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The chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Nikolai Evmenov the workshop in the Admiralty heard the report of the Deputy commander of the Navy Vice-Admiral Vladimir Kasatonov on the audit of a number of structural units of the Navy in the Krasnodar region and the Crimea.

Top Aces, a pilot training company based in Dorval, Quebec, Canada, has been granted permission to purchase and import up to 29 F-16 fighters withdrawn from the air force of an unnamed state.

French armed forces Minister Florence PARLY said in a TV interview on December 3 that negotiations with Indonesia on the purchase of 36 Rafale fighters from Dassault are at an advanced stage, although the contract has not yet been signed.

Russian defense companies Almaz-Antey and USC entered the list of 25 world military-industrial leaders, despite a decline in revenue in 2019, according to a report published on Monday by the Stockholm international peace research Institute (SIPRI).

Chemezov spoke about the successful use of Kalashnikov drones in Syria

rostec expects orders for combat drones from the defense Ministry, said the head of the state Corporation Sergey Chemezov. At the same time, the military Department asked to speed up the creation of this type of weapon. According to Chemezov, the drones created by the Kalashnikov concern have already been baptized in Syria and have proven themselves well.

mass media: China replaced Russian d-30KP-2 engines with more powerful WS-20

China has replaced the Russian-made d-30KP-2 turbofan engines with its own WS-20. According to American media, Chinese engines will be more powerful than those that were installed earlier. Experts believe that in this regard, the military transport aircraft of the people's Republic of China Y-20 will be remotorized in the near future.

Americans are actively moving to create semi-Autonomous drones. On December 6, the press service of the company General Atomics announced the tests of the Avenger drone under the control of artificial intelligence.

In this photo, you can see the coaxial-radial grid on the fifth-generation su-57 fighter. Its purpose is to reduce the radar visibility of the fighter.

The national Commission on Military Aviation Safety of the United States (National Commission on Military Aviation Safety) summed up the results of non-combat losses of American military aviation in the period from 2013 to December 1, 2020. According to the report, 186 aircraft and 224 pilots were lost during this period.

Its development will cost less than 120 billion rubles, said the head of the state Corporation Sergey Chemezov

Rostec expects that the Sukhoi Superjet New-an import-substituted version of the short-haul Sukhoi Superjet 100 with a domestic engine and components-will appear in 2024.

According to information received from radio interception data and other sources, Turkey is preparing to carry out a ground military operation near the city of Sirte in Libya. In particular, Turkish F-16s arrived at the al-Vatiya air base captured by the NTC.

The government of the Russian Federation has approved a list of modern technologies that will be used to conclude special investment contracts (SPIC).

the Expert spoke about the possible consequences of theft of equipment from the Il-80 Vzpu

At the Taganrog-Yuzhny airfield, an Il-80 Vzpu (air control point of the Russian armed forces) was robbed, which is also called the "doomsday plane". The airship arrived in this city for planned work on modernization and extension of the resource. The military observer of the Newspaper tells about the consequences that the incident can lead to.Ru " Mikhail Khodarenok.

Why EW funds did not affect the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh

Fighting has stopped in Nagorno-Karabakh, and Russian peacekeeping forces have been deployed to the Republic. Currently, Azerbaijan and Armenia are engaged in the separation of forces and means, the transfer of territory, as well as mine clearance and search for bodies of the dead. Over the past three weeks, there has not been a single armed clash between the Armenian and Azerbaijani military.

Prospects for the development of situations in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India

Acting us Secretary of defense Christopher Miller at his first briefing at the Pentagon announced to the media that by January 15 next year, the United States will reduce its military contingents in Afghanistan and Iraq – the number of troops in each of the countries will be 2.5 thousand people. Currently, there are about 4.5 thousand American troops in Afghanistan, and 3 thousand in Iraq.

30 years ago, the Soviet heavy military transport aircraft An-124 "Ruslan" completed its round-the-world flight across two poles. This flight was included in the Guinness Book of records as the longest and longest-in 72 hours and 16 minutes of flight time, the plane covered 50005 kilometers. In addition, 7 world and 10 all-Union records were set during the flight.

The draft us defense budget proposes sanctions over Turkey's purchase of Russian s-400 air defense systems, the document says.

The Karabakh war, its course and results are actively discussed, including in Russia. It is not uncommon to hear statements that the victory of Azerbaijan over Armenia is actually the victory of Turkish weapons over Russian ones. And it was not Armenia that lost the war, but Russia. Are such statements true? Is the Karabakh war really a Wake-up call to our "defense industry", which did not do everything for the Russian army? Why don't we still have strike drones? MK asked the analyst, Deputy Director Of the center for strategy and technology analysis (CFTC), to answer these questions) Konstantin Makiyenko.

in the Norwegian and Barents seas, the ship will conduct exercises to search for submarines

The large anti-submarine ship (BOD) "Vice Admiral Kulakov" is returning to base from a long trip to the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, the press service of the Northern fleet reported.

The Turkish drones received by Ukraine were able to break through Russian air defenses guarding Crimea. At least one of the drones was able to freely enter the airspace of the Crimean Peninsula and come within a few kilometers of the Russian air defense position area.