome". According to Yonhap, the development will begin next year and will be completed around 2035.

A major US-Ukrainian naval exercise Sea Breeze 2021 will start in the Black Sea on Monday, according to the US Navy.

During the joint exercises of the forces of the permanent task force of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea and the aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces, tasks were worked out to repel the attack of enemy air assets and air defense training was conducted. This was told in the Russian Defense Ministry on June 28.

Mig-31K fighters armed with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and Tu-22M3 long-range bombers made training flights accompanied by Su-35 and Su-34 fighters during exercises in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Monday.

Flight tests of the American advanced intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) are scheduled for 2023, according to Popular Mechanics magazine.

On June 27, the Project 636.3 "Magadan" sailed from St. Petersburg to the Baltic Sea for factory sea trials (ZHI).

The Pantsir-M anti-aircraft missile and artillery complex (ZRAK) is capable of destroying the latest means of air attack, the Rostec State Corporation's High-Precision Complexes holding reported during the International Naval Salon (MVMS-2021).

The largest exercise "Lightning Strike 2021" took place in the mountains in the south-west of Serbia with the key participation of military equipment purchased in the Russian Federation, or received under the agreement on military cooperation between Moscow and Belgrade, RIA Novosti reports.

JSC "Concern of East Kazakhstan Region" Almaz-Antey " and the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus at the exhibition "MILEX-2021" approved a cooperation scheme for the repair of combat vehicles from the "Tor-M2K" air defense system in the interests of the Belarusian military department.

Russia has successfully launched the latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which was developed at the Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering (MIT, part of Roscosmos). The launch took place from the 1st State Test Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, TASS reported on June 28, citing a source in the military-industrial complex.

The crews of five ships of the Russian Navy, including the missile cruiser "Moscow", the frigates "Admiral Essen" and "Admiral Makarov", repelled the attack of a conditional enemy and conducted training of air defense forces at exercises in the Mediterranean Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

The use of an uninhabited 57-mm AU-220M combat module on the BMP-3 significantly increases the safety of the crew and landing troops, and also makes it more comfortable for people to stay behind the armor.

The internal layout of such a modernized infantry fighting vehicle is demonstrated in a video dedicated to the anniversary of the Nizhny Novgorod Central Research Institute "Burevestnik".

A new Russian submarine with nuclear drones that can destroy an aircraft carrier and cause a tsunami has gone on its first voyage. Experts believe that it is perfectly equipped for sabotage and covert operations and will report directly to the country's leadership, bypassing the structure of the naval command.

Hypersonic weapons have already been put on combat duty – the Avangard and Dagger complexes, other unique weapons systems are on the way, among them the Sarmat ICBM, the Zircon shipboard hypersonic missile, the S – 500 Prometheus air defense system and other complexes.

The US State Department has approved the potential supply of AGM-84L-1 "Harpoon" Block anti-ship missiles to the Philippines as part of the "Foreign Military Sales" program.2 and related equipment.