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Special attention is paid to armored vehicles, drones and helicopters

The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023" is held from August 14 to 20, the first four days are for specialists, the remaining three are for mass attendance.

TASS — about new armored vehicles at the international military-technical forum "Army-2023"

Armored vehicles at the Army Forum in the Patriot Park near Moscow are traditionally in the most prominent place - parked at the main exhibition pavilions.

During the business program of the IX International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023", Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec State Corporation) held over 80 meetings and negotiations with delegations from more than 40 countries.

Washington will allow the Europeans to transfer the F-16 to Kiev, but only after the Ukrainian pilots have received appropriate training, writes NYT. Denmark and the Netherlands will receive permission to send fighters.

According to Western analysts, the SVO has drained the Russian armed forces, affecting the number of land vehicles and aircraft. In many respects, such assessments are based on the data of the Ukrainian command, whose "fraud" has already played a cruel joke with the hope of speedy victories during the "counteroffensive". Thus, the report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine includes 315 destroyed Russian aircraft.

Currently, the authorities of Mali and Burkina Faso have deployed aircraft of their air forces in Niger to protect the neighboring country. This is reported by the Niger RTN TV channel.

The Czech Air Force recently received its first UH-1Y Venom helicopter out of ten machines expected for shipment: 8 new-built were purchased, and 2 decommissioned were "donated" by Washington for providing military assistance to the Armed Forces.

Dutch officials reported that the United States has finally approved the shipment of American F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, writes Business Insider. However, this will not happen soon, and there will still be little benefit. The general of the US Air Force told why Kiev should not wait for miracles.

Deputy Head of the office of the Ukrainian President Andriy Sibiga added that the issue of the possible transfer of fighter jets to Ukraine is being discussed at the level of heads of state

The possible transfer of Swedish Gripen fighters to Kiev should be coordinated with other countries other than Sweden, including the United States, which supplied components for the production of this aircraft.

The US presidential candidate explained his point of view by saying that pilot training takes a lot of time, and the operation of these aircraft requires a professional approach

US presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. called the supply of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine a disaster for all mankind.

The French aerospace research Center ONERA is working within the framework of the Superman project, which creates a fighter concept capable of combining maneuverability and stealth, like the Su-57.

According to the President of Ukraine, "this is just the beginning"

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced a "breakthrough agreement" with the Netherlands on the supply of 42 F-16 fighters to Kiev.

This week, on August 20, the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023", which began its work on August 14 in Kubinka near Moscow, is coming to an end. A delegation from Belarus took an active part in the event, which is undoubtedly very logical.

Denmark intends to transfer 19 F-16 aircraft to Ukraine, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Sunday.

This military association will not be able to solve serious combat tasks, experts say

In the Zaporozhye region, the VFU used its strategic reserves — the main formations of the tactical group "Marun".

The Chinese company TCab Tech from Shanghai has announced the start of flight tests of a prototype (although it has not received a skin) of a promising electric-powered E20 device, on which the adopted technological solutions will be tested.

Since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, a tense situation has continued in this country. At the same time, some foreign countries are trying to gain a foothold in the country.

As the Interfax news agency reported, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023" signed state contracts worth more than 400 billion rubles with defense industry enterprises and awarded them to enterprises. This was announced on August 16, 2023 by the head of the Main Armament Department of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Anatoly Gulyaev.

Political decisions of the authorities slow down the expansion of the German military-industrial complex

The German military industry has a rich tradition. But the modern German military-industrial complex has its roots in the times when there were two German states: Germany and the GDR. It was in the old FRG that its core was formed.

Colonel Khodarenok called the Soviet armament superior to the Western one on its OWN

Soviet artillery is experiencing its rebirth in a special operation in Ukraine, and although some Russian weapons are inferior in some characteristics to Western guns, they surpass them in reliability, performance and maintainability. What kind of Soviet-era weapons "show class" on the battlefield, the military columnist of "Gazeta.<url>" Mikhail Khodarenok.