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The Armed Forces of Morocco received the first Bayraktar TB2 UAVs
As reported, starting from September 20, Moroccan news sites, the Moroccan Armed Forces received the first batch of Bayraktar TB2 UAVs from the Turkish company Baykar Makina.
Anti-drug exercises of the CSTO countries will be held in Armenia
The special services of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries will hold anti-drug exercises "Thunder-2021" in Armenia from September 24 to 28, Press Secretary Vladimir Zainetdinov said.
Defense Ministry: the heads of the General Staffs of Russia and the United States discussed reducing risks in military activities
Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov and Chairman of the Committee of Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces Mark Milley held a meeting in Finland on Wednesday, where, in particular, they discussed reducing the risks of incidents during military activities, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.
The St. Petersburg enterprise UEC will receive credit support in the amount of 500 million rubles for the export of civilian products
The company "UEC-Klimov" (part of the United Engine Corporation) and JSC " ROSEXIMBANK "(part of the REC group, VEB. Russia) signed a loan agreement, the press service of the UEC reports.
In November, Saab will send two Gripen E fighters to Brazil
As Mikael Franzen, Saab's vice president for sales and marketing, said in an interview with the Brazilian newspaper Valor Economico, the Swedish company has completed the assembly of two Gripen E fighters for the Brazilian Air Force.
Media: Hainan plans to actively develop the industry of small space satellites
According to several participants of the Wenchang International Aerospace Forum-2021, Hainan can provide their launch and is able to process data received from orbit
The South Chinese province of Hainan plans to actively develop the industry of small space satellites and will constantly increase cooperation with other countries in this direction. This was reported by the newspaper "Hainan Zhibao".
African "Peonies": how Soviet superbugs ended up in Angola
The most powerful Soviet self-propelled guns - 203-mm 2S7 "Peony" were mainly operated in Soviet artillery brigades of high power. In total, according to various sources, more than 500 such combat vehicles were manufactured.
The EU needs to strengthen its own defense capabilities, this is not a threat to Brussels ' allies - the head of the European Council
The EU, against the background of the situation with the refusal of Australia from the contract with France for the creation of submarines, needs to make more efforts to strengthen its own defense potential, the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, told reporters at the UN on Monday.
A Russian private company plans to send satellites into orbit in early 2022
We are talking about small spacecraft under the Space-Pi program, including for automatic identification of vessels
Sputnix (a resident of Skolkovo) plans to launch small spacecraft under the Space-Pi program, including for automatic identification of ships (AIS), in the first quarter of next year. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the organization.
The expert believes that sanctions against weapons from Russia only formalized unspoken decisions
Alan Lushnikov, First Vice-President of the Kalashnikov Union of Russian Gunsmiths, noted that the production of civilian small arms and the strengthening of the position of domestic manufacturers in this market allows defense industry enterprises to fulfill their tasks.
Pilots from Russia and Kazakhstan at an exercise near Orenburg practice strikes on anti-aircraft installations of conditional terrorists
Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers, Su-25 and Su-24MR aircraft together with the Su-25 of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan are working out fire tasks to destroy the positions of a conditional enemy within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) "Peace Mission-2021" exercise in the Orenburg region, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Tuesday.
More than 70 artillery and missile systems will be used in the exercises of the SCO countries
About 5.5 thousand military personnel and more than 1.2 thousand units of weapons and special equipment are involved in the practical exercises
The military personnel will use more than 70 artillery and missile systems to work out tasks to combat illegal armed groups at the anti-terrorist exercises of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member countries "Peace Mission-2021", which are being held in the Orenburg Region. This is stated in a message distributed on Tuesday by the press service of the Central Military District.
Russian military engineers will apply the combat experience of Syria at the SCO exercises
As part of the air detachments, Mi-8 helicopters with VSM-1 mining systems will be involved, tracked minelayers of modern modification GMZ-3 will also be used
The Syrian combat experience will be the basis for the actions of the Russian engineering troops at the international exercises of the military contingents of the SCO member states "Peace Mission-2021", which are taking place in the Orenburg region. This was announced to journalists on Tuesday by the head of the engineering troops of the Central Military District (CVO), Major General Dmitry Koruts.
Rogozin believes that cooperation between Roscosmos and SpaceX is hardly possible
According to the head of Roscosmos, SpaceX is trying to squeeze the Russian state corporation out of the space launch market, using various tools, including dumping
Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin ruled out direct cooperation between Roscosmos organizations and Elon Musk's company SpaceX.
Rogozin accused SpaceX of squeezing Roscosmos out of the market
The American company SpaceX, headed by Elon Musk, is squeezing Roscosmos enterprises out of the international space services market, RIA Novosti reports the statement of the general director of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.
In Russia, they told about the" riveting " nuclear submarines of the United States
Since non-nuclear submarines are inferior to nuclear submarines in their effectiveness, the termination of the contract with France for the construction of submarines of the Shortfin Barracuda Block 1A project in favor of American (Virginia) or British (Astute) is beneficial to Australia, military expert Dmitry Boltenkov tells in Izvestia.
The United States handed over UH-1H helicopters to Colombia
The Colombian Ground Forces are starting the combat use of five UH-1H multi-purpose helicopters, which were previously operated as part of the Pakistan Air Force Air Corps.
They planned to re-impose sanctions against Honor
US President Joe Biden may again impose sanctions against the Chinese company Honor. This is reported by The Washington Post.
The Ukrainian-American exercises Rapid Trident-2021 have begun
Large-scale international exercises have begun in the Lviv region of Ukraine. September 20, portal armyinform.com.ua He informed that the multinational Ukrainian-American military exercises Rapid Trident-2021 have begun on the basis of the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security.
Disadvantages of Chinese J-20 aircraft with Russian engines are named
Analysts called the shortcomings of the Chinese fifth-generation aircraft with Russian engines, which reduce the efficiency of the J-20. The maneuverability of the aircraft may not be enough to compete with the F-22 and F-35. This is reported by the South China Morning Post.