Cooperation news

The American newspaper Defense News discussed with one of the high-ranking Turkish officials the specifics of relations between Moscow and Ankara.

Problems with the supply of components due to sanctions and the closure of industrial enterprises in Ukraine may become a threat to the Russian segment (RS) of the International Space Station (ISS), experts of the rocket and space corporation Energia believe. They presented their arguments in an article published in the scientific journal "Space Engineering and Technology".

The rocket and space corporation Energia called one of the main problems the termination of the release of the element base, which existed during the development of the first modules of the Russian segment of the station.

The Agency for External Labor Migration of the country clarified that, according to the applications of Russian departments and companies, a total of 5 thousand workers are planned to be sent to the construction sites of Vostochny

Agency for External Labor Migration (AUTM) Uzbekistan, with the participation of specialized Russian companies, has already sent 1,466 Uzbek citizens to the Russian Federation, who will take part in the construction of infrastructure facilities at the Vostochny cosmodrome. This was reported to the TASS correspondent on Saturday by the press secretary of the AUTM Ortikhuzha Norov.

Turkey intends to replenish and upgrade its fleet of F-16 fighters. Yesterday, on October 8, the Reuters news agency reported that Turkey had asked the United States for 40 new fighter jets.

The Russian-Pakistani dRuzhba-2021 exercise has ended in the south of the Russian Federation.

A joint exercise of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and military personnel of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has ended in the Krasnodar Territory at the Molkino training ground, the press service of the Southern Military District reports. The

maneuvers took place from September 28 to October 9. 

A flight sample of the F-104 Starfighter fighter is for sale in the USA. A car that once broke all possible records in its class can be purchased for $850,000.

Shipments of international technical assistance from the United States arrived at Kiev's Boryspil airport on Sunday, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports.

Also, the press secretary of the service, Valeria Reshetnikova, reported that military-technical cooperation with Afghanistan is not being carried out at the moment

The Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation is not engaged in copying any American equipment, including those left by US forces in Afghanistan. This was announced to TASS on Sunday by the press secretary of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) of Russia, Valeria Reshetnikova.

On Wednesday, October 6, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his generals summed up the results of the largest Russian-Belarusian strategic exercise "WEST-2021" this year. According to Shoigu, the maneuvers demonstrated the increased training of troops, the ability of the created interspecific groups of the two states to effectively carry out tasks to ensure regional security. "I consider the objectives of the exercise to have been achieved, the training issues have been worked out in full," the Defense Minister concluded.

The joint exercises of Russia and Belarus "WEST-2021" have officially ended, leaving behind the "main question" to the Russian army, Breaking Defense writes.

Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani said that Georgia should always be ready to join NATO and believes that a political decision on Georgia's accession to the alliance will mature in NATO very soon.

Special forces of Russia and Pakistan seized buildings held by a conditional enemy during the joint exercises "Friendship-2021" in the Kuban. This was reported on Thursday, October 7, by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The Czech Defense Ministry announced the signing on October 5 of the Czech-Israeli intergovernmental agreement on the acquisition of a new SPYDER ground-based air defense system manufactured by the Israeli state-owned company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.

The Australian company Austal Limited announced that its Austal USA division has signed the first contract for the construction of two NAVAJO-class rescue and towing vessels (T-ATS-11 and T-ATS-12) for the US Navy.

On October 1, the US Department of Defense announced the signing by the US Navy Shipbuilding and Armament Command with United States Marine, Inc (USMI) of a contract with an indefinite delivery period for an indefinite number of ID/IQ products (indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity).

Russia counts on the active participation of Power Machines in the modernization of Serbia's energy facilities. "We highly appreciate the level of interaction between the Serbian electrical industry and Power Machines, as well as the progress of the renovation of the JERDAP-1 HPP. And we hope for the continuation of successful cooperation in the modernization of the power equipment of other energy facilities, including the Jerdap-2 hydroelectric power plant and the Nikola Tesla thermal power plant," said Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov.

The salon opened on October 6 as part of the congress and exhibition events of the "Sea Week of Russia 2021"

The mine defense ship of the new generation of project 12700 "Vladimir Yemelyanov" has joined the list of ships participating in the third Sevastopol Maritime Salon (SVMS-2021), which opened on October 6 as part of the congress and exhibition events of the "Russian Maritime Week 2021". This was announced to TASS on Thursday by the head of the forum Alexey Malko.

The Israeli company Smart Shooter announced the delivery of SMASH 2000 fire control systems to the United States. Smart sights for small arms will be tested in the Laboratory of Warfare (Warfighting Laboratory) of the US Marine Corps. This is reported by the Defense Blog.

Ukraine and Georgia will join NATO, but this is not a matter of tomorrow, while the alliance should increase support for Kiev and Tbilisi, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday.