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Apparently, the Nigerian Air Force has received ASELPOD container targeting systems developed by the Turkish company Aselsan for JF-17 "Thunder" fighters.

Military expert Vladimir Evseev and military political scientist Oleg Glazunov on the air of Sputnik radio shared their opinion about what the aircrew of the Ukrainian air Force is like.

The United States decided to recruit Afghan pilots with experience piloting Soviet equipment to be sent to the ranks of the Ukrainian Air Force. Their training has already begun in California. How many specialists can we talk about, what is their combat level and how can such a move by the Pentagon affect the course of the Russian special operation in Ukraine?

Colonel-General Gromov explained why the pilots from Afghanistan will not solve the problems of Ukraine

Military pilots of the Afghan Air Force who fled to the United States are being urged to retrain under the fighter program and go to fight in the skies of Ukraine. This was reported by a number of Russian news agencies with reference to an anonymous source. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what could come of it.

Hostile act with S-300: Pursuit records to be submitted to NATO

Turkey has accused Greece of using S-300 air defense systems against its fighters, Yeni Şafak reports. Europe and the United States refrain from commenting on the incident. Ankara has warned that it will put this "hostile act" on the NATO agenda.

In the event of a conflict in the Pacific Ocean, two archipelagos are not to be envied

Relations between China and the ASEAN countries are extremely difficult. Beijing is actively imposing "great friendship" on its southern neighbors. At the same time, China's neighbors are quite justifiably afraid that this "friendship" will turn into aggression from the north.

Army-2022 Forum: Collective intelligence and artificial intelligence

On August 21, the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022" completed its work. Once again, the forecasts of our so-called Western partners about the isolation of Russia have been put to shame. Tens of thousands of specialists, experts, members of foreign delegations, ordinary citizens attended the events of the forum. The Forum has become a new breakthrough for Russia in military and military-technical activities.

Victory in a modern war will largely ensure superiority in the electromagnetic spectrum

The development and use in military affairs of communications and radar, as well as radar guidance systems of high-precision weapons, accompanied by the massive arrival of all these systems in the Air Force (Air Force) and air defense forces (air defense), led to the emergence of special weapons and technical means designed to counter them.

Radar MMS stated that the company's electric helicopters are more autonomous than quadrocopters

Electric drones of the Radar MMC Research and Production Enterprise are able to stay in the air 3-4 times longer than devices with a similar battery and payload capacity, due to the fact that they are helicopters, not quadrocopters, Ivan Antsev, executive director of the enterprise, told RIA Novosti during the Army-2022 forum last week.

With this publication we open a new topical topic of modern military research. Your attention is invited to an article recently published by the British resource shephardmedia.com . In his work "How faithful wingmen can improve the actions of next-generation fighters", the author, Gordon Arthur, consistently analyzes the state of affairs and the prospects for the implementation of the idea of joint combat use of manned aircraft and UAVs. [In the text, notes IVi are taken in square brackets]

Despite the development of a new strategic bomber B-21 Raider and plans for its introduction into the army, the US Air Force does not intend to abandon the "old man" B-2 Spirit. Northrop Grumman will continue to modernize its fleet of strategic bombers.

Tu-160 "White Swan": Is Russia "rebooting" its old bomber?

The United States and NATO are wary of this Russian strategic bomber, writes 19FortyFive. Many American aircraft can envy its characteristics. The news that Russia could triple its arsenal sent the West into a panic.

The Allied forces began to use reconnaissance drones more actively to adjust artillery during a special operation in Ukraine, at one of the sections of the Kharkiv direction, Russian special forces soldiers showed a RIA Novosti correspondent how to work with unmanned systems.

It is reported about a major deal for the supply of 250 M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tanks of the latest modification, which Poland concluded with the American military-industrial corporation General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS). The company said that the contract worth $ 1.148 billion was concluded at the end of July, the deal was approved by the Pentagon. The first batches of vehicles will be delivered to the Polish army in early 2025.

There will be no Turkish Bayraktar attack drones in Russia, the Turkish company Baykar has completely excluded the supply of drones to the Russian army, preferring to do business with Ukraine. This was stated by the company's CEO Haluk Bayraktar in an interview with the BBC Russian service.

A little more than a month ago, US Deputy Secretary of Defense Gabe Camarillo stated that gaps in the arsenal of electronic warfare equipment of the US Armed Forces make him lose sleep. Now he expressed hope that this problem will be solved soon.

Defense Minister of the Baltic Republic Arvydas Anushauskas announced that Lithuania will purchase kamikaze drones from Poland

Lithuania will purchase 37 Warmate kamikaze attack drones from Poland for their further transfer to Ukraine. This was announced on Friday by the Minister of Defense of the Baltic Republic Arvydas Anushauskas.

The warehouses of special equipment of the Syrian Research Center were damaged, said Oleg Egorov, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in the republic.

Kiev is trying to disrupt the visit of international observers to the station

On the eve of the upcoming visit of international observers, Ukrainian forces have intensified the shelling of the Zaporozhye NPP. From August 25 to August 26, the VFU launched an artillery strike on the station twice. They connected American M777 howitzers to the shelling of the NPP.

A new Russian strike fighter has just entered service: how effective is the MiG-31I hypersonic missile carrier?

Russia has announced the entry into service of a new strike fighter, writes MWM. He is equipped with "Daggers" and has already managed to take part in the fighting. It is reported that three new aircraft have been deployed in the Kaliningrad region – at the very borders with NATO.