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The defense ministers of the CIS member states approved a plan of joint activities for 2022 and identified prospects for the development of military cooperation, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

An armored car similar to the Belarusian "Cayman" was demonstrated at a recent arms exhibition in Sudan. Interestingly, it was on a par with other samples of military equipment of local enterprises.

The Government of the Sudan has decided to resume work on the creation of a Russian base. The appearance of the object may affect shipping, as indicated in the material of the Ukrainian information and consulting agency Defense Express.

The device must receive and transmit signals of an automatic identification system for tracking the movement of ships and monitoring activities at sea

Japan on Tuesday launched an Epsilon-5 launch vehicle with nine satellites, including the Vietnamese NanoDragon spacecraft. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is broadcasting the launch live.

At a meeting of the Defense Procurement Council (DAC) of the Government of India on November 2, arms procurement projects worth 79.65 billion were approved. rupees ($1.07 billion) under the "Make in India" policy.

Checkmate delivered to Dubai World Central by AN-124 aircraft

The prototype of the Russian single-engine fighter Checkmate was delivered to the Dubai Airshow in the United Arab Emirates. A video of the preparation of the newest aircraft for display in Dubai was distributed on Tuesday by the press service of the Rostec State Corporation.

The Greek Air Force is considering the possibility of acquiring 30 used EF-2000 Typhoon fighters from the presence of the British Air Force.

Negotiations on international participation in the project of a new Russian space station should begin in the near future, said Academician Lev Zeleny, scientific director of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Serbian Defense Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic visited Madrid on November 4, where he held talks with his Spanish counterpart Margarita Robles.

The pilots of the aerobatic team will show group aerobatics, such as the "Nesterov loop", "barrel" and "turn"

The crews of the Russian Knights aerobatics group flew to Dubai (United Arab Emirates (UAE)), where they will demonstrate the capabilities of Su-30SM fighters at the Dubai Airshow 2021 International Airshow. This was reported on Tuesday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The program of strategic partnership in the defense sector for 2022-2024 was signed on Tuesday by the heads of the military departments of the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan Sergey Shoigu and Murat Bektanov during his first visit to Moscow with the rank of Defense Minister.

Last Sunday, November 7, the first batch of two-axle armored vehicles CSK131 Mengshi of the Chinese company Dongfeng was delivered to Nigeria by sea. There are about three dozen units in total.

Earlier it was reported that this manufacturer intends to deliver one hundred such protected machines to one of the African countries. Apparently, this state was meant.

Poland is taking active steps to create its own air defense system Wisła. On November 8, the press service of Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa announced the transfer of the first pair of M903 launchers manufactured by Huta Stalowa Wola for the Patriot system.

On November 17, 2021, the IX annual Forum "Composites Without Borders" will be held in partnership with the International Industrial Exhibition INNOPROM. The event will be held in two formats in person at the Skolkovo Technopark online at the INNOPROM Online site. The event is supported by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. The general sponsor is the interregional cluster "Composites without Borders".

The American B-1B Lancer strategic bomber landed for the first time at an air base in France during a flight over Europe, according to a message from the French Air Force.

As reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic announced on November 5, 2021, none of the submitted proposals for the previously announced tender for a new BMP for the Czech Armed Forces does not meet all the requirements and, accordingly, cannot be considered in the future. In total, three companies submitted proposals as a replacement for the outdated BMP-2:

The exercise of the special forces units of the Central Military District (CVO) "Cobalt-2021" will be held in the second half of November in Tajikistan, the commander of the troops of the Central Military District Alexander Lapin told reporters.

Russian specialists have already trained more than 6,000 Tajik military personnel, Alexander Lapin, commander of the Central Military District (CVO), told reporters.

The flagship of the Sixth Fleet of the US Navy Mount Whitney and the accompanying destroyer Porter entered the port of Batumi. This was informed at the US Embassy in Georgia.

"Welcome, Mount Whitney and Porter! Five years later, the flagship of the Sixth Fleet of the US Navy, Mount Whitney, returned to Georgia," the diplomatic mission's Facebook page says. The embassy reminded that this is not the first time Mount Whitney has been in the port of Batumi, in recent years he has been here five times.

Belarus expects to receive a squadron of Russian Mi-35P attack helicopters in 2022, Sputnik Belarus reports with reference to the Belarusian TV channel STV.