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The People's Republic of China showed a video of its new air-launched missile, known as the 2PZD-21.
The UK Ministry of Defence plans to arm its army with its own hypersonic cruise missile by 2030.
The information was shared by the New York Times, citing a senior US official. United States President Joe Biden secretly approved the delivery of missiles in February this year. They were included in the March aid package for $300 million. We are talking about more than 100 missiles with a range of about 300 kilometres. By the way, long-range ATACMS missiles were also included in the new $1bn US aid package.
Ukrainian defenders shot down a modern Russian supersonic cruise missile X-32, which was produced in late 2023.
Lockheed Martin has won a contract from the US Missile Defence Agency to develop the next generation of intercontinental ballistic missile interceptors.
The US company Lockheed Martin has demonstrated a new MAKO hypersonic missile for fighter jets at the Sea Air Space 2024 defence exhibition.
So, in May, the trriririst country fired more than 400 missiles of different types on the territory of Ukraine, including aeroballistic missiles Kh-47M2 "Kinzhal", cruise missiles "Kalibr", strategic cruise missiles Kh-101, Kh-55 and Kh-555.
France, in addition to starting to produce new nuclear warheads, has also resumed tritium production.
We are talking about 821 AGM-158B-2 JASSM cruise missiles worth $1.77 billion, 232 AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II missiles worth $219.1 million and 745 AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM missiles worth $1.69 billion. There is no information about when the first deliveries of weapons will begin.
The United States stops work on the prototype 58-calibre Extended Range Artillery (ERCA).
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said that his country had found an opportunity to purchase an additional 200,000 artillery shells from third countries for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The United States Army has signed a $219 million contract with Lockheed Martin for the production of the latest Precision Strike Missiles.
The Spanish branch of the German concern Rheinmetall has signed a €300 million contract to produce the latest missiles with a range of up to 300 kilometres for the SILAM missile system.
The information was shared by Baykar on its Twitter page. The missile was launched from an unmanned aerial vehicle Akıncı. Çakır successfully hit a target in the sea at a distance of 100 kilometres. During the test, the missile flew at a maximum speed of 800 kilometres per hour.
The Indian government is close to allocating several billion dollars for BrahMos cruise missiles, air defence systems, radars and engines for fighter jets.
