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The Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh exposed mock-ups of the Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems to the Azerbaijani high-precision weapons.

The new contract provides for maintenance, operational repair and completion of target missiles

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies (GC) (part of the Rostec State Corporation) will supply the Russian Defense Ministry with 20 Armavir high-altitude target missiles by the end of 2022. This was reported to journalists on Monday in the press service of "Kalashnikov".

The Israeli missile attack on the suburbs of Damascus on February 28 was repelled by the Pantsir-S and Buk-M2 systems, confirming their high effectiveness, a military source told RIA Novosti on Monday.

Foreign "rivals" of the Russian operational-tactical missile system (OTRK) "Iskander-E" are the American MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATacMS), the Israeli complex with a long-Range Artillery Missile (LORA) and the Chinese SY-400 with BP-12A missiles, Izvestia writes.

According to a source in the military-industrial complex, Russian engineers have begun to create a new-generation strategic missile system, which received the symbol "Cedar". Now its development is at the very early stage.

The multi-purpose nuclear submarine of the project 885 (code "Ash") "Severodvinsk" this year will be the first of the Russian submarines to fire hypersonic missiles "Zircon", including from under water, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

On February 23, the European MBDA Group announced the signing of a contract with the Egyptian Navy command for the supply of VL MICA NG (new generation) anti-aircraft missile systems to equip the Egyptian Navy corvettes.

Military-technical cooperation between Russia and Kyrgyzstan is aimed at strengthening the common defense potential of the CSTO, including air defense, the press secretary of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation, Valeria Reshetnikova, told RIA Novosti.

France will receive four new nuclear submarines with ballistic missiles.]

France has embarked on a programme of building nuclear submarines with ballistic missiles of the third generation. The Navy will transfer four ships, which, according to the declared characteristics, will be distinguished by a high degree of security. However, Paris will have to wait a long time for the final installation of these submarines into service.

Following Armenia and Algeria, other countries are also showing interest in the Russian complex

The Russian Defense Ministry responded to the statement of Armenian Prime Minister Nikola Pashinyan that the Iskander missile systems demonstrated low performance in the battles in Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Russian Defense Ministry has published a video of the launches of Iskander - M missiles in Syria. Attacks on militant targets were allegedly carried out with 9M729 or 9K728 cruise missiles (a variant of the Iskander-K cruise missile system).

[b]The work is being carried out taking into account the experience gained in the construction of Mistral-type ships, the source said.]

The shipbuilders of the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch have begun to form the hulls of two future universal landing ships (UDC), the laying ceremony of which was held with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 20, 2020. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have entered the race for the introduction of AI in the field of defense

By 2030, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates plan to develop military artificial intelligence technologies to a level that can help their economies reduce their dependence on oil sales. How the introduction of such technologies will affect the defense capabilities of the two states - in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».

The small missile ship "Orekhovo-Zuyevo" passes through the Black Sea Straits of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) reported on Sunday.

The Polish company Mesko SA has started to supply the national armed forces with another batch of several hundred missiles and launchers for Piorun portable anti-aircraft systems.

Reconnaissance UAVs will help Marines, coastal rocket scientists and gunners in the Baltic Sea

Russia is strengthening the grouping of drones on the Baltic coast. The new unit was formed in the Kaliningrad region and became part of the marine brigade.

On February 23, 2021, the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced the conclusion of an intergovernmental agreement with the German Ministry of Defense on February 22 regarding the supply of the Trophy active defense complex ("Meil Ruach") manufactured by the Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to equip the German army's Leopard 2 tanks.

Advanced weapons systems, quietness and high stealth — the first serial diesel-electric submarines of the project 677 "Lada" fleet will receive in 2022. The development took more than 20 years. This sumbarine can carry precision-guided weapons, and to trace its route is extremely difficult. About the features of the project-in the material of RIA Novosti.

Turkey is in talks to buy the second batch of S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems. The issue of technological cooperation is also being considered.

The holding company "Roselektronika" (part of "Rostec") has started the first serial deliveries to the Russian Armed Forces of anti-tank defense control systems "Zavet", which increase the effectiveness of the fight against enemy armored vehicles. This is reported by the press service of the corporation.