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The new Chinese ballistic missile JL-3 Type 094 submarines can have a range of 10 to 14 thousand kilometers and surpass the existing American and Russian counterparts, writes TASS columnist Dmitry Litovkin, commenting on the report of the newspaper The South China Morning Post.

It is no secret that the" service life " of modern military technologies is limited to a few years, after which they are replaced by new ones, and this creates enormous problems when upgrading existing equipment and weapons.

At the Kapustin Yar test site, the modernization of the measuring complex for testing various types of weapons has been completed, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The "Moscow Institute of Heat Engineering" reported that work on the reconstruction of the monorail section is already being completed, where they will demonstrate the layout

The model of the magnetic cushion train will be demonstrated for the first time by the Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering Corporation (MIT, which is the developer of the Yars complex, part of Roscosmos) in August. This was reported to TASS in MIT on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the enterprise.

More than 1.5 thousand rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel over the past three days, the Israeli military said.

Unable to acquire modern combat aircraft, Ukraine decided to focus on unmanned aircraft. It is expected to receive about fifty "Bayraktar TB2".

The innovative foam plastic "Akrimid" is used in the production of space, aviation and land equipment, the state corporation specified

Innovative foam plastic "Akrimid", used in the production of space, aviation and land equipment, began to be mass-produced in Russia. It replaced imported materials, the press service of the state corporation Rostec told TASS.

The frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov" after participating in the celebration of Victory Day in Murmansk left for Severodvinsk.

The first batch of upgraded 2S3M "Acacia" self-propelled artillery units has been handed over to the Russian Defense Ministry.

The Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip reports today, May 13, that as a result of ongoing Israeli strikes in the Palestinian enclave, 83 people were killed, including 17 children and eight women. 487 people were injured in various degrees of severity.

American engineers reported that for the first time they managed to develop an engine with an oblique detonation wave, which is able to accelerate the aircraft to Mach 17, or about 20 thousand km / h. This is written by New Atlas.

At the military parade in Tula on May 9, the BMD-2M with a single combat compartment "Bereg"was first demonstrated.

From the original versions, they differ in the installation of a new, more massive-looking sight with a laser rangefinder, a thermal imaging channel and an automatic target tracking system.

Calculations of operational-tactical missile systems (OTRK) "Iskander-M" worked out the destruction of important objects of the imaginary enemy at the exercises in the Kaliningrad region, the Baltic Fleet (BF) said on Thursday.

Moscow's missile defense in the event of a nuclear strike is recognized as the most effective in the world. This is the conclusion of an American military columnist for the National Interest magazine.

"Can you guess which city is best protected from a nuclear missile attack? London? Washington, DC? No. This is in Russia, " writes expert Caleb Larson.

Georgia, which is strengthening its defensive capabilities after the failed invasion of South Ossetia in 2008, will receive an upgraded air defense system from the Israeli company Rafael by the end of the year, Defense Minister Juansher Burchuladze said on Thursday, the correspondent of the newspaper VZGLYAD in Tbilisi reports.

The new medium-range anti-aircraft missile system S-350 "Vityaz" has entered service in the Southern Military District, said in an interview with the newspaper "Military Bulletin of the South of Russia" Commander of the district Alexander Dvornikov.

The ZSU-23-4 anti-aircraft self-propelled gun, despite its venerable age, is still in service with the armies of more than three dozen countries.

For example, they are armed with air defense units of the Angolan ground forces. There are about 50 pieces in total.

Five AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile cruise missiles were suspended from the F-15E Strike Eagle fighter mounts. This is one of the most modern complexes of this type in the arsenal of the US Air Force.

The Israeli "Iron Dome" is effective when it comes to countering the Palestinian semi-military missiles of the "Qassam" type, the Soviet Grad missiles available to the radicals, as well as mortar or artillery shells. Alexander Mikhailov, director of the Bureau of Military-Political Analysis, told Izvestia about this on May 12, commenting on rocket attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip.

Tokyo wants to get a launch vehicle with a returnable stage by 2030. It may be similar to the famous Falcon 9 from SpaceX.