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Two Russian Tu-22M3 bombers returned to their home airfield after patrolling in the airspace of Belarus. This was announced on Saturday, December 18, by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

INTERFAX - The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle on Saturday successfully launched into orbit a batch of 52 mini-satellites designed to continue the deployment of the global network of Internet coverage of the Starlink system, the developer company SpaceX reported.

Turkish Bayraktar attack drones ("Bayraktar") have entered service with the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan, the press service of the Kyrgyz president reported on Saturday.

Belarus is ready to host nuclear weapons under threat from NATO, Foreign Minister of the Republic Vladimir Makei said in an interview with RT Arabic.

Russia may deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus, but only as a retaliatory measure, retired Colonel-General Leonid Ivashov, the former head of the main Directorate for International Military Cooperation of the Russian Defense Ministry, told Interfax on Saturday.

Two long-range Tu-22M3 bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces performed patrols in the airspace of the Republic of Belarus. According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, during the flight, the crews worked out tasks together with aviation and air defense forces of a neighboring and friendly Russian state.

Ukraine has not yet planned to deploy a military contingent of any countries on its territory. This was announced by the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of the country Alexey Danilov on Saturday, December 18.

Ukraine wants to receive not only defensive, but also offensive weapons from Western partners. This was announced by Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov on Saturday, December 18.

The American company SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 launch vehicle with a Turkish communications satellite

The American company SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 launch vehicle, which will deliver the Turkish communications satellite Turksat 5A into orbit. This was reported on the company's Twitter account.

Roselectronics Holding of Rostec State Corporation set an absolute annual record for sales of reed switches on December 16, delivering 234 million 546 thousand devices to customers. More than 90% of the manufactured products are exported to 55 countries around the world. Reed switches are used as contact pairs of various relays, switches, buttons, sensors and indicators in household appliances, automotive, medical and telecommunications equipment, automation and security systems.

On December 13, 2021, Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton and Australian Defense Industry Minister Melissa Price signed a contract with Hanwha Defense Australia (the Australian branch of the Hanwha Defense Defense division of the South Korean Hanwha Group) to supply the Australian Army with 30 self-propelled howitzers K9 Thunder 155-mm/52 caliber and 15 K10 AARV transport loaders on their base, with the assembly of all of them in Australia at a planned construction facility in Geelong (Victoria).

In the first place are the American C-130 Hercules, follows from the Flight Global rating

The Russian Il-76 took the sixth place in the list of the most popular military transport aircraft in the world, compiled by the leading profile magazine Flight Global. The rating is published in the directory World Air Forces 2022, available to TASS.

The Syrian Army continues combat training classes under the guidance of Russian instructors in Palmyra, using techniques used at Russian military training grounds. This became known on Thursday, December 16.

The Mi-171A3 helicopter, designed for offshore operations and maintenance of offshore drilling platforms, has started flight tests, the Rostec press service reported.

Washington presented to the Romanian Air Force a new C-130 Hercules transport aircraft designed to carry out operations within the framework of NATO programs.

The catalog will be accompanied by additional materials, for example, analytical reviews and exclusive photos and videos

The Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) of Russia has presented a full catalog of Russian defense products. This was reported to journalists by the press secretary of the FSVTS Valeria Reshetnikova.

The Czech company Lom Praha has completed the overhaul of the Ghana Air Force Mi-171SH helicopter, which was recently identified during tests of the power plant.

As specified, such measures are necessary for the development of space tourism

Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin at a meeting of the industry operational headquarters instructed the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia to develop a plan to increase the production of Soyuz MS manned spacecraft. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the press service of Roscosmos.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he expects that the new strategic concept will confirm the importance of partners such as Ukraine and their right to join the alliance.

Ukraine has initiated a process of negotiations with partners in the Black Sea region to increase the number of exercises, President Vladimir Zelensky said after talks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.