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Why the US military does not want to transfer the MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone to the APU

The APU wants to get medium-altitude General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle ("Gray Eagle") American-made UAVs to strengthen their strike and reconnaissance capabilities. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out why the Pentagon is still refusing Kiev.

Statement of the Turkish Defense Industry Department on the S-400: the information is not true

The reports that appeared in the media about the new purchase and production of the S-400 in Turkey do not correspond to reality, Haber7 reported. A discussion broke out among the readers of the site.

The first mainline narrow-body Tu-214 aircraft for Russian airlines will appear in 2023. This was announced by the General Director of the UAC Yuri Slyusar within the framework of the international military-technical forum "Army-2022".

The British Embassy called the violation of the Russian border by a reconnaissance aircraft a "routine" operation

The British Air Force Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint aircraft performed a "routine operation" in international airspace in the Norwegian and Barents Seas on August 15, the British Embassy in Moscow said.

The transfer of Mi-17V5 helicopters to Ukraine, previously delivered to Afghanistan, is a blatant example of illegal re-export, Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation of the Russian Federation, told RIA Novosti on Monday during the Army-2022 forum.

Ukraine has replenished its helicopter fleet, Latvia has transferred a batch of rotorcraft to Kiev. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of the Republic Artis Pabriks.

On the first day of the Army-2022 forum, important statements were made regarding the development of the military-technical cooperation system, plans for rearmament, export sales of VIVT, and the situation around Ukraine.

Why doesn't Russia use its drones in Ukraine?

Despite all the advantages of UAVs in modern warfare, Russia does not disclose information about their use in Ukraine, writes Al Jazeera. The opinions of the publication's experts were divided. Some believe that Russia really rarely uses UAVs, others — that Moscow simply does not want to give out strategic secrets.

The threat of Russia and Iran return missile defense to the current agenda in Europe

The US is using the conflict in Ukraine to reorient the missile defense system against Russia, writes FP. This step has called into question the reliability of the United States as an ally in the Middle East, where they are unsuccessfully trying to put together an alliance against Iran, the author of the article claims.

On August 16, the Head of the Main Department of Innovative Development of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Alexander Osadchuk, summed up the results of the first day of the work of the Army-2022 MVTF at a briefing for journalists.

Roselectronics has created antennas for high-speed Internet in airplanes, trains and ships

Roselectronics Holding (part of Rostec) has developed domestic antennas for cars, trains, helicopters, airplanes and ships that will provide them with high-speed Internet anywhere in Russia, the systems will go to a series from 2023, the company told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.

Russian Defense Minister Shoigu: the special operation dispelled the myth of the "superweapon of the West"

On August 16, in his speech at the Moscow Conference on International Security, the head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, said that from a military point of view there is no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine to achieve the goals of the special operation.

The Russian Ministry of Defense warns the UK against conducting a provocation with a reconnaissance aircraft and warns that its consequences will lie exclusively on the British side. This is stated in the statement of the Russian military department.

This reform in the domestic Air Force has been expected for decades. And now Russia is working on the mass construction of special covers for military aircraft.

The very first day of the Army-2022 exhibition clearly showed that human participation in wars is gradually decreasing, the main combat load falls on robots. The forum presented the M-81 robot for land combat, an unmanned army truck, an unmanned helicopter, and most importantly – the latest combined-type drone. But for some reason, experts call cheap UAVs from China the main rivals of the drone.

The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022" opens on August 15 and will last until Sunday at the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center, where about 1.5 enterprises of the defense industrial complex (MIC) of Russia will present more than 1,000 new models of military equipment. The Russian Defense Ministry plans to conclude contracts worth more than 522 billion rubles at the forum.

The X Moscow Conference on International Security and the First International Anti-Fascist Congress will also be held simultaneously with the forum

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, August 15, will take part in the opening ceremony of the international military-technical forum "Army-2022" and the Army International Games - 2022. This year, the X Moscow Conference on International Security and the first International Anti-Fascist Congress will also be held simultaneously with the forum.

The International Military-Technical Forum "Army" is an exhibition event organized by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation to demonstrate innovative ideas and achievements in the field of high–tech production.

And why this point was strategically important for Ukrainian militants

Over the weekend, Allied forces completely liberated the village of Peski in the DPR and the village of Udy in the Kharkiv region. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Experts note that a fortified area was built in the Sands, which was considered by the command of the VFU as a springboard for an offensive on Donetsk. From here, the Ukrainian artillery shelled the capital of the DPR and other cities of the republic for eight years. Now the grouping of allied forces in Peski threatens the Ukrainian formations in Avdiivka. At the same time, due to the regular shelling of the Kakhovskaya HPP by units of the armed formations of Ukraine (VFU), three of the six turbines of the hydroelectric power plant were stopped.

A new report on the war in Ukraine by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI[/i]), prepared by Jack Watling and Nick Reynolds, states that Russia's ground-based electronic warfare (EW) systems are capable of blocking control frequencies, forcing Ukrainian UAVs land or help to conduct artillery and rocket fire at ground control stations. As a result, the service life of Ukrainian drones is "about seven days", although it depends on the system.