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New Chinese high-security VN2C armored personnel carriers have recently received military orders. Judging by the photos, we are still talking about six units. For a country that had previously operated less than two dozen obsolete Soviet-made BTR-60PB and BTR-70, and such a number can be considered a significant addition.

More than 1.5 thousand Russian enterprises have already been invited to participate in its work, said Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022" will be held in August, more than 1.5 thousand Russian enterprises have already been invited to participate in its work, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said.

The role of military attaches is also to help their capitals better understand the Russian military, said the French Republic's defense attache, Vice Admiral Alexis Wheeler

The French Republic's Defense attache, Vice Admiral Alexis Wheeler, on behalf of the military diplomats accredited in Moscow, thanked the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, for the briefing he gave on Thursday, which was useful in a complex international context.

The Fund of photographs is integrated with other products within the framework of the Digital Earth project

Roscosmos State Corporation has launched a new Internet portal with a database of satellite images of the Earth's surface. This was reported on Thursday in the press service of the corporation.

India has completed testing of air-launched BrahMos missiles. On December 8, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of India reported that the last stage of testing opened the way for the serial production of ammunition in the country.

A Soyuz-2 rocket and a head fairing for launching OneWeb spacecraft have been delivered to the Baikonur cosmodrome, according to the website of the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities on Wednesday.

The Senate of the US Congress, by 67 votes to 30, rejected a resolution put forward by a number of senators prohibiting the sale of medium-range air-to-air missiles and multiple launch rocket systems to Saudi Arabia, local media reported.

For the first time in history, the crew of the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft left the Cosmonaut Hotel at the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the song "Grass at Home" in Japanese. This was announced on Wednesday, December 8, Roscosmos reports in its Telegram channel.

Russia will participate in the Indian tender for the supply of light tanks and is ready to share with the customer the technologies for their creation.

In the United States, on December 7, a draft defense budget for 2022 was presented, the text of which was published by the relevant committee of the House of Representatives.

During the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to the UAE, in addition to the contract for the sale of Rafale F4 fighters to the Air Force of this country, an agreement was signed for the supply of H-225M "Caracal" multipurpose helicopters manufactured by Airbus Helicopters.

The Spanish company Navantia announced the launching ceremony of the fifth corvette of the Avante-2200 project, intended for the Saudi Arabian Navy, on December 4 at the San Fernando (Cadiz) enterprise.

The drawing is more suitable for suborbital flights, said the company's CEO Dmitry Loskutov

The lottery draw is suitable for suborbital flights, but is an unsuccessful way to promote flights to the International Space Station. This opinion was expressed during the broadcast of the launch of the Soyuz MS-20 manned spacecraft on the Roscosmos-TV channel by the CEO of Glavkosmos (part of Roscosmos) Dmitry Loskutov.

The head of the company's representative office in Russia, Sergey Kostenko, noted that the implementation of such a flight is a matter of time

Russian entrepreneurs express interest in visiting space, the implementation of such a flight is a matter of time. This opinion was expressed during the broadcast of the launch of the Soyuz MS-20 manned spacecraft on the Roscosmos-TV channel by the head of the Space Adventures representative office in Russia, Sergey Kostenko.

Azerbaijan is likely to become the second foreign customer of the Hurkus training aircraft / light attack aircraft manufactured by Turkish Aerospace Industries.

According to information published on December 2 on the Defesa Aera and Naval website, the 29th group of self-propelled artillery of the Brazilian Armed Forces received the second batch of 155-mm tracked self-propelled howitzers M-109A5, which were repaired and restored, obtained from among the surplus weapons of the US Armed Forces.

The military infrastructure on the territory of Tajikistan will be improved in the interests of the coalition groups of collective forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Chairman of the CSTO Military Committee, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said.

According to the head of the state corporation, the Russian Federation does not intend to "give this niche to the Americans"

Roscosmos does not plan to give the USA a niche of space tourism, said Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of the state corporation, at a meeting with Russian members of the cosmonaut squad.

In the early 90s, the command of the Indian Army intended to begin replacing the obsolete T-55 and Vidjajanta in service. The first ones, purchased in the Soviet Union, were created back in the 50s, while the second ones, which are a version of the British Vickers Mk.1, have been produced since 1965.

The meeting also approved the activities of the Mikhailovsky Military Artillery Academy as a basic organization for the training of military personnel for the CSTO member states in the specialties of missile troops and artillery.