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The Russian military in Kamchatka conducted an exercise to eliminate the ships of a conditional enemy in the Pacific Ocean with missiles of the Bal coastal complex, the Pacific Fleet reported on Tuesday.

Virgin Galactic, a company controlled by British billionaire Richard Branson, has faced new problems, SpaceNews reports.

The Terminator tank support combat vehicles were used during combat training operations at the Zapad-2021 strategic exercises of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the BMPT operated as part of mobile tactical groups during the transition to offensive actions of the motorized rifle division and the tank brigade of the coalition group.

A video is being distributed demonstrating the use of the tactical unmanned aerial vehicle "Outpost-R "in the strike version during the joint strategic exercises of the Russian Armed Forces" West-2021 " on September 11, 2021.

The Philippine Air Force Command has completed the repair of six previously unused helicopters, which allowed expanding the capabilities for transporting troops and cargo.

The servicemen of the Arctic motorized rifle brigade of the Northern Fleet (SF) have worked out a set of tasks for the defense of the territory of Russia in the conditions of the Far North and the Arctic, the press service of the SF reported on Tuesday.

The ceremony was attended by the deputy commander of the VVO association, Major General Igor Timofeev and Deputy Chairman of the Government of Buryatia on security issues Pyotr Mordovskoy

A new tank training ground has been opened in the village of Sosnovy Bor in Buryatia. This was reported to journalists on Tuesday in the press service of the republican government.

Russian combat robots will protect strategic objects. Autonomy and advanced optical devices will allow monitoring at any time of the day. This is reported by Izvestia, citing sources in the Russian Defense Ministry.

Supersonic fighter-interceptors MiG-31BM performed combat launches of air-to-air missiles at the Telemb training ground in Buryatia.

The construction of a field camp is being completed at the Tarskoye training ground in North Ossetia, where units of the country's combat army reserve (BARS) will come for training. The readiness of the camp was checked by the commander of the Southern Military District, Army General Alexander Dvornikov. This was reported in the press service of the military district.

The Tu-95MS strategic bomber worked out a breakthrough of the enemy's air defense zone during the Zapad-2021 exercise, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The President also noted that the topic of increasing the average income level of people in the region is one of the problem points

Russian President Vladimir Putin called for diversifying the" well-represented "defense industry in the Tula region and developing industry as a whole to ensure the growth of real incomes of residents of the region.

The United States called the main problems of Russian carrier-based aircraft. The insufficient combat load of the Su-33 and the low flight range of the MiG-29K prevent them from becoming the main tools for projecting force. This is the conclusion reached by the authors of the 19FortyFive portal.

At the Fresno Yosemite International Airport in the United States, unusual aircraft were noticed. A pair of decommissioned F-117 stealth aircraft arrived at the base of the 144th Fighter Wing of the US Air Force (Air Force). The planes will take part in the exercises as "aggressor planes", The Drive reports.

About 800 units of weapons and equipment, as well as more than 40 aircraft and helicopters of army and tactical aviation will be involved in the exercises

The bilateral exercises will be held over the next week at several training grounds of the Southern Military District, the press service of the Southern Military District reported. More than 6 thousand military personnel will take part in the exercises.

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Japanese astronauts Akihiko Hoshide and Frenchman Tom Pesquet returned to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday after almost seven hours of work in outer space. The broadcast was conducted on the website of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

As part of the exercise with the Arctic expeditionary group, which is conducted under the leadership of the commander of the Northern Fleet of the Hero of Russia, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, the ship's search and strike group performed a number of anti-submarine tasks in the near sea zone.

The crews of the Il-38 anti-submarine aircraft of the Pacific Fleet (TOPF) during the exercises in Kamchatka worked out the destruction of a simulated enemy submarine. This was reported to journalists on Monday, September 13, in the press service of the TOPF.

The Mi-35 and Mi-24 helicopters of the Army aviation of the Western Military District provided cover for the practical actions of the ground forces within the framework of the Zapad-2021 exercise, using the "helicopter carousel" tactics.

The Ministry of Defense is working on the issue of equipping not only helicopters, but also combat aircraft with the latest guided missiles of the LMUR.