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The Japanese authorities refused to allocate funds in 2021 to equip their f-15 fighter jets with new American missiles, Kyodo reported on December 12, citing a source in the country's government.

According to the US air Force life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at the Wright-Patterson air base (Ohio), on December 10, 2020, the delivery of all 84 new-built Boeing f-15SA Eagle multi-role fighters to the Saudi air force was completed under an intergovernmental agreement in 2011. The AFLCMC center, in accordance with standard practice, is responsible from the US air force for work on exported aircraft under the us intergovernmental foreign military sales program Foreign Military Sales (FMS) in case of significant modification.

Six specialized research organizations and nine military educational institutions of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation were given the status of basic research organizations of the CSTO. This was reported at a meeting of the working group under the Council of defense Ministers of the CSTO.

Moscow continues to help Belgrade strengthen the power of the Serbian armed forces, Deputy head of the Federal service for military-technical cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation Anatoly Punchuk told Interfax.

Lukashenko approved a plan for the use of a regional grouping of troops of Belarus and the Russian Federation

Russia and Belarus have updated the plan for the use of a regional grouping of troops of the two countries, which has already been supported by the Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko. This decision was due, as explained in Minsk, to the actions of NATO near the borders of Belarus. Earlier, Moscow and Minsk repeatedly talked about the activation of NATO at the Eastern borders of the Alliance.

The distributor of Microsoft products, Softline, will no longer be able to supply software to Bauman Moscow state technical University due to new US sanctions. Microsoft refuses to sell its SOFTWARE to a University that trains weapons specialists.

Us assistant Secretary of state threatened sanctions for purchasing weapons from Russia or China

The US is again talking about sanctions in response to the acquisition of military equipment by other countries from Russia and China. This time, Iraq came into view, having recently expressed a desire to do so. Until now, the question remains open about the acquisition of Russian s-400 air defense systems by Ankara: Washington still intends to impose sanctions on Turkey for this.

The main goal of the United States and NATO should be to show initiative in the black sea region, and if Georgia gives permission to open a us military base, Washington would use it to send troops to Syria or Iraq, former commander of the us ground forces in Europe, retired Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, said on Georgia's first channel.

The share of Russian companies in the global arms market is falling catastrophically. And this is not someone who claims it, but a very authoritative source-the Swedish research center SIPRI. How well-founded are such statements, what impact do US sanctions have on the Russian arms trade, and what promising market is opening up for Russia now?

as emphasized in the United shipbuilding Corporation, the export of PMO ships of project 12701 is carried out by Rosoboronexport JSC

The latest Russian mine defense ships (PMO) of the project 12701 " Alexandrit-e "(export-oriented modification of the minesweepers of the project 12700 "Alexandrit" - approx. TASS) may start building in India. This was reported to TASS by the United shipbuilding Corporation (USC).

Sudan has approved the deployment of Russian Navy ships with a nuclear power plant. This is stated in the text of the agreement concluded by the Russian Federation and Sudan.

It is possible to jointly develop such an aircraft with foreign partners

rostec is developing the concept of a light single-engine fifth-generation fighter at its own expense, the head of the state Corporation Sergey Chemezov told reporters.

Top Aces, a pilot training company based in Dorval, Quebec, Canada, has been granted permission to purchase and import up to 29 F-16 fighters withdrawn from the air force of an unnamed state.

French armed forces Minister Florence PARLY said in a TV interview on December 3 that negotiations with Indonesia on the purchase of 36 Rafale fighters from Dassault are at an advanced stage, although the contract has not yet been signed.

Russian defense companies Almaz-Antey and USC entered the list of 25 world military-industrial leaders, despite a decline in revenue in 2019, according to a report published on Monday by the Stockholm international peace research Institute (SIPRI).

mass media: China replaced Russian d-30KP-2 engines with more powerful WS-20

China has replaced the Russian-made d-30KP-2 turbofan engines with its own WS-20. According to American media, Chinese engines will be more powerful than those that were installed earlier. Experts believe that in this regard, the military transport aircraft of the people's Republic of China Y-20 will be remotorized in the near future.

The United States will not allow the possible deployment of Iranian missiles on the territory of Venezuela. This statement was made by the US special representative for Iran and Venezuela Elliot Abrams on Thursday, December 3.

The draft us defense budget proposes sanctions over Turkey's purchase of Russian s-400 air defense systems, the document says.

The Department of procurement of the Ministry of defense of South Korea (Defense Acquisition Program Administration - DAPA) decided to equip the third batch of 50 main tanks of South Korean production K2 Black Panther German transmission, which is part of the power plant of the tank with the engine of national production, writes Brian Kim in an article for the publication "Defense News".

Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Roscosmos state Corporation, reported on preparations for the launch of the ExoMars interplanetary space station as part of a joint search with the European space Agency (ESA) for traces of life on the red planet.