The leadership of Europe is lost between ignorance of recent events and long-standing stereotypes, writes Xavier Rofe in the French edition of Atlantico.

During the ceremony of handing over five repaired T-72 tanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the general director of the Ukroboronprom concern, Yuri Gusev, said that it is planned to create a military-industrial industrial park on the basis of the Kiev Armored Plant (KBTO).

The State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (MIDEI) of Moldova, George Leuke, called for the resumption of the process of withdrawal of Russian troops and the destruction of ammunition located in Transnistria.

The crews of aircraft and helicopters of the Black Sea Fleet's naval aviation have begun tactical flight exercises, including bombing, shooting, and tracking the submarines of the imaginary enemy.

Reconnaissance UAVs will help Marines, coastal rocket scientists and gunners in the Baltic Sea

Russia is strengthening the grouping of drones on the Baltic coast. The new unit was formed in the Kaliningrad region and became part of the marine brigade.

About the most mysterious invisible plane of the Celestial Empire

Today, only two countries in the world have been able to develop on their own and take to the skies the 5th generation fighters of two quite significantly different types at once – the United States and China. The others have either created only one combat aircraft of this class, or are still creating them. By the way, according to the Chinese nomenclature, those combat aircraft that are generally referred to as the 5th generation around the world are referred to as the 4th generation in the Middle Kingdom itself. Well, the East, as you know, is a delicate matter.

The slogan of Make in India is still only a slogan

India is committed to demonstrating its commitment and ability to create a wide range of unmanned aircraft systems of various types and classes.

The American company Erickson in 2022 will begin flight tests of an optional manned version of the S-64F+ Air Crane heavy transport helicopter. According to AINonline, flight tests of the machine are planned to be completed within two years, and from 2024 to start delivering the first S-64F+ to customers. Erickson intends to offer the new helicopter to both private companies and the military.

Saudi Arabia is discussing with Russia the supply of S-400 "Triumph" air defense systems and Su-35 fighters.

The head of the Rostec corporation, Sergey Chemezov, said in an interview with RT that Moscow and Riyadh are negotiating the supply of S-400 systems and Su-35 fighters. He clarified that the contract has not yet been signed.

Turkey is in talks to buy the second batch of S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems. The issue of technological cooperation is also being considered.

Futuristic energy weapon concepts may become commonplace in the coming years. February 24, portal c4isrnet.com He reported that the US Army announced plans to test the" combat microwave " THOR and soon adopt it into service.

The holding company "Roselektronika" (part of "Rostec") has started the first serial deliveries to the Russian Armed Forces of anti-tank defense control systems "Zavet", which increase the effectiveness of the fight against enemy armored vehicles. This is reported by the press service of the corporation.

The Russian Defense Ministry has released a video confirming the use of the Iskander-M tactical missile system (OTRK) in Syria. The video was posted by RIA Novosti.

As reported by the web resource "Chinese Cars" , Chinese Haval H9 SUVs appeared in the Russian Army. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation actively replenishes the fleets of its structures with these machines.

The fire control system of the T-14 Armata tank for the first time in the history of tank construction showed the ability to find, recognize and escort targets on the battlefield without the participation of the crew, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

On February 23, 2021, the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced the conclusion of an intergovernmental agreement with the German Ministry of Defense on February 22 regarding the supply of the Trophy active defense complex ("Meil Ruach") manufactured by the Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to equip the German army's Leopard 2 tanks.

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international arms exhibition IDEX-2021 in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Rosoboronexport (part of the state corporation Rostec) presented the" Spectrum-7E "-the first virtual training system for integrated training of troops, the correspondent of TASS reports.

The Russian frigate "Admiral Gorshkov" went to the Barents Sea for firing at land and sea targets, the press service of the Northern Fleet (SF) reported on Thursday.

BOD "Marshal Shaposhnikov" will turn into a frigate with "Calibers" and "Zircons"

The modernization of the remaining 30-40-year-old large anti-submarine ships of the project 1155 is designed to support the minimum necessary grouping of surface warships of the ocean zone-cruise missile carriers to the readiness of the project 22350M frigates and the Leader-class destroyers, the laying of the main hulls of which is expected in 2022-2024.

The corvette "Stoyky" and the tanker "Kola" have started an anti-piracy watch in the Gulf of Aden, the Baltic Fleet said on Thursday.