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The actions of the Russian strategic nuclear submarines of the Borey project in the Atlantic Ocean have caused fears in the Western media. The submarines were called "deadly", and the tasks they performed were "sinister".

The German Air Force conducted flight tests of its newest Meteor air — to-air missile. According to Defense News, the military decided that the ammunition is ready for integration with Eurofighter Typhoon fighters.

The Russian diesel-electric submarine Krasnodar, equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles, performed conditional torpedo firing in the Baltic Sea, the press service of the Baltic Fleet (BF) reported on Tuesday.

A family of various combat and auxiliary equipment has been developed for the Russian airborne troops on the platform of the BMD-4M amphibious assault vehicle. Many of these samples could be met at the Alabino training ground near Moscow on the eve of the celebration of the 91st anniversary of the creation of the Airborne Troops.

Kingston Reif, a military expert, director of disarmament and threat reduction policy at the Arms Control Association (USA), said that the development of missiles by China and Russia could cause an uncontrolled nuclear war. His words are transmitted by The Sun.

The 122 mm ammunition is designed for the upgraded BM-21U "Willow" multiple launch rocket system.

This is reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense. The ammunition from the State Enterprise "Yuzhnoye Design Bureau named after M. K. Yangel" was developed for the upgraded BM-21U "Willow" multiple launch rocket system.

The US State Department has approved the potential supply of FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missiles and related equipment to Thailand as part of the Foreign Military Sales program. The total cost of the sale may amount to $ 83.5 million.

1 thousand military personnel and more than 200 pieces of equipment were involved in the maneuvers

Military air defense units of the Army Corps and marine corps formations will conduct exercises on the territory of the Kaliningrad Region as part of the field exit that has begun, the Baltic Fleet (BF) said on Monday.

As the TASS news agency reported on July 29, 2021, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation signed a contract with Almaz-Antey Concern for the supply of the first batch of S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMS). This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The Russian strike unmanned aerial vehicle "Orion "as part of the ongoing tests of the weapons complex will perform the first launches of anti-tank guided missiles" Whirlwind " in the autumn, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

The Russian-Indian company BrahMos Aerospace is ready to start supplying an underwater modification of the BrahMos cruise missile to the navies of foreign countries.

The crews of Chinese ZTZ-99A tanks demonstrated the use of guided missile weapons.

These combat vehicles, also known as Type 99A, are equipped with 125-mm modifications of the Russian 2A46 smoothbore guns (D-81TM). They can launch cumulative ammunition guided by a laser beam through the barrels of guns, which are analogs of the 9M119M complex "Reflex-M".

During the exercises in Siberia, the military personnel of the radiation, chemical and biological Protection (RCB) protection unit of the Central Military District (CVO), stationed in the Altai Territory, concealed the movement of BUK-M3 anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM).

The Russian Mi-28N attack helicopter will receive an upgraded Vikhr-1 missile, which was previously included in the Ka-52 arsenal. The flight range of the product reaches 10 kilometers.

The head of the Northern Command of the US Armed Forces, General Glen Van Herk, announced the intention of the US military to deploy a new generation of anti-missiles in Alaska. His words are transmitted by RIA Novosti.

On Wednesday, July 28, at a special exercise in the Vladimir region, the engineering troops conducted a unique operation, the place of which is in the Guinness Book of Records.

For the first time in world practice, pontoon units equipped a double-width floating bridge. This crossing with a lifting capacity of 120 tons ensured the transfer of a large number of people and large-sized equipment across the Oka. Moreover, the traffic intensity on the temporary bridge was twice as high as the standard one.

As reported in the material of the publishing group "Jane's", the Israeli company Elbit Systems has developed a new fully automated 155-mm / 52 self-propelled howitzer SIGMA, made on a wheeled automobile chassis of the American company Oshkosh with the formula 10x10 (apparently, the M1075 type). The new self-propelled gun was developed in the interests of the Israel Defense Forces and is intended to replace the American 155-mm/39 tracked self-propelled howitzers of the M109 series in the Israeli ground forces from 2023, it is assumed that the new self-propelled gun will receive the official military name Roem.

The military personnel of the Eastern Military District at the Sergeyevsky training ground in the Primorsky Territory successfully destroyed a conditional enemy as part of a combat readiness check, the press service of the VVO reports.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken did not announce the imposition of sanctions against India for the country's possible purchase of S-400 air defense systems from Russia.

Marine units of the naval forces of the Vietnamese People's Army regularly conduct exercises on landing on the coast. Thanks to the video frames from such classes that have appeared on the Network, you can see which samples are currently in service with them.