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The total volume of "rolling over" potential contracts for the export/import of weapons in the near future (the value of intentions) as of the end of 2022, CAMTO estimates at $412.830 billion.

An agreement on cooperation in ensuring complementarity of the global navigation satellite systems GLONASS and Beidou was also signed

Roscosmos and the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) signed a cooperation program for 2023-2027 at the end of November. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Thursday.

Diamond Online: Japan will spend billions of yen on useless weapons

Tokyo has allocated a trillion yen for the purchase of drones, which it intends to introduce into the self-defense forces, writes Diamond Online. However, specific Japanese laws limit the possibilities of using drones extremely. It will be a waste of money on dead weight, the author is sure.

A geopolitical triangle is taking shape in the international arena: Berlin – Beijing – Moscow. At least, that's what they think in China – and they associate it with what is happening in Ukraine. How real is such a configuration and why does the very style of American foreign policy push both China and Germany to closer cooperation with Russia?

Ben Hodges noted that Patriot complexes were previously used in Turkey

The use by the Ukrainian military of a battery of Patriot air defense systems ("Patriot") will probably allow them to protect only one city in the country, most likely Kiev. This opinion was expressed on Thursday by the former commander of the US ground forces in Europe, Ben Hodges, at an online seminar organized by the American Foundation in support of Ukraine.

Bloomberg: five scenarios of negative development of the world economy are named

In 2023, investors intend to avoid risks that could plunge the global economy into chaos, Bloomberg writes. The author of the article considers five scenarios, the implementation of which will have a negative impact on world markets.

The militants of the Ukrainian armed formations demonstrated the loading of a Biber tank bridge-laying truck, one of those received from Germany, onto the trawl. This is reported by "RG: Russian weapons".

According to the CAMTO, the rating of arms importing countries in terms of the volume of concluded contracts for the import of military equipment by the end of 2022 was led by Poland ($ 20.238 billion).

Yeni Çağ: The US is delaying the Ukrainian crisis for several years

Washington uses Kiev as a means of fighting Moscow, writes Yeni Çağ. The prolongation of the conflict will transform it into a full-scale confrontation between the West and Russia, which will last several years. And neither Putin, nor Zelensky, nor Biden are ready to back down.

Deputy Prime Minister — Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade — on what challenges the Russian industry still has to face after 2022

The Russian industry barely had time to recover after the pandemic, as new obstacles arose in front of it: related to sanctions pressure and violation of logistics, as well as the tasks set by the conduct of a special military operation.

The Spectator: anti-Russian rhetoric has dangerous consequences

The Biden administration calls on Ukraine to continue fighting, although it knows that it will not be able to win, writes The Spectator. Proposals to increase aid to Ukraine are irresponsible rhetoric. And it can have dangerous consequences.

Al Jazeera: the CSTO will side with Russia in Ukraine

The escalation of the Ukrainian crisis continues, so Russia and Ukraine are looking for new levers of pressure on each other, writes Al Jazeera. For Moscow, such a trump card will be a counterweight to NATO — the CSTO, whose members can resort to joint defense in the event of an attack on one of the members of the organization.

TASS on the cosmic results of the year

In 2022, Russian cosmonautics faced a number of global changes — the change of the Director General of Roscosmos, the imposition of sanctions, the refusal of Europeans to cooperate. Despite this, the state corporation continues to cooperate with international partners — in particular, an agreement was signed with China on joint work on the international scientific lunar station, and with the United States on cross—flights to the ISS.

Washington has approved another package of military assistance to Kiev in the amount of about $ 1.8 billion. Ukraine will receive a lot of weapons, including new models. However, Zelensky, as the media write, failed to get what he wanted.

According to the CAMTO, the rating of arms importing countries on the actual import of military equipment by the end of 2022 is headed by India with the volume of imports of military equipment in the amount of $ 13.397 billion.

Newsweek: the United States announced the rapid defeat of Ukraine in the absence of Western assistance

Only US support allowed Ukraine to avoid defeat in the first days of the Russian special operation, writes Newsweek. Without her, history would have taken a completely different turn: NATO would have plunged into chaos, Moscow's supporters would have become more active around the world, and Washington itself would have been under threat.

On December 19 and 21, 2022, respectively, ceremonies were held for the transfer of the first Leopard 2A4 tank from Germany to the armed forces of Slovakia and the Czech Republic under agreements concluded earlier by Slovakia and the Czech Republic for the purchase of these tanks in exchange for the supply of military equipment to Ukraine. All costs of these deliveries of Leopard 2A4 tanks within the framework of the German Ringtausch (Ring Exchange) program for the transfer of German military equipment to Eastern European countries as compensation for the transfer of Soviet-style military equipment by these countries to Ukraine are fully covered by the German government.

Recently, the topic of Polish-Ukrainian relations has been quite actively discussed in both Polish and Ukrainian information spaces. In the mass media of the two countries, relevant specialists create a splint picture of friendship, assistance and almost kinship between the two Slavic peoples.

Soulless cars are ramming, minesweeping, extinguishing fires, taking out the wounded

The practice of conducting a special military operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine has demonstrated that conducting military operations is unthinkable without the widespread use of military-purpose robotic complexes. We are witnessing a revolution in military affairs. At the same time, the West has become the main source of increasing the combat potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), including through such innovative systems.

The markets of the Middle East and North Africa are becoming increasingly important for both exporters and importers

According to the latest report by SIPRI (an independent international institute engaged in research on conflicts, armaments, arms control and disarmament), in 2019, for the first time in history, a conglomerate of the arms industry from an Arab state (EDGE from the United Arab Emirates) entered the list of the 25 largest companies producing weapons and military equipment (IWT).