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Two of the three Chinese Il-78 refueling aircraft purchased earlier in Ukraine and transferred in 2014-2016 arrived in Russia for repairs.

Moscow decided to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty (DON) because of the imbalance caused by the termination of participation in the agreement of the United States - NATO countries could continue monitoring Russia, and the territory of the alliance leader was closed from observation, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

In the next ten years, companies of growing military-industrial powers will increasingly compete with Russian and Western companies that previously contributed to their development, experts from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) write in an article for the American edition of Defense News.

Long-range fighter-interceptors MiG-31BM placed on the archipelago of Novaya Zemlya for combat duty in the Arctic, the press service of the Northern Fleet (SF) on Saturday.

In August 2020, the Air Force (Air Force) The US has been exploring possible ways to use low-profile strategic bombers, in particular the B-2 Spirit, to deliver a "deep strike on an enemy target" likely related to Russia or China. Details of the held and planned military exercises are revealed by The Drive.

As reported on January 15, 2021, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, for the first time in the history of Russia, six AN-124-100 Ruslan military transport aircraft took to the sky at the same time. In the Bryansk region, the first joint training flights of the crews of the Seshchinsky [566th military transport] and Tver [196th Guards Military transport] aviation regiments were conducted this year with the participation of six strategic military transport aircraft AN-124-100 "Ruslan"at the same time.

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the US Department of Commerce has added the Chinese company Skyrizon, which invested in shares of the Ukrainian manufacturer of aircraft engines "Motor Sich", to the list of "military end users" (MEU), first formed at the end of last year and included 58 Chinese and 45 Russian companies.

Iran has conducted an exercise of the Aerospace Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps "Great Prophet-15".

During the military maneuvers, massive strikes with cruise and ballistic missiles were practiced, as well as the defeat of targets by kamikaze drones. A mass launch of the latest modifications of missiles of its own production was carried out: "Zalzal", "Zulfikar" and "Dezful".

The expert commented on the program report of the Chief of Staff of the US Air Force

The Chief of Staff of the US Air Force, General Charles Brown, published a report of a programmatic nature, the main content of which is reduced to how to prepare American aviation for the upcoming combat operations. Military observer " Newspaper.En " Mikhail Khodarenok analyzed the theses of the American military leader and tells us what kind of future the American aviation is striving for and what it is fraught with for Russia.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Victoria Abramchenko approved a "road map" to improve the system of forest protection from fires, which provides for the use of space and unmanned vehicles, the press service of Abramchenko reports.

A large U.S. military convoy was spotted entering northeastern Syria yesterday, marking the second time in five days that U.S. forces have moved reinforcements from Iraq to the neighboring Arab Republic, Al-Masdar News agency reported.

At the base of the Oklahoma City Aviation Logistics Complex, scheduled maintenance of two B-52H Stratofortress bombers, which were previously mothballed in the Arizona Desert for seven and ten years, began. This is reported on the website of the Tinker Air Base of the US Air Force.

Ankara continues negotiations with Moscow on the supply of the second regiment of S-400 air defense systems, the refusal of them is problematic for Turkey. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of the Republic Hulusi Akar, as reported by RIA Novosti.

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.