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More than 3 thousand combat training events will be worked out in the troops of the Southern Military District in 2022, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

Due to bad weather, the European aerospace company is postponing the launch of the Soyuz rocket with Galileo navigation satellites on board, previously planned on Wednesday, for December 3," the company's CEO Stefan Israel said on Twitter.

The range of the ZRPC has been increased and sufficiently confident identification of drones is provided in the affected area, the editor-in-chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine noted

The new improved anti-aircraft missile and gun system (ZRPC) "Pantsir-S1M" with an increased target range will be able to shoot down attack drones even before they launch their aircraft weapons. This opinion was expressed by TASS editor-in-chief of the magazine "Arsenal of the Fatherland" Viktor Murakhovsky.

The complex has already successfully completed state tests in 2019

The Engineering Design Bureau (KBM, part of the Rostec State Corporation's High-Precision Complexes holding) has prepared for serial production the first Russian short-range/ultra-short-range air defense system of the VSHORAD [Very Short-Range Air Defense] "Flexible-S" type. This was reported to TASS by Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the cluster of armaments, ammunition and special chemicals of the Rostec State Corporation.

The formation of a new airborne assault regiment in Crimea will be completed in December, the Russian military department reported. "In December of this year, the formation of the third airborne assault regiment of the Novorossiysk Guards Airborne Assault Mountain Unit will be completed," the Ministry of Defense said in a statement issued on Wednesday.

Airborne troops (airborne troops) will hold a new academic year under the motto "tactical surprise and combat initiative troops," the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

Several formations capable of conducting large-scale network-centric operations have been created in the Russian Armed Forces, informed sources told RIA Novosti.

Military exercises have started in the south of Russia, in which over ten thousand soldiers and officers of motorized rifle and tank formations of the Southern Military District take part. The corresponding information was distributed by the press service of the Southern Federal District.

The Eastern Military District will hold more than 2 thousand special exercises in 2022, the press service of the Air Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.

The first full-time unit in the Russian Armed Forces equipped with Terminator tank support vehicles (BMPT) has been formed in the Central Military District (CVO), the commander of the CVO troops Alexander Lapin told reporters.

At the same time, the head of SpaceX, Elon Musk, noted that both the ISS and the Dragon cargo ship are equipped with protective screens that allow them to absorb the impacts of high-speed objects

TASS, December 1.. The American company SpaceX has shifted the orbits of some Starlink satellites to prevent their possible collision with space debris. This was announced on Tuesday by the head of the company, Elon Musk.

The troops of the Eastern Military District will prepare for the strategic command and staff exercise "Vostok-2022" in the new academic year, the press service of the VVO reports.

During a recent visit to the Uralvagonzavod by Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko, he and his accompanying officials, in addition to the T-14, were presented with a modern Russian T-90M "Breakthrough" tank.

Most of the tactical events will be held in a bilateral format

Phased preparation for the strategic exercises "Vostok" began in the Eastern Military District (VVO) with the beginning of the new school year, the press service of the district reported.

The first full-time unit in the Russian army equipped with Terminator tank support vehicles (BMPT) appeared in the Central Military District, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, commander of the Central Military District, said, RIA Novosti writes.

Egyptian designers presented the Sinai 200 armored vehicle at the Egypt Defense Expo 2021 in Cairo. The new vehicle is based on the Soviet infantry fighting vehicle BMP-1. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

Landing is expected at 06:18 Moscow time in the steppe of Kazakhstan

The crew of the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft, consisting of cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, who will become the first special correspondent of TASS in orbit, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his business assistant Yozo Hirano, will return to Earth on the morning of December 20. This was reported to TASS by the press service of Roscosmos on Wednesday.

The winter training period begins in the parts of the RVSN. In 2022, the General Staff plans to master new weapons and rearm missile units. Special attention is paid to combat duty and improving the quality of training, the Izvestia TV channel reports. In 2022, more than 200 exercises and maneuvers are planned in the Strategic Missile Forces. Special battle scenarios will be worked out with each missile regiment.

The anti-aircraft missile regiment of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Southern Federal District received a modern S-350 Vityaz air defense system. Combat crews of the complexes have started receiving equipment on the territory of the 4th State Central Interspecific training Ground of the Russian Ministry of Defense "Kapustin Yar".

As reported in the holding "Precision complexes", the basic model "Kornet-EM" is placed on two telescopic masts with four missiles each

The holding "Precision complexes" (part of state Corporation rostec) has adapted anti-tank missile system (ATGM) "Kornet-EM" for any type of chassis. This was announced to TASS by Sergey Mikhailov, Deputy General Director of the holding, during the EDEX 2021 international arms exhibition.