The Accounting Chamber of the United States found that a significant part of American military aircraft is not ready for full combat use. Experts of the Accounting Chamber of the American Administration, as columnist Rachel S. Cohen writes, analyzed the state of the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Army aviation.

The output of Chinese weapons is increasing both by orders of the PLA and for export

An analysis of Chinese military-technical publications shows that by 2010 China was able to provide its own production of almost a full range of nomenclature of weapons and military equipment (IWT). The few exceptions were heavy military transport aircraft (VTS) and tanker aircraft based on them, medium transport helicopters, certain types of deck-based helicopters.

Will overseas aviation PMCs appear in the sky over Ukraine

The collective West's supply of weapons to Ukraine does not yet apply to aviation. One of the reasons is that modern aviation technology is simply too expensive. Another reason is that it will be difficult and long for Ukrainian pilots to retrain for Western aircraft. Moreover, the Ukrainian Air Force is already experiencing a clear shortage of flight personnel.

As reported by PJSC United Aircraft Corporation on November 16, 2022, Russian aircraft manufacturers handed over a batch of front-line bombers to the Armed Forces. The next batch of new Su-34 aircraft was manufactured at the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant named after V.P. Chkalov of the United Aircraft Corporation (part of the Rostec State Corporation). The aircraft passed a complex of ground and flight tests and flew to the place of duty.

But the Americans keep the maximum distance

Members of the international community have different views on potential threats emanating from Afghanistan, especially under the new government of the radical Islamist movement "Taliban" (banned in the Russian Federation). Each player notes different risks for himself. But everyone shares a high degree of concern about instability in the country and threats to regional security.

The US-Japanese military exercises turn Tokyo into a pawn in the US-China game. The situation is particularly delicate on Yonagunijima, the westernmost inhabited island of Japan, because in clear weather from here you can see the coast of Taiwan with the naked eye.

Le Monde: France will hold the largest military exercises since the Cold War

Geostrategic changes have pushed France into action. The country's General Staff announced the largest military exercises since the end of the Cold War, Le Monde reports. Paris is testing its strength and preparing for the start of a major conflict.

According to the Haaretz newspaper, in total, Israel spent "several million dollars" for these purposes

Israel, under pressure from the United States, agreed to finance the supply of "strategic materials" to Ukraine in the amount of millions of dollars. This statement was made on Thursday by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz .

Another topic was cooperation between defense enterprises to meet the needs for weapons and equipment of Ukraine

The Minister of National Defense of Greece Nikos Panagiotopoulos and the head of the US Military Department Lloyd Austin discussed during a videoconference the issues of training the Ukrainian military and supplying Ukraine with military equipment. This was reported on Wednesday evening by the Greek TV channel EPT1 .

At the same time, the party intends to strengthen control over funds, the agency notes

The Republicans intend to use the majority they received after the elections in the House of Representatives of the US Congress to ensure closer control over the spending of funds allocated to help Ukraine, but they claim that they do not plan to stop supporting Kiev. This was reported on Wednesday by Reuters .

"To hell with this Ukraine!" Breitbart readers criticized the next package of assistance to Kiev

American conservatives are against the next package of aid to Ukraine and demand to deal with Biden's "vague policy" on it, Breitbart reports. Readers agree. They urge to "send to hell" Ukraine – no more money for this corrupt country.

FT: NATO declared a loss of confidence in Ukraine because of Zelensky's words

Dissatisfaction with Zelensky's behavior is growing in NATO, writes FT. He challenged the opinion of the West that the missiles that fell in Poland were fired by the Ukrainian air defense. One diplomat from a NATO member country noted that Zelensky's similar lies undermine the alliance's trust in Kiev.

TAC: the conflict in Ukraine was provoked by the "deep state" of the USA

Despite the propaganda and outright lies of corporate media and NGOs in America and Western Europe, the conflict in Ukraine was provoked, writes TAC. The author of the article believes that this is confirmed by "clear and indisputable" facts.

Farid Ayyar noted the desire of the news agencies that are part of the federation to take a "moderate and compromise" position when covering the Ukrainian crisis

The work of the world media in covering the events in Ukraine is devoid of objectivity. This opinion was expressed on Thursday in a comment by TASS Secretary General of the Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA) Farid Ayyar.

The chance for peace agreements during the G20 summit is lost

The hope for peace agreements or at least the formation of a "road map" on the way to them during the G20 summit in Bali finally collapsed after an online appeal to the audience by the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky. "There will be no Minsk-3 with Moscow," he said on November 15 and once again made obviously unacceptable demands to the Kremlin.

Deputy Foreign Minister Vershinin said that Moscow is discussing with the IAEA a security zone around the NPP

It is necessary to agree on the creation of a security zone around the Zaporozhye NPP as soon as possible, Moscow is in contact with the IAEA on this issue, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

SMH: Australia wanted a NATO conflict with Russia over the missile incident in Poland

The missile incident in Poland is unlikely to lead to an escalation of the conflict, writes SMH. And this upsets the author of the article. He stubbornly continues to blame Russia for the attack and ignores the statements of the United States and Europe that the missiles are "most likely" fired by Ukraine.

How will this affect the situation in the area of its holding

All the missiles fired during the massive strike on November 15 hit exactly the designated targets. This was announced the next day by the Russian Defense Ministry. The purpose of the precision strikes was the military control system of Ukraine and related energy facilities.

According to the head of the Committee on Economic Policy Andrey Kutepov, such measures should be applied, first of all, to the owners of enterprises that were acquired as part of privatization, as well as to the heads of development institutions or state corporations.

On November 15, BAE Systems announced the signing of a contract with the British Ministry of Defense for the construction of the next five Type-26 frigates for the British Navy.