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The corvette "Stoyky" and the tanker "Kola" have started an anti-piracy watch in the Gulf of Aden, the Baltic Fleet said on Thursday.

The crews of aircraft and helicopters of the Black Sea Fleet's naval aviation have begun tactical flight exercises, including bombing, shooting, and tracking the submarines of the imaginary enemy.

About the most mysterious invisible plane of the Celestial Empire

Today, only two countries in the world have been able to develop on their own and take to the skies the 5th generation fighters of two quite significantly different types at once – the United States and China. The others have either created only one combat aircraft of this class, or are still creating them. By the way, according to the Chinese nomenclature, those combat aircraft that are generally referred to as the 5th generation around the world are referred to as the 4th generation in the Middle Kingdom itself. Well, the East, as you know, is a delicate matter.

BOD "Marshal Shaposhnikov" will turn into a frigate with "Calibers" and "Zircons"

The modernization of the remaining 30-40-year-old large anti-submarine ships of the project 1155 is designed to support the minimum necessary grouping of surface warships of the ocean zone-cruise missile carriers to the readiness of the project 22350M frigates and the Leader-class destroyers, the laying of the main hulls of which is expected in 2022-2024.

The slogan of Make in India is still only a slogan

India is committed to demonstrating its commitment and ability to create a wide range of unmanned aircraft systems of various types and classes.

The American company Erickson in 2022 will begin flight tests of an optional manned version of the S-64F+ Air Crane heavy transport helicopter. According to AINonline, flight tests of the machine are planned to be completed within two years, and from 2024 to start delivering the first S-64F+ to customers. Erickson intends to offer the new helicopter to both private companies and the military.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Tuesday in a telephone conversation with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said that Washington is concerned about the possibility of Cairo acquiring Russian Su-35 fighter jets.

Russia is radically changing the rules of air warfare. For strategic bombers, advanced fighters and drones, the latest hypersonic weapons are already being developed. And drones and planes are taught to fly and perform combat missions together. Anton Lavrov, a columnist for Izvestia, has been looking into how the new products will change the nature of military operations and how this will affect the confrontation with the enemy.

The volume of military contracts concluded in 2020 between Russia and African countries amounted to more than $ 1.5 billion. Rosoboronexport's share of the local arms market has grown to a staggering 49 percent. Over the past two decades, Moscow has significantly pushed the main competitors in Africa for arms imports: Washington and Paris, writes The National Interest.

According to South Korean media, on February 22, 2021, the South Korean Ministry of National Defense and the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) held the 133rd meeting of the Joint Committee on Defense Procurement Programs (Banju Committee), which approved the program for the creation and construction of the first light aircraft carrier under the designation CVX for the South Korean Navy in the period 2022-2033.

Digital engineering has reached the aviation industry. On February 23, Boeing announced the start of mass production of the T-7A Red Hawk training aircraft.

The Americans showed what the F-15EX, which are in service with the US Air Force, will look like. Previously, we could see this car in an unpainted form.

The Polish company PIT-RADWAR presented the concept of a new short-range air defense system. It is stated that the system will be able to hit all types of air targets, including attack helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, barrage ammunition and cruise missiles.

The 36 Tomahawk cruise missiles that did not reach the Al-Shayrat base in Homs (Syria) on April 7, 2017, could have been " destroyed "by Russian electronic warfare (EW) means, writes the Military-Industrial Courier.

The hypersonic aircraft missile, code-named "Gremlin", will take off in two years: tests are scheduled for 2023. In some documents, the product is called GZUR-hypersonic guided missile. In terms of its dimensions, the Gremlin will be smaller than the previously adopted X-47M2 Dagger.

India's Russian-made Mi-17 multirole helicopters and the US-purchased AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters are regularly engaged for joint missions.

At the recent exercises, the armed rotorcraft covered those that performed the landing. An episode of their joint use was shown on the video.

State tests of the KUB-UAV drone are planned to be completed this year, and its export version is being developed, said Dmitry Tarasov, General Director of the Kalashnikov Concern.

Pre-order for 200 light VRT500 helicopters and drones VRT300 designed for the police of the United Arab Emirates, the head of Minpromtorg Denis Manturov.

In "Vesti Nedeli" showed an interesting report about various Russian UAVs, with 5m30c there they talk about the Orion reconnaissance and strike UAV coming into service with the Russian Aerospace Forces.

France has announced the start of work on a promising strategic nuclear submarine. It is assumed that each such ship will be able to carry 16 ballistic missiles.