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Germany does not want to sell weapons to Turkey
Although Germany has not officially imposed an arms embargo on Turkey, there is an "informal" ban, Turkish Defense Minister Hulsi Akar said in an interview with Sedat Ergin, a columnist for the pro-government newspaper Hürriyet.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that there was no specific enemy at the Zapad-2021 exercises
The Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises "West-2021", which caused concern among a number of European countries, did not involve a specific enemy, the leadership of the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The cancellation of the contract for the creation of submarines by Canberra was not a surprise for Paris, says the Prime Minister of Australia
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday denied French accusations that Canberra misled Paris before announcing the cancellation of a joint contract for the construction of nuclear submarines, Western media reported on Sunday.
France and Switzerland have denied information about the cancellation of a meeting of their leaders after the decision of the Swiss to buy US fighter jets
The authorities of France and Switzerland have denied media reports that Paris refused to meet the presidents of these two countries, Emmanuel Macron and Guy Parmelin, against the background of the fact that the Swiss side this year preferred to buy fighter jets from the United States, and not in France.
The Russian-European rover is preparing to drill the Red Planet
A mock-up of the Rosalind Franklin rover of the Russian-European ExoMars-2022 mission extracted soil from a depth of 1.7 meters during tests, Roscosmos reported, citing materials from the European Space Agency (ESA).
Delivery of nuclear submarines to Australia will be the first initiative of AUKUS
The creation of nuclear submarines for the Australian Navy will be the first initiative under the new AUKUS alliance, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced.
France is outraged by Australia's decision to build nuclear submarines in cooperation with the United States and Britain to the detriment of French interests
The decision announced by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to build nuclear submarines (NPS) within the framework of the new AUKUS alliance has caused outrage in the French government.
Glavkosmos assessed the future of tourist flights into space
In the next 15-20 years, orbital flights of tourists are unlikely to become mass due to the high cost. This was announced on September 16 by the general director of Glavkosmos, Dmitry Loskutov.
France called Australia's decision on the supply of submarines a stab in the back
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Thursday, September 16, called Australia's decision to break the agreement with the French company Naval Group on the construction of submarines a stab in the back.
The US President called the goal of creating a new military partnership AUKUS
The Trilateral Defense Partnership of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States (AUKUS) is designed to guarantee its participants the possession of the most modern means of responding to rapidly developing threats.
Pilatus Aircraft delivered the first PC-21 TCB to the Spanish Air Force
Pilatus Aircraft Ltd announced the ceremony of handing over the first new PC-21 (national designation E. 27) to the Spanish Defense Ministry on September 14 in San Javier (Mercia).
In Africa, the winner of the battle between the Su-35 and Rafale was evaluated
Thanks to the best maneuverability and avionics, the Russian Su-35 fighter will win the French Rafale in a dogfight at a distance of visibility, the South African magazine Ultimate Defense says in a special issue dedicated to the Army-2021 forum. The assessment of the publication drew attention to TASS.
The leaders of the CSTO countries adopted a joint declaration in Dushanbe
The CSTO leaders approved at a session in Dushanbe a plan to equip the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces with modern weapons, follows from the text of the declaration adopted at the end of the summit.
They will train personnel for the CSTO troops in a new way
The CSTO approved a plan to improve the system of joint training of military personnel for the armed forces of the member states and recommendations on the order of interaction of military educational institutions in the system of joint training of military personnel. This was reported in the press service of the CSTO Joint Staff.
Japan's Synspective has signed a contract to launch a second satellite from the Vostochny cosmodrome
In mid-2022, the company intends to launch its StriX-1 radar satellite from the Russian cosmodrome to create a grouping of devices in orbit to monitor natural disaster zones.
Parts of Russian floating nuclear power plants will be built in China
Parts of Russian floating nuclear power plants will be built at the Wison (Nantong) Heavy Industry Co Ltd. shipyard in Nantong. A Chinese manufacturer has won a competition for the construction of two nuclear power plant buildings for the needs of the Baim Mining and Processing Plant. The Chinese shipyard offered the lowest price, Kommersant reports.
Yuri Borisov did not rule out that India will become the first buyer of the S-500 air defense system
Which of the foreign customers can be among the first to be supplied with our unique latest S-500 anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs), Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government Yuri Borisov told reporters at the Tyumen Oil and Gas Forum.[
Borisov: we will talk about the export of S-500 only after the Russian army is saturated with them
India may become the first buyer of the latest Russian S-500 anti-aircraft missile system, but we will talk about deliveries only after the Russian army is saturated with these complexes, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told reporters on Thursday.
Russia announced that Ukraine is searching for a "Wunderwaffe"
Instead of the costly and difficult path of full-fledged military construction, Ukraine is looking for a" Wunderwaffe "(from the German Wunderwaffe) — a" miracle weapon "that would allow it to repel all the phantom attacks of the Russian side at once, said military observer of Izvestia Anton Lavrov.
The Serbian army plans to receive anti-tank systems "Kornet"
The Russian-made Kornet anti-tank missile systems were purchased for the Serbian armed forces. This information was announced by President Aleksandar Vucic last Wednesday during an inspection of weapons and military equipment at an exhibition launched to commemorate the Day of Serbian Unity, Freedom and the National Flag. This is reported by the portal Tango Six.
