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As of September 2020, the United States had 3,750 nuclear warheads, the United States State Department said.

By the end of 2021, another test firing of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" will take place - from the frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Gorshkov". Earlier it was reported that the tests of the missile from the surface carrier have been successfully completed.

Calculations of the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes during an exercise in the Novosibirsk region repelled an attack by a group of enemy attack drones on a command post and infrastructure, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Wednesday.

The Strategic Missile Forces receive a unique simulator for training the personnel of communications units. On it, military personnel learn to establish communication with various management links in any situation.

State tests will begin in November, a source in the military-industrial complex noted

Two successful launches of the Zircon hypersonic missile from the Severodvinsk nuclear submarine will allow state tests of the missile from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate by the end of the year, a source in the military-industrial complex told TASS on Wednesday.

The joint exercises "Selenga-2021" have ended in Mongolia. According to the Press Service of the Eastern Military District, the active phase with the participation of air defense units and the Mongolian army was held at the Doityn Am high-altitude training ground.

Small-sized ammunition has been tested in Turkey. The METE mini-missile is designed to arm quadrocopters, ground-based unmanned platforms and infantry. The tests were announced on Twitter by the head of the Turkish Defense Industry Department, Ismail Demir.

The Iranian military industry currently produces several types of modern ATGMs capable of destroying any tank. For example, mass production of the Toophan-3M guided missile, which is an analogue of the American TOW-2B, has begun in the Islamic Republic.

The cruise missile "Malachite" was hit by missiles of the anti-aircraft missile system "Redut" and the fire of a 100-mm naval artillery installation A-19

The Pacific Fleet corvette "Loud" during exercises in the Sea of Japan hit the Malachite cruise missile with anti-aircraft missiles. This was reported to journalists in the press service of the fleet.

Russia is expanding the list of carriers of hypersonic weapons. On October 4, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on its official YouTube channel published a video of the launch of the Zircon missile from the nuclear submarine Severodvinsk.

For the first time in Russia, a hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile "Zircon" was launched from an underwater position from the nuclear submarine "Severodvinsk". The missile successfully hit a target in the Barents Sea. According to Military Watch, with such missiles, the Russian Navy will significantly increase the firepower of its ships.

Tests of the Zircon hypersonic missile from a submarine have been completed, all its characteristics have been confirmed, Commander of the Northern Fleet Alexander Moiseev reported to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a conference call.

Tests of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" from the submarine "Severodvinsk" pose a serious threat to the American fleet, writes the magazine Military Watch.

Military expert Dmitry Boltenkov on Tuesday, October 5, in an interview with Izvestia, spoke about the capabilities of the nuclear submarine Severodvinsk, from which a hypersonic cruise missile "Zircon" was launched from an underwater position.

Russia has sent a small ship "Vyshny Volochek", equipped with a Kalibr-NK missile system, to the Mediterranean Sea, the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet reported.

The fighter with a shortened takeoff and vertical landing of the F-35B was tested by taking off and landing on the Japanese promising aircraft carrier Izumo, which is being converted from a helicopter carrier. According to The Drive, a combat aircraft took off and boarded a Japanese ship for the first time since the end of World War II.

In 2021, four launches of sOyuz-2 rockets with military satellites and the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile were carried out at the Plesetsk cosmodrome, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

The Russian space forces have detected more than 110 launches of foreign and domestic ballistic missiles and space rockets since the beginning of 2021, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has released a video of the launch of the Zircon rocket, the first tests of which took place on October 4 from the Severodvinsk nuclear submarine.

Judging by the video published by the agency, the rocket launch took place at night

The Russian military conducted the first test launch of a hypersonic missile "Zircon" from a submarine. Prior to that, the launches of the Zircon were carried out from a surface ship.