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The US Army will test a promising hypersonic tactical missile PrSM firing at maximum range. According to Breaking Defense, it is expected to be launched later on Wednesday from the Vandenberg base. The target will be located at a distance of 499 kilometers.

Russia is ready to negotiate a further reduction of the START, taking into account the availability of its latest weapons. Contacts between Russia and the United States on the reduction of strategic offensive arms are developing

Russian intercontinental hypersonic weapons are already on combat duty, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

According to him, it began after the US withdrawal from the ABM treaty

The arms race between Russia and the United States began after the American side withdrew from the anti-missile defense treaty and is on the march, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was surprised by the reaction of the United States to Russia's creation of hypersonic weapons, because, according to him, at first Washington said that it didn't care, and now it doesn't like it.

The whole world was watching the S-500 tests. Thanks to this weapon, Russia will have the opportunity to create an absolutely impenetrable "space shield". Why is so much attention focused on this SAM, including in the Chinese press?

The Russian Defense Ministry has transferred to Serbia a battery of Russian anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes (ZRPC) "Pantsir–S" to participate in the Russian-Serbian exercises "Slavic Shield - 2021". This was reported on October 13 in the Russian military department.

The Azerbaijani army has adopted the Yugoslav triple-barreled 20-mm M55 Zastava cannons captured from the Armenian troops in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Calculations of the S-400 tRiumph anti-aircraft missile systems of the Air Force and Air Defense Association of the Western Military District (VVO) destroyed hypersonic targets during control classes for the 2021 academic year in the Leningrad Region, the press service of the VVO reports.

Coastal missile launchers of the Pacific Fleet have been alerted as part of exercises in Kamchatka, the press service of the Air Force for the Pacific Fleet reports.

Russia has completed testing of the latest hypersonic missile

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the implementation of the second test launch of the hypersonic cruise missile "Zircon". It was produced by the crew of the nuclear submarine missile cruiser Severodvinsk from the Barents Sea. The shooting took place in normal mode and, it would seem, was no different from many other similar missile launches. But in fact, it changes a lot.

For the first time during the exercises, Russian sailors used reconnaissance drones from aboard the ship to control hitting the target with KALIBR cruise missiles, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) told reporters.

The Lazar III armored vehicle received the Russian DUBM 32B01 with a 30 mm automatic cannon, as well as an uninhabited module with a 57 mm cannon

The Serbian defense company yUgoimport for the first time presented the newest armored personnel carrier (APC) Lazar III A1, equipped with Russian combat modules, at the international arms exhibition "Partner-2021", held in Belgrade (Serbia) from October 11 to 14, a TASS correspondent reports from the scene.

The updated self-propelled howitzers "Acacia" were delivered to the Belarusian army from Russia, after major repairs, modern communications equipment, as well as chemical reconnaissance and night vision devices were installed on them, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus.

Now the ships have begun to implement a set of pre-arrival measures, the source said

The frigates of the Black Sea Fleet of Project 11356 "Admiral Grigorovich" and "Admiral Essen", equipped with the Kalibr-NK missile system, are preparing to perform combat service tasks as part of the permanent task force of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean. This was reported to TASS by a source in the naval sphere.

Russian hypersonic missiles "Zircon" will be tested with a volley launch from the frigate "Admiral Gorshkov", which will test the concept of a "swarm of bees", which allows distracting the fire of the enemy's anti-aircraft system (air defense), writes TASS columnist Dmitry Litovkin.

The United States intends to significantly increase its air defense capabilities. October 11, portal defensenews.com He announced that full-scale production of the promising IBCS air defense system could begin as early as 2023.

A brigade or regiment of S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft systems, having received the Pantsir-SM complexes, will become a self-sufficient unit. Military expert Viktor Murakhovsky told Izvestia about this on Tuesday, October 12.

At the 10th International Exhibition of Armaments and Military Equipment "Partner-2021" held in Belgrade, the Serbian armored personnel carrier "Lazanski", created in yUgoimport-SDPR, was demonstrated for the first time.

The four-axle combat vehicle is named after the Serbian ambassador to Russia Miroslav Lazansky, who passed away in early August of this year.

North Korea has demonstrated for the first time various samples of its latest missile weapons, including the recently tested hWasong-8 for the first time.

This modern means of destruction, as well as other samples of military equipment manufactured by the military-industrial complex of the DPRK, are currently being demonstrated at the exhibition of achievements in the development of state defense "Self-Defense - 2021", which opened in Pyongyang.

For the first time, Philippine ships will have missiles to fight air targets. October 11, portal navalpost.com He reported that France had delivered Mistral 3 surface-to-air missiles to the Philippine Navy.