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In total, more than 20 aircraft were involved in the exercise episode

More than 20 aircraft from Russia and Belarus have worked out the use of aviation weapons as part of the Zapad-2021 exercise at the Ruzhansky training ground (Belarus). In particular, the crews of the Tu-22M3 of the Russian Aerospace Forces practiced bombing, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

The equipment and competitive cost of the new Su-75 Checkmate light tactical aircraft will allow it to bypass foreign manufacturers. This opinion was shared by columnist Mark Episkopos in an article for The National Interest.

What are the military of Russia and Belarus working out at the Zapad-2021 exercises

Until September 16, joint maneuvers "West-2021"will be held in Russia and Belarus. As part of the exercises, the military has already worked out the capture of the coast, the mass release of paratroopers with night vision devices in the dark, bombing attacks from a height of 1 km and firing cruise missiles in the Barents Sea.

Su-35S fighters destroyed the planes of the imaginary enemy from a distance of more than a hundred kilometers, the Zvezda TV channel reported, citing the press service of the Western Military District (ZVO).

Belarus plans to buy more than $1 billion worth of weapons from Russia, President of the Republic Alexander Lukashenko told reporters while visiting the Obuz-Lesnovsky training ground near Baranovichi during the Zapad-2021 military exercises.

By mid-October, the return of troops to permanent deployment points after the strategic Russian-Belarusian exercises "West-2021", in which about 200 thousand servicemen participate, should be completed.

Repelling the offensive of enemy troops and launching a counterattack were worked out on Sunday during the joint Belarusian-Russian military exercise "West-2021", Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said.

The unsuccessful launch of the new Alpha rocket is associated with the premature shutdown of the first-stage engine. After the problem made itself felt, the carrier was blown up.

By the end of the year, Russia will supply the first foreign customer with a launch batch of the latest aviation concrete-piercing missiles X-59MKM, capable, in particular, of destroying the enemy's protected underground control points, a military and diplomatic source told RIA Novosti.

Currently, the" good name "of the Ukrainian aviation industry makes a "safety margin" of the An-124-100 Ruslan aircraft, which will finally go out of airworthiness in the 2040s. The corresponding dates of the disappearance of the Ukrainian aircraft industry are predicted by Defense Express.

Russia begins exporting the latest aviation concrete-piercing missiles X-59MKM.

The first foreign customer will receive a batch of aviation concrete-piercing missiles X-59MKM by the end of the year. This was reported to RIA Novosti by a military-diplomatic source.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov believes that the cooling of relations between Moscow and Washington does not mean that the countries have been working in the field of counterterrorism for the last 20 years in vain.

The joint strategic exercise Zapad-2021, which started on Thursday, is of a defensive nature, the Russian Defense Ministry says. "The opening ceremony of the joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus" West-2021 "was held at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod Region," the Russian military department reported.

The military of the CSTO countries conducted a training counter-terrorist operation, worked out the coordination and joint destruction of illegal armed groups that invaded from outside.

"Today, the final stage of the joint exercise with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region of Collective Security of the CSTO" Rubezh-2021 "took place in Kyrgyzstan at the Edelweiss training ground, during which more than 30 introductory exercises were worked out," the press service of the CSTO Joint Staff reported.

On September 7, the Spanish company Navantia announced the start of sea trials of the lead of five Avante-2200 class corvettes ordered for the Saudi Arabian Navy.

The general director of the Kazakhstan JSC "Rocket and Space Company "Baikonur" Dauren Musa said that his company owns the second flight model of the Soviet "Buran". The businessman assured that the company does not plan to transfer it to Russia, TASS reports.

Dmitry Rogozin, the General Director of Roscosmos, responded on Facebook to the owner of the Kazakh Rocket and Space Company Baikonur, Dauren Musa, who introduced himself as the owner of an almost ready-made flight model of the Soviet reusable Buran spacecraft, RIA Novosti reports.

The heads of state of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will sign an agreement on equipping the collective forces with modern weapons and equipment at a meeting in Dushanbe on September 16, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said.

Representatives of the armed forces of China, Vietnam and Myanmar are invited to the exercises as observers

Foreign observers are invited to the Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises "West-2021". This was reported on Thursday in the press service of the Western Military District.

Israel has completed the acceptance of four corvettes from Germany. September 8, portal defensenews.com He reported that the ship Nitzahon arrived in the port of Haifa after a two-week journey from Germany.