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Syria's air defense forces repel an Israeli attack south of Damascus. This was announced on Thursday, April 8, according to the Syrian state agency SANA.

Anti-aircraft self-propelled guns ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" in Ukraine were considered obsolete and they were removed from service. To cover the combined arms and tank brigades, the 2S6 "Tunguska"was intended.

Combat crews of the anti-aircraft missile and gun complexes of the ZRPK "Pantsir-S" struck the lightly armored vehicles of the simulated enemy during the exercises at the Ashuluk training ground in the Astrakhan region. This was reported on Thursday, April 8, by the Russian Defense Ministry.

The multi-purpose nuclear submarine Severodvinsk (project 885, code "Ash") will become the main test base for hypersonic missiles "Zircon", a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

The Kalashnikov Concern has prematurely handed over the Vikhr-1 guided missiles to the Russian Defense Ministry. The concern managed to meet the state defense order for 2021 for the delivery of guided missiles "Vikhr-1"ahead of schedule. This was reported by the press service of the company.

At the exercises in the Orenburg region, the military tested the Msta-S self-propelled artillery howitzers, the Central Military District publishes the footage.

During the tests, the upgraded frigate of the Pacific Fleet "Marshal Shaposhnikov" conducted artillery fire from the waters of the Sea of Japan at coastal targets - including invisible ones.

Serbia continues to improve its own anti-aircraft missile and gun system PASARS-16 Terminator.

It is reported that he received an upgraded version of the missile from the Strela-10 military air defense system. Local defensemen carried out its refinement, installing a more advanced homing head and a launch accelerator. It is assumed that these innovations will significantly increase the capabilities of the ZRPC to combat various targets, including unmanned aerial vehicles of various types.

The Americans called their "new" fighter Eagle II. The aircraft was previously known as the Boeing F-15EX. According to a number of analysts, the car can be considered the pinnacle of the development of fourth-generation fighters.

A fundamental decision has been made to deploy the latest Bal coastal complexes in the Arctic, which will be located along the entire Northern Sea Route. Together with the Bastion systems previously deployed in the Arctic, they will take control of almost the entire coastal zone in the Arctic. According to experts, with the development of a powerful defense, maritime navigation in the region will become much safer.

As reported in the information support department of the Pacific Fleet, the missile successfully hit the target at a distance of 100 km

The frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov successfully fired a Kalibr cruise missile in the Sea of Japan, hitting a surface target at a distance of 100 km. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the Department of information support of the Pacific Fleet.

North Korea has moved a submerged missile test bench to a shipyard on its east coast, the project of the think tank center for Strategic and International Studies Beyond Parallel reported on Wednesday.

The training to repel a simulated enemy air raid was conducted on Sakhalin by the calculations of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems of the Air Force and Air Defense Association of the Eastern Military District, the press service of the department reported on Wednesday.

Calculations of the S-300PS anti-aircraft missile systems division repelled a missile and air strike by a simulated enemy on the objects of the 201st Russian military base at an exercise in Tajikistan, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Wednesday.

[b]The Ministry of Defense reported that in total, more than 15 thousand military personnel and about 3 thousand pieces of equipment will be involved in the inspections following the results of the winter training period in the Strategic Missile Forces]

Final control checks have begun in more than 80 units of the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN), the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

Against the background of the NATO exercises, the Black Sea Fleet held joint missile firing by the crews of the small anti-submarine ships " Suzdalets "and" Kasimov "and the combat crew of the coastal missile complex (DBK) of the mine-based"Utes". They were held on the so-called sudden introduction, when the rocket scientists were given the task to prepare two missiles in a short time.

The Kalashnikov Concern has prematurely completed the implementation of the state defense order for 2021 for the supply of the Russian Defense Ministry of guided missiles "Vikhr-1". This is stated on April 7 in a message on the website of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The British Dreadnought-class nuclear submarines, which will replace the Vanguard submarines, will have an electric remote control system (EDSU), like aircraft. It automates the control of the course, pitching, depth of immersion and buoyancy of the ship and will allow operators to simply set the desired indicators, according to BAE Systems.

The American company Aurora showed a multicopter to fight other drones. The MIDAS device is paired with a ground-based portable radar and is able to shoot down small multicopters using a grid without operator intervention. The information is available on the company's website.

The US Army is studying the possibility of increasing the range of Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) almost three times — from the current 500 kilometers to 1,600 kilometers, according to Breaking Defense.