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Alexander Kovalev — about the prospects of the F-16 in the conflict in Ukraine

The American multifunctional fighter F-16 was first put into operation in 1978. A year before that, I graduated from the Armavir Higher Military Aviation School.

The Turkish company TUSAŞ, working in the aerospace industry, has achieved a new export success by supplying Chad with both HÜRKUŞ aircraft and ANKA attack drones.

As reported by the American newspaper "The Wall Street Journal" in the article Jared Malsin, Summer Said "Egypt Resists U.S. Calls to Arm Ukraine" ("Egypt resists U.S. calls to arm Ukraine"), Egypt, under U.S. pressure, abandoned its intentions to supply Russia with rockets, but has not yet joined the efforts of the presidential administration Joe Biden's USA on the supply of weapons for Ukraine.

According to the French company Dassault Aviation, as part of the general contract signed by Indonesia in February 2022 for the acquisition of 42 Dassault Rafale multipurpose fighters, a firm contract for the second tranche of 18 Rafale aircraft entered into force on August 10, 2023, in addition to the six fighters ordered in the first tranche. Thus, Indonesia has so far contracted 24 Rafale aircraft out of 42 agreed.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation plans to conclude contracts totaling more than 433 billion rubles at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023", which will be held on August 14-20 at the Patriot Exhibition Center.

Manufacturers of the two most massive Western fighters – the American F-35 and the French Rafale – faced logistical problems, writes MWM. This will prevent meeting both internal and external demand.

On August 7, 2023, the first multi-purpose marine heavy helicopter Leonardo Helicopters AW101 Merlin, built for the Polish Navy, arrived at the airfield of the Polish helicopter-building company PZL-Świdnik (owned by the Italian company Leonardo) in Svidnik, delivered under the 2019 contract for the purchase of four vehicles by Poland.

They will need from 70 to 100 copies of this weapon

Police in the Delhi region are planning to arm snipers with Dragunov rifles to ensure security at the upcoming G20 summit in September. This was reported by The Times of India .

Britain has adopted the largest recent package of sanctions against a number of individuals and legal entities for their "work for the needs of the Russian army."

The active use of Western weapons by the Armed Forces of Ukraine makes it possible to identify individual shortcomings in combat systems and make appropriate improvements to them. Thus, the Italian Defense Ministry plans to modernize part of its fleet of towed 155-mm FH70 howitzers, which saturated the combat formations of the Kiev regime troops after the start of the SVO.

The international military-technical forum "Army-2023" will be held in Kubinka near Moscow from August 14 to 20. Traditionally, most of the exposition will be occupied by the stands of the holdings and enterprises belonging to the Rostec State Corporation. They will present about a thousand samples of weapons and equipment.

Dozens of Leopards 1, previously in service with the Belgian army, were still bought from a private arsenal for transfer to Ukraine, WP reports. However, it is unclear how many cars will be suitable for service, since the equipment is in a deplorable state.

Bundestag deputy Dagdelen: the delivery of Taurus missiles to Kiev may draw Germany into a conflict with the Russian Federation

The transfer of German Taurus long-range missiles to Kiev could lead to escalation and draw Berlin into a direct conflict with Moscow. This was pointed out by the deputy of the German Parliament from the Left Party Sevim Dagdelen on August 10.

Tactical Missile Armament Corporation at the Army-2023 Forum

The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023" will work in the difficult conditions of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine. But this will not affect the number of events that will take place in the period from August 14 to August 20 at the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center, at the Alabino training ground and Kubinka airfield.

The press secretary of the department, Patrick Ryder, also did not comment on the terrorist attacks of Ukraine against Russian civil courts

The United States Department of Defense does not specify when they may decide to supply depleted uranium shells to Ukraine for the American Abrams tanks transferred to it.

On August 4, 2023, the Bulgarian shipbuilding and ship repair plant "MTG Dolphin" (MTG Dolphin) in Varna launched the head multifunctional patrol ship (corvette) "Hrabri" (tail number "12"), under construction for the Bulgarian Navy, from two ordered units of the MMPV 90 project of the German company NVL Group (part of the German Lürssen group).

The Japanese government has recently been stepping up efforts to strengthen the country's defense capability, allocating more and more money for this. In addition, Tokyo decided to provide defensive assistance to some less developed countries. The Self-Defense Forces are turning into a full-fledged army, which Japan could not officially have at the end of World War II.

According to information published on September 19, 2022 by the Slovenian news agency Slovenian Press Agency, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob reached an agreement on the transfer of 28 MBT M-55S from the Slovenian Armed Forces to Ukraine.

Shurygin: the transfer of German Taurus missiles to Ukraine may entail the supply of ATACMS from the United States

The possible delivery of guided Taurus missiles to Ukraine from Germany may push Washington to transfer another long—range missile to Kiev - ATACMS for the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system. Military expert Vladislav Shurygin told Izvestia about this on August 8.

Heavy losses during the offensive cause discontent in Ukraine, writes NYT. The soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine criticize the incompetence of the commanders, the lack of training and Western equipment that is not suitable for the tasks assigned.