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Moscow and Beijing intend to extend the agreement on notification of launches of ballistic missiles and space launch vehicles until 2030.

Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation Yunus-Bek Yevkurov checked the venues of the Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises "West-2021"in Belarus. This was reported in the Russian Defense Ministry.

Morocco and Algeria are among the third world countries and occupy leading positions in the field of arms imports. The first acquires it from the United States, and the second — from Russia. Not so long ago, the Moroccan army took part in NATO naval exercises in the Black Sea together with Ukraine, Georgia and a number of other countries. According to the publication, Russia has found a way to respond to the US provocation.

The Naval Forces of Ukraine have received the first Bayraktar TB2 unmanned reconnaissance and strike system, which can be used to destroy Russian warships, Defense Express reports.

Turkey has delivered the first Bayraktar TB2 unmanned complex to the Ukrainian Navy. This was announced on Thursday, July 16, by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

The Russian military on Thursday raised a MiG-31 fighter jet to escort a US Navy P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Kamchatka, the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation reported.

Russia promptly responded to the approach of a US reconnaissance aircraft to the Russian borders by sending a fighter jet to meet the uninvited guest. According to British readers, there is no news in this message, but some are joking. "What were the American pilots worried about, whether they turned to the Russians with the same pronoun," writes one of them.

Two pairs of MiG-31 and Su-35 fighters escorted three US Air Force B-52N strategic bombers that approached the Russian border over the Bering Sea, the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation reports.

The Tamir missile of the Iron Dome anti-aircraft missile System (SAM) launched by Israel in response to the Gaza Strip accidentally hit an F-15l fighter flying over the sector. This is reported by The Times Of Israel with reference to local television.

It is almost 71%, the Russian Defense Minister noted

The Russian armed forces have the highest percentage of modern weapons and military equipment among the armies of the world-almost 71%, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The nationality of the offending warships will not be taken into account

Russia will not allow provocations off the coast of Crimea, like the one committed by the British destroyer Defender, a tough reaction will follow, said Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Mikhail Popov.

Former US President George W. Bush criticized the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, calling the White House's decision a mistake. On Wednesday, July 14, he told the German TV and radio company DW.

A comprehensive training on the combat readiness of troops has started in the Central Military District( CVO), more than 10 thousand servicemen are involved in it, the press service of the CVO reports on Wednesday.

The new national security strategy aims to preserve Russia's leadership in the development of new types of weapons, and the total share of modern weapons in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation should remain below 70%, said Mikhail Popov, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

Overcoming Russian protective zones in the Black Sea and Baltic regions was practiced at the recent NATO exercises Defender Europe-2021, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Mikhail Popov said in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

While the United States is being accused of fleeing Afghanistan, the columnist of an opposition Turkish newspaper does not believe that Washington's mission has failed, because somehow it does not seem like the Americans. He puts forward a version to a friend that, in his opinion, fits more accurately into the idea of a superpower. But what role is assigned to Turkey? Very unenviable, the journalist believes.

The kidnappings by foreign spies of the discoveries of brilliant British universities and individual researchers pose no less a threat to the UK than terrorism.

The countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization condemn the ongoing violence in Afghanistan and are ready to assist the country in combating security challenges in the region, according to a joint statement by the foreign ministers of the SCO member states adopted following the meeting in the format of the SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group.

The UK will work with representatives of the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) if they enter the government of Afghanistan, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace said in an interview with The Telegraph newspaper.

The National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation has published a video of the escort of the US Ares reconnaissance aircraft in the sky over the Black Sea.