Aviation news

When it comes to Taiwan, the Eastern Command will start first

The only one of the seven old military districts of the PLA, which in its former form was transformed into a new command, turned out to be the Nanjing Military District. As a result of the 2017 military reform, it became the Eastern Command (VC), or, if translated literally, the Eastern Combat Command Zone.

Russia is not inferior to NATO in the development of nuclear weapons, writes Al Mayadeen. Its missiles can be launched from the sea, air and land, and some of them are equipped with separable individual guidance combat units. In the event of a nuclear war, the alliance forces will be destroyed within half an hour.

The Indian Air Force is going to expand the fleet of Russian Su-30MKI aircraft equipped with BrahMos missiles, writes The Print. The author of the article notes that the range of a supersonic missile jointly produced by Moscow and New Delhi has been increased to more than 500 kilometers.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Friday the deployment of drones on the territory of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the Anadolu agency reported.

Russia is preparing the Belarusian military airbase Luninets for the deployment of kamikaze drones "Geran-2", which are supposed to be used for strikes on the territory of Ukraine. This is stated in Kiev with reference to intelligence information.

For the long narrow fuselage and the characteristic high-pitched engine sound, this aircraft was popularly dubbed "The Stylyaga" and "The Whistle". The country's leadership flew on this liner. He was filmed several times in the cinema, for example, he took the main character of the film E. Ryazanov "The Irony of Fate, or With a light ferry" from Moscow to Leningrad.

Crews of Russian Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) launched missile air strikes on military facilities and equipment of Ukrainian militants. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published footage of their combat work on October 6.

The Armed Forces of Morocco have acquired at least two medium-altitude UAVs of long flight duration (MALE class) "Wing Lung-2" (Wing Loong II) of the Chinese corporation AVIC (Aviation Industry Corporation of China).

On October 3, the Czech Ministry of Defense handed over to the American side a letter of request for a proposal on the possibility of supplying F-35 Lightning-2 fighters.

The Russian Helicopters Holding Company of Rostec State Corporation has started the next stage of testing the upgraded Ka-32A11BC helicopter capable of extinguishing fires at subzero temperatures. The rotorcraft performed its first flight with VK-2500PS-02 engines, its duration was 37 minutes. During the tests, the stable operation of all systems was confirmed, stability and high controllability were demonstrated.

Iranian drones have become very dangerous for the Armed Forces. But the Ukrainian military began to "search for an antidote" against this new weapon, which turned out to be at the disposal of the Russian army.

French avionics in the cockpit of an import-substituted aircraft will be replaced by Russian widescreen displays

The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has published information about the avionics of the new SSJ-New regional aircraft, which is now being created by its subsidiary Irkut Corporation.

Development of barrage ammunition in Israel and Turkey

Barrage ammunition has become one of the dynamically developing trends in unmanned vehicles, which has already formed a separate class of corresponding systems. The main idea underlying the barrage ammunition is the creation of relatively inexpensive unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) capable of conducting not only reconnaissance and surveillance, but also hitting detected targets with the help of a warhead integrated into the design.

Chinese television, amid rising tensions between China and the United States, began showing documentaries dedicated to the Day of the Formation of the People's Republic of China on October 1, about its most powerful missile weapons, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Tuesday.

The AN-26 aircraft of the military transport aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces, flying to supply units of the Russian group, evaded a collision with American unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) MQ-9 and MQ-1, following its route in northern Syria. This was announced by the deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria, Major General Oleg Egorov on Tuesday, October 4.

Crews of Ka-52 attack helicopters liquidate Ukrainian armored vehicles and enemy manpower during a special operation in Ukraine. Footage of the combat mission on October 5 was published by the Russian Defense Ministry.

The Czech Republic has begun the procedure for the purchase of American fifth-generation F-35 fighters, sending a preliminary request to Washington. Official negotiations will begin later.

On October 4, Taiwan's Prime Minister Su Zhenchang announced an increase in the country's defense budget for 2023 by 12.9% (by 13.9%, taking into account the special budget).

The American company General Atomics (GA) is developing a hybrid engine for the promising stealth drone MQ-Next. This is reported by Breaking Defense.

Despite the threat of freezing in the coming winter due to debts to Gazprom, Chisinau can start creating its own army. Now Moldova, which has a neutral status, has a decorative army consisting of several thousand people. However, NATO is ready to create a full-fledged armed forces for Moldova. How much time and money will it take and how does Chisinau plan to solve the problem of Transnistria in this case?