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The commander of the US Air Force in Europe and Africa, General James Hecker, suggested that the fighting "will continue for years"

Ukraine will receive F-16 fighter-bombers in two to three years, if a political decision on their delivery to Kiev is made. This was stated on Monday by the commander of the US Air Force in Europe and Africa, General James Hecker.

The United States continues to think about the supply of missile weapons and aviation for the needs of Ukraine. Earlier, the Ukrainian authorities made a request to Western countries for the supply of foreign-made fighters, including the American F-16. General James Hecker, who holds the position of Commander of the US Air Force in Europe and Africa, is thinking about the possibility of such supplies, in particular.

Tajikistan and Uzbekistan may receive part of the combat aircraft of the former Afghan army for helping the Americans in the fight against terrorism in Afghanistan. Washington hopes to establish closer cooperation with Dushanbe and Tashkent.

On September 19, Switzerland signed a contract for the purchase of 36 fifth-generation F-35A Lightning-2 multipurpose fighters.

In the event of an "invasion" of Taiwan by the Chinese army, the United States will send its troops to defend the island, Biden promised. In the spring, he already made such a promise, but his assistants later clarified that "the boss was misunderstood." This time, the president said: unlike Ukraine, he will send his soldiers to Taiwan to fight. Does this mean that a small island in the Pacific Ocean will become the arena of a battle between two superpowers?

Finland is considering sending part of its ground forces to the Baltic States and Poland. This is reported by the Finnish publication Iltalehti, referring to sources in the field of foreign policy and security of the country.

The Russian military shot down more than 30 drones during exercises in the mountains of Abkhazia, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) reports.

According to the ministry, the destroyed terrorists were directly involved in attacks on Syrian soldiers and civilians in the Idlib de-escalation zone

The Russian Aerospace Forces launched a massive strike on the terrorist base of the Jabhat al-Nusra group banned in Russia in the Syrian province of Idlib, destroying field commanders Bilal Said and Abu Dujan al-Diri.

The source said that new developments in the field of materials science have made it possible to increase the security of the machine without its radical weighting

The upgraded Ka-52M helicopter received an improved onboard defense system from all modern man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) and a new ballistic protection. This was told to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

Training in working with UAVs is planned to be carried out within the framework of lessons in housing, technology or computer science

Work with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) produced on the basis of the educational and methodological center for military-patriotic education of youth "Avangard" can be included in the program of secondary schools in Moscow and the Moscow region. This was reported to TASS by the director of the center Daria Borisova.

On September 16, the signing ceremony of two executive contracts for the purchase by Poland of FA-50 light combat aircraft of the South Korean company Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) took place in Minsk-Mazowiecki.

Rosoboronexport JSC, part of Rostec State Corporation, is organizing a Russian exposition at the International Conference and Exhibition of Weapons and Military Equipment for All Types of Armed Forces AFRICA AEROSPACE & DEFENSE 2022.

Russian troops have stabilized the front in the north and south, having begun to fulfill the main task at the moment - the liberation of the Donetsk People's Republic. Despite the enemy's attempts to conduct counterattacks, the Allied forces continue to slowly move forward in the main directions in the Donbas.

The Ukrainian military received drones totaling more than $1.4 million

The Metinvest company of Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov handed over 300 more drones to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Ukrainian information and analytical portal UkrRudProm reported on Monday.

Igor Kirillov, the head of the Russian Armed Forces RCBZ troops, previously reported that the US Patent and Trademark Agency issued document No. 8,967,029 for an unmanned aerial vehicle for the spread of infected insects in the air.

At the World Design Capital 2022 conference in Shanghai, which opened on September 15, Academician of the Chinese Engineering Academy, Chief Researcher of the Commercial Aviation Corporation of China (COMAC) Wu Guanhui said that the preliminary design of the joint Russian-Chinese CR929 aircraft has begun. This is reported by the Shanghai Oriental Press.

London's Nuclear Ambitions: History and Modernity

Back in August 1948, the British government signed an agreement with the United States to deploy American military bases in the eastern part of England. Thus, for the first time in the history of the United Kingdom, foreign troops entered its territory in peacetime.

The composition of the Chinese ground forces is extremely diverse

After the 2017 reform, 13 army groups (in five territorial commands) remained in the Land Forces of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA). Each of them has six combined arms and six specialized brigades.

But her famous drones are kept on a tight leash and a dishonest word

Selcuk Bayraktar, the son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and technical director of Baykar Makina, which produces Bayraktar TB2 attack drones, made a statement on August 30 in a local TV program.

The US is arguing about military assistance to Ukraine. In particular, whether to transfer modern F-16, F-15 and A-10 aircraft. There are fears that American technology will fall into the wrong hands. Kiev insists on expanding the "assortment" of supplies every day. How this can turn out — in the material of RIA Novosti.