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The pilots worked out the retention of altitude, intervals and distances between aircraft of various types, reaching specified points at a certain time

The first consolidated training for ships and aircraft of the Main Naval Parade was held in St. Petersburg and Kronstadt. This was reported on Sunday in the press service of the Western Military District.

Moscow and Beijing intend to extend the agreement on notification of launches of ballistic missiles and space launch vehicles until 2030.

The Tamir missile of the Iron Dome anti-aircraft missile System (SAM) launched by Israel in response to the Gaza Strip accidentally hit an F-15l fighter flying over the sector. This is reported by The Times Of Israel with reference to local television.

Calculations of the S-300 "Favorit" and S-400 "Triumph" anti-aircraft missile systems of the air defense units of the Central Military District (CVO) deployed combat positions in new areas during combat readiness training in the Volga region, the Urals and Siberia, the press service of the CVO reported on Thursday.

ZSU-23-4 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns continue to be in service with more than twenty armies of the world. In some of them, the overhaul of this combat vehicle has been mastered. For example, the military industry of Vietnam is engaged in this.

The Techmash concern will present for the first time at the MAKS-2021 air show an unguided S-13B aircraft missile of increased efficiency, the press service of the enterprise reported.

The Israeli company Rafael offered to equip Indian T-90 main battle tanks with active protection complexes (KAZ) Trophy.

A model of a combat vehicle upgraded in this way was presented in April 2018 in Chennai at the 10th international defense exhibition Defexpo.

The US Missile Defense Agency launched two cubesats into low-Earth orbit to test the communication architecture of a group of promising HBTSS hypersonic missile detection satellites on them. According to the US Department of Defense, the demonstration will last 90 days, but the mission can be extended up to a year.

The US Army has begun the final assembly of the first four upgraded M109A7 self-propelled howitzers with increased range. According to Janes, the military plans to use at least one of them during the Convergence project exercises in November.

NPO "Splav" named after Ganichev (part of the Rostec Techmash concern) is developing a guided missile in a 122 mm caliber on an initiative basis, the general director of the enterprise Alexander Smirnov said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The command of the Thai Navy has signed a contract with a national company for the supply of mobile short-range anti-aircraft missile systems.

The first improved nuclear warhead W88 for Trident II D5 ballistic missiles, designed to be launched from nuclear submarines, has rolled off the assembly line.

The Pantex plant in Texas has released the first batch of upgraded W88 thermonuclear warheads-they are equipped with Trident II ballistic missiles on submarines. The updates affected the charge initiation system, conventional explosives, and a lightning rod connector was also added to the warhead.

Russia is increasing the number of high-precision long-range weapons, including the Kinzhal hypersonic complexes, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Mikhail Popov said.

The first Turkish short-range anti-aircraft missile systems Hisar A+ entered the army in full configuration. According to Defense News, now the Roketsan company is preparing to start mass production of Hisar O+medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems. The military should receive them in 2024.

The Turkish supersonic anti-radar missile Akbaba ("Vulture") will replace the American AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM, "Harm"), Defense News reports, citing a source.

In the Altai Territory, during the round-the-clock large-scale exercises of the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN), Yars mobile ground missile systems (PGRK) performed intensive maneuver actions on combat patrol routes.

Japan is concerned that its neighboring states are increasing weapons and activating the activities of their armed forces, according to the White Paper published by the Japanese Defense Ministry, an annual report on the country's security and the situation in the world as a whole.

Russian servicemen of the air defense division of the 201st military base, armed with S-300 PS systems, repelled a massive missile attack by a simulated enemy at an exercise in Tajikistan, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Tuesday.

Improving the combat effectiveness of the Tu-160M strategic missile carriers is the most important task that the new NK-32 aircraft engines of the second series will help to solve, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a conference call on Tuesday.