The first Turkish short-range anti-aircraft missile systems Hisar A+ entered the army in full configuration. According to Defense News, now the Roketsan company is preparing to start mass production of Hisar O+medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems. The military should receive them in 2024.

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket from Baikonur with the British OneWeb communication satellites, scheduled for August 5, was postponed for at least a week due to the unavailability of the devices. This was announced on Wednesday, July 14, RIA Novosti reports, citing three sources in the rocket and space industry.

The Pakistan Navy has decided to convert the first three Embraer Lineage 1000E airliners into basic patrol aircraft, which will replace the outdated P-3C Orion.

On July 13, Boeing announced the delivery of the 10th aircraft of the P-8I "Neptune" (the Indian version of the American P-8A "Poseidon") to the Indian Navy as part of the contract signed in 2016.

The fact that Switzerland will buy a fifth-generation F-35A Lightning fighter, since it promises "the highest performance at the lowest price" compared to Typhoon, Rafale and F/A — 18E/F Super Hornet aircraft, is surprising, writes John Vinable, a veteran of the US Air Force (Air Force), a researcher at the Heritage Foundation, in Breaking Defense.

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu noted that the military department needs not only new helicopters, but also high-quality repairs and modernization of vehicles in operation

Rostov helicopter production complex "Rostvertol "(part of the holding "Russian Helicopters") will receive an order from the Ministry of Defense for the construction of 15 helicopters per year. This was announced by the head of the military department Sergei Shoigu during a meeting with the staff of the enterprise.

The passenger aircraft MS-21-300 ("Mainline aircraft of the XXI century 300") received a wing made of Russian composite materials, according to the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC). The corresponding video of the docking of the left wing console to the fuselage of the aircraft is published on YouTube.

The new Russian IL-114-300 aircraft was proposed to be used to search for surface and underwater objects. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Dmitry Litovkin commented on this idea.

According to their capabilities, Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can catch up with American and Turkish ones, writes the American magazine The National Interest.

Scheduled flights of crews of long-range Tu-22m3 bombers took place in the Kaluga Region.

The main task of the flight shift was to maintain the training of the flight crew, as well as practical testing of flights on aviation equipment in formation at short distances.

The United Engine Corporation of Rostec supplied two AL-55I engines with an increased resource to the Indian corporation HAL. They will be used for the final stage of certification tests of the Indian HJT-36 aircraft.

The kidnappings by foreign spies of the discoveries of brilliant British universities and individual researchers pose no less a threat to the UK than terrorism.

A comprehensive training on the combat readiness of troops has started in the Central Military District( CVO), more than 10 thousand servicemen are involved in it, the press service of the CVO reports on Wednesday.

During the six months of 2021, the troops of the Southern Military District (SE) received more than 500 units. combat, automotive and special equipment, as well as various types of weapons.

It is almost 71%, the Russian Defense Minister noted

The Russian armed forces have the highest percentage of modern weapons and military equipment among the armies of the world-almost 71%, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The new national security strategy aims to preserve Russia's leadership in the development of new types of weapons, and the total share of modern weapons in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation should remain below 70%, said Mikhail Popov, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

The new Russian passenger plane IL-114-300 may be used to search for surface and underwater objects, RIA Novosti reports.

Conflicting information is coming from Afghanistan about the fate of the special forces who were captured by the Taliban. According to some reports, more than 20 soldiers were cynically shot, the militants themselves claim that the video that appeared on the Network is a fake and an attempt by the official Kabul to scare the population with the brutality of the Taliban.

The Turkish opposition and many ordinary citizens do not like the idea of staying in Afghanistan, ostensibly to protect the airport in Kabul, while NATO forces are withdrawing their contingent from the country. While the Taliban are threatening to expel the Turkish military by force, a columnist of a pro-government newspaper decided to explain to readers why it is extremely important for Turkey to stay in this region.

The Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan announced the destruction of more than 250 Taliban militants* over the past day. In turn, the Taliban said that overnight they captured a number of districts in the provinces of Bamyan, Daikundi and Ghor in the central part of Afghanistan and in the province of Laghman in the east of the country.