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In the Astrakhan region, the military personnel of the Southern Military District trained in repelling air raids and unmanned aerial vehicles of a conditional enemy. Special attention was paid to the fight against attack drones and kamikaze barraging drones.

As several anonymous sources told Defense News, the command of the Indonesian Air Force without publicity signed a contract with Lockheed Martin Corporation for the purchase of BTA C-130J "Super Hercules" aircraft.

According to the Taiwan News resource, the United States will supply Taiwan with the first 155-mm tracked self-propelled howitzers M-109A6 "Paladin" in 2023.

India is updating its fleet of military transport aircraft. September 9, portal defenseworld.net He reported that the Security Committee of the Cabinet of Ministers of India approved the purchase of 56 C-295MW aircraft.

In the United States, pictures of an aircraft with an unusual appearance have appeared. The designers crossed the nose of the F-16 fighter with the Bombardier CRJ-700 business jet to test the new radar. This is reported by The Drive.

At the Zapad-2021 exercises, Platform-M shock robotic complexes armed with grenade launchers were used for the first time at military training grounds near Kaliningrad, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

Another model of a guided drone has been developed for the US Air Force. Despite the fact that it was previously reported that the company dropped out of the tender on September 10, the press service of Northrop Grumman published a render of a promising combat drone under the Skyborg program.

A Russian MiG-31 fighter jet escorted a Norwegian Air Force plane over the Barents Sea. This was reported on September 11 at the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation.

A pair of duty fighters were lifted into the air from the Chkalovsk airfield at the command of the air defense forces on duty

The crews of Su-27 fighters of the Baltic Fleet naval aviation destroyed cruise missiles of a conditional enemy at the joint exercises of Russia and Belarus "West-2021". This was reported to journalists on Saturday in the press service of the Baltic Fleet.

The crews of the army aviation of the Leningrad Army of the Air Force and Air Defense used the technique of destroying armored vehicles of a conditional enemy from ambushes during the regrouping of troops at the Luzhsky training ground in the Leningrad region as part of the joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus "West-2021".

The military of the Baltic Fleet, as part of the joint exercises of the land forces of Russia and Belarus "West-2021", organized the defense of the sea coast and an operation for landing a marine landing with the involvement of the Northern Fleet marines. This was announced on Sunday, September 12, by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The project was presented to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin

Roscosmos is considering the appearance of the terminal for the Vostochny cosmodrome, which was created by Crocus JSC (the general contractor for construction works). This was reported to TASS in the state corporation.

In total, more than 20 aircraft were involved in the exercise episode

More than 20 aircraft from Russia and Belarus have worked out the use of aviation weapons as part of the Zapad-2021 exercise at the Ruzhansky training ground (Belarus). In particular, the crews of the Tu-22M3 of the Russian Aerospace Forces practiced bombing, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

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.