The General Directorate of Armaments (Direction Générale de l'Armement - DGA) of the Ministry of the Armed Forces of France announced in messages on June 24 and 25, 2021, that on June 1 it issued a contract to the French Nexter group for the repair and serial modernization of the first 50 Leclerc tanks of the French army according to the Leclerc XLR variant (out of 200 planned).

The Turkish company BMC has signed a contract for the supply of 46 new armored vehicles with reinforced mine protection "Bricks" with a 4x4 wheel formula to Tunisia, Anadolu agency reports.

At the military-technical forum "Army-2021", which will be held in August this year at the Vostochny airfield in Ulan-Ude, residents and guests of the city will be shown new mine detectors "Korshun" and protective suits "Sokol".

It is planned to pass it by the end of the year

Specialists of the Military Construction Complex of the Russian Defense Ministry have begun the construction of a training center for divers of the Pacific Fleet. This was reported to journalists on Tuesday in the Russian military department.

MiG-31K hypersonic weapons carriers and Tu-22M3 long-range bombers performed flights over the Mediterranean Sea

Russian ships conducted training to repel an air attack by a simulated enemy in the Mediterranean Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday.

The ship of the Pakistani navy PNS Zulfiqar together with the Russian Navy can take part in the anti-piracy exercises Arabian Monsoon 2021 in the Baltic Sea, RIA Novosti reports, citing a high-ranking source in the Pakistani navy.

A new school, kindergartens, as well as a yacht club and a ski track will be built as part of the development of social infrastructure at the base of the submarine forces of the Pacific Fleet (TOPF) in Kamchatka, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

FAR EAST-Diesel submarines of the Primorsky Flotilla of the heterogeneous forces of the Pacific Fleet (TOPF) conducted an exercise in the waters of the Sea of Japan, having worked out the use of anti-submarine means of a submarine when attacking a submarine of a conditional enemy, the press service of the fleet reported.

The Network posted high-quality photos of the Russian special purpose submarine K-329 "Belgorod" — the longest in the world.

The fifth-generation fighter of the shortened take-off and vertical landing F-35B Lightning II, which took off from the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth in the Mediterranean Sea, has worked out an attack and further "conditional destruction" of ships of the Russian Navy, the Ukrainian information and consulting agency Defense Express says.

The Pakistani Navy, according to Shepherd, has decided to replace the anti-aircraft missile weapons of the Ada-class corvettes under construction (the Turkish MILGEM project).

On June 28, 2021, the ceremony of commissioning the second universal landing ship (UDC) LPH 6112 Marado was held at the naval base of the South Korean Navy in Chinhaegu (Gyeongsangnam-do Province).

Photos of the first launch of a new Chinese submarine - presumably an upgraded version of the Type-039-appeared on the Network. There is also a lot of interesting things inside it, but the commentators were most struck by the unusual shape of the ship's cabin.

The US military in Syria was subjected to rocket fire, said the representative of the US coalition, Colonel Wayne Marotto.

He reaffirmed the US commitment to peace in the Middle East

US President Joe Biden said that his administration is ready to support Tel Aviv's defense efforts, as well as that the United States will not allow Iran to create its own nuclear weapons.

The Russian Armed Forces see the development of strategic nuclear forces and robotic equipment as their priority.

Financing of the supply of weapons and equipment within the framework of the State Defense Order to the army and navy is proceeding at a faster pace. This was stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, speaking at the board of the military department. Shoigu said that already now the rate of placement of the state defense order is higher than last year and is 95 percent.

The largest exercise "Lightning Strike 2021" took place in the mountains in the south-west of Serbia with the key participation of military equipment purchased in the Russian Federation, or received under the agreement on military cooperation between Moscow and Belgrade, RIA Novosti reports.

On Monday, a joint tactical exercise with live firing "Mustafa Kemal Ataturk - 2021"began in Azerbaijan together with Turkish servicemen.

Ankara's missions within the framework of NATO are not limited to Afghanistan, a columnist of the opposition Turkish newspaper "Jumhuriyet" is sure. In his opinion, the United States is creating an anti-Russian front, which begins with the Baltic States. In this regard, Erdogan's actions in the Crimea and the Caucasus are not just tactical tasks, they are connected with the front on which Turkey is positioned strategically.

General designer of UEC-Klimov Vsevolod Eliseev believes that the new GSU will be in demand on the market

The company " UEC-Klimov "(part of the United Engine Corporation Rostec) presented the concept of a hybrid power plant demonstrator (GSU), the capacity of which, according to preliminary estimates, will be 500 kW. This was reported to journalists on Monday in the press service of the UEC.