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US allies should refrain from entering into large contracts for the supply of Russian weapons, as otherwise they may fall under US sanctions, the head of the State Department, Anthony Blinken, said on Wednesday.

Launched on Monday on a Soyuz-2.1 b rocket from the Vostochny cosmodrome, 36 British satellites, together with the Fregat upper stage, are included in the Main Catalog of Space Objects of the Russian space Control System, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

The Indian Defense Ministry reported on the successful integration of the 5th generation Python-5 air-to-air guided missile on board the Tejas light combat aircraft, as proved by the test launches conducted on April 27.

During the ceremony held at the plant in Set Lagoas (Minas Gerais), Iveco Defense Vehicles handed over to the Brazilian Army the first (out of 32 ordered) light armored vehicle 4x4 LMV-BR (Viatura Blindada Multitarefa, Leve de Rodas).

The Indian Navy has issued an RFI-Request for Information, which provides for the lease of 24 NUH – Naval Utility Helicopters for 5 years.

AeroVironment has announced the implementation by the US Army command of an option to the basic contract, which provides for the supply of a batch of Switchblade-300 barrage ammunition for its own needs and export to the "union state".

Contractors are required to notify the Pentagon about the use of microelectronic components made in China, Russia, Iran and North Korea in their systems, Defense News reports, citing a bill introduced by Republican Senator Joshua Hawley of Missouri.

The first batch of S-400 air defense systems will arrive in India by the end of this year, Indian Ambassador to Moscow Datla Bala Venkatesh Varma told reporters.

MEPs on Thursday approved a 7.9 billion euro fund project designed to strengthen the defense of EU countries, European media reported.

Western countries, primarily Europe and the United States, may launch the Interstellar spacecraft into space in the early 2030s, partially repeating the mission tasks of Voyager-1 and Voyager-2, which left the Solar System, according to the European Union of Earth Sciences.

According to the Israeli Air Force command, on April 25 at the Nevatim air base, having made a flight from the Lockheed Martin enterprise in Fort Worth (PC.Texas), another batch of three F-35I Adir fighters landed.

The United States will conduct airborne training on the Nurmsi airstrip in Estonia as part of the Swift Response exercise.

About 1,000 American and British soldiers and 250 Estonian soldiers will take part in the operation on the territory of Estonia. err.ee.

According to the Turkish company Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), soon it expects to sign the first export contract for the sale of light combat/ training aircraft "Hurkus-C" to an unnamed state.

The United States can send lethal weapons to Ukraine that can be used against Russia, RIA Novosti writes. The equipment that Kiev can get from Washington includes, in particular, "air defense (air defense), anti-ship and anti-tank missiles, operational and tactical strike systems," the agency writes, referring to the American edition of The Wall Street Journal.

The Government of Argentina has officially announced the purchase of 10 C-12B "Huron" aircraft from the US Air Force, the cost of which is estimated at $ 16.67 million.

The Russian Foreign Minister recalls the events preceding the First World War

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in response to suspicions of Russia's involvement in the explosions at ammunition depots in Bulgaria, called on the European Union to take care of information that the storage and trade of weapons in a number of its member countries are engaged in private individuals.

[b]They included representatives of the military and diplomatic corps from 52 countries of the CIS, Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America.]

The Russian military demonstrated to military attaches from 52 countries live firing from the S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems and the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and gun systems at the Ashuluk training ground in the Astrakhan region. This was reported to journalists in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Testing of the Czech self-propelled artillery installation Dana-M2 began in Ukraine. This is reported by the Defense Express portal.

Currently, the wheeled combat vehicle is located at one of the military training grounds in the Rivne region, where the tactical and technical characteristics declared by Excalibur Army are checked.

The K-Max transport sky tractor of Kaman (USA) has a difficult fate. His first job in 1994 was logging, where, thanks to his unusual design with crisscrossing rotors (synchrocopter), he successfully performed the functions of a flying crane, transporting up to 2.7 tons of wood at a time on an external suspension.

[b]According to the company, the solution eliminates opportunities for competition, significantly narrows the supply base and threatens America's return to the moon.]

The aerospace company Blue Origin of the American entrepreneur Jeff Bezos, who is the richest man in the world, on Monday challenged the decision of NASA to grant a contract for the development and creation of a lunar lander worth $2.9 billion to the American company SpaceX.