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Europe continues to increase its military capabilities to "resist Russian aggression." German Chancellor Olaf Scholz proposed the creation of a unified air defense system. In his opinion, it is much more efficient and cheaper than it is now. About how realistic his idea is — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Hostile act with S-300: Pursuit records to be submitted to NATO

Turkey has accused Greece of using S-300 air defense systems against its fighters, Yeni Şafak reports. Europe and the United States refrain from commenting on the incident. Ankara has warned that it will put this "hostile act" on the NATO agenda.

MiG-31BM crews began training in detecting warheads at high altitude

Russian ultra-high-altitude interceptors will teach you how to search for hypersonic targets. Pilots of MiG-31BM aircraft are already training to find such objects at altitudes above 10 thousand m. Despite the fact that no one has hypersonic weapons yet, except Russia, it is necessary to learn how to counteract it now, and these aircraft are optimal for such a task, experts say.

The enterprise was used for the repair and restoration of military helicopters of the VFU

Over the weekend, strikes were carried out not only on accumulations of infantry and combat vehicles of Ukrainian troops, but also on rear military facilities, including Motor Sich in Zaporozhye.

The 55th meeting of the Coordinating Committee on Air Defense under the Council of Defense Ministers of the CIS member States was held in the city of Cholpon-Ata (Kyrgyzstan).

Military expert Vladimir Evseev and military political scientist Oleg Glazunov on the air of Sputnik radio shared their opinion about what the aircrew of the Ukrainian air Force is like.

Russian air defense systems in the area of the special operation daily repel attacks by nationalists using drones, multiple rocket launchers and Tochka-U ballistic missiles.

Ankara's representatives intend to appeal to NATO with a complaint about the actions of the Greek air defense forces, which aimed their S-300 at Turkish Air Force fighters. This is happening against the background of powerful pressure on Turkey, which is being exerted on it by the United States and the North Atlantic Alliance due to the fact that it has acquired S-400 air defense systems from Russia.

Raytheon Missiles and Defense, a division of Raytheon Technologies, announced the signing of a contract for the supply of NASAMS (National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System) medium-range air defense systems.

Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin has signed a decree according to which the full-time strength of the Russian army will exceed 2 million people from the new year. Of these, 1.15 million are actually military. It is planned to strengthen the ranks of the army participating in the special operation at the expense of contract professionals. What types of troops and military specialties should be strengthened first of all?

The warehouses of special equipment of the Syrian Research Center were damaged, said Oleg Egorov, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties in the republic.

Kiev is trying to disrupt the visit of international observers to the station

On the eve of the upcoming visit of international observers, Ukrainian forces have intensified the shelling of the Zaporozhye NPP. From August 25 to August 26, the VFU launched an artillery strike on the station twice. They connected American M777 howitzers to the shelling of the NPP.

What are the NASAMS complexes that cover Washington

At the end of August, the Pentagon announced that six NASAMS mobile anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs) and other weapons will be delivered to Ukraine in the coming months.

Washington will hand over to Kiev six NASAMS air defense batteries capable of operating in a single network among themselves and with other means of air and missile defense. Earlier, the APU has already received two such batteries.

Comparison with a foreign car stimulated the development of Mikoyan Design Bureau aircraft

The crews of MiG-31BM fighters of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have won the first aerial victories in the sky over Donbass. This conclusion can be made based on the information heard at the daily briefings of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the course of the special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine.

Sailors help anti-aircraft gunners protect the city from air raids

Ships of the Russian Navy based in Sevastopol have joined the fight against unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) trying to conduct reconnaissance and drop grenades on urban objects. Since August 18, Black Sea sailors have been forced to open fire on newly discovered air targets almost daily. As a rule, they appear late in the evening, at night or early in the morning.

The Pentagon confessed to impotence in front of Soviet X-22 missiles

The Defense News portal, citing a Pentagon source, reported that the US army "will not be able to effectively resist the X-22 missiles." "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what scared the Americans.

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The United States has provided more than $13.5 billion in military aid to Ukraine since January last year, and more than $15.5 billion since 2014. This is stated in a written statement issued on Wednesday by Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder.

During a special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces used hypersonic Kinzhal missile systems three times. This is told by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

Since 2011, Vietnam and Israel have been experiencing increasing cooperation in the defense sector. According to expert estimates, to date, the value of military-industrial complex transactions between Hanoi and Israel has amounted to $1.5 billion. In particular, an Israeli businessman founded a $100 million factory in Vietnam to assemble Tavor assault rifles.