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Eight most dangerous air combat fighters – in random order

In recent years, the capabilities of a fighter are increasingly determined by its network-centric abilities and available support tools, writes MWM. And although leadership in aerial combat is a controversial topic, eight of the world's most dangerous aircraft can now be identified.

Germany will increase the number of new-generation P-8A Poseidon base patrol aircraft purchased in the United States as part of an increase in national defense spending.

According to online sources, the first flight tests of the TP500 transport unmanned aerial vehicle have been conducted in China. Specialists of the First Aviation Institute of China were engaged in the development of the aircraft.

Aerocomposite-Ulyanovsk JSC has placed another tender for the performance of work on the manufacture and supply of metal parts and assembly units of the prototype wing caisson of the wide-body long-haul aircraft CR929. The corresponding lot is placed on the Official electronic trading platform of Rostec Group.

Media: The Pentagon is afraid of losing the secrets of the MQ-1C Grey Eagle heavy attack drone in Ukraine

Ukraine has not yet received the promised four heavy American MQ-1C Grey Eagle drones, the transfer of which was previously approved by the White House, but is now blocked by the US Department of Defense. "Newspaper.Ru" together with military experts, I figured out what the Pentagon was afraid of.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: a retaliatory strike was launched by cruise missiles at the military airfield Shkolny

On June 21, the Russian Defense Ministry reported an Onyx missile strike at the Shkolny military airfield near Odessa. Hangars with Ukrainian Bayraktar-TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles identified by Russian intelligence tools have been destroyed, the ministry said.

As a result of the strike, over 50 Ukrainian generals and high-ranking officers were killed

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) are successfully developing an offensive in the Severodonetsk direction, the Defense Ministry said on June 19.

The concept of "non-flying weather" for pilots of modern fighter-bombers practically does not exist. The Su-34 takes off to perform tasks at any time of the day and under any weather conditions. The footage of the military airfield on Monday, June 20, was presented by the military correspondent of Izvestia Kirill Olkov.

On June 20, Izvestia correspondent Kirill Olkov showed a video of the work of Ka-52 Alligator helicopters during a special operation to protect Donbass.

The Russian army aviation, as part of a special military operation, uses a new high-precision aviation missile "305" to destroy important military facilities. This was reported by an informed source.

Arriving in Prague on June 18 on a visit, the head of the Slovak Defense Ministry, Yaroslav Nagy, handed over to the head of the Czech Defense Ministry, Yana Chernokhova, a written request for the Czech Air Force to protect the airspace of his country.

In April 2022, the chairman of the US House of Representatives Committee on the Armed Forces, Donald Norcross, announced plans for the US Air Force to decommission 646 aircraft over the next five years.

The Russian high-precision missile "Product 305" allows the helicopter to hit targets without entering the enemy's air defense zone. The rocket can operate in the "fired and forgotten" mode. Military expert Alexey Leonkov told RIA Novosti about this.

Its warhead is more powerful than the shells of the heaviest self—propelled guns, and the new product can work both in the "shot - forgot" mode and in the search and selection mode of previously unknown targets.

Icing of an aircraft is one of the most important problems in the operation of an aircraft, directly affecting flight safety. Research on this topic is conducted at the]Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute named after Professor N.E. Zhukovsky (part of the SIC "Institute named after N.E. Zhukovsky").

The Stratolaunch giant Roc aircraft set a personal altitude record of 8230 meters during its seventh test flight. Recall that Roc is the largest two—body airliner in the world with a wingspan of 117 m, equipped with six turbojet engines from Boeing 747. Its main task is to launch spacecraft into near—Earth orbit using the air launch method.

The project of the most efficient passenger aircraft Celera 500L with a hydrogen engine is a joint development of Otto Aviation (USA) and ZeroAvia (UK).

Fleet forces are returning to their permanent locations

Operational exercises with groups of Baltic Fleet forces have been completed, the fleet said on Monday. "The maneuvers were conducted in the Baltic Sea and at combat training grounds in the Kaliningrad region," the report says.

Air Force General Popov told why the missile "product 305" physically cannot miss

The Russian army used a high-precision missile "product 305" in Ukraine, designed to strike ground targets with Mi-28NM "Night Hunter" and Ka-52M "Alligator" helicopters. The missile has increased accuracy and is capable of operating in three modes of destruction, guaranteed to destroy targets at a range of 14 km. "Newspaper.Ru" worked out together with experts - how the "product 305" works.

NATO and the US supply Kiev with operational data

During a special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine, our troops actively use one of the most important operational intelligence information techniques to suppress enemy firing points on the principle of "scouted - destroyed". At the operational and tactical level, it is transformed into a mode of constant readiness for fire damage, close to real time.