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France conducts first military exercises in space

The French military is conducting exercises to test the capabilities of its space command in dealing with threats to its satellites. Near-Earth space has become the" real national security problem " of the Fifth Republic. The exercise is part of France's strategy to become the world's third-largest space power.

Experts say the recent spate of attacks using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) targeting Saudi Arabia underscores the growing era of "war at a distance" in the Middle East, as the region's regular armies and numerous paramilitary groups operating within it increasingly use drones for various purposes.

The Syrian news portal Zaman Al-Wasl, citing its sources, reported that Russian troops in Syria are preparing to establish a "permanent military base" near the historic city of Palmyra (Tadmor) in the province of Homs.

The US plans to deploy missiles to islands in the East China and South China Seas to counter Chinese activity in the region.

This was reported by the Japanese newspaper Nikkei with reference to a document on funding sent by the command of the US armed forces group in the Indo-Pacific region.

Three more advanced fifth-generation F-35A Lightning II multirole fighters have arrived at Ailson Air Force Base in Alaska, the US Air Force said.

The production and procurement programs of the American fifth-generation F-35 fighter-bomber were a "complete disaster". This was stated on March 5 by the chairman of the Committee on the Armed Forces of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, Adam Smith.

One of the Russian Tu-214ON aircraft, which was built for observation missions under the Open Sea Treaty, flew in a new capacity and checked the camouflage of Russian military facilities on the coasts of Crimea and Krasnodar, as well as tested the capabilities of the air defense system of these regions, a military and diplomatic source told RIA Novosti.

China and Russia will improve partnership relations and strategic cooperation that contribute to the maintenance of global peace and the protection of each other's interests, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said.

The disadvantages of the Russian Armed Forces are the lack of attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and limited capabilities at sea. This position was stated by the German Ministry of Defense in a report for internal use, which was made available to the Welt am Sonntag newspaper on March 7.

Naval aviation will be connected to the "killer" networks. The Navy will receive a unique automated control system (ACS). Thanks to the new aircraft, helicopters and drones in real time will be able not only to transmit, but also to receive the coordinates and parameters of targets from ships, submarines and ground surveillance systems.

Two B-1B bombers of the US Air Force were moving on Wednesday over the Baltic Sea to the Russian border, they were escorted by a Russian Su-27, according to the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation.

The US submarine USS John Warner in 2018 prepared to attack Russian ships off the coast of Syria. This was reported by the Fox News channel.

Tehran is not yet interested in a proposal to hold consultations in Europe on the Iranian nuclear issue, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

The Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh exposed mock-ups of the Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems to the Azerbaijani high-precision weapons.

The French naval task force (FRMARFOR), led by the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, has been in the World's oceans for almost five months since February 21, 2021. Operation Clemenceau 21 (Clemenceau 21) is a continuation of the 2019 mission of the same name and pursues similar goals to defend France's global claims.

Murder, rape, theft, and fighting-the US Marines continue to terrorize the population of the island of Okinawa, which is home to the largest US military installations in Japan. Neither the courts nor their own command are able to calm the "elite troops".

Four B-1B Lancer bombers have arrived in Norway. They have already made the first flights from the Norwegian air base Orland with F-35 fighters of the Royal Air Force in the Norwegian Sea area.

The Israeli missile attack on the suburbs of Damascus on February 28 was repelled by the Pantsir-S and Buk-M2 systems, confirming their high effectiveness, a military source told RIA Novosti on Monday.

Soldiers machine-gun connection army corps of the Eastern military district (TSB) of the Ministry of defense of Russia is carried out on the Kuril Islands of exercises involving more than 1 million people involved aircraft. This was reported on the agency's website on Friday, February 26.

Andrey Taranov noted that PR is not the main task of the armed forces, and the closure of some information allows you to achieve success in combat

Full openness of information about the armed forces, equipment and the order of their use can affect the country's defense capability and enable a potential enemy to prepare for any type of conflict, said Andrey Taranov, Deputy Head of the Department of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for perpetuating the memory of those killed in the defense of the Fatherland.