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Over the past few days, Crimea and Sevastopol have been repelling attacks by enemy small drones. On Saturday, Ukrainian saboteurs attacked the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet, but the drone was shot down at the last moment. Local authorities explain that Kiev is trying to psychologically influence the Crimeans, and urge them not to succumb to provocations.

Shoigu said that Russia used hypersonic Dagger missiles three times in Ukraine

Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation used a hypersonic missile "Dagger" three times in Ukraine. He also noted the security of the Su-57 aircraft from air defense systems and spoke about the vulnerability of Western weapons supplied to Kiev.

Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko said that during the ongoing International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022", on August 16, 2022, seven state contracts were signed and 29 contracts were awarded to 26 enterprises of the military-industrial complex worth more than 500 billion rubles.

Will Russia cover Belarus with its nuclear umbrella?

Russia is ready to provide Belarus with missile systems capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, TNI reports. Thus, the author of the article notes, Moscow sends a signal that it, like NATO, can cover the allies with its nuclear forces.

The American edition of Defense News published the material Joe Gould, Stephen Losey "Amid hiring boom, defense firms say labor shortage is dragging them down" ("Against the background of the hiring boom, defense companies say that the shortage of labor is dragging them down") about the problems with hiring the workforce of companies of the US military-industrial complex - which is relevant for the defense industry around the world.

CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor planes are actively used by special forces of the American armed forces to solve their tasks. But recently, the Special Operations Command of the US Air Force decided to ban their use. This was announced by the commander of AFSOC (Air Force CSR), Lieutenant General Jim Slife.

Polish Internet portal Defence24.pl He revealed some details of how the US Air Force is going to constantly modernize the fifth-generation F-22A Raptor fighter through rapid prototyping of components and annual software modification.

Deputy Defense Ministers of the Russian Federation got acquainted with the exhibition of the latest aviation equipment at Kubinka airfield within the framework of the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022".

The story of the British RC-135W spy plane that invaded the skies near Murmansk two days ago is becoming more and more confusing. The plane entered into negotiations with civilian controllers, although they never communicate with military aircraft, especially from hostile countries. And London has officially sent a request for a reconnaissance flight over Russia. Why did Britain need all these tricks and what are its planes doing in the skies over the Arctic?

The special operation in Ukraine dispelled the myth of the Western "superweapon", Sergei Shoigu said

The attempt of Western countries to maintain their dominance leads to stagnation for the whole world, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on August 16 at the X Moscow Conference on International Security.

On August 15, 2022, the official ceremony of handing over the first Eurofighter Typhoon fighter, out of 24 of these aircraft ordered by Qatar under the 2017 contract, to the Qatar Air Force took place at the enterprise of the BAE Systems Corporation in Wharton (Great Britain). The ceremony was attended by British Defense Ministers Ben Wallace and Qatar Khalid bin Mohammad Al-Attiyah. The first transferred single-seat fighter (serial number MS001, Qatari tail number QA404, temporary British military number ZR505) is scheduled to fly to its base in Qatar at the end of August.

The huge amount of military equipment provided to Kiev caused its own problems. The proposed article "Pandora's Box: the Challenge of Western Aid to Ukraine" examines the transition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) from obsolete Soviet-era weapons to NATO standards.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and defense industry companies concluded state contracts totaling more than 522 billion rubles during the Army-2022 forum.

A Latvian charity organization has announced a collection of 5 million euros for the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 attack drone for Ukraine, according to the organization's website.

The Rostec United Engine Corporation has completed the completion of the NK-32 02 series engines of the fifth board of the Tu-160M strategic bomber, which is in service with the long-range aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

At the Army – 2022 exhibition, Russia will present a new MiG capable of launching spacecraft

The new version of the MiG-31I is designed to launch small spacecraft into orbit, thanks to which the Russian Air Force will receive unique capabilities, writes MWM. The MiG-31 glider has no equal abroad in carrying capacity, size, speed and altitude.

Rosoboronexport is closely monitoring the movements of Russian military equipment supplied for export, a gross violation of contractual obligations has been committed by the United States, the head of the company, Alexander Mikheev, told Interfax.

The Russian Ministry of Defense at the Army-2022 forum on Wednesday, August 17, for the first time demonstrated the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicle, shot down during a special military operation to protect civilians in Donbass.

The high demand on the world market for Turkish attack drones, observed after the Karabakh war in 2020, has fully loaded the production capacity of UAVs.

On August 16, the Latvian Defense Ministry reported that, in accordance with the decision of the extraordinary Cabinet meeting of July 28, Latvia supplied Ukraine with six 155-mm self-propelled howitzers M-109A5OE and the necessary ammunition.