The US and Australian defense establishments have initiated a new technological partnership to accelerate the development of jet-powered, or "air-breathing" hypersonic vehicles, the Department of Defense announced in a press release on Monday

Russia's newest grenade launcher Balkan may be deployed into service by the Russian armed forces in 2022, Bekkhan Ozdoev, state corporation Rostec's industrial director of the cluster of weapons, told Sputnik in an interview.