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A batch of the latest night sights "Malysh" has entered service in the motorized rifle unit of the Amur Combined Arms Association of the Eastern Military District (VVO).

The Infauna complex of electronic warfare (EW) of the combined-arms army of the Eastern Military District (VVO) in Primorye, which has no analogues in the world, will be presented by EW specialists to residents and guests of the city of Ussuriysk. The event will be held at the main demonstration site "Baranovsky" as part of the military-technical forum "Army-2021".

Military signalmen of the combined arms association of the Central Military District stationed in Siberia, as part of the combat readiness check, with the help of the latest communication systems, provided covert control of troops at a distance of more than 500 km between the formations located in the Novosibirsk region and the Altai Territory.

For the first time in recent decades, several missile carriers of different projects are being tested at once, the company said

Several nuclear submarines (submarines) of different projects are simultaneously being tested at sea, according to a statement by JSC PO Sevmash (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, USC), distributed on Wednesday.

The staff officers of the 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District, stationed in Samara, were re-equipped with 9-mm Yarygin pistols (PJ) "Grach", which replaced the Makarov pistols (PM), adopted in 1951.

During the six months of 2021, the troops of the Southern Military District (SE) received more than 500 units. combat, automotive and special equipment, as well as various types of weapons.

Scheduled flights of crews of long-range Tu-22m3 bombers took place in the Kaluga Region.

The main task of the flight shift was to maintain the training of the flight crew, as well as practical testing of flights on aviation equipment in formation at short distances.

The command of the Thai Navy has signed a contract with a national company for the supply of mobile short-range anti-aircraft missile systems.

A comprehensive training on the combat readiness of troops has started in the Central Military District( CVO), more than 10 thousand servicemen are involved in it, the press service of the CVO reports on Wednesday.

The Pantex plant in Texas has released the first batch of upgraded W88 thermonuclear warheads-they are equipped with Trident II ballistic missiles on submarines. The updates affected the charge initiation system, conventional explosives, and a lightning rod connector was also added to the warhead.

Russia is increasing the number of high-precision long-range weapons, including the Kinzhal hypersonic complexes, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Mikhail Popov said.

Published on Monday by the decree of the government Research Institute "Voskhod" from the reserve fund allocated 216,445,9 thousand rubles of subsidies for the transfer of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University "for the use of domestic and (or) freely distributed software".

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu noted that the military department needs not only new helicopters, but also high-quality repairs and modernization of vehicles in operation

Rostov helicopter production complex "Rostvertol "(part of the holding "Russian Helicopters") will receive an order from the Ministry of Defense for the construction of 15 helicopters per year. This was announced by the head of the military department Sergei Shoigu during a meeting with the staff of the enterprise.

It is almost 71%, the Russian Defense Minister noted

The Russian armed forces have the highest percentage of modern weapons and military equipment among the armies of the world-almost 71%, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The Turkish supersonic anti-radar missile Akbaba ("Vulture") will replace the American AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM, "Harm"), Defense News reports, citing a source.

Such a system on board the manned station will allow collecting carbon dioxide and processing it by hydrogenation reaction, according to the annual report of the institute

The Research and Design Institute of Chemical Engineering (Niihimmash) will develop a system for processing carbon dioxide to ensure life in space. This is stated in the annual report of the Institute.

The final stage of the international competition for field training among special purpose groups from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan "Green Path"is taking place at the Molkino training ground in the Krasnodar Territory. This was announced on Tuesday, July 13, according to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

In the future, the Institute plans to start making bags for freeze-dried space food on a regular basis

JSC "Research and Design Institute of Chemical Engineering" (Niihimmash) plans to start manufacturing bags for freeze-dried space food on a regular basis. This is stated in the annual report of the Institute.

In the Altai Territory, during the round-the-clock large-scale exercises of the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN), Yars mobile ground missile systems (PGRK) performed intensive maneuver actions on combat patrol routes.

Japan is concerned that its neighboring states are increasing weapons and activating the activities of their armed forces, according to the White Paper published by the Japanese Defense Ministry, an annual report on the country's security and the situation in the world as a whole.