About 5.5 thousand military personnel and more than 1.2 thousand units of weapons and special equipment are involved in the practical exercises

The military personnel will use more than 70 artillery and missile systems to work out tasks to combat illegal armed groups at the anti-terrorist exercises of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member countries "Peace Mission-2021", which are being held in the Orenburg Region. This is stated in a message distributed on Tuesday by the press service of the Central Military District.

The Pskov connection of the airborne troops was reinforced with another airborne assault regiment, which became the third in the division. This is reported by INTERFAX-AVN with reference to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

During the exercise" West-2021", the Russian army worked out the possibility of a nuclear strike on NATO troops in Poland, writes Defense Blog, citing an unnamed source.

The United States is not interested in independent European states, so today they are already trying to create local formats that are beneficial to them even within the framework of the European Union. About this in an interview aif.ru said the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev.

The United States and its allies must bear responsibility for the destruction of the economies of sovereign states, the aggravation of inter-ethnic and political problems, and the intensification of terrorist, extremist and other threats. This includes providing compensation that significantly exceeds the multi-trillion dollars they spent on undermining stability around the world. About this in an interview aif.ru The secretary of the Russian Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, said.

Large-scale international exercises have begun in the Lviv region of Ukraine. September 20, portal armyinform.com.ua He informed that the multinational Ukrainian-American military exercises Rapid Trident-2021 have begun on the basis of the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security.

The EU, against the background of the situation with the refusal of Australia from the contract with France for the creation of submarines, needs to make more efforts to strengthen its own defense potential, the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, told reporters at the UN on Monday.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres discussed peace on the Korean peninsula and unresolved global problems during a meeting in New York, the administration of the South Korean leader reports.

A high-quality picture has been published, presumably, of a prototype of a modernized version of the Su-30SM fighter, built at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAZ) - a branch of PJSC Irkut Corporation (as part of PJSC United Aircraft Corporation). The aircraft is unpainted, but it bears the identification marks of the Russian Aerospace Forces and at the same time the atypical tail number "001 red".

Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers, Su-25 and Su-24MR aircraft together with the Su-25 of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan are working out fire tasks to destroy the positions of a conditional enemy within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) "Peace Mission-2021" exercise in the Orenburg region, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Tuesday.

Analysts called the shortcomings of the Chinese fifth-generation aircraft with Russian engines, which reduce the efficiency of the J-20. The maneuverability of the aircraft may not be enough to compete with the F-22 and F-35. This is reported by the South China Morning Post.

Two Tu-160 strategic missile carriers of Long-range aviation performed a planned flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. Fighter escort was provided by the crews of Su-35S aircraft of the Air Force and Air Defense Association of the Western Military District and Su-27 naval aviation of the Baltic Fleet.

Fighters from Italy, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and other foreign planes took to the air because of the flight of two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers over the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

Very soon, the US Army will receive five new B-21 Raider strategic bombers built by Northrop Grumman Corporation. This was stated by the Secretary of the American Air Force Frank Kendall, speaking at the conference of the Air Force Association on September 21.

The American Air Force seriously intends to conquer the water element. Yesterday, September 20, the portal militarytimes.com He reported that the US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) announced the appearance of an amphibious version of the MC-130J Hercules military transport aircraft by the end of next year.

The new Chinese electronic warfare aircraft Shenyang J-16D will be demonstrated for the first time at the international Aviation and Space salon Airshow China - 2021, which will open on September 28, 2021 in Zhuhai. A new plane in the color of the PLA Air Force arrived in Zhuhai today.

The Colombian Ground Forces are starting the combat use of five UH-1H multi-purpose helicopters, which were previously operated as part of the Pakistan Air Force Air Corps.

In 2024, the volume of budget allocations under the program "Development of cosmodromes for the period 2017-2025" may be reduced by 6.79 billion rubles

Financing for the construction of the second stage of the Vostochny cosmodrome in 2023 can be increased by 14.6 billion rubles, according to an explanatory note to the draft budget for this period, which is available to TASS.

In 2023, about 209.61 billion rubles will be allocated for these purposes, according to the explanatory note to the draft budget

Russia plans to allocate about 629.64 billion rubles for the implementation of the state program "Space Activities of Russia" in 2022-2024, according to the explanatory note to the draft budget for this period, which is available to TASS.

The Scientific and Technical Council of Roscosmos recommended that work on the creation of a technical project for a new orbital station be included in the Federal Space Program-2025

The Bureau of the RAS Space Council recommended that Roscosmos submit proposals to the government on the need to create a Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS). This was reported to TASS in the press service of the state corporation.