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Skunk Works-the authors of many advanced American military developments-are switching to new technologies. August 15, portal thedrive.com He reported that the Lockheed Martin Corporation has opened a new plant for its secret division.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the transfer of shares of a number of enterprises and institutions to the Tactical Missile Weapons Corporation (KTRV), the corresponding document was published on Monday on the official portal of legal information.

Russia is currently the world's leading country in the field of hypersonic weapons and missile defense systems (ABM), the head of the Strategic Command (STRATCOM)said US Armed Forces Admiral Charles Richard.

The Russian Federation avoids direct confrontation to strengthen its international role, but resorts to pressure against other countries and to cyber operations, the head of the US Strategic Command, Admiral Charles Richard, said on Thursday.

VR system thoroughly reproduces workflows, the specifics of the special tools and even the nature of materials

The technodinamika holding (part of state Corporation rostec) has developed an intelligent simulator, training manufacture and repair of ammunition for reactive systems of volley fire (MLRS) "Grad" in virtual reality (VR). This was reported to journalists on Friday in the press service of Rostec.

The IDEF-2021 exhibition will be held on August 17-20

The Sula radar station, designed to monitor space objects, as well as the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system, the Viking anti-aircraft missile system and other air defense systems will be presented by Almaz-Antey Concern at the IDEF-2021 International Defense Exhibition, which will be held in Istanbul from August 17 to 20. This was reported on Friday in the press service of the concern.

The basis of the helicopter fleet of the Bangladesh Air Force is made up of Russian-made machines, there are almost two dozen units in total.

The Mi-17, Mi-171 and Mi-172 are used for various tasks, including providing fire support. To do this, they hang blocks for launching unguided aircraft missiles capable of hitting targets at a distance of 4000 - 6000 meters, depending on the modification.

The US Defense Ministry announced the signing by the command for the conclusion of contracts of the US Army with Lockheed Martin Corporation of an agreement for the supply of ATACMS OTR for the national armed forces, as well as for the Armed Forces of Taiwan within the framework of the "Foreign Military Sales"program.

The South Korean company LIG-Nex1 is likely to be selected as the lead developer of the national "Near-Range Defense System-2" (CIWS-II) for combat ships of the Republic of Korea Navy.

As the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko said on August 10, 2021 in a speech at the Single Day of Acceptance of Military Products, by the end of this year the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will receive a new brigade set of the Iskander-M operational and tactical missile system, which will be delivered "ahead of schedule".

Russian attack drones will carry weapons without guidance systems. On August 12, the Izvestia newspaper reported that the Russian Defense Ministry is developing a new weapon system for attack unmanned aerial vehicles. According to Izvestia, drones will receive not only "smart", but also ordinary unguided bombs.

Battalion exercises with 6 thousand servicemen are beginning on the territory of 10 regions of the Western Military District, the press service of the ZVO reported.

On Friday, the press service of the Western Military District informed that the motorized rifle brigade stationed in the Leningrad Region received 10 upgraded infantry fighting vehicles BMP-2M with a combat module "Berezhok". It is reported that by the end of the year, 30 more units of such equipment should be transferred to the service of the ZVO troops.

The over-the-horizon radar station "Mineral-U" is almost ready, Defense Express reports. The Ukrainian information and consulting agency showed the corresponding video on Twitter.

The original was taken from a colleague of diana_mihailova in the State Security Committee "Luch" exported several thousand anti-tank missiles to Algeria, ed. 111 "Stugna"

The LCD-360MC "Neptune" anti-ship missile system "has become even cooler," says the Ukrainian information and consulting agency Defense Express.

The successful completion of strength tests of the new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford was a signal to the Russian Federation and China that the United States is not concerned about the anti-ship missiles of these two countries, the South China Morning Post reports, citing the words of former Chinese military instructor Sun Zhongping.

The crews of the newest small missile ships "Veliky Ustyug" and "Uglich" of the Caspian Flotilla (CFl) conducted training to repel attacks by means of an air attack of a conditional enemy, Colonel Vadim Astafyev, head of the press service of the Southern Military District, told reporters on Thursday.

The Americans successfully launched the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Her May tests, we recall, ended unsuccessfully.

As it became known to the Indian resource The Print, the command of the Indian Land Forces is considering the possibility of purchasing up to 40 tracked self-propelled howitzers K-9 VAJRA-T for use in mountainous areas in the border areas with China.