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Before the combat use, the calculations of the anti-aircraft missile brigade relocated from the Altai Territory to the Astrakhan Region

Combat crews of the anti-aircraft missile unit of the Central Military District, after re-equipping with new Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile systems, performed combat missile launches with 100% accuracy during the first exercises at the Kapustin Yar training ground in the Astrakhan region. This was reported on Tuesday by the press service of the district.

According to Ivan Antsev, Executive Director of Radar MMS, there are also opportunities on board for the introduction of new elements of decision-making support by the operator and navigator staff.

More than 300 digital portable radio stations of the sixth generation "Azart-P1" were received by the state defense order to the troops of the Western Military District (ZVO).

The Swedish fleet will receive a new generation of corvettes. On September 6, the press service of the Swedish Defense Material Supply Department (FMV) announced the start of work on ships with the working name Visby Generation II.

As reported on September 6, 2021, JSC "Shipbuilding Plant "Severnaya Verf" (St. Petersburg, part of JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation"), the fourth frigate "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Isakov" project 22350 (factory number 924), under construction for the Russian Navy, was loaded with turbines and reducers of a diesel-gas turbine unit (DGTA). The DGTA M55R, developed by the United Engine Corporation, is the second fully domestic unit created at Russian facilities as part of the import substitution program.

The British Ministry of Defense has confirmed the suspension of the use of new Ajax infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs). Tests and training of the crew are suspended until the problems with vibration and noise of the BMP are eliminated. This is reported by the UK Defense Journal.

A ballistic missile was launched for the first time from the board of the newest South Korean submarine Dosan An Chan-ho. Earlier, similar tests were conducted by Seoul's northern neighbor, using old Soviet technologies.

Analysts of the US Air Force are conducting a study of the tactical aviation fleet as the budget for 2023 is being prepared. Their report includes a tactical aircraft, the development of which may lead to a reduction in the order for multifunctional fighter-bombers F-35A. This is the conclusion reached by the authors of the Defense News portal.

Deliveries of the promising NMESIS anti-ship missile system to the US troops will begin at the end of 2023, according to Naval News. The complex is an unmanned version of the JLTV armored vehicle, armed with NSM anti-ship missiles.

Communicating with followers on Twitter, Musk said that the transition to laser communication will not only speed up data transmission, but also allow the company to abandon ground-based base stations.

Virgin Galactic has announced the composition of the first commercial crew of the Unity suborbital spacecraft. The flight of the device is scheduled for the end of September-beginning of October, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The mission included Air Force servicemen Walter Villadei and Angelo Landolfi. The researcher Pantaleone Carlucci will fly on board the ship. The crew will include a representative of the company Beth Moses. Earlier, Virgin Galactic announced the sale of tickets. The price of one seat on the ship starts from $450 thousand.

Divisions of the motorized rifle and tank regiments of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division of the Southern Military District have begun conducting a bilateral tactical exercise at the Kadamovsky training ground in the Rostov region, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

The sites for the construction of new cities in Siberia should be correlated with the resource capabilities of the region and the programs for the development of transport networks.

According to the head of Roscosmos, a branch of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center at the cosmodrome will appear for the first flight of the Orel spacecraft with a crew-by 2025

New houses in the Tsiolkovsky district, which is located next to the Vostochny cosmodrome, will soon be transferred to the cosmodrome. This was announced on Monday by the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The small combat radius of the F-18 Super Hornet carrier-based fighters sharply reduced the effectiveness of American aircraft carriers. This was acceptable after the end of the cold War, but it is a wake-up call now, against the background of the growing capabilities of Russia and China, writes MilitaryWatch.

The Tor anti-aircraft missile system will be able to effectively resist the attacking swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles. The concept of a mass raid of cheap kamikaze drones on air defense facilities is being developed by the foreign military.

Military personnel of the mountain motorized rifle unit of the Central Military District, during the practical stage of the Russian-Kazakh joint tactical exercise, destroyed a band of a conditional enemy with the help of artillery calculations of the self-propelled gun "Nona-SVK" at the Kara-Haak mountain range in the Republic of Tyva. This is reported by the press service of the Central Military District.

Severnaya Verf installed turbines and reducers of the main power plant on the project 22350 Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Isakov frigate under construction.

The third serial frigate "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Isakov" of project 22350, which is being built at the Northern Shipyard (part of the USC), has been loaded with turbines and reducers of a diesel-gas turbine unit (DGTA).

Chinese VT-4 tanks, which are in service with Pakistan, may become a threat to the Russian T-90 of the Indian armed forces. The ammunition of Chinese vehicles will be able to fight with Russian tanks. A similar opinion was expressed by the authors of the portal The Military Watch.