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Two crews of Tu-142 anti-submarine aircraft of the Northern fleet performed scheduled flights in the Arctic, the press service of the Northern fleet reports.

While the fight against the pandemic is going on all over the world, in a small patch of the Caucasus there was another struggle, or rather, a real war. We are talking about the Karabakh problem and the military actions between the Azerbaijani army and the Karabakh self-defense units.

The United States is expected to withdraw from the open skies Treaty on November 22. Six months ago, on may 21, US President Donald trump announced that he had decided to withdraw from the open skies Treaty. The country leaves the agreement six months after the official notification of the partners.

Russian sailors will be able to sink enemy ships and submarines using jamming

The defense Ministry plans to re-equip the Navy's electronic warfare centers by the end of next year, sources told Izvestia in the military Department. Every year such means become more and more important in wars and various conflicts.

Strategic bombers B-52H Stratofortress performed a non-stop flight from the United States to the Middle East and back, said the Central command of the US armed forces.

The history of American fighter aviation has more than a hundred years. Today, us air force fighters are head and shoulders above their competitors in terms of technology, but at the dawn of their existence, American aviation purchased aircraft from the allies.

California transportation authorities have allowed companies to transport passengers in fully driverless cars without a driver in the cabin and charge money for it. At the same time, even companies that have already been allowed to test drones on California roads will have to get separate permits to create an unmanned taxi service.

According to Indian media, the command of the Indian Navy received a new aircraft BPA P-8I " Neptune "(Indian version of the American P-8A" Poseidon") as part of a contract signed with Boeing in 2016.

MiG-29M2 Fighters of the Egyptian air force at the exercise "Eagles of the Nile-1" for the first time operated together with Chinese-made FTC-2000 aircraft.

These training and combat vehicles belong to the Sudan, over the ranges of which, in fact, various scenarios for the use of this winged equipment are being worked out.

the Helicopters have passed all necessary ground and flight tests

Russian Helicopters holding (part of rostec) has completed the transfer of Ka-52 helicopters as part of the state defense order for 2020. This was reported on Thursday in the press service of the holding.

Commander of the Australian armed forces Angus Campbell apologized for the crimes of Australian soldiers during the military operation in Afghanistan. Thus, according to experts, he demonstrated an unusual example for diplomatic practice. At the same time, the soldiers of Britain and the United States, allied to the Australians, are known for much larger scale of atrocities, but they do not bear any responsibility for them. Why?

Two American companies announced the completion of the world's first air battle between a real pilot and a virtual fighter controlled by artificial intelligence. This experiment is the first step towards delivering a similar technology to us air force fighter pilots, which will allow them to "fight" virtual opponents using augmented reality.

Unmanned marine vehicles are becoming more and more popular for civil and military purposes. Departments are increasingly ordering the development of drones and are keenly interested in existing samples.

The people's liberation army of China should soon receive its own tanker aircraft, which Xian developed on the basis of the first Chinese heavy military transport aircraft Xian Y-20.

Former F-22 Raptor fighter pilot and Red Six company founder Daniel Robinson piloted an experimental Berkut 560 aircraft produced by Freeflight Composites with an augmented reality headset for atars (Airborne Tactical Augmented Reality System) aircraft developed by Red Six.

On November 17, 2020, the Hungarian government signed a contract with the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer to supply the Hungarian air force with two new Embraer C-390 Millenium medium military transport aircraft in the KS-390 transport and refueling configuration. The aircraft should be delivered in 2023 and 2024.

In the sky over the Kaliningrad region, the crews of the su-30SM and su-24 aircraft of the Baltic fleet began to practice refueling from the Il-78 tanker.

Chinese television has published a report from the land training complex NITKA carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Navy.

UK blamed four terrorists for the death of pilot Filipov in Syria

The investigative Committee of the Russian Federation intends to apply for the arrest of four militants on charges of the death of Russian pilot Roman Filipov in Syria in 2018. Then his plane was shot down, but he ejected. On the ground, he blew himself up because he was surrounded by militants. Filipov was posthumously awarded the Hero's Gold star.

Thousands of fake accounts created to participate in the information war have been identified in social networks. The main purpose of the bots was to discredit Russia in Armenia and Armenians in Russia, and "threads" from them lead to Azerbaijan, Turkey and Britain. This is the first sign of a new political reality, in which the military-political Alliance of Moscow and Yerevan will be tested for strength.