The first flight of the Bayraktar TB3 deck drone will take place in 2022

The Turkish Defense Industry Secretariat plans to launch a new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) into the air for the first time in 2022. The Defense Turk publication announced the first flight of the Bayraktar TB3 carrier-based drone.

B-52H strategic bombers have been transferred to Britain, according to the US Air Force

A group of B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers of the Air Force (Air Force) The United States was transferred to a base in Britain. This is reported by the European Command of the US Armed Forces (EUCOM).

Air tanker KC-46A of the US Air Force took part in ultrafast refueling

Air Force (Air Force) The USA demonstrated ultrafast refueling from the KC-46A Pegasus air tanker. The Drive edition drew attention to the video posted on YouTube.

According to the French newspaper La Tribune, this week it is planned to sign a firm contract for the purchase by Indonesia of Rafale multipurpose fighters of the French company Dassault Aviation.

Indonesia has officially decided on a new fighter for its Air Force. February 9, portal scramble.nl He reported that the Indonesian Defense Ministry has signed a contract with Dassault Aviation for the first batch of six Rafale aircraft.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has begun construction of the sixth B-21 Raider aircraft

Air Force (Air Force) The United States has confirmed that the American military industrial corporation Northrop Grumman at the California plant in Palmdale has begun construction of the sixth strategic bomber B-21 Raider, considered the "coolest" aircraft in the world, tells The Drive.

Ukraine is experiencing problems with the operation of Turkish drones due to the lack of suitable GDP. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by military analyst, chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Military Center Taras Chmut, the corresponding video is posted on YouTube.

The head of the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviation), Alexander Neradko, presented the General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation, Yuri Slyusar, with a type certificate for the MS-21-300 aircraft and a certificate of an aircraft technology developer, the press service of the UAC reported on Wednesday.

About ten long-range Tu-22M3 bombers have been relocated to the Amur region as part of the exercises, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Joint flights of Su-30SM and Su-35S fighters took place as part of exercises of the Belarusian and Russian armies, the press service of the Belarusian Defense Ministry reported on Thursday.

Researcher's opinion on the Yle program: Mika Niikko's statements can close the doors of NATO for Finland (Yle, Finland)

A scandal broke out in Finland, the reason for which was the statement of the Finnish official Mika Niikko. According to Yle, Niikko appealed to the leaders of Western countries with a request to publicly declare that Ukraine will not join NATO. Now Finland is confident that the doors of the alliance may be closed for Helsinki as well.

The verification of the reaction forces of the Union State will end with the exercises "Allied Determination - 2022", which will be held from February 10 to 20

Latvia currently has no plans to increase the combat readiness of the armed forces in connection with the upcoming joint military exercises of the units of Belarus and Russia. This was stated by the commander of the National Armed Forces of the Republic Leonid Kalnins.

NATO is considering the possibility of deploying combat groups in Romania, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. The head of the bloc also added that today the Ukrainian army is much better prepared than in 2014.

Popular Mechanics told about the sending of untested weapons to Europe by the USA

The United States is sending weapons untested in a real war to Europe to fight Russia, says the American magazine Popular Mechanics.

The head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, Sergei Naryshkin, said that Ukraine is preparing for an offensive on Donbass with might and main.

He said that preparations are "in full swing", all combat-ready units of the Ukrainian army are now pulled to the contact line.  

As noted in the organization, only since January 2022, the United States has supplied about 650 tons of ammunition and military equipment for various purposes to Ukraine

There is a threat of a constant escalation of the conflict in the south-east of Ukraine against the background of arms supplies to Kiev from Western partners. This was stated on Thursday at a briefing by the chief of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov.

These sanctions, if imposed, "can only be regarded as an act of aggression"

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov promised an adequate response to any unfriendly steps by Britain towards Russia at talks on February 10 with British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Minister Elizabeth Truss, the Russian Foreign Ministry reports.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he had sent a letter to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov inviting him to continue a series of meetings within the framework of the Russia-NATO Council.

Horst Telchik, a former adviser and associate of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, told RIA Novosti how he invited Vladimir Putin to the Munich Security Conference in 2007.

The main outlines of Russia's response to the reaction of the United States and NATO on the proposed security guarantees are already ready, Russian President Vladimir Putin will formulate them at the right time, the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov said.