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The equipment and competitive cost of the new Su-75 Checkmate light tactical aircraft will allow it to bypass foreign manufacturers. This opinion was shared by columnist Mark Episkopos in an article for The National Interest.

What are the military of Russia and Belarus working out at the Zapad-2021 exercises

Until September 16, joint maneuvers "West-2021"will be held in Russia and Belarus. As part of the exercises, the military has already worked out the capture of the coast, the mass release of paratroopers with night vision devices in the dark, bombing attacks from a height of 1 km and firing cruise missiles in the Barents Sea.

Su-35S fighters destroyed the planes of the imaginary enemy from a distance of more than a hundred kilometers, the Zvezda TV channel reported, citing the press service of the Western Military District (ZVO).

Specialists of the NASA research Center in Langley, Virginia have completed tests of the external Vision system XVS (eXternal Vision System) with a 4K video screen, which will replace the front glass of the cockpit of an experimental supersonic aircraft built using the so – called "quiet supersonic technology"-X-59 QueSST.

The Japanese Defense Ministry announced an alleged violation of the country's airspace by a Russian An-26 aircraft. This was reported by the Kyodo news agency on September 12.

India will be able to track missile launches near its borders. September 11, portal hindustantimes.com He reported that the Indian Navy has officially accepted the INS Dhruv ship into its composition.

More than 300 units of military equipment were involved in the exercises

Units of the army Corps of the Northern Fleet during the exercises repelled the attack of a conditional enemy on the Kola Peninsula, they were supported by front-line Su-24 bombers. This was reported to journalists in the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry.

The system will allow monitoring the surface situation and preventing unauthorized navigation in the waters of the Northern Sea Route

The Corporation "Tactical Missile Weapons" (KTRV) is engaged in the creation of a coastal surveillance system of the coastal Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, which will help ensure the safety of the Northern Sea Route. This was reported to TASS in the press service of KTRV.

By the end of the year, Russia will supply the first foreign customer with a launch batch of the latest aviation concrete-piercing missiles X-59MKM, capable, in particular, of destroying the enemy's protected underground control points, a military and diplomatic source told RIA Novosti.

Currently, the" good name "of the Ukrainian aviation industry makes a "safety margin" of the An-124-100 Ruslan aircraft, which will finally go out of airworthiness in the 2040s. The corresponding dates of the disappearance of the Ukrainian aircraft industry are predicted by Defense Express.

Russia begins exporting the latest aviation concrete-piercing missiles X-59MKM.

The first foreign customer will receive a batch of aviation concrete-piercing missiles X-59MKM by the end of the year. This was reported to RIA Novosti by a military-diplomatic source.

The United States is concerned about the threat that can be carried by promising and modern single-engine aircraft of Russia and China. Analysts of Military Watch magazine compared the Russian Su-75 Checkmate with the Chinese J-10C fighter.

The Russian servicemen used the calculation of the Tachyon drone, which helped to control the capture groups and fire cover, which made it possible to neutralize the conditional saboteurs at the captured checkpoint in the shortest possible time.

The Fifth Fleet of the US Navy, based in the Middle East, said that it will deploy a new task force in the region, which will include air, surface and underwater unmanned vehicles.

The military of the CSTO countries conducted a training counter-terrorist operation, worked out the coordination and joint destruction of illegal armed groups that invaded from outside.

"Today, the final stage of the joint exercise with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region of Collective Security of the CSTO" Rubezh-2021 "took place in Kyrgyzstan at the Edelweiss training ground, during which more than 30 introductory exercises were worked out," the press service of the CSTO Joint Staff reported.

During the visit of the delegation of Kazakhstan led by Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar to the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant of the Russian Helicopters Holding (part of the Rostec State Corporation), further prospects for the development of cooperation in the production of Mi-171 helicopters were discussed.

Minsk believes that the creation of a combat training center will "strengthen the practical component of the unified regional air defense system of the Union State"

Belarusian and Russian Air Force and air defense units have taken up combat duty in Belarus as part of the joint training training center. This was reported on Thursday by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus.

The forces of the rebel Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray (PFOT) operating against the troops of the Ethiopian Federal Government lost a T-72B tank. The combat vehicle is completely disabled.

As a result of an internal explosion of ammunition, the tower separated from the hull, several support rollers broke off from each side, the engine turned into debris.

Russian military and civilian aircraft will receive a search and sighting system "Kasatka". Elements of the system designed for reconnaissance, rescue operations and environmental monitoring are already being placed on Russian aircraft. This is reported by TASS with reference to the words of the executive director of the scientific and production enterprise "Radar mms" Ivan Antsev.

The F-15 Eagle and F-22 Raptor fighters were created by the United States in the face of opposition with the USSR, while the aircraft of the Next-Generation Air Dominance program (NGAD) is being developed to confront both Russia and China, General of the United States Air Force (Air Force) Mark Kelly told Defense News.