In 2021-22, Ukraine plans to purchase four more complexes of Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones (24 unmanned aerial vehicles), the commander-in-Chief of the country's Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Valery Zaluzhny, said in an interview with the Eastern European bureau of Report.

A video of the combat use of the Russian reconnaissance and strike drone "Outpost-R"appeared on the Network. The device performed bombing on a ground target.

For the first time, Russia has used the Pacer and Outpost reconnaissance and strike drones, which are part of the Lastochka complex. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were used to support the advancing troops during the Zapad-2021 exercises, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Russian Defense Ministry.

A video is being distributed demonstrating the use of the tactical unmanned aerial vehicle "Outpost-R "in the strike version during the joint strategic exercises of the Russian Armed Forces" West-2021 " on September 11, 2021.

During the flight (more than 12 hours), the ZALA 421-16E5G hybrid UAV covered a distance of more than 1,130 kilometers.

The first hybrid UAV ZALA flew on the route Izhevsk-Yoshkar-Ola-Izhevsk.

The developers managed to implement a system of simultaneous use of an unmanned aircraft by two flight detachments.

The United States called the main problems of Russian carrier-based aircraft. The insufficient combat load of the Su-33 and the low flight range of the MiG-29K prevent them from becoming the main tools for projecting force. This is the conclusion reached by the authors of the 19FortyFive portal.

Supersonic fighter-interceptors MiG-31BM performed combat launches of air-to-air missiles at the Telemb training ground in Buryatia.

They want to integrate the latest air — to-surface aviation missile of the LMUR class not only into the armament of attack helicopters, but also manned aircraft and UAVs. The carrier will be able to act, in particular, the Su-25 attack aircraft.

Joint command and staff exercises "Unbreakable Stability" have begun in Odessa with NATO, the purpose of which is to "counter hybrid threats" to critical infrastructure in the Black Sea region.

In recent years, Moscow has been creating important strategic military alliances throughout Africa-from Libya to Nigeria, from Ethiopia to Mali - and is gaining an increasingly favorable reputation in society, challenging the dominance of the United States and France on the continent.

The income of the Russian military should grow taking into account the situation in the economy and the level of inflation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The construction of a field camp is being completed at the Tarskoye training ground in North Ossetia, where units of the country's combat army reserve (BARS) will come for training. The readiness of the camp was checked by the commander of the Southern Military District, Army General Alexander Dvornikov. This was reported in the press service of the military district.

The President also noted that the topic of increasing the average income level of people in the region is one of the problem points

Russian President Vladimir Putin called for diversifying the" well-represented "defense industry in the Tula region and developing industry as a whole to ensure the growth of real incomes of residents of the region.

Russian combat robots will protect strategic objects. Autonomy and advanced optical devices will allow monitoring at any time of the day. This is reported by Izvestia, citing sources in the Russian Defense Ministry.

The United States has reached an agreement with Uzbekistan, under which a group of Afghan Air Force pilots who arrived in this country, along with their families, will be transferred to an American military base this weekend, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources.

On September 16, the heads of the CSTO member states will discuss the impact of the situation in Afghanistan on the security of the organization's countries and adopt a joint statement, CSTO press Secretary Vladimir Zainetdinov said.

The Australian Ministry of Defense has signed an acceptance certificate for the second of two AOR (auxiliary oiler and replacement ship) supply class transports ordered for the country's Navy.

The Royal Navy is preparing to defend its positions in the face of a numerical backlog. On September 12, the press service of the British Navy revealed some of the projects developed within the framework of the UK Naval Engineering Science and Technology (UKNEST) forum.

As part of the exercise with the Arctic expeditionary group, which is conducted under the leadership of the commander of the Northern Fleet of the Hero of Russia, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, the ship's search and strike group performed a number of anti-submarine tasks in the near sea zone.

A ceremony of laying a mine defense ship was held at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (SNSZ, part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation).