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Russian short-range air defense systems are reliable only if they are properly operated

According to the results of the six-week war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, military experts almost unanimously declare the end of the era of armored vehicles.

Belarusian defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said that the Republic plans to purchase four su-30SM aircraft and four Mi-35 helicopters next year.

After completing all ground and flight tests, as well as documentation for receiving and transferring equipment, the Ka-52 helicopters were accepted by specialists of the military mission.

On November 19, the Ministry of defense of the Netherlands announced the dispatch of the first three AH-64D Apache attack helicopters from Antwerp on Board a cargo ship for repair and modernization in the United States.

The United States will no longer allow other countries ' reconnaissance aircraft to enter its territory. The State Department officially announced its withdrawal from the open skies Treaty.

American billionaire Jared Isaacman shared his impressions of the recently acquired MiG-29 UB fighter. The Drive portal found out who bought the MiG-29UB fighter from the collection of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who died in 2018.

As reported by the Interfax news Agency, on November 20, 2020, the Arbitration court of the Ural district found illegal the actions of the Yekaterinburg customs, which classified as ready-made aircraft in disassembled form sets of components for the "Outpost" drones, which were supplied to the Ural civil aviation plant (UZGA) in 2016-2017 by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). The plant is exempt from customs duties, interest and penalties, according to the file of arbitration cases.

As reported on November 23, 2020, the Reuters news Agency, the US authorities have prepared a list of 89 Chinese and 28 Russian companies - "military end users" (Military End Users), which will limit their ability to purchase American technologies or products. .

Forbes: the US worked out fire missions on the Black sea from Romania

The US ground forces, with the help of military transport aircraft, transferred multiple launch rocket systems to Romania, where they worked out several firing tasks at one of the ranges. According to American journalists, such actions pose a serious and unpredictable threat to Russian troops in Crimea. The actions of the us military were analyzed by the observer of the newspaper.Ru " Mikhail Khodarenok.

JSC United shipbuilding Corporation (USC) may receive a new asset - the Vimpel shipbuilding plant (Rybinsk, Yaroslavl region), which is part of the Kalashnikov group, the Kommersant newspaper writes on Tuesday.

preparations for the West-2021 military maneuvers have Begun.

Minister of defense of the Republic of Belarus Viktor Khrenin officially stated that the exercises to be held next year at five training grounds with the participation of the armed forces of the two States will be one of the largest and will surpass the scope of the "Slavic brotherhood" exercises that took place recently.

A fifth-generation f-35A fighter jet test-dropped a B61-12 nuclear bomb at supersonic speed. The product did not have a warhead.

Exactly five years ago, Russia and Turkey were on the verge of a real war – a Turkish fighter shot down a Russian su-24 bomber. Relations were restored only after Erdogan's apology, but were these apologies actually made? Has Turkey paid Russia the promised compensation? And did Ankara draw the necessary conclusions from this story?

the History of work on projects of various reusable aerospace systems goes back more than a dozen years. In April 1981, the first flight into orbit of the American Space Shuttle took place, and a little later the winged Buran flew into space.

The us Navy has received unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) launched from submarines of the Submarine-Launched Unmanned Aerial System (SLUAS), which allow you to solve the task of targeting beyond the line of sight of submarines, Seapower reports, referring to the statement of rear Admiral Dave Goggins.

The French Tiger attack helicopter will receive a new air-to-ground tactical missile as its main armament. The French armed forces have developed an anti-tank guided missile for their "Tiger", which will replace the ATGM "Hellfire" (Hellfire ).

On November 4, the Minister of the armed forces, Florence PARLY, approved the purchase of three e-2D Advanced Hawkeye long-range radar detection and control (AWACS) aircraft in the United States.

There are many bright names in the history of Soviet military thought. But in the period of the "nuclear age", a special place is occupied by the outstanding personality of Nikolai Ogarkov, who headed the General staff in 1977-1984. It was he who was the first among the military leaders to draw attention to the next round of revolution in military Affairs. And it is gratifying that with the participation of army General Yuri Baluyevsky, the Ogarkov readings were held in Moscow for the third time, writes Olga Moskovchenko in an article for the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

This week, inspectors from France on a plane with special video recording devices on Board will perform an observation RAID over some areas of our country in the framework of the international Treaty on open skies.

The state automated information system for emergency response in case of road accidents may become a platform for driving self-driving cars in the future. This was stated on Friday at the opening of the international Congress "ERA-GLONASS" by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov.