The Japanese authorities refused to allocate funds in 2021 to equip their f-15 fighter jets with new American missiles, Kyodo reported on December 12, citing a source in the country's government.

According to the US air Force life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at the Wright-Patterson air base (Ohio), on December 10, 2020, the delivery of all 84 new-built Boeing f-15SA Eagle multi-role fighters to the Saudi air force was completed under an intergovernmental agreement in 2011. The AFLCMC center, in accordance with standard practice, is responsible from the US air force for work on exported aircraft under the us intergovernmental foreign military sales program Foreign Military Sales (FMS) in case of significant modification.

Tests involving the capture of unmanned X-61A spacecraft in the air ended in failure. In the end, they all landed using parachutes.

The Propeller web resource.News under the title "the Situation of the components and the technical support of the An-148 has worsened to the limit" published an interview of the Director of airline "Angara" Sergei Salamatov sad end for this airline passenger aircraft An-148-100E. The material contains interesting details about the current state of the Russian fleet of an-148 aircraft.

Priority can be given to attack UAVS and kamikaze drones

The defense Ministry plans to adjust the development plans for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVS). The changes were prepared based on the experience of Syria and the study of modern conflicts, including the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, sources in the military Department told Izvestia. Goals for the number of different classes of drones may be revised. It is also possible to change priorities in the development of new samples. Izvestia looked at which programs will gain an advantage, and which will be curtailed, and what the military wants to get in the end.

Ballistic missiles never surpassed aviation

For a fighter, maneuverability (the ability to quickly change the direction and speed of movement) was traditionally considered the most important combat quality.

European Union leaders plan to discuss arms exports to Turkey with NATO allies and separately with the United States, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said after Greece continued to push for an arms embargo on Ankara, Reuters reports.

the Fall of Armenia was predetermined by technical failure

By the time the Azerbaijani forces entered the area of the strategically important city of Fizuli, the Armenian defense deployed near the border had ceased to exist. The remaining machine-gun and artillery units in the fortified areas began to leave their positions and retreat.

10.12.20 a military parade dedicated to the victory in the battles in Nagorno-Karabakh (27.09.-10.11.20), called the Patriotic war or the second Karabakh war in Azerbaijan, was held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.

Armenia accused Azerbaijan of a new offensive in Karabakh

The Azerbaijani army has captured the village of Khin Taglar in Nagorno-Karabakh with the help of artillery and is marching on the settlement of Khtsaberd, Armenia said. This forced residents of Stepanakert to gather a spontaneous rally near the Russian peacekeeping military base. At the same time, Baku assures that as of the evening of December 12, the situation in Karabakh is calm and there are no clashes.

The defense Ministry has warned of foreign plans to discredit the Russian coronavirus vaccine

The Russian military Department warned about the upcoming stuffing on the inefficiency and danger of the coronavirus vaccine created in the Russian Federation.

A large-scale training within the framework of a single day of fire United more than a hundred missile carriers of land, air and sea formations and military units of the southern military district (SE).

Musk noted that in January 2021, experts will arrive in Jakarta to discuss all the details

Indonesian President Joko Widodo suggested that the us company SpaceX build a launch pad for launching rockets on the territory of the country. The head of state discussed this possibility with the head of the company, Elon Musk, during a telephone conversation, Bloomberg reported on Saturday.

The USS Chafee (DDG 90), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, was the first Navy ship to launch a new version of the famous Tomahawk block V cruise missile.

Admiral Vinogradov BOD will be upgraded and equipped with powerful missiles

Udaloy will protect the far East. The Ministry of defense plans to carry out a major modernization of the large anti-submarine ship (BOD) project 1155 "Admiral Vinogradov".

The crew of the newest Corvette project 20385 "Gremyashchy", undergoing state tests in the Baltic sea, successfully completed rocket and artillery firing at a target rocket.

Three nuclear-powered icebreakers of the Leader project, which are the most powerful in the world, will be commissioned in 2027-2032, Deputy Minister of industry and trade of the Russian Federation Alexey Besprozvannykh said.

The distributor of Microsoft products, Softline, will no longer be able to supply software to Bauman Moscow state technical University due to new US sanctions. Microsoft refuses to sell its SOFTWARE to a University that trains weapons specialists.

Russia is joining a new global trend. A domestic electric car is entering the market, which resembles the Oka in its dimensions. It is planned to captivate the buyer with the price – the Russian electric car "Kama-1" will cost almost three times cheaper than the most budget model of Tesla. Will this help its sales?

In order to increase combat capabilities and update the fleet of equipment in 2020, military units and formations of the SV received more than 2.5 thousand new basic samples of the vvst, according to the information support Group of the Ground forces.