The United States is expected to withdraw from the open skies Treaty on November 22. Six months ago, on may 21, US President Donald trump announced that he had decided to withdraw from the open skies Treaty. The country leaves the agreement six months after the official notification of the partners.

Strategic bombers B-52H Stratofortress performed a non-stop flight from the United States to the Middle East and back, said the Central command of the US armed forces.

MH-60R Seahawk helicopters of the us Navy will receive Magnetic Anomaly Detection-Extended Role (MAD-XR) detectors manufactured by the canadian company CAE, reports the Drive.

The us Department of defense announced that the US air force command signed a contract with Boeing for the supply of the third and fourth KC-46A multi-purpose tanker transports for the Japanese Air self-defense forces.

Industrial espionage, political pressure and outright blackmail-Washington goes to great lengths to force its partners to buy exclusively American-made military equipment. In Europe, another scandal is breaking out-it was unexpectedly revealed that the decision to supply F-35 Lightning fighters for the Danish air force could have been influenced by US intelligence. About how to understand market relations and free competition across the ocean — in the material RIA Novosti.

The history of American fighter aviation has more than a hundred years. Today, us air force fighters are head and shoulders above their competitors in terms of technology, but at the dawn of their existence, American aviation purchased aircraft from the allies.

The Russian defense Ministry has received all Ka-52 alligator combat reconnaissance and attack helicopters scheduled for delivery this year. The contract was completed on time.

New UAVS specialize in detecting enemy air defense systems

Planes and helicopters will now be protected by artificial intelligence drones. A high-tech unmanned reconnaissance system has been tested in the Ground forces. The new model specializes in detecting the operation of air defense radars and anti-aircraft missile systems, sources in the defense Department said.

Two crews of Tu-142 anti-submarine aircraft of the Northern fleet performed scheduled flights in the Arctic, the press service of the Northern fleet reports.

Three upgraded supersonic high-altitude fighter-interceptor MiG-31BM entered service with the fighter aviation regiment of the Central military district (CVO) in the Krasnoyarsk territory.

In the disputed area of Ladakh, clashes continue between PLA units and the Indian armed forces. The parties are bringing heavy weapons to this area, intending to resolve the conflict by force, rather than through diplomatic negotiations.

Washington insists on the right to use nuclear weapons first

Christopher Ford, assistant Secretary of state for international security and nonproliferation, Ph. D. in international relations, spoke on November 12 at an online Conference on nuclear weapons and international law in the modern era organized by the new York bar Association.

The coronavirus pandemic has had a very negative impact on the economy of most countries in the world. The GDP of many European countries experienced a significant decline during the first wave of COVID-19, and this trend is also likely to continue during the second wave, which was significantly larger than the spring outbreak.

In the first half of November, the NATO command conducted a planned exercise of its response forces (NATO Response Force – NRF) in Lithuania under the name "Brilliant Jump – 2020". A special feature of this event, which is held annually by the Alliance, is the verification of the most combat-ready component of the NRF-the very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) – in terms of the efficiency of its deployment in a given area.

Military programs are slowed down by political decisions

In recent years, the Turkish defense industry has made impressive progress in development, as evidenced by the spectacular actions of Turkish-made unmanned aerial vehicles in Libya, Syria and Nagorno-Karabakh.

While the fight against the pandemic is going on all over the world, in a small patch of the Caucasus there was another struggle, or rather, a real war. We are talking about the Karabakh problem and the military actions between the Azerbaijani army and the Karabakh self-defense units.

Russian defense Minister Sergei Shoigu met with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and defense Minister Vagharshak Aratyunyan in Yerevan. Armenian sources reported that during the talks, Shoigu said that our country intends to prevent further bloodshed in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called unexpected attempts to slow down the implementation of the statement of the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, noting that those who do this should understand that the alternative is war.

In the course of hostilities in Nagorno Karabakh, Armenian armed forces have used various means of defense. Mostly, these were outdated systems created in the sixties and seventies. For example, the ZSU-23-4 Shilka self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.

the construction of this facility, which has four 35-meter-diameter antennas for transmitting and receiving radio signals, took almost two years, the China Daily newspaper reported

China has put into operation antennas to maintain communication with spacecraft that will participate in missions to explore the moon and Mars. This was reported by the China Daily newspaper.