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The United States plans to produce at least 480 new B61-12 nuclear bombs to equip its B-2 Spirit strategic stealth bombers and the B-21 Raider being developed, as well as American and other NATO fighter-bombers in Europe, according to the Federation of American Scientists.

The British military has launched an urgent operation to lift the fifth-generation F-35B Lightning II fighter jet that fell into the Mediterranean Sea in order to prevent its top-secret technologies from falling into the hands of Russia, the Daily Mirror newspaper reported on Thursday.

Poland can buy Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) missiles from the United States, which are considered "killers" of the enemy's missile defense systems, in particular, the Russian S-400 Triumph complexes. This is reported by the Polish edition of Defence24.

The strike using drones (UAVs) in October of this year on an American military base in southern Syria was Iran's response to Israeli airstrikes in Syria, The New York Times reported, citing numerous sources from among U.S. and Israeli officials.

A new drone of an unknown model was shown in the USA. The device was demonstrated in a new video of the American Air Force (Air Force). The publication The Drive suggested that the recording demonstrates a secret drone RQ-180, which is being developed in the United States.

Eyewitnesses noticed models of the Russian T-72 tank and the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system in the United States. The equipment can be used to simulate the actions of a potential enemy during exercises, reports Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

The United States analyzed new threats to aircraft carriers. According to experts, they may question the expediency of using this type of weapon, which the United States is proud of.

According to 19FortyFive, underwater drones pose a serious danger to American aircraft carriers. Unlike conventional submarines, they can wait a long time for an aircraft carrier to approach and launch an attack when it is detected. At the same time, underwater drones, unlike the crews of submarines, do not worry about their possible death.

Training to repel the attack of unmanned aerial vehicles of a conditional enemy took place in the Black Sea Fleet, the press service of the fleet reports.

The Republic of Korea has agreed to reduce Indonesia's share payment in a joint project to develop a new generation fighter KF-X (presented in the Republic of Korea as the KF-21 Borame).

Lockheed Martin has begun flight tests of the first (out of six ordered for the German Air Force) military transport aircraft C-130J "Hercules".

The Republic of China is mastering the latest modification of the F-16 fighter jets. On November 18, the President of Taiwan Tsai Ing Wen attended a ceremony at which the full combat readiness of the first squadron equipped with F-16V Viper aircraft was announced.

Russia has received five foreign applications for Orion-E attack unmanned aerial vehicles armed with Whirlwind-M missiles.

The SONGAR flying machine gun/grenade launcher/mortar will serve in Africa. November 18, portal defenceturk.net He reported that the Turkish company Asisguard announced the completion of the delivery of drones to one of the African countries.

The debut of the export version of the Mi-28N attack helicopter at the Dubai Airshow-2021 weapons exhibition was a success. Foreign military experts spoke with delight about the car and noted the high combat potential of the "Night Hunter".

The Mi-17 transport helicopter of the Indian Air Force made an emergency landing in one of the mountainous areas. Video footage taken during this incident appeared on the network.

Apparently, the pilots picked up a not too good place to land their rotorcraft, so when it touched the ground, it fell to the right, damaging the propeller blades at the same time.

"Two Tu-95MS long-range strategic missile carriers performed a planned flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Bering, Chukchi and Okhotsk Seas," the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

In the airspace of Lithuania, radars detected an American E-8C radar reconnaissance aircraft, Wirtualna Polska reports. Commenting on the situation, Polish General Stanislav Kozei did not see anything sensational in it and called it a military routine of relations between Russia and NATO, as well as an element of the new Cold war.

Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers and Chinese Hun-6K conducted joint patrols over the waters of the Japanese and East China Seas, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed Russian President Vladimir Putin about the successful completion of tasks during the joint air patrol by long-range aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces and Chinese military aviation in the Asia-Pacific region over the waters of the Japanese and East China Seas.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published on Friday, November 19, footage of the third joint air patrol with China over the Japanese and East China Seas. The Air Group of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) of the Russian Federation was represented by two Tu-95ms strategic bombers.