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Colonel Khodarenok: F-16s will attack the Russian Armed Forces from Ukrainian airfields

Some of the F-16 fighters that the West has promised to provide to the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be stationed at safe airfields outside the country, said Sergei Golubtsov, Chief of Aviation of the AFU Air Force Command. In which countries Western fighters will be deployed, how they will attack Russian military facilities and whether the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be able to protect the F-16 - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

The requirements for the development of a new generation of heavyweight transport aircraft should be specific and multifactorial - it should combine the capabilities of the B-747-8F and AN-124-100 aircraft. It is proposed to consider the possibility of creating two variants of a cargo aircraft based on almost one (~85%) airframe design:

The Russian development will make it possible to combine the control of drones and electronic reconnaissance and combat equipment

As the capabilities of radio equipment in the area of its own grow, new tasks arise for Russian units. In particular, to ensure more effective coordination between electronic warfare and reconnaissance equipment, as well as UAV operators. Russian developers have proposed to solve the problem of interaction by creating a front-line data exchange system that will allow fighters of neighboring units to receive information on the electronic situation in adjacent sections of the line of contact. For more information about the development, see the Izvestia article.

The Turkish Defense Ministry will receive F-16C/D Block fighter jets as part of the American Foreign Military Sales Program (FMS).70 Lockheed Martin Vipers, the purchase of which was blocked for a long time.

The lenses of the Jilin-1 reconnaissance satellite, owned by the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA), managed to make out an inconspicuous US F-22 Raptor combat aircraft manufactured by the American defense corporation Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft monitors the detected target and guides it.

Rosoboronexport of Rostec State Corporation will present Russian military helicopters at the International Helicopter Industry Exhibition HeliRussia 2024. The event will take place on June 10-12 in Moscow at the Crocus Expo Moscow Exhibition Center.

Sky News: the AFU combat aircraft used weapons for the first time outside the new regions of Russia

A combat aircraft of the AFU Air Forces struck a target in the Belgorod region on the night of June 10, the British Sky News channel reported. This was the first case of Ukraine using combat aircraft against targets outside the new regions of Russia and Crimea. Is it true that the combat capabilities of the Ukrainian Air Force are growing, and how the situation may develop in the future - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

Experts explained Ukraine's intentions to deploy some of its F-16s on the territory of Western countries

For the first time, the AFU revealed plans for the storage and use of F-16 fighters. Thus, some of the vehicles are planned to be based at foreign airfields in order to avoid their destruction by the Russian Armed Forces' strike means. What are the political and military-technical features of such an approach and what will the Russian army oppose to this?

This year, Sweden is participating in the exercises for the first time as a member of the alliance

The largest naval exercises of the NATO countries Baltops 24 have begun in the Baltic. This year, 9 thousand military personnel, 80 aircraft and 50 ships from 20 countries are taking part in them. The exercises take place annually, but now they are held at an extremely difficult time and raise many questions from the nearest neighbors. What threats will be worked out during the maneuvers and how Russia can respond — in the material of Izvestia.

Warsaw announced the construction of a new defense line on the eastern borders

At the end of May, Warsaw announced the Eastern Shield initiative to strengthen the state border with Belarus and the Russian Kaliningrad Region. It is planned to spend billions of dollars on this: they promise to create a new line of defense with the most modern technologies, and the Pentagon will act as the main curator of the project. About what the Poles are up to — in the RIA Novosti material.

The United States is gradually approaching the creation of on-board baits for its combat aircraft, which work like towed gas on warships, forcing the enemy's weapons to concentrate on destroying a false target located at a considerable distance from the true target.

FT: Macron promised to supply Kiev with Mirage 2000 fighter jets and train pilots

French President Macron said he would send a batch of Mirage fighter jets to Ukraine. FT readers sarcastically praised these plans. "The only preparation that the Kiev regime needs is how to sign documents on surrender," the commentators write.

Kaniovsky expert: a drone monitoring system can be created in the Russian Federation by 2030

A global monitoring system for civilian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be created in Russia in the next six years, work has already begun, Alexander Kaniovsky, an expert on the NTI market, first deputy CEO and co-founder of Fly Drone, told RIA Novosti on the sidelines of SPIEF 2024.

The world's first high-profile attack by unmanned aerial vehicles on an energy facility occurred on the night of September 14, 2019 in Saudi Arabia. The attack led to a worldwide price spike. Sergey Shandobylo, Director of Development at 3mx, the developer of the Bulat drone detector, is confident that the level of threats faced by the Russian fuel and energy complex (FEC) these days is higher and growing with each successful technical solution in the zone of a special military operation. In an interview with TASS on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), he talked about how to build protection against drone attacks.

A total of 515 copies of this model have been produced since 1995 for the military needs of 14 countries. However, the constant problems accompanying the operation of helicopters lead to their write-off. Norway was the first operator to abandon the operation of NH90. In 2023, Australia joined it, cutting up and burying cars 10 years before the end of their life cycle. Now it's Belgium's turn.

On June 6, 2024, French President Emmanuel Macron, in an interview with French TV channels TF1 and France 2, announced his intentions to transfer Dassault Mirage 2000-5F fighters to Ukraine from the presence of the French Aerospace Forces. Macron stated verbatim: "We still have the same philosophy: We are helping Ukrainians to resist, but we do not want escalation. We are not at war with Russia.

The geopolitical storms of recent years have seriously increased the rating of the manufacturing industry in the list of priorities of the Russian leadership. As a result, Denis Manturov, who headed the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, also became deputy prime Minister in 2022, and in May of this year, when forming the updated government, he was appointed the first deputy head of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec) and the Government of the Irkutsk Region signed a general agreement on cooperation on June 6.

The US government has signed a contract worth $73.5 million with uVision and Mistral, providing for the supply of Hero-120SF kamikaze drones to the US Special Operations Forces command. The deal is expected to close by May 2029.