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[b]They included representatives of the military and diplomatic corps from 52 countries of the CIS, Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America.]

The Russian military demonstrated to military attaches from 52 countries live firing from the S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems and the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and gun systems at the Ashuluk training ground in the Astrakhan region. This was reported to journalists in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

France on Wednesday conducted a test launch of the M51 submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missile, the country's defense ministry said.

Testing of the Czech self-propelled artillery installation Dana-M2 began in Ukraine. This is reported by the Defense Express portal.

Currently, the wheeled combat vehicle is located at one of the military training grounds in the Rivne region, where the tactical and technical characteristics declared by Excalibur Army are checked.

The Russian diesel-electric submarine Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (built for the Pacific Fleet) has carried out training torpedo firing from an underwater position in the Baltic Sea, the Russian Baltic Fleet said on Wednesday.

Two new motorized rifle regiments have been created in the Kaliningrad region, it follows from the message of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation. In recent years, Russia has strengthened its military infrastructure in the western direction, in particular, in the Kaliningrad region.

Washington believes that the absence of a nuclear agreement with Iran regulating development in this area would be beyond Russia's interests, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said at a briefing.

The creation of the Ukrainian operational-tactical missile system "Grom-2" continues to be in question. In 2018, after the five-axle OTRK chassis participated in the parade on August 24 in Kiev, and then was shown at the exhibition "Weapons and Security", it was solemnly announced that the first launches would be held in 2019.

It has completed the factory test program

The carrier of the Kalibr and Uran cruise missile systems, the Marshal Shaposhnikov frigate, has joined the permanent readiness forces of the Pacific Fleet, the fleet's press service said on Tuesday.

[b]Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the countries also plan to jointly repel threats from Afghanistan.]

The joint air defense system is being created by Russia and Tajikistan, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at talks with the head of the republic's military department, Sherali Mirzo, in Dushanbe on Tuesday.

Leonardo Group has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin for the supply of four 127-mm OTO 127/64 LW Vulcano naval artillery systems to equip the new multi-purpose combat ships of the Canadian Navy.

Adopted 40 years ago, the 120-mm mortar "Sani"is still too early to retire: after modernization, increased mobility and accuracy of fire. The mortar with a rate of fire of up to 15 rounds per minute proved to be indispensable in the mountains and passed combat testing in Syria.

A video has appeared on the Internet showing a Chinese supersonic YJ-18A missile hitting a target ship. Moreover, the defeat of this missile of a surface target is shown for the first time.

According to dambiev, the footage of the use of the missile is part of a promo video dedicated to the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the PLA Navy. The video shows the launch of the rocket and its hit on board the target ship. At the same time, a pillar of fire rises above the deck.

The small amphibious assault ships "Yevgeny Kocheshkov" and "Mordovia" of the Baltic Fleet performed the task of transferring marines with a landing on the Baltic Sea coast during a planned exercise.

The US military command is moving HIMARS multiple rocket launchers from Kuwait to Afghanistan to provide cover during the withdrawal of its contingent from Afghan territory, the US Central Command said.

Amid the escalation with Russia, Kiev appealed to Berlin to provide weapons to strengthen the coastal defense.

As reported by DW, UNIAN writes, this is stated in the article of the German edition Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAS). The journalists received a list of requests from the Ukrainian side.

Combat crews of the air and missile defense forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces have successfully launched a new missile of the Russian missile defense system (ABM). This happened at the Sary-Shagan test site in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The Zvezda TV channel showed footage of the test launch of a new missile of the Russian missile defense system.

The control check of combat readiness of more than 15 thousand servicemen of the Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District for the winter training period was successfully completed. The exercises were held on the territory of the Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Smolensk, Yaroslavl, and Ivanovo regions.

The aircraft missile "Armored truck" will be delivered to the troops after 2023. This is due to the time of formation of the plans of the Russian Ministry of Defense for procurement and the technological cycle of missile production.

Frigates of the project 22350 will become the first full-time carriers of hypersonic weapons, the press service of the Northern Fleet reported on Friday, April 23.