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The IDF has finalized a deal to acquire heavy military helicopters. The press service of the Israeli Defense Ministry announced the signing of contracts with the US Defense Ministry for the supply of 12 Lockheed Martin CH-53K helicopters and two additional Boeing KC-46 tanker aircraft.

A video has appeared on social networks of Iranian Air Force aircraft testing the interception and destruction of an aerial simulator of a TDU-11B cruise missile. MiG-29 fighters took part in the exercises, which hit the target with R-73 melee missiles.

The network published a video of the interception of a missile by MiG-29 fighters at exercises in Iran

A new video of the exercises of the Iranian Air Force aircraft, which practiced the interception and destruction of the simulator of the TDU-11B cruise missile, has been published online. MiG-29 fighters hit the target with melee missiles. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

In the interests of the troops of radiation, chemical and biological protection of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, a mobile multipurpose robotic complex MRK-RKHBZ is being developed as part of two ground-based robotics and two unmanned aerial vehicles based on Orlan-10 with sets of replaceable attachments. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

According to the changes, the airworthiness of an unmanned aircraft system means the technical condition in which they comply with the standard design and requirements

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on the introduction of provisions into the Air Code of the Russian Federation concerning the use of civilian drones weighing from 0.25 kg to 30 kg, including the concept of their airworthiness and the norm on the application of identification marks on them. The document is published on the official portal of legal information.

Ka-52 helicopters, Su-25SM3 aircraft equipped with the latest sighting systems, as well as the S-350 Vityaz anti-aircraft missile system, as part of the state defense order, entered service with the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Southern Military District in 2021, Army Commander Lieutenant General Nikolai Gostev said in an interview with the Military Bulletin of the South of Russia newspaper.

In total, the military plans to lay more than 3,500 PAG slabs

Airfields of the Southern Military District in the Krasnodar Territory, Rostov and Volgograd regions are planned to be repaired in 2022, Lieutenant General Nikolai Gostev, commander of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense, said in an interview with the newspaper "Military Bulletin of the South of Russia".

Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant has released an incendiary New Year's video about plans for 2022. The plot begins with the fact that the head announces: "And since the new year, India has been on a special relationship with us. Are we ready?"

The corporation reported that serial production of fifth-generation Su-57 fighters is currently increasing

The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) announced that its enterprises have fulfilled the state defense order of 2021. This is stated in a video dedicated to the results of the year and posted on the UAC YouTube channel.

The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is increasing the production of fifth-generation Su-57 fighters. On Friday, December 31, the corporation announced this in a video on its YouTube channel.

Calculations of the Bastion anti-ship missile system, which are on duty on Matua Island (Kuril Islands), monitor the water area and strait zones around the clock, the Pacific Fleet said on Saturday.

The American media have identified five "deadliest" types of Russian weapons.

According to the publication 19Fortyfive, we are talking, in particular, about an unmanned underwater vehicle with a nuclear power plant "Poseidon". The publication describes it as a nuclear torpedo the size of a bus and with a huge range.

A multi-purpose robotic complex with drones is being developed for the Russian radiation, chemical and biological protection troops, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

According to the Press Trust of India agency, the purchase was made after the delivery of the next batch of French-made Rafale fighters to the Indian Air Force

Pakistan has purchased 25 multi-purpose J-10C fighters from China amid strained relations with India. This was reported on Thursday by the Press Trust of India agency.

Until now, Belgrade has mainly purchased defensive weapons from Russia, as well as used military equipment. In the future, the possibility of buying new aircraft and air defense systems is being considered.

The Romanian Parliament granted the country's Foreign Ministry preliminary permission to begin the procurement procedure for the country's Air Force of 32 F-16 fighters in the M6.5.2 configuration from the Norwegian Air Force.

19FortyFive: F-35 fighters arrived in Europe from the USA against the background of the situation with Ukraine

Russia is in a panic because of the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters that arrived in Europe from the United States against the background of the situation with Ukraine, 19FortyFive notes.

19FortyFive: The US has a clear advantage over China and Russia thanks to its alliances

The American publication 19FortyFive named the biggest advantage of the United States in a war with Russia or China.

In 2022, Rosoboronexport plans to further expand the range of weapons and military equipment exported from the Russian Federation

The volume of Rosoboronexport JSC contracts signed in 2021 with sub-Saharan Africa approached €2.5 billion. This was announced on Thursday by the company's CEO Alexander Mikheev.

19FortyFive: The US Air Force B-21 Raider bomber will be able to destroy Russian S-500 systems

The promising unobtrusive strategic bomber B-21 Raider of the US Air Force (Air Force), considered the "coolest" aircraft in the world, can be used against Russia, the American publication 19FortyFive promises.