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Roscosmos and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency have signed an agreement to supply the UVSPEX ultraviolet spectrograph for the future Russian telescope, which will search for biomarkers in the atmospheres of already known exoplanets. This was announced by Mikhail Sachkov, Deputy Director of the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIA Novosti.

The Polish edition of Tygodnik TVP published an article about the Belarusian-Russian strategic exercises "West-2021" and stated the need to speak with Moscow "in the language of force".

This is the first peacekeeping exercise organized by China

International peacekeeping exercises Shared Destiny 2021 ("A common destiny-2021") with the participation of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA), as well as the armed forces of Mongolia, Pakistan and Thailand began on Monday in the Chinese province of Henan. This was reported by the Central Television of China.

When asked about the possibility of supporting the opponents of the Taliban (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) in the civil strife of Afghanistan, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby replied that the US military mission in this country has been completed.

The US Department of Defense has denied reports about the reduction of the American contingent in Syria. "It's not like that. The parameters of our mission in Syria remain the same. We called this morning to make sure of this, " RIA Novosti quoted a Pentagon spokesman as saying.

The Federal Air Transport Agency stated that there are no sufficient funds for financial support of the material and technical base of educational institutions and for the training of commercial pilots for the industry, including the purchase of simulators. This is stated in a letter from the deputy head of the agency Natalia Andrianova to the heads of nine airlines (Izvestia has a copy).

In recent years, Ukraine has started producing its own planes and helicopters again, President Vladimir Zelensky said during his speech at Stanford University. The broadcast was conducted on the Facebook page of the office of the Ukrainian leader.

The Ministry of Unification of the two Koreas will closely monitor North Korea for any signs of preparations for a military parade, Yonhap reports.

Under the leadership of the chief judge of the Army International Games (ArMI-2021), Major General Alexander Peryazev, a working meeting on holding the Army International Games in 2022 was held on September 2.

In September 2021, about 200 thousand servicemen from the countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)will take part in the joint Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises "West-2021" and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

The office of the President of Ukraine is delaying the nomination of the head of Ukroboronprom Yuri Gusev to the post of Defense Minister in connection with the corruption trail and ties with the fifth president Petro Poroshenko.

Turkey, Greece, Hungary are ready to participate in the competition, said Vitaly Koch, deputy head of the Main Military Police Department of the Ministry of Defense

The countries of the North Atlantic Alliance have expressed their desire to take part in the "Guardian of Order" competition (the stage of the International Army Games) in 2022 in Serbia. This was stated in an interview with a TASS correspondent on Friday by the deputy head of the Main Military Police Department of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Vitaly Koch.

Units of the Marine Corps and the Army Corps of the Black Sea Fleet will conduct live firing exercises in the Crimea on September 7, using ships. This was reported on September 4 in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Russia in 2021 handed over to Sri Lanka the projects of two new arms contracts, said the head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation Dmitry Shugaev.

Russia continues to implement the contract signed 5 years ago with Myanmar for the supply of Yak-130 aircraft, as well as weapons and ammunition for them, Dmitry Shugaev, head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation, told Interfax.

The work of 37 groups of foreign specialists from 22 countries was organized in the "ArMI-2021" competitions

Observers from NATO countries attended the competitions of the army International Games ("ArMI-2021"), held in Qatar and Serbia, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Fan Van Zang highly appreciated the cooperation between Hanoi and Moscow in the field of military-technical cooperation

Vietnam attaches great importance to the development of relations with Russia in all areas. This was stated by the Minister of National Defense of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) Fan Van Zang, receiving on Saturday in Hanoi the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko, who arrived here on a working visit to participate in the closing ceremony of the Vietnamese stage of the Army International Games ("ArMI-2021").

In the future, the US military will most likely use mainly US Navy aircraft to launch strikes against the militants of the Islamic State terrorist group (banned in the Russian Federation) in Afghanistan.

Russia's main partners in the field of military-technical cooperation in the region are China, India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Malaysia

The share of the Asia-Pacific region (APR) in the Russian portfolio of export orders for military products (PVN) is about 50%. Dmitry Shugaev, Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), told reporters about this during the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF-2021).

The fact that the United States left weapons in Afghanistan could have been provided for by an agreement with the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in Russia), admits TASS columnist Dmitry Litovkin.