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The main attention was paid to informing about the modern structure of the VKS and the tasks solved by the type of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

The Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation held a briefing for foreign military attaches, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Tuesday.

The American company Cleo Robotics has started selling a "donut" drone. November 22, portal dronedj.com he announced that the Dronut X1 is available to everyone who is willing to pay $9800 for it.

Starting next year, parts manufactured in Poland will be installed on F-16 Block 70/72 fighters. November 22, portal defence24.pl He announced that Lockheed Martin has started manufacturing aircraft parts at its subsidiary PZL Mielec.

Pilots of the fighter aviation regiment of the Leningrad Association of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Western Military District (ZVO) have practiced conducting highly maneuverable air battles. The maneuvers of the Su-35S in Karelia were shown on video. This is reported by the press service of the ZVO.

The Defense Minister noted that the military of Russia and China "interact on land, at sea and in the air"

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu called the joint maritime patrol with China in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, the flights of combat aircraft of the two countries over the Japanese and East China Seas important events.

A solemn opening ceremony of the Baltimore military airfield after reconstruction took place in the Voronezh Region. This was announced on November 23 by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The American startup Zeva Aero has built a prototype of a single-seat aero taxi Zero and is preparing to switch to manned flights on it within three to six months, New Atlas reports. It looks like a flying saucer, and is made according to the tailsitter scheme.

China Aircraft Corporation (AVIC) has completed calibration tests of the FL-64 wind tunnel. Now it is officially possible to test hypersonic developments in it. FL-64 allows you to simulate flights at speeds from four to eight Mach at an altitude of up to 48 kilometers at temperatures up to 626.8 degrees Celsius.

The recent disaster in the Mediterranean of the 5th generation F-35 fighter jet, which took off from the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, caused serious concern in London.

There are five new ways to destroy an aircraft carrier, writes 19FortyFive. The publication from the USA notes that the aircraft carrier can be tried to sink by traditional means, for example, with the help of torpedoes and ballistic missiles. However, in the future, according to the publication, these ships will face new threats. 19FortyFive calls them.

Fighters were raised twice from the air defense forces on duty to prevent violations of the air state border

In a week, Russian radar stations detected more than 55 aircraft of foreign countries that conducted aerial reconnaissance along the borders of the Russian Federation. Such data of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is cited on Monday by the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine used the Javelin anti-tank missile system for the first time during the fighting in the Donbas. This was reported in an article for the Military Times by its editor-in-chief Howard Altman. According to him, he received this information from the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov.

About 100 servicemen were involved in the exercises

Crews of Mi-8AMTSh transport and combat helicopters-In the Central Military District, about 10 combat training tasks were completed at the first night flight tactical exercises at the mountain range in Tuva. This is stated in a message distributed on Monday by the press service of the district.

According to Boeing, the Defense Procurement Agency of the Norwegian Defense Ministry NDMA (Norwegian Defense Materiel Agency) on November 18 received the first (out of five ordered for the Norwegian Air Force) aircraft BPA P-8A "Poseidon".

Promising Russian attack helicopters will become optionally manned, that is, they will be able to be controlled by a pilot or operate without a pilot. The machines will also be connected to a common information field for interaction between various aircraft and ground control points.

The Russian Su-35 fighter is equipped with not one, but three radars with an active phased array. The antennas of two additional centimeter-range radars are located in the leading edges of the wings and are designed to search for inconspicuous targets.

The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, on Sunday, November 21, in an interview with Military Times, reported on the first use of the American Javelin anti-tank missile system (ATGM) in the Donbass.

According to the First Deputy General Director of PJSC Irkut Corporation, the certificate is planned to be received by the end of the year

The certification program of the MS-21 aircraft with a composite wing made of domestic components is at the completion stage. This was announced to journalists on Monday by Anatoly Gaidansky, First Deputy General Director of PJSC Irkut Corporation.

Rosoboronexport is actively working to promote, Russian Helicopters is satisfied with the result that it has, said Andrey Boginsky, General Director of the Russian Helicopters holding of Rostec State Corporation.

India has signed a contract with the French company Safran for the supply of HAMMER (Highly Agile Modular Munition Extended Range) aerial bomb guidance kits for integration with an upgraded version of the LCA "Tejas" Mk.1A light combat aircraft.