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The Defense Research and Development Organization of the Ministry of Defense of India (DRDO) has successfully tested versions of extended-range 122-mm rockets for MLRS developed by the national industry at the Chandipur test site.

A ceremony of the transfer of new weapons for the ground forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was held in Iran, at which a number of new models of weapons that recently went to the troops were lit up.

State tests of Russian hypersonic missiles "Zircon" will begin before the end of July by firing from the frigate of the project 22350 "Admiral Gorshkov", a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

The frigate is scheduled to be sent for sea trials in the spring of 2022

The frigate of the project 22350 "Admiral Golovko" will become the first full-time carrier of hypersonic missiles "Zircon". This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

According to the data presented, the first full-time carrier of the latest hypersonic missile will be the frigate Admiral Golovko. It is also known that, in addition to surface ships, submarines will use it.

The strategic nuclear submarine Tennessee of the Ohio type of the US Navy has received a passive Large Vertical Array (LVA) sonar system that provides an almost 360-degree view, which reduces the "blind spot" area in the aft part of the submarine, writes The Drive.

The Ministry of Defense reported that the artillery unit of the Central Military District stationed in Kuzbass received 6 modernized self-propelled anti-tank complexes 9P149 "Sturm-S" based on the tracked armored tractor MTLB.

The Afghan authorities have installed a missile defense system at the Kabul airport against the background of the ongoing battles of government forces in the country against the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation), Western media report with reference to the Afghan Interior Ministry.

The US Air Force conducted a test detonation of a conventional warhead of an AGM-183A ARRW hypersonic air-launched missile, according to a message from military representatives of the Elgin Air Base (Florida).

Russian artillery has traditionally been considered one of the best in the world, which has been repeatedly confirmed by numerous wars and military conflicts.

The Russian-American dialogue on strategic stability should take into account the US program for launching strike weapons into space, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, speaking on July 8 at the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) with a lecture on "Russia's international activities for the development of Russian regions".

MBDA Group announced the signing of several contracts for the modernization of air defense systems/ABOUT six destroyers of the Type-45 class of the British Navy.

The Russian Defense Ministry has published a video of long-range aviation exercises. After taking off from the Engels Air Base near Saratov, the Tu-95MS and Tu-160 strategic bombers launched cruise missiles at targets at the Arctic test site.

The army Corps of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation held exercises with live firing of T-72B3 tanks at the training ground near Simferopol, the fleet said on Thursday.

The Long-Range Standoff nuclear cruise missile (LRSO), created by Raytheon for the US Air Force (Air Force), is designed to destroy strategic enemy objects, writes the American magazine Popular Mechanics.

In China, the PLC-181 self-propelled artillery units were modernized. These combat vehicles began to enter the troops quite recently - in 2019. For the first time, they were demonstrated at a military parade dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The show of force at the naval parade will take place after a recent spat with a Royal Navy destroyer. According to the author, the participation of three large submarines is presumably a reaction to the recent incident in the Black Sea, when the destroyer Defender was opposed by Russian troops during its passage past the Crimea.

Iran has a new high-tech ATGM. On July 7, the Tasnim news agency reported that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) received a missile called "Almaz".

At the final stage of large-scale tactical flight exercises of long-range aviation, the crews of the Tu-160 and Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers launched air-launched cruise missiles at ground targets at a training ground in the Arctic.

The US Space Force plans to receive digital models of early warning satellites for rocket launches for medium Earth orbit from Raytheon and Millennium Space Systems by the end of 2022. According to Breaking Defense, these satellites will allow you to observe the launches of cruise, ballistic and hypersonic missiles.