It significantly increases the potential capabilities of the rocket in comparison with earlier Angara models. As in the last three test launches of missiles of this family, the payload was represented by a mock-up.

The Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan has announced its intention to sign a letter of offer and acceptance of an offer for the supply of American-made MQ-9B "Skygardian" UAVs in March next year.

The German company Grob Aircraft has begun to supply the Bangladesh Air Force Command with G-120TP basic training aircraft ordered in June 2021.

Defseca: Bangladesh to buy Russian Mi-28NE instead of Boeing AH-64 Apache

The Bangladesh Air Force has decided to purchase Russian Mi-28NE attack helicopters. They plan to spend $ 478 million on the purchase of eight helicopters, according to the Defseca portal.

The Government of Bangladesh has decided to purchase eight Russian Mi-28NE attack helicopters manufactured by Rostvertol PJSC, part of the Russian Helicopters holding, for the country's Air Force.

The Ukrainian company Antonov has rolled out the first serial military transport aircraft AN-178. It became one of three winged vehicles that will be built under a contract with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Manturov: MS-21 received a basic type certificate

The Russian passenger aircraft MS-21 has received a basic type certificate, which includes foreign components. This was announced by the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, RIA Novosti reports.

Russia is negotiating the creation of joint ventures for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on the territory of foreign customers, the press secretary of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) of Russia, Valeria Reshetnikova, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Forbes: E-8 Joint STARS and RC-135 aircraft collected data on the Russian army

The American E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) combat control and targeting aircraft and the RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft, which recently flew over Ukraine and the Black Sea, tracked the location of the Russian army, Forbes magazine says.

The Su-25SM3 and Su-25SM crews made about 70 scheduled sorties

The crews of the Su-25SM3 and Su-25SM attack aircraft launched a missile and bomb attack on the forces of a conditional enemy during exercises in the Stavropol Territory. This was reported to journalists on Tuesday in the press service of the Southern Military District (SE).

The Su-25SM3 and Su-25SM attack aircraft of the Southern Military District conducted special flight training exercises, during which they trained bombing and launching unguided missiles at a conditional enemy. According to the press service of the Southern Military District, in total, the pilots made about 70 scheduled sorties.

The readiness of Washington to provide support to its NATO allies on the eastern flank with the application of Article 5 of the NATO Charter in the conditions of Russia's concentration of troops on the border with Ukraine was announced by President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan.

The most significant expansion of NATO to the east occurred in 2002, during several waves of the alliance's infrastructure approaching the western borders of Russia, the bloc significantly increased its combat potential, said Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin.

Negotiations between American and Russian representatives on arms control and the Ukrainian problem will take place on January 10, a representative of the National Security Council (NSC) of the US White House told reporters on condition of anonymity.

General Biden: the "bad guys" from Russia are experts in conducting hybrid warfare

The Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, General Mikael Biden, in an interview with the American edition of Defense News, spoke about the Russian approach to waging war in modern conditions.

On December 27, the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Alexander Fomin, held a briefing for military attaches and representatives of embassies of foreign states accredited in Moscow.

The head of the Russian Defense Ministry noted that now there is "more and more peace and tranquility in the region"

The Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh has completed the difficult tasks of separating the warring parties and is currently solving planned profile tasks in the region, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said during a conference call of the military department.

Russian military doctors managed to maintain a "doc-like" level of routine care for patients with other diseases in the conditions of the coronavirus pandemic, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

In 2021, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted a number of major maneuvers that increased the combat readiness of the army.

The largest was the Russian-Belarusian strategic exercise "West-2021", where for the first time mass-produced shock robotic systems were used in combat formations.

On December 28, the final thematic conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.