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The US Air Force Research Laboratory conducted ground tests of the warhead of a promising hypersonic missile and an electronic precision detonation system. According to Flightglobal, the tests took place at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico and were considered successful. The tests were carried out using a trolley with rocket boosters mounted on rails.

It is planned that this will happen before the end of this year

Shipyard " Severnaya Verf "(St. Petersburg) has started the final stage of construction of the lead corvette "Gremyashchy" project 20385 before the transfer to the customer-revision of the ship.

The US Space Command (US Space Command - USSPACECOM) reported on the next test of an anti-satellite interception missile (Direct-ascent anti - satellite-DA-ASAT) made by Russia on December 16, 2020 from the Plesetsk missile range. The Ministry of defense of Russia on the start-up was not reported.

the president also said that work on the hypersonic missile "zircon" is mostly completed

russia is currently working on ways to counter hypersonic weapons, which other countries do not yet have. This was announced on Thursday at the final press conference by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Soviet anti-aircraft self-propelled gun ZSU-57-2, nicknamed "hell thresher", tried in the early 80 - ies to copy in China. For this purpose, several such combat vehicles were purchased abroad.

The Type 69-II medium tank was chosen as the chassis. small improvements were made, for example, the combat compartment became airtight, as it received a roof.

Work on the new Sarmat intercontinental missile is in its final stage, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. "We are actively working on a heavy rocket - the Sarmat. At the final stage, " Putin said at a press conference on Thursday.

[b]the president answered questions from journalists about arms control, relations with foreign leaders, and shared his views on other international processes.]

Russian President Vladimir Putin held another big press conference. we have selected the most significant statements from the speech of the russian leader concerning international relations.

the british corporation bae systems has shown a new design of a promising light tank, which is being created for the us ground forces under the mobile protected firepower program. In the future, the machine can complement the main battle tank M1.

The Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile will take up combat duty of the Strategic Missile Forces in 2022, the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, Colonel-General Sergei Karakayev, said in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper on Wednesday, December 16.

Strategic missile forces annually receive about 20 launchers of the Yars and Avangard missile systems, said the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces Sergey Karakayev.

Reliability, proven by multi-kilometer marches, mobility and impressive firepower-Russian paratroopers are preparing to adopt a self-propelled artillery gun 2S42 "Lotus". The car has already passed acceptance tests and confirmed all the declared tactical and technical characteristics. About the features of a promising self-propelled gun and other novelties developed for the Airborne Forces - in the material RIA Novosti.

GRSE has announced the launch ceremony of the low-profile Himgiri frigate of the Nilgiri class, which took place on December 14 at the enterprise in Kolkata" ("project-17a" / P-17a), intended for the indian navy.

popular mechanics evaluated the launch of four russian bulava missiles]

american media drew attention to the launch of bulava missiles from the russian submarine vladimir monomakh a few days earlier, presenting it as a"preview of the end of civilization." this launch was made from the sea of okhotsk at a landfill in the arkhangelsk region.

[b]during the fighting in the yemeni province of al-dali, supporters of president hadi used t-34-85 tanks.]

judging by the materials that appeared on the network, this happened during an armed clash that took place in a mountainous desert area.

by this time, it is planned to complete the repair and modernization, the interlocutor of tass noted

The nuclear submarine of Project 971 (code "Pike-B") "Leopard"of the Northern Fleet will be launched on December 25 after the completion of repairs and modernization at the Ship Repair Center (CS) "Zvezdochka". This was reported to TASS on Wednesday by a source in the shipbuilding industry.

The heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov, which is undergoing repairs and modernization, should be handed over to the Navy at the end of 2022, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko said during a visit to the Sevmash plant, the Defense Ministry reports.

The Russian Defense Ministry intends to conduct a series of naval exercises, in which nuclear submarines of Project 885 "Yasen" will aim at targets hypersonic missiles "Zircon" installed on frigates of Project 22350 "Admiral Gorshkov".

The new video shows the appearance of the Avangard hypersonic complex — one of the main innovations of the Russian military-industrial complex.

The missile defense system of the central industrial region is ready to respond to new challenges of the United States

At the end of November, a new missile defense system was successfully tested at the Sary-Shagan test site in Kazakhstan, which will soon take its place in the missile defense system of Moscow and the central industrial district. This is not the first test of a missile with unique ICBM interception capabilities.

[b]The threats to world security posed by India and Pakistan are quite real.]

The issue of extending the validity of the Treaty between the Russian Federation and the United States on Measures for Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, known as START-3, remains in the focus of the world community's attention at the beginning of 2021.