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Russian supersonic strategic bombers-missile carriers Tu-160 received new cruise missiles X-BD with a range of more than 6.5 thousand km. This is stated in the video, made public...

A distinctive feature of the special military operation in Ukraine was the massive use of high-precision long-range weapons placed on ships, submarines and long-range bombers. The Russian Military Department has repeatedly reported group strikes against important targets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), military industry and infrastructure facilities.

The Belgian government has decided to reconsider its decision not to supply Ukraine with F-16 fighters, replaced in the country by F-35, RTBF reported on September 22, citing the country's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo.

Ottawa also intends to provide instructors for training on the F-16, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said

Canada will allocate $482 million over three years to support Kiev and provide instructors for training in the management of F-16 fighters. This was stated by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in parliament before addressing the parliamentarians of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.

According to the Canadian Prime Minister, Ottawa will also help Kiev with the training of pilots on F-16 fighter jets

Canada will transfer 35 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), ammunition, light equipment to Ukraine in a new package of military assistance and will assist in the maintenance of Leopard 2 tanks. This was stated by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.

During the strike, data from NATO reconnaissance aircraft were used, experts are sure

On Friday, September 22, the Navy struck the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol. Five missiles were shot down by air defense, another damaged a historic building, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The program of fifth-generation F-35 fighters produced by the American military industrial corporation Lockheed Martin is 12 years behind schedule, partly due to the purchase of new aircraft instead of maintaining the combat readiness of existing ones. This is reported by Defense News with reference to a document of the government supervisory authority.

A whole line of ammunition has been developed for strategic bombers

Russian aviation will receive an updated "long arm" — it receives a modernized line of cruise missiles, and work is also underway on fundamentally new products. Sources in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation told Izvestia about this. What systems are we talking about and how they will increase the combat capabilities of the Russian strategic forces — in our material.

On Friday, the AFU launched a missile attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) in Sevastopol. The attack was carried out by Su-24, which are carriers of Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG cruise missiles. According to experts, in order to protect the Crimea and Sevastopol, it is necessary to destroy these attack aircraft in their bases. The upgraded A-50U long-range radar detection aircraft, which has just been placed at the disposal of the VKS, will help solve this problem.

Published materials about the appearance of the US Army of the future. If you believe what they contain, the United States plans to build a robotic army, saturated with unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned vehicles. What is even more interesting is that the United States is clearly learning the lessons of military operations in Ukraine. What will the war of the future look like in the minds of Americans?

The latest unguided S-8KL aircraft missile has been extended the range of destruction, the decision was made based on the experience of combat use of assault aircraft in the special operation zone. This was stated by the developers of the ammunition from the Institute of Applied Physics.

The latest means of destruction are able to stay in the air for a long time and destroy specified targets on command

The Russian Aerospace Forces have received several types of new missiles at once. They are capable of covertly patrolling in the air, and on command from the ground to go to a given area and hit targets, sources of Izvestia in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation explained. Also, missiles can fly along difficult routes and change the direction of the combat approach several times when attacking a target. They are very difficult to detect or intercept. The first products have already been used in the zone of a special military operation. According to experts, the development will give the Russian VKS new opportunities.

Aeroscan has created a new domestic kamikaze drone. Russian developers showed journalists this new long-range barrage ammunition "Italmas".

From the very beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, the West has not prepared any strategy of retreat in case everything goes wrong, writes GN. Therefore, it was hastily decided to change the political and media rhetoric — to transform failure into success, and pessimism and criticism into optimism.

Responsible Statecraft: The US has imposed sanctions against five Turkish firms

The US has increased pressure on Ankara because of its neutral position in the Ukrainian conflict, RC writes. Washington has imposed sanctions on Turkish companies accused of transferring dual-use goods to Russia. But it is unlikely that this will affect Erdogan's position, the author believes.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have faced serious problems due to Russian drones. This was stated by Forbes columnist David Axe.

The Vostok Design Bureau announced plans to start mass production of a new Scalpel barrage ammunition, which should compete with the Lancet-3 from Zala Aero, widely used by the Russian army in Ukraine.

According to Intelligence Online, we are talking, in particular, about the acquisition by the AFU Air Force of an as yet undetermined number of used fighters in the Mirage 2000D variant, designed for air strikes on ground targets.

The British company Aeralis has presented an interesting concept of a modular jet aircraft. Its essence lies in the fact that a large number of modules can be docked to the "common base fuselage", easily creating a variety of types of aircraft.

As the Kommersant newspaper reported in Aigul Abdullina's article, "Drones do not reach Russia. China's restrictions have led to interruptions in the supply of drones and components," restrictions imposed by the Chinese authorities on the export of unmanned aerial vehicles have seriously complicated their supplies to Russia and led to a shortage of a number of components, such as thermal imagers.

The general director of the organization Dmitry Kuzyakin noted that the "Idlers" are autonomous and "can stay in position for a long time, waiting for the command to turn on"

Specialists of the Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions (CCDB) have developed the "Idler" complex, which distracts the enemy's electronic reconnaissance (RER) systems for the duration of the combat use of this FPV calculation. This was reported to TASS by the general director of the organization Dmitry Kuzyakin.