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In the desert in the north-west of China near the city of Yumen, US commercial satellites recorded the construction of about 120 ICBM mines. According to experts, this may mean a sharp increase in the nuclear missile potential of the PRC.

The missile cruiser "Moscow" and the frigate "Admiral Essen" on Monday, after passing the Bosphorus, returned to the Black Sea, Istanbul observers reported, publishing photos of the ships passing through the strait.

According to the developer, one simulator allows you to train up to three anti-aircraft gunners both in the classroom and in the field

A modern training system for the latest portable anti-aircraft missile system (MANPADS) "Verba" was developed in Russia. This was reported to TASS by Alexander Skorkin, Deputy General Director for Science of JSC "Simulator Systems" (the simulator developer company).

The Russian military is conducting a special exercise to test the systems and weapons of submarines in the deep-water areas of the Barents and Norwegian Seas, the Northern Fleet said.

The cost of developing the Ukrainian coastal missile complex LCD-360MC "Neptune", called in Kiev the" destroyer " of the Russian Crimean Bridge, amounted to $ 40 million, Defense Express reports.

The Russian fleet is preparing to replenish with a new nuclear submarine. On June 2, the TASS news agency reported that the Novosibirsk submarine of the Yasen-M project 885M entered the White Sea for the first time for factory sea trials.

American strategic aviation will be able to destroy enemy targets with nuclear weapons without response. With the new cruise missiles, missile-carrying bombers will be inaccessible to enemy air defense systems. On June 2, the press service of Raytheon Technologies announced the signing of a new contract with the US Air Force for the development of a Long Range Stand-Off missile (LRSO).

The Russian National Security Strategy, signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, fixes the threats that may arise in the event of the deployment of American medium-and shorter-range missiles in a number of regions of the world.

The French MMP ATGM turned out to be very successful. July 3, portal defenseworld.net he reported that the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) has signed an agreement with the Swedish Defense Procurement Agency (FMV) to create new missiles based on the French counterpart Javelin.

The strengthening of Russia in the Black Sea region after the return of Crimea does not leave NATO a chance for a quick and convincing victory in the event of a possible conflict. This opinion was shared by columnist Mark Episkopos in the magazine The National Interest.

Specialists of the European Space Agency conducted another high-altitude test of the parachute system for the landing module of the ExoMars-2022 mission, which ended with the successful landing of the module layout. Nevertheless, a small gap appeared again on the fabric of the second main parachute, which did not affect the landing process, according to the ESA website.

Raphael ,one of the three largest Israeli defense companies, demonstrated its new Sea Breaker cruise missile. But here's the oddity – in the animated video, a guided missile hits a ship launched back in 1983. We are talking about a Soviet missile boat with the tail number 962. Judging by the open data, this is the boat R-71 "Shuya", which is still part of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. So, the rocket is new, and the target is old.

Usually, when they talk about modern Russian self-propelled anti-tank complexes, they usually recall the ATGM "Chrysanthemum". However, there is another combat vehicle in the Russian army, unfortunately, less well-known, also made on the basis of the BMP-3, and it is also designed to destroy armored vehicles.

Joint maneuvers of ships and long-range aviation of Russia in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea attracted the attention of foreign military personnel. The actions of the missile cruiser "Moscow" were monitored from neutral waters by an F-35B fighter from the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, which did not prevent the Russian military from fulfilling its tasks.

The Israeli company Rafael demonstrated an autonomous high-precision long-range missile system of the fifth generation Sea Breaker - the "Sea Destroyer". It can destroy objects at a distance of up to 300 kilometers.

In Lithuania, where large-scale NATO exercises are regularly held and American troops are stationed, they suddenly became concerned about the movement of military equipment on the territory of Belarus. What is the reason? It turns out, according to the author, the air defense forces of Belarus can "encroach" on aircraft on the territory of Lithuania.

Russian combat vehicles supporting Terminator tanks seem to be becoming one of the most popular models of military equipment in Algeria. Photos and videos with them have recently been published in large quantities on the Web.

An American expert in the field of strategic weapons noticed signs of the construction of a grandiose positioning area for intercontinental ballistic missile launchers on satellite images of the desert in northern China.

As the TASS news agency reported on June 28, 2021, the successful launch of the latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed by the Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering (MIT, part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) took place from the 1st State Test Cosmodrome (Plesetsk) of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

In the Black Sea, the Russian military conducted an exercise with anti-submarine helicopters

The Russian diesel submarine Kolpino, capable of using Kalibr cruise missiles, went on exercises in the Black Sea against the background of the Sea Breeze maneuvers, in which the United States, other NATO members and their partners participate.