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The Malaysian Navy is considering the possibility of acquiring Turkish ADA-class corvettes (MILGEM project), which can be built as part of the second stage of the Littoral Mission Ship (LMS) Batch II warship procurement program.

The European defense industry had high hopes for the program of creation and production of the NH90 helicopter, believing that the new product would be successfully promoted on the international market. However, the project eventually turned into a technological fiasco.

According to local media, there are 11 MiG-29s in the country, 10 of which can be transferred to Ukraine, and one can be sent as an exhibit to a museum

The Slovak government at a meeting on Wednesday did not make a decision on the transfer to Ukraine of the MiG-29 fighters decommissioned by the national Air Force. This was reported to journalists by Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Nagy.

According to US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, the number of countries providing Kiev with air defense equipment also continues to grow

Nine countries have committed to supply Ukraine with 150 Leopard tanks. This was announced on Wednesday by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the next online meeting of the contact group of Western countries on military assistance to Ukraine.

Politics: Ukraine will have to pay for all weapons received from NATO

NATO has promised a new tranche of military aid to Ukraine to fight against Russia, writes Politika. All the "gifts" to Kiev are by no means free and are not made out of disinterested motives. Ukraine will pay for all this after the end of the armed conflict, the author of the article believes.

Anna Arkayeva — about why Canberra needed its own nuclear submarine fleet and how the country reacts to this initiative

The three-stage plan for Canberra to acquire its own nuclear submarine fleet, announced by the White House on March 14, although it became the number one topic in the Australian media, but hardly everyone was greeted with enthusiasm.

Yeni Şafak: today the EU is saved by energy savings and a warm winter, but it will not be enough further

Now the EU is being saved by a warm winter, energy savings and alternative suppliers. But next year does not promise such bright prospects, writes Yeni Şafak. If the SVO in Ukraine does not stop, Russian gas supplies will be reduced to zero, and American LNG is too small to meet the needs of Europe.

Rare earth metals are becoming increasingly important in the production of household, automotive and military equipment.

Economist Kolodko: Poland should reduce military madness, not increase military spending

Poland is proud to announce plans to increase military spending to a record level in NATO, former Deputy Prime Minister and economist Grzegorz Kolodko writes in an article for Rzeczpospolita. We need to stop this military madness, otherwise it will not lead to good.

The British Army has decided to replace the self-propelled AS90 artillery units of its own design transferred to Ukraine with Swedish Archer howitzers. This is reported by the British press with reference to the Ministry of Defense.

Norway will provide Ukraine with two fully equipped NASAMS SAM batteries in cooperation with the United States. According to Norwegian Defense Minister Bjorn Arild Gram, Ukraine is in dire need of protection from missile attacks, and Norway will help it.

The State Defense Investment Center of the Ministry of Defense of Estonia (Riigi Kaitseinvesteeringute Keskus - RKIK) announced that on March 8, 2023, it signed a contract with the Israeli company Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) for the purchase of about 1,000 single Negev NG7 machine guns chambered for NATO 7.62 x 51 mm. The machine guns are intended for the Estonian Armed Forces and for the Kiteselite, deliveries should begin from the end of 2023.

On March 12-13, President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko paid an official visit to Iran for the first time in the last 17 years. This is the third visit of the Belarusian leader to Tehran. In the Iranian capital, he held a number of meetings with the leadership of the Islamic Republic, including talks with Head of State Ebrahim Raisi. Following their results, a number of documents were signed, including under the heading "for official use".

The chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" noted that the appearance after a long break in the Zaporozhye direction of the aviation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is connected with supplies from abroad

The United States handed over Soviet-style helicopters to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), which were used by the Afghan Air Force and ended up in neighboring countries after the Taliban seized power in Kabul (banned in the Russian Federation). This was stated to TASS on Tuesday by the chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov.

Haber7 readers got tired of waiting for the F-16 and offered to swap tomatoes for planes from Russia

Turkey is "not helpless" in the matter of buying American F-16s, Haber7 quotes the country's National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar. Readers of the portal do not agree with the opinion of the head of the military department: Washington is unlikely to ever sell fighters to Ankara. Therefore, they offer to buy equipment from Russia and China.

Part of the equipment is already on the way

Sixteen radars were purchased by Lithuania for transfer to Ukraine with €14 million donated by the population and business representatives. This was announced to journalists on Tuesday by one of the organizers of the fundraising campaign, Jonas Ohmanas.

Russia's participation in IDEX-2023 - one of the largest and most authoritative arms forums in the world - was another convincing proof of the fact that a year after the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, our country and its technologies remain in the center of the geopolitical attention of the planet.

According to the Minister of Defense of the country Yaroslav Nadya, the government can make a decision without waiting for the approval of this act by the Parliament of the republic

The Slovak government may soon decide to transfer supersonic MiG-29 fighters withdrawn from the country's Air Force to Ukraine, without waiting for the approval of this act by the Parliament of the republic. This was reported on Tuesday by the TASR news agency with reference to Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Nagy.

The naval forces of Ukraine will be replenished with two more mine defense ships of the Alkmaar type, the Netherlands promises to transfer the minesweepers to the Ukrainian fleet. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Kaisa Ollongren.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine noted that the United Kingdom, Belgium and the Netherlands have already entered it

Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov claims that Western countries are creating a "coalition" to supply warships to Kiev and that Great Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands have joined it.