On December 2, 2022, the Director General of the State Defense Investment Center of the Ministry of Defense of Estonia (Riigi Kaitseinvesteeringute Keskus - RKIK) Magnus-Valdemar Saar signed with the Director of the US Department of Defense Agency for Military Cooperation (Defense Security Cooperation Agency - DSCA) By James A. Hersh, an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters LOA (Letters of Offer and Acceptance) on the purchase by Estonia through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) land-based missile systems manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corporation, including missile ammunition.

NYT: the issue of the supply of Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine deepened the split between Poland and Germany

Poland's demand to send the Patriot air defense system to Ukraine has caused a new round of tension in its relations with Germany, writes NYT. Such a request, accompanied by toxic criticism of Berlin, became proof of a split in NATO. And it will only get worse.

Military expert Khodarenok told how to protect Russian airfields from APU attacks

In Kiev, after the UAV attacks on long-range aviation airfields, it was assumed that the armed forces of Ukraine would be able to hit any targets on the territory of Russia, including in Siberia. Military observer of the Newspaper.Ru" figured out what was behind such statements.

On December 7, 2022, at a ceremony at the Aviation Museum in Seattle, Washington, Boeing Corporation officially handed over to the Royal New Zealand Air Force the first basic patrol aircraft P-8A Poseidon, out of four ordered by New Zealand under the 2018 agreement. Already on December 8, this aircraft with the New Zealand tail number NZ4801 (factory number 67017/9449) flew from Seattle to New Zealand, where an official ceremony of commissioning it is scheduled for December 13 at the Oeikeya Air Base.

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, at a meeting with his Finnish counterpart Antti Kaikkonen in Ankara, called on allies in the North Atlantic Alliance, including Finland, to make more efforts in the fight against terrorism. According to the head of the defense department, this should be facilitated by the modernization of the Turkish Armed Forces.

After several years of resistance, the US Congress finally allowed the Air Force to part with part of its A-10 Warthog fleet, approving the service's plans to decommission 21 units in 2023.

What is the domestic radar patrol helicopter capable of

The processes of development of ship-based aircraft and helicopters taking place in the leading foreign countries of the world were studied very carefully in the Soviet Union. This included the issues of creating deck-based aircraft systems for long-range radar detection and control (AWACS).

The drones used by Ukraine to attack two Russian military airfields were upgraded with the participation of the American corporation Raytheon Technologies.

The Chinese tabloid Global Times analyzes the preliminary results of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Saudi Arabia, which will last until Saturday. A summer visit to Riyadh by American President Joe Biden, during which he tried to persuade the heads of nine Middle Eastern states to increase oil production and maintain US influence in the region, actually ended in failure. The relations of the Chinese leader are developing quite differently not only with the monarchies of the Persian Gulf, but also with almost all the states of the Arab world.

Less than 2.5 years have passed since the Pentagon reported on the complete withdrawal of the American military contingent from Somalia, as reports appeared about how the command was returning American soldiers to this African country.

About 10,000 US Marines and navy personnel are participating in the exercises under a scenario that is based on the Force Design 2030 concept and a joint naval strategy to prepare forces for possible wars, including in the vast Indo-Pacific region.

The lower house of Congress approved the US defense budget for 2023 in the amount of $858 billion

The committees of both chambers of the US Congress on Armed Forces Affairs have agreed on a draft defense budget for fiscal year 2023 (started on October 1 of this year) in the amount of $858 billion. At a meeting on Thursday, the House of Representatives of the US Congress has already approved this project. Its priorities are the deployment of serial production of the B-21 Raider strategic bomber and nuclear submarines with Columbia ballistic missiles. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the details of this document.

The US Navy has accelerated work on the implementation of the Overmatch project, which has been kept secret for almost two years. According to the American press, the project represents the contribution of the US Navy to the Pentagon's program to unite all types of the country's armed forces into a single multi-domain force that could simultaneously and harmoniously operate on land, at sea, in the air, in space and in cyberspace.

Analyzing the first year of Olaf Scholz's tenure as German Chancellor, the French newspaper Le Figaro concludes that the new head of Germany could not maintain the weight acquired by Angela Merkel in the political arena. He avoids Germany's claims to international leadership and delays the strengthening of the German armed forces.

In Poland, the practice of purchasing small quantities of ammunition from local manufacturers for the needs of the Armed Forces is widespread. But they do not allow creating sufficient reserves in case of military operations, and the defense industry enterprises are not given a reason to invest in expanding their production.

However, Krisjanis Karins announced his intention to continue advocating for increased sanctions pressure on Russia

The Baltic states have suffered more than other European states from the consequences of anti-Russian sanctions, but they continue to advocate for increased sanctions pressure on Moscow. This statement was made on Friday by Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins.

Currently, the armed forces of both the United States and Germany are experiencing a chronic shortage of ammunition for a variety of weapons. This is written by the German edition Frankfurter Allgemeine. Problems with ammunition are associated by the press with the events in Ukraine.

Azerbaijan will assist Ukraine in restoring the energy system affected by Russian missile strikes. To do this, Baku sends Kiev the necessary electrical equipment for repair. This is reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic.

According to the Ukrainian president, Oslo provides Kiev with military, economic and political support, humanitarian assistance and facilitates the purchase of gas

Norway has allocated $100 million to the Ukrainian authorities to restore the country's energy system. This was announced on Saturday by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.

On December 7, the German Defense Ministry once again updated data on the supply of equipment, weapons systems and non-lethal assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the German Armed Forces and from German defense companies funded by the federal government.