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The Yemeni Houthis have destroyed the second Saudi intelligence-strike drone in a short time. On May 20, Wing Loong II was hit. Three days later, a Chinese-made CH-4B was shot down over the Yemeni province of Al-Jawf.

Tests of the latest S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) are being successfully completed. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 25 at the beginning of a meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and enterprises of the military-industrial complex.

In the Moscow region, with the commanders of the batteries of multiple rocket launchers of the Kantemirov Division of the Guards Tank Red Banner Army, the ZVO conducted a training session on shooting and fire control on a modern simulator "Arterra-VT-3D".

The nuclear submarine of the Northern Fleet "Pskov" has a unique arsenal - the largest per unit volume among submarines.

The Houthis released a video of the downed Wing Loong II reconnaissance and strike drone manufactured by the People's Republic of China.

This drone, which was in service with the Saudi Air Force, crashed near the Yemeni province of Saada.

The Russian Foreign Ministry published data on the total number of strategic offensive weapons in Russia and the United States under the START Treaty, extended at the end of January this year for five years.

Artillery units of the Marine Corps of the Ukrainian Navy are planning to purchase 2S22 Bogdana self-propelled guns and Verba M1 multiple rocket launchers.

According to the Defense Express portal, such equipment should arrive by 2025.

The head of the concern, Yan Novikov, said that the Russian Nebo-M radar station is capable of detecting the latest low-visibility combat aircraft, including the American F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II fighters.

Two submarines of the project 636.3 "Varshavyanka" will be laid for the Pacific Fleet by the end of the year, Fleet Commander Sergei Avakyants said.

A large anti-submarine ship (BOD) "Admiral Vinogradov" of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Federation is planned to be sent for modernization, said the commander of the fleet, Admiral Sergei Avakyants.

The Joint Strategic Command (USC) "Northern Fleet", which ensures the security of the Russian part of the Arctic, in the event of a war with the US Navy (Navy) will be destroyed, predicts in the "Military-Industrial Courier" Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences (RARAN) for information Policy, Doctor of Military Sciences Konstantin Sivkov.

The Pacific Fleet's Admiral Vinogradov BOD will be the next Project 1155 ship to be upgraded.

The destruction of the targets by the Algerian "Pantsir-S1" and "Cornet-EM" was shown on video. The network published a video from the recent exercises of the 2nd military district of the National People's Army of Algeria.

In 2022, tests of the small-sized hypersonic missile "Ostrota" will begin, which should be received by the Russian supersonic Su-34 fighter-bomber and the Tu-22M3 missile-bomber with a variable sweep wing, Izvestia reports, citing sources in the Russian Defense Ministry.

Photos of tests in China of a new air defense system, which is a rotating cannon with 20 barrels, have appeared on the Internet.

The images were first published on the Chinese service Weibo, they show that the installation has already passed at least three stages of combat tests - in January, March and April of this year, notes The Drive.

In addition to models of BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles and T-72 and T-80 tanks, the US military uses imitations of other Russian-made military equipment. For example, two years ago, a fake self-propelled rocket and gun complex "Tunguska"was spotted at the Fort Irwin training ground.

The Pacific Fleet will receive an anti-submarine ship with advanced air defense capabilities. On the air of Sputnik radio, military observer, retired Colonel Viktor Litovkin spoke about the new capabilities of the modernized project 1155 "Admiral Vinogradov".

The Russian Armed Forces have surpassed the most powerful armies in the world in terms of the share of modern equipment in the strategic nuclear forces, Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said on Friday as part of the New Knowledge marathon.

The Russian Defense Minister in the framework of the marathon "New Knowledge" compared the latest Russian laser combat systems "Peresvet" with lightsabers, which are shown in the fantastic space saga "Star Wars".

The Chinese have tested a 20-barrel rotating gun that can be used to protect the ships of the Chinese Navy.