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Forbes: Russia is working on the Hunter-B UAV ahead of schedule]

The Russian unmanned aerial vehicle "Hunter-B" dropped a bomb at the Ashuluk test site in the first such test in history. Such bombings emphasize the rapid development of the Hunter-B UAV, according to Western media.

Belarus has signed contracts for the supply of Mi-35 attack helicopters and the second batch of Su-30SM fighters from Russia, Commander of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of the Republic Igor Golub told reporters on Thursday.

The Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus are preparing to re-equip their anti-aircraft missile forces with the Russian S-400 Triumph and Pantsir-S air defense systems.

Strategic missile carriers Tu-160 and Tu-95 still remain the main air argument of the Russian nuclear triad, however, despite regular modernization, their resource is limited. These machines will be replaced by a promising long-range aviation complex (PAK DA). The Ministry of Defense has already decided on its appearance, and tests of the engine will begin in 2021. About what will be the new "strategist" - in the material RIA Novosti.

In China, the WJ-700 long-range strike drone took to the skies for the first time. In the Network there were photos of the device at the airport during the start of engines, as well as employees of the Chinese Aerospace Scientific and Industrial Corporation (CASIC) with a banner in honor of the first flight of the drone, writes flightglobal.

Iran has commissioned the largest warship in its history, the Makran helicopter carrier. Manned rotorcraft and drones can be based on its board.

For the first time, the US Air Force conducted tests of the KC-135 Stratotanker tanker aircraft with "hot" refueling on the ground. According to Flightglobal, the inspections took place in September last year at the Al-Udeid air base in Qatar and were considered successful.

Why does the Pacific Fleet strengthen the Arctic grouping?]

Increasing the role of combat aviation in the Arctic, the United States has strengthened the 3rd air wing in Alaska with multi-purpose fighters of the fifth generation F-22 "Raptor"("Predator"). In response to this, Russian MiG-31BM interceptors (according to the NATO classification – Foxhound, "Foxhound") of the naval aviation of the Pacific Fleet before the New 2021 year took up combat duty for air defense at the Anadyr airfield. As they say, closer to the borders of the United States. How can the events develop further?

The Russian "flying gunboat" will receive guided bombs and missiles. The Ministry of Defense has adjusted the requirements for a special purpose strike vehicle being developed on the basis of a military transport aircraft. This air transport is used for direct support of troops on the battlefield. With artillery fire and ammunition strikes, it will destroy enemy infantry, fortifications and armored vehicles day and night in all weather conditions.

Production of components for the American fifth-generation F-35 fighter-bomber in Turkey will continue to be curtailed during 2021 and 2022. This was stated on Monday, January 11, by Pentagon spokesman Thomas Campbell.

As reported on January 11, 2021, the web resource Piter.TV JSC " National Air Ambulance Service "("NSSA", St. Petersburg) will lease 132 helicopters. The company, which is the contractor of aviation works for the provision of medical care in the territory of the Russian Federation, has placed four relevant purchases.

About 20 new and modernized units of military and special equipment entered service at the 201st Russian military base in Tajikistan in 2020.

Ukraine still leaves no hope to join NATO — the country's defense Ministry has transferred military rank codes military ranks of the Alliance. In Kiev, they stressed that this is another step away from the" outdated "Soviet army system and with each reform, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are becoming more" European "and"progressive". It doesn't really change much.

In the coming 2021, the flight crew of the naval aviation of the Navy will begin training at the latest training and training complex with artificial intelligence.

The US State Department has approved the potential delivery to Egypt under the Foreign Military Sales program of advanced Sniper-ATP aerial target designation containers and related equipment.

Business Insider: "Zircon" is a threat to US aircraft carriers]

American aircraft carriers still rule the seas, but Russia and China plan to change that. The development of hypersonic weapons technologies makes aircraft carriers vulnerable, but, according to the expert, it is still too early to write them off.

Cybersecurity issues of highly automated transport systems are among the most relevant and poorly developed at the moment. Experiments show that any drone can be "hacked" today, reported at last year's X Director of the Department of Radio-Electronic Industry of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Vasily Shpak.

The promising Chinese strike unmanned aerial vehicle WJ-700, equipped with a turbojet engine, made its first flight. According to Flightglobal, the first flight of the device, first presented in 2018, was successful.

Israeli warplanes and unmanned aerial vehicles committed unprecedented violations of Lebanese airspace on January 10. Jewish state combat aircraft were spotted over Beirut and its suburbs, causing panic among residents of the Arab republic, still not recovered from the devastating explosion on August 4, 2020 in the port of the Lebanese capital, according to local news portal Naharnet.

According to Indian media, the Indian Defense Ministry intends to sign a contract with an estimated cost of $ 2.5 billion for the supply of medium-sized VTA aircraft to replace the outdated Avro-748 in service with the country's Air Force.