The Russian army is "actually troops of constant readiness", which is facilitated by sudden checks of military personnel. This was announced on Tuesday, August 10, by Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu during his speech at the youth educational forum "Territory of Meanings".

About 500 military personnel and about 100 units of military equipment are involved in the Russian-Lao exercise "Laros-2021", which started on Wednesday in the Primorsky Territory at the Sergeyevsky training ground.

The state television and radio corporation NHK, which is close to the Japanese government, notes how skilfully Russia maintains a balance in relations with the largest regional powers – China and India. Even Russia conducts joint military exercises with them almost at the same time.

The military exercises of Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, which are taking place on the border with Afghanistan, will be continued in order to keep the "powder dry". This was announced on Tuesday, August 10, by Russian Defense Minister General of the country's army Sergei Shoigu during the youth educational forum "Territory of Meanings".

Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan during the exercises checked the readiness of troops and weapons for use on the border with Afghanistan, this allowed us to identify weaknesses, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at the forum "Territory of Meanings".

Russia is ready to continue helping Armenia to modernize and reform its Armed Forces, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu discussed with his American counterpart Lloyd Austin the results of bilateral consultations on strategic stability. The telephone conversation took place on Wednesday, August 11.

The head of the department of the Central Committee of the Workers ' Party of Korea, Kim Yong Chol, said that Seoul will regret the start of joint military exercises with the United States.

The reason for the crash of the Russian Su-35S fighter was a "banal mess", writes the Baza publication in Telegram. According to Baza, the flight director took the false thermal targets firing back for the fire, which were triggered due to radiation from equipment on the airfield.

During this exercise, for the first time, military repairs of aircraft will be carried out by means of mobile technical and operational units with the involvement of repair crews of defense industry enterprises, including on the airfield section of the road.

The Russian Air Force will hold a large-scale exercise in the Western Military District at the end of August with the involvement of more than 450 aircraft and helicopters, said the commander of the Air Force - Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces, Lieutenant General Sergei Dronov.

On August 5, the transfer of two Tu-214PU narrow-body aircraft to the Special Flight Detachment "Russia" took place at the airfield of the Kazan Aircraft Factory Borisoglebskoye.

The Russian Helicopters holding company (part of the Rostec Corporation) will transfer two more new Mi-38 helicopters to the Ministry of Defense by the end of 2022, the company's CEO Andrey Boginsky told RIA Novosti.

Arsenyev Aviation Company "Progress" named after N. I. Sazykin of the Russian Helicopters holding is ready to send a batch of Ka-52 Alligator combat reconnaissance and attack helicopters to the troops. This was told by the acting managing director of the company Andrey Semenov within the framework of a Single day of acceptance of military products, the press service of the enterprise reports.

The F-15 fighter hit an air target with an AIM-120 medium-range missile using an infrared search and tracking system. According to The Drive, tests have shown that it is possible to track and determine air targets outside the line of sight without radar stations.

The Ministry of Defense of Ghana intends to purchase six L-39NG jets from the Czech company Aero Vodochody under a contract that will be accompanied by a loan agreement.

The Defense Procurement Agency of the Norwegian Ministry of Defense (DMA) on its Facebook page published a message about the start of flight tests of the first of five P-8A Poseidon BPA aircraft ordered for the Norwegian Air Force.

The British company Electric Aviation Group has decided that its promising eco-friendly regional aircraft will be hydrogen-powered. According to the original project, it was supposed to become a hybrid. According to Flightglobal, changes in the architecture of the aircraft affected the schedule of its development. The start of operation of the 90-seat liner is scheduled for 2030.

According to Oleg Artemyev, the first residents may be members of the crew of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft, which includes cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko

The crew members of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft, which includes cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko, can become the first residents of the new cabin of the Russian segment of the ISS, located in the Nauka module. This was reported to TASS by Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev.

Roscosmos reported that the process of obtaining international patents for bringing the product to the international market is now underway

A universal satellite platform that will allow collecting and transmitting information about the state of power grids and pipelines is being tested in Russia. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos distributed on Wednesday.