The joint anti-terrorist exercise of the armed forces of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) "Peace Mission-2021" will be held from September 20 to 24 at the Donguz training ground in the Orenburg Region.

At the same time, bilateral battalion and regimental tactical exercises were launched at four training grounds of the Southern Military District, which will last until September 26, the press service of the Southern Military District informs.

The Russian military has launched major exercises in the south against the background of maneuvers launched in Ukraine with the participation of NATO contingents. About 10 thousand Russian servicemen are involved in the exercises, which began at training grounds in the Rostov region, Chechnya, Crimea and South Ossetia, the Southern Military District (SE) said on Monday.

About 400 units of military and special equipment were also involved

More than 800 servicemen and about 400 units of military and special equipment were involved in the tactical exercise of the parachute battalion and support units of the Ivanovo Guards Airborne Unit, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

The Ukrainian-American military exercises Rapid Trident-2021 started on Monday in the Lviv region, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports.

The meeting of French Defense Ministers Florence Parly and Great Britain's Ben Wallace, which was supposed to take place this week, was canceled due to Paris ' dissatisfaction with Australia's decision to build nuclear submarines within the framework of AUKUS, The Guardian reports.

Paris recalled the ambassadors from the United States and Australia for consultations on the termination of the submarine contract with the Naval Group by Canberra.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seeking to smooth over the sharpness in relations with France that arose after the British-American deal with Australia on the construction of submarines instead of French ones.

The Presidential Committee on Strategy and Budget of Turkey has published a draft of the country's "Medium-term Economic Development Program" (MTEP) covering the period 2022-2024.

The armed forces of Russia and Kazakhstan have completed the formation of an air group to participate in the joint anti-terrorist exercise of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states "Peace Mission-2021" at the Donguz training ground in the Orenburg Region, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Monday.

The crews of the operational and tactical aviation of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) have worked out refueling flights in the Lipetsk region.

The Italian concern Leonardo and the British company 2Excel will convert the Boeing 757-200 airliner into a flying laboratory to test technologies for the sixth-generation Tempest fighter. According to Flightglobal, the modification will take from a year to three.

Philippine Defense Minister Delfin Lorenzana said on September 16 that the Philippines is unlikely to purchase Lockheed Martin F-16V fighters as part of the multi-purpose Combat Aircraft Delivery Program (MFR) due to budget constraints.

India is extending the service life of its Mirage-2000 fighters in every possible way. September 19, portal firstpost.com He reported that the Indian Air Force is buying decommissioned aircraft from France in order to use them for spare parts.

Visual illustration of the process of putting a ship with Russian cosmonauts into orbit

The Soyuz family of launch vehicles, which traces its history back to the R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile, has already had more than 70 years of history, and the first manned flight into space on it took place back in 1967. Nevertheless, there is no alternative to the "Unions" in the Russian cosmonautics yet, and they still put most people and cargo into orbit.

The head of SpaceX, Elon Musk, found a humorous explanation for the silence of US President Joe Biden, who has not yet commented on the completion of the first-ever mission of a crew of space tourists.

The Chinese launch vehicle "Changzheng-7" with the cargo spacecraft "Tianzhou-3" successfully turned on the engines and headed for the Tiangong space station under construction, the launch is broadcast by the Chinese Global Television Network (CGTN).

The British Ministry of Defense has signed three contracts for the development of laser and radio frequency weapons demonstrators. One of the promising installations will be tested on board the Type 23 frigate, and the other will be installed on the Wolfhound armored vehicle.

The Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and gun systems located on the Kerch Peninsula (eastern part of Crimea) have worked out the destruction of cruise missiles, the official representative of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation Alexey Rulev said.

North Korea doubts the effectiveness of a submarine-launched ballistic missile tested by South Korea last week.