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Iran is equipping new underground ballistic missile launch silos after it revealed footage from a secret missile site earlier this week.

The Pentagon, as part of the Low-Cost Cruise Missile (LCCM) project, has completed the development of weapons that will create a swarm of low-cost Coyote unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of Raytheon's Block 3 version, allowing for "saturating" enemy air defense attacks, The Drive reports.

During the exercises in Kamchatka, the military personnel of the radiation chemical and biological protection unit made the positions of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems invisible to aviation and radar radars.

The AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) hypersonic cruise missile, launched, for example, from the B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber of the US Air Force, is capable of hitting Moscow in less than 20 minutes, and reaching Beijing in half an hour, writes the Daily Express.

There are two pieces of news for Europe. The good news is that at least some part of the nuclear threat has passed. And the bad news is that they forgot to warn her about it. And well, as well as not have time. After all, the US has started the wrong move, which is equal to two fires. One would have been enough. The projectile.

The Americans tested an AH-64E Apache attack helicopter armed with an Israeli Spike NLOS missile. During the tests, it was possible to hit the ship, located 32 kilometers from the launch site.

Missile weapons of the US Army can not replace the corresponding arsenal of the Air Force (Air Force) of the country, writes in a column for the American magazine Aviation Week & Space Technology, Lieutenant General of the Air Force of the country (retired) David Deptula.

In the Crimea and other regions of the south of Russia can deploy long-range anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMS) of the new generation S-500, as well as new medium-range air defense systems S-350, said the commander of the Southern Military District (SE) Army General Alexander Dvornikov.

The heavy flamethrower system of the new generation TOS-2 ("Tosochka") is expected to enter service with the Russian army this year, said the head of the radiation, biological and chemical (RCB) protection troops of the Russian Armed Forces Igor Kirillov.

The Turkish S-400 will have a partner-the HISAR-O complex.

The Egyptian publication NoonPost reacted to the news about the completion of the initial tests of the HISAR-O system. This was recently stated by the head of the Turkish Defense Industry Department, Ismail Demir.

On March 8, Chinese state media reported on a new third-generation anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) designed to equip the PLA Ground Forces, capable of hitting a target from above.

Shoigu promised to respond to US medium-range missiles in Europe

Russia will respond if the United States places medium-and shorter-range missiles in Europe, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. The minister also noted that Moscow considers it possible to restore a normal dialogue with NATO.

Developed as part of the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) project, the helicopter for the US Army will receive a 20-millimeter cannon capable of" killing "lightly armored systems, in particular, the Russian-made Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun system (ZRPK), writes the American magazine Popular Mechanics.

The Eastern Military District will receive the Tor-M2 air defense system — one of the most effective short-range air defense systems in the world. They shoot down planes, helicopters, drones, cruise missiles, and even small quadrocopters. The new product will radically increase the capabilities of military air defense in the Far East.

Small missile ships of the Baltic Fleet conducted large-scale shooting at air, sea and coastal targets.

The Algerian pilots demonstrated a risky maneuver. Piloting a front-line Su-24MK bomber, they passed at a fairly high speed below the mountain peaks located at a short distance. It is believed that such flights allow you to hide from the enemy's radar and go unnoticed to the intended targets.

Ukraine has armed itself with the first Neptune missile system. On March 15, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that the prototype of the RK-360MC "Neptune" was officially transferred to the Ukrainian Navy.

According to the source, a group of ships and submarines will go from the Baltic to the points of permanent deployment in the Far East approximately in May

Two submarines of the project 636.3 "Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky" and "Volkhov", as well as the corvette of the project 20385 "Gremyashchy", built by St. Petersburg shipbuilders for the Pacific Fleet (TOF), will go to the Far East via the Mediterranean Sea and the Suez Canal. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The British authorities intend to significantly increase the number of nuclear warheads in the country's arsenal. Konstantin Blokhin, a leading researcher at the Center for Security Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, commented on these plans on the air of Sputnik radio.

According to the published data, it is planned to launch the upgraded Rokot carrier in the second half of 2022. The use of parts from Ukraine in its design was previously refused.