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The 4th Azerbaijan International Defense Exhibition ADEX-2022 was held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, from September 6 to 8, 2022. A feature of the exhibition was the unusually wide presence of various unmanned aerial vehicles and barrage ammunition in its exposition. Denis Fedutinov kindly provided us with a report on the barrage ammunition presented at ADEX-2022.

Viktor Litovkin — on the undeclared results of strategic command and staff exercises in the Far East

For a whole week, from September 1 to 7, large—scale strategic command and staff exercises "Vostok-2022" thundered at the training grounds and in the sea areas of the Far Eastern Military District — from Lake Baikal to the Pacific coast and from the Sino-Mongolian borders to the southern coast of the Arctic Ocean, as well as in the Okhotsk and Japanese Seas.

What can the Russian S-400 still do? Will China be able to effectively restrain the United States after their introduction?

Many countries want to get Russian S-400 air defense systems, and this is fair, their characteristics are really impressive. For China, the presence of the S-400 in its arsenal is also beneficial, even though it has its own developments, says the user "Sohu".

It became known that the armed formations of the Ukrainian Nazis will receive American 105-mm towed M101 howitzers from Lithuania.

By the Day of the Tanker, which this year is celebrated on September 11, TSAMTO publishes statistical material on world exports in the segment of armored vehicles.

Germany is negotiating with Poland on the establishment of a maintenance center for the repair of weapons provided to Ukraine.

On September 8, the US Department of Defense announced the allocation of additional security and defense assistance to Ukraine in the amount of up to $675 million.

The Russian Air Force has received a new batch of Su-35 — these are three reasons why the Ministry of Defense continues to purchase them

Previously, it was assumed that the Su-35 would be supplied exclusively for export, while Russia would switch to the fifth-generation Su-57, writes MWM. But there are several reasons why the Russian Air Force continues to order the Su-35.

As noted in the German Cabinet, support will be provided "in close coordination with allies"

Germany will continue to provide military support to Ukraine only in coordination with its allies. This was stated on Monday at a briefing by the representative of the German Cabinet of Ministers Christiane Hoffman, answering a question about the possibility of providing Leopard 2 battle tanks to Kiev.

The Dutch Coast Guard received the first DHC-8-102MPA (Maritime Patrol Aircraft) maritime patrol aircraft. The second plane is expected to arrive in the Netherlands at the end of September.

In America, a terrible thing is dawning: the supply of shells, missiles and artillery to the Russian Federation from North Korea, whose leader Kim Jong-un previously recognized the independence of the republics of Donbass. Representatives of Russia categorically deny the fact of such a deal. It is possible, however, that it is possible in the future: there are at least five arguments in favor of buying weapons from the DPRK.

After the meeting at the Ramstein Airbase, where the issues of continued military assistance to Ukraine by NATO countries were discussed, a material was published in the German press stating that the United States of America was considering tanks for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The difficult situation at the front and in the rear may lead to a change of power in Kiev

The administration of US President Joseph Biden is preparing a request for additional assistance of $11.7 billion to Ukraine in the first quarter of 2023. Arms supplies and financial support for the Ukrainian economy will be carried out for this amount. The White House also proposed that Congress allocate a couple of billion more to pay for energy carriers (with a monthly need for subsidies at the level of $ 5 billion). excluding expenses for the heating season).

Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist said that if the country sends Archer, it can directly affect the defense capability of Sweden

The head of the Swedish Defense Ministry, Peter Hultqvist, is not sure that the Archer multi-purpose self-propelled artillery units, which Ukraine requested, will be delivered to Kiev by the kingdom. He said this on Thursday in an interview with SWT TV channel .

The North Korean 170 mm self-propelled artillery M1989 Koksan is a development of older guns first seen in 1978 near the city of Koksan.

Military expert Andrey Frolov — on the impact of the special military operation on Russian arms exports

The special operation in Ukraine has become not only a milestone event for the Russian army and military thought, but also for the domestic defense industry. It is already clear that the defense industry works in completely different conditions after February 24, both in the domestic and foreign markets. Let's try to consider how its impact on Russian military-technical cooperation.

Since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine, the United States has supplied Kiev with almost half a million 155 mm shells, 16 HIMARS MLRS and several thousand GMLRS shells.

After the approval by US President Joe Biden of new arms supplies to Ukraine, a list of everything that Kiev should receive as part of a new package of military assistance was published on the official website of the US military department. According to the list, Ukraine is waiting for the following weapons:

According to Shephard Media, Ukraine allegedly received 122-mm artillery shells in a roundabout way, including delivery via Pakistan, Great Britain, Romania or Cyprus.

Well, who is imposing sanctions against whom? How the original scenario for Ukraine was changed to the opposite

Now Russia is imposing sanctions against the West, crossing out the original scenario of Europe and the United States, writes ET. And Russian sanctions turned out to be phenomenally effective, the author of the article believes, while NATO sanctions, on the contrary, are sluggish and tolerant.