Israeli designers have begun to copy Russian unmanned technologies, said the chief designer of the company ZALA AERO (part of the Kalashnikov group of companies") Alexander Zakharov.

The basis of the new system is the Lancet barrage munition developed by ZALA Aero

The world's first "air mining" system designed to defeat unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with barrage ammunition has been developed in Russia.

As reported by the news agency RIA Novosti, JSC "Kronshtadt" has begun construction of the first specialized plant in Russia for the serial production of attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the launch of the enterprise is scheduled for November. This was reported to RIA Novosti in the press service of the company.

Forty-three foreign planes and 15 drones conducted reconnaissance near the Russian borders during the week, according to data from the Russian Defense Ministry, which was published in the departmental newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda on Friday.

On Friday, April 16, the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation reported on the American strategic reconnaissance aircraft RC-135. It barraged over the Pacific Ocean along the southeastern coast of Kamchatka.

Also during the exercise, the crews of fighter and bomber aircraft will perform missile launches and bombing of sea targets

As part of the control check, the crews of the Su-25SM3 attack aircraft were relocated from the airfield in the Stavropol Territory to the operational airfields of the Crimea, and the squadron of aircraft was also relocated to the Ashuluk training ground in the Astrakhan region. In total, more than 50 aircraft were involved in these events, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) reported.

One of the two pilots who ejected from the crash of the Su-30 fighter jet in the Karaganda region is in hospital, the second pilot refused to be hospitalized, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan told Interfax-Kazakhstan on Saturday.

More than 10 Su-34 aircraft bombed the positions of the imaginary enemy at the training ground near Voronezh, the press service of the Western Military District (ZVO) reported.

The Russian Defense Minister stressed that so far only Russian sappers are working on the site

The UN did not respond to Russia's offer to participate in the demining of Nagorno-Karabakh. This was announced by Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu in the film of the TV channel "Zvezda", aired on Friday.

In the Army Corps of the Baltic Fleet, exercises were held to practice the actions of personnel in the conditions of the use of weapons of mass destruction.

Formations of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District (SE) have worked out combat training tasks as part of heterogeneous tactical groups at the military training ground "Opuk" in the Crimea, the press service of the SE reported.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic called the work of the Republican army and police, which were equipped with Russian anti-aircraft missile and gun systems (ZRPC) "Pantsir-S1" and Mi-35 helicopters, very effective, RIA Novosti reports.

The military operation in Syria has helped the Russian army to strengthen morale, test weapons and make a qualitative step in development, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

Ukraine renounced its status as a nuclear power after the collapse of the USSR. Earlier, President Vladimir Zelensky said that the rejection of nuclear weapons is a big mistake, but it is wrong to seek to return the nuclear status. But the infamous Ukrainian ambassador to Germany does not agree with the Ukrainian leader.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that Iran needs to "cool down" after the recent operation at the Iranian nuclear facility in Natanz, allegedly committed by Israel.

During Georgia's participation in the mission in Afghanistan, 32 Georgian soldiers were killed, the Georgian Defense Ministry said in a statement released on Thursday night in connection with the NATO decision to complete the Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan by September this year.

In the process of preparing for the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, announced by President Joe Biden, the United States did not try to paint a rosy picture of the situation in this country, said US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

Stoltenberg believes that peace in Afghanistan can only be ensured by the Afghans themselves

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has acknowledged that the peace process in Afghanistan is not guaranteed to succeed.

Judging by the dimensions of the lower part of the Chinese aircraft carrier Type 003, its dimensions do not differ much from the latest American ships of the Gerald R. Ford type. This conclusion was reached by the experts of Naval News, having studied satellite photos of the shipyard in Shanghai, where the aircraft carrier is being built.

The flagship aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy (Navy) of the United Kingdom HMS Queen Elizabeth worth about 3.2 billion pounds (more than 300 billion rubles) again leaked. This was announced on Thursday, April 15, according to the Daily Mail.