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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.

The third and fourth missions to deliver people to the International Space Station (ISS) using the Crew Dragon spacecraft will send American, European and Japanese astronauts, as well as another unnamed crew member, to Earth orbit, NASA reports.

The exercises will involve up to 200 thousand personnel, about 80 aircraft and helicopters, up to 760 units of military equipment, including 290 tanks, 240 guns, multiple rocket launchers and mortars, as well as up to 15 ships.

During the visit of the delegation of Kazakhstan led by Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar to the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant of the Russian Helicopters Holding (part of the Rostec State Corporation), further prospects for the development of cooperation in the production of Mi-171 helicopters were discussed.

The specialists of the enterprise visited the Baikonur cosmodrome only for the purpose of assessing the technical condition of the structures in which the spacecraft is located

The Molniya Scientific and Production Enterprise (NPO) visited Baikonur in order to assess the condition of the technical structure in which the Buran flight sample is stored, the enterprise has no plans to return the spacecraft to Russia. This was reported to TASS on Thursday in the press service of the NGO.

Minsk believes that the creation of a combat training center will "strengthen the practical component of the unified regional air defense system of the Union State"

Belarusian and Russian Air Force and air defense units have taken up combat duty in Belarus as part of the joint training training center. This was reported on Thursday by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus.

The corresponding draft note of the Russian Foreign Ministry suggests the extension of the agreement on duty-free import of "space" goods for a period of five years until 2026

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin instructed the Foreign Ministry on behalf of the government to exchange notes with the United States on the extension of the duty-free import agreement for goods transported within the framework of Russian-American cooperation in the field of space exploration. The document is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.

Turkey has laid the first of four planned corvettes of a new type for the Ukrainian Naval Forces. The main contractor is the state-owned company STM.

The EU countries should actively work on creating their own military unit. This was first stated by the European People's Party — the largest supranational political association of the European Union.

The Boeing company at the enterprise in Ridley Park (Philadelphia, pc.Pennsylvania) has started testing the first Chinook heavy transport helicopter upgraded to the latest version of the CH-47F by the Airmobile Forces of the Spanish Land Forces (FAMET).

On September 3, the Indian Ministry of Defense announced the signing of an agreement with the US Military Department on the joint implementation of the air-based UAV Development project (ALUAV), which took place on July 30, 2021.

The cause of the accident of the American-Ukrainian Alpha rocket was the premature stop of one of the four engines of the first stage, which was accompanied by the closing of valves in the fuel lines, the American portal reports Space.com, referring to the statement of representatives of the company Firefly.