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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.

On July 8, the Indian state-owned company Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) announced the conclusion of a contract for the production and supply of additional Akash anti-aircraft guided missiles of national development to the Indian Air Force.

The aging Russian turboprop strategic bomber-missile carrier Tu-95MS has defensive weapons from the Cold War, the American edition of The Drive is surprised, commenting on one of the recent videos of the Russian Defense Ministry.

Until recently, the most powerful towed guns in the world continued to be used against terrorist groups in Syria. We are talking about the 180-mm S-23, supplied to the army of Damascus by the Soviet Union in the 70 years.

At the MVTF "Army-2021" within the framework of the thematic section "Military education – advanced technologies and digital transformation", specialists of the Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces named after Peter the Great will present to the general public a mock-up of a "smart audience" with interactive visualization tools.

Military personnel of artillery units of the Russian military base of the Southern Military District (SE) in Abkhazia performed live firing exercises from modernized self-propelled artillery howitzers "Acacia".

The Croatian company DOK-ING has introduced an armored ground robot Komodo. It is designed for radiation, chemical and biological exploration and can operate at high temperatures, complete smoke and lack of oxygen. At the same time, Komodo is also suitable for ordinary engineering work.

We are talking about the Almaz-Antey concern and the Tactical Missile Weapons Corporation

Two companies from Russia-the Almaz-Antey concern and the Tactical Missile Weapons Corporation (KTRV) - were included in the rating of the 100 largest defense enterprises in the world according to the profile weekly Defense News.