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Two pilots are in a serious condition in the hospital

An Afghan Air Force plane that crashed in Uzbekistan was shot down while trying to illegally cross the border, two pilots are in a serious condition in hospital, the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan reported on Monday.

The next strategic directive of the Joint Council for the Control of ensuring the needs of the Pentagon will focus on the future "integrated air and missile defense" (air defense and missile defense), reports Breaking Defense statement of the deputy chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces (AF) of the United States, General John Hyten.

America may refuse to supply military equipment to Poland because of the authoritarian sentiments of the republic.

This was stated by Polish General Miroslav Ruzhansky, reports the publication Wirtualna Polska, writes Rubaltic.ru. 

The IDEF-2021 exhibition will be held on August 17-20

The Sula radar station, designed to monitor space objects, as well as the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system, the Viking anti-aircraft missile system and other air defense systems will be presented by Almaz-Antey Concern at the IDEF-2021 International Defense Exhibition, which will be held in Istanbul from August 17 to 20. This was reported on Friday in the press service of the concern.

The South Korean company LIG-Nex1 is likely to be selected as the lead developer of the national "Near-Range Defense System-2" (CIWS-II) for combat ships of the Republic of Korea Navy.

The head of the strategic command of the US armed forces, Charles Richard, said that US military sensors do not effectively detect the presence of hypersonic missiles, and Russia is a leader in creating this type of weapon. He announced this at the annual symposium on space and missile defense, RIA Novosti reports.

The Almaz-Antey concern has started mass production of missiles for the Russian S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMS), TASS reports, citing a source in the military-industrial complex.

During the exercises, the military will focus on improving the coherence of the control bodies and military units of the anti-aircraft missile forces

The Armed Forces of Belarus have launched operational and tactical air defense exercises with live firing, the second stage of which will be held jointly with the Russian military at a training ground in the Russian Federation. This was announced on Wednesday by the Belarusian Ministry of Defense in its Telegram channel.

Kiev's statements about the possibility of deploying US air defense systems in Ukraine are provocative and do not meet the fundamental interests of the people, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that Minsk is interested in receiving S-400 air defense systems from Russia and is confident that the republic will receive them.

The list of strategic enterprises also includes the public Joint Stock Company "Scientific and Production Association "Almaz" named after Academician A. A. Raspletin "and the joint stock company" Head Production and Technical Enterprise "Granit".

To participate in the tactical exercise, units of the S-400 "Triumph" anti-aircraft missile regiment of the Leningrad Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Western Military District (ZVO) have begun relocating to the center for combat training and combat use of the VKS (Astrakhan region). Combat crews of S-400 "Triumph" anti-aircraft missile systems will make a combined march of more than 2 thousand km to the Ashuluk training ground.

The United States has successfully tested an upgraded PAC-3 MSE missile designed for the Patriot complex. She destroyed a tactical ballistic missile.

Representatives of Saudi Arabia held a number of preliminary consultations and negotiations on the purchase of the Abakan anti-aircraft missile system, the Newspaper reports.Ru" with reference to sources related to the Russian military-industrial complex.

The latest samples of small arms, as well as extended – range flamethrowers and MANPADS "Verba" were delivered to the largest military facility of Russia abroad-a base in Tajikistan.

The Air Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on the border with Belarus have put on combat duty the machines of the automated control system (ACS) for aviation and air defense "Oreanda", Defense Express reports.

Belarus is interested in buying the Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile system and counts on a positive decision of the Russian leadership, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said.

The US State Department has approved the potential supply to Japan under the Foreign Military Sales program of a batch of RIM-116C Blok-2 missiles and other related equipment for ship-based RAM air defense systems.

On August 6, the crews of high-altitude MiG-31BM interceptor fighters of the Central Military District Aviation Division intercepted a conditional intruder of the airspace boundaries in the stratosphere during a tactical flight exercise in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

Russia can put an end to the piracy of Israeli aircraft in the Syrian airspace by transferring more powerful air defense systems and operational information from its anti-aircraft systems deployed in the region to Damascus. The recent missile attack, successfully repelled by the Syrian army (as it is believed, not without the help of Russia), as well as the change in the rhetoric of the Russian Defense Ministry, are a signal to both Tel Aviv and Washington to negotiate clearer parameters for ending the conflict in Syria, MilitaryWatch writes.