Cooperation news

The Iranian army has transferred a brigade of the 16th Armored Division armed with "Chieftain" tanks to the border with Azerbaijan. These combat vehicles purchased in the UK before the Islamic Revolution, of course, cannot be considered modern, although some of them underwent modernization, including the installation of 840-horsepower B-84 engines from T-72S, improved sights, including night sights.

The reasons for this decision are not reported

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) postponed the launch of the Epsilon-5 launch vehicle with nine satellites, including the Vietnamese NanoDragon spacecraft, scheduled for Friday. This is stated in the JAXA message.

Japanese fighters will get experience of collision with Su-30

The Indian Air Force is sending its Su-30MKI fighters to Japan for joint exercises with the Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces. This is reported by The Drive with reference to the Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun.

According to Israeli and Indian media, amid growing tensions between India and China due to the aggravation of the situation in Ladakh, the Indian Defense Ministry decided to purchase four Heron Mk.2 UAVs from IAI and place them in the area for reconnaissance.

Italy has announced its intention to arm the rEaper UAVs available in the country's Air Force (six years after receiving permission to do so from the US administration).

Indian Su-30MKI fighters of Russian design will fight in a training battle with Japanese combat aircraft, The Drive reports.

Russia has sent four combat helicopters to Mali under the contract: two Mi-171SH and two M-17V5, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti on Friday, commenting on the official statement of the Defense Ministry of this African country on the supply of Russian helicopters.

The Joe Biden administration is in an extremely difficult position due to the fact that the Indian government, led by Narendra Modi, is determined to purchase weapons from Russia.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that in the event of external aggression, the republic will turn into "a single military base of Belarus and Russia." He said this in an interview with CNN, which was released on October 1.

In a telephone conversation with the head of the Turkish Defense Ministry, Hulusi Akar, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke in favor of expanding military cooperation between the two countries, including in the fight against terrorism, the Pentagon said.

The United States will begin deploying a squadron of 27 fifth-generation F-35A fighters at Lakenheath Air Base in England next winter, the US Air Force said.

Alliances like the new AUKUS security partnership are aimed at eroding ASEAN formats, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday.

The European Union (EU) wants to create its own military training mission in Ukraine, Welt am Sonntag reported on October 3, citing documents from the European External Relations Service (EEAS).

On September 29-30, a conference of the Polish defense sector was held in Warsaw, during which the country's leadership officially and publicly presented plans for the "transformation of the Polish Army." Among other things, the programs for further equipping the Ground Forces with new types of weapons have been published.

The armed forces of Azerbaijan and Turkey will hold joint military exercises "Unbreakable Brotherhood" in Nakhichevan on October 5-8, Turkish media reported with reference to the representative of the Turkish Ministry of National Defense for Press Relations Pynar Karu.

Work is underway with foreign partners on this issue, the state corporation's report notes

ROSCOSMOS State Corporation is coordinating a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of peaceful space with Pakistan. This is stated in the Roscosmos annual report for 2020.

In addition, Roscosmos is considering the possibility of cooperation with Saudi Arabia in terms of conducting space research and experiments on board the ISS

A draft agreement has been prepared on the start of work on the preparation of an astronaut from Saudi Arabia for a flight to the International Space Station. This is stated in the annual report for 2020 of the state corporation "Roscosmos".

The state Corporation lost 1 billion rubles of net profit

Roscosmos lost about 25 billion rubles of revenue and 1 billion rubles of net profit on foreign contracts due to the pandemic, according to the report of the state corporation for 2020.

Russia and India will host stations of ground navigation systems on a mutual basis. This was announced on Thursday, September 30, according to the ROSCOSMOS report.

Russia's position on the unacceptability of the possible US use of Russian military bases in Central Asia has not changed, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday.