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Peru actively operates Russian helicopters and anti-tank systems, there are plans to expand partnership with this country, said the head of Rosoboronexport Alexander Mikheev.

SITDEF 2021 will be held from 28 to 31 October on the territory of the chief of army staff in Lima

Rosoboronexport (part of state Corporation rostec) will present about 300 models of weapons and equipment on the International defense technology exhibition SITDEF 2021, which will be held from 28 to 31 October on the territory of the chief of army staff in Lima (Republic of Peru).

The annual US military spending on the purchasing power index is comparable to the combined defense spending of China and Russia, writes USNI News.

A new Cabinet of Ministers has been formed in Canada under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The Government consisted of 38 ministers, 19 men and 19 women, who took the oath of allegiance to the country and the head of Canada, Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain. 

For the defense technology exhibition SITDEF 2021, which will be held from October 28 to 31 on the territory of the General Headquarters of the Ground Forces in Lima (Peru), CAMTO publishes statistics on imports of VIVT Peru for the last 8 years (2013-2020).

The commander of the troops of the Central Military District (CVO), Alexander Lapin, arrived in Kazan to check the readiness for the exercise of the collective peacekeeping forces of the CSTO countries "Indestructible Brotherhood-2021", which will be held on November 8-12, the press service of the district reports.

A large and powerful Alliance needs the head of a small Finland to maintain a dialogue with Vladimir Putin. But can this need be called unconditionally mutual and permanent? This is how the Finnish newspaper reacted to the message about the upcoming visit of President Niinisto to Russia. It was announced after the visit of the NATO Secretary General to Helsinki.

The sides highly appreciated the current state of bilateral relations

The Russian-Indian Military Cooperation Group discussed issues of cooperation in the field of defense. This was reported on Wednesday to journalists in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Within the framework of the international forum "Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: the Beginning of Trust", the Russian government, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Alliance in the field of AI (BEAC, MTS, VK, Gazprom Neft, Yandex, RDIF) and other major companies and research organizations signed the code of ethics in the field of artificial intelligence (CECI), which establishes general ethical principles and standards of conduct for participants in this industry.

About 200 servicemen of the two countries took part in the active phase of the exercises

The final stage of the joint exercises of Russian and Egyptian paratroopers "Defenders of Friendship - 2021" was held on Wednesday near Cairo. The active phase with practical landing and tactical actions was carried out at the Egyptian Armed Forces training ground Wadi Sakran near the city of Inshas, 60 km from the Egyptian capital, a TASS correspondent reports.

The reserve composition of the military units of the combined arms association of the Eastern Military District (VVO), stationed in Primorye, has begun training, the press service of the district reports.

The Munich Security Conference on February 18-20, 2022 will be held in person for the first time in two years, the DPA news agency reports with reference to the chairman of the conference on Wolfgang Ischinger.

The US Army intends to abandon the old methods of assessing the physical parameters of military personnel in favor of more accurate and high-tech. Four new techniques are being tested at Fort Bragg on a group of volunteers.

The commander of the Guard unit, Colonel Yevgeny Zhuravlev, held a briefing for representatives of the military delegation

A Sri Lankan military delegation visited the Kantemirov Tank Division of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District in the Moscow region. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of the ZVO.

The American company General Dynamics Land Systems has signed an agreement with the startup Epirus on the integration of its Leonidas pulsed electromagnetic weapon on the Stryker armored vehicle. According to The Drive, the developers want to offer this combination to the US Army, which plans to equip Stryker with a directed energy weapon and has already tested it with a combat laser.

Statements that Kiev could aim missiles at Moscow were not a threat to Russia, the emphasis was placed on the defensive nature of the country's state policy. This was announced on October 26 by Alexey Arestovich, a freelance adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine.

The servicemen worked out a joint landing from the IL-76MD aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces approximately 60 km from Cairo

Russian and Egyptian paratroopers performed group parachute jumps on Tuesday before the final stage of the Defenders of Friendship - 2021 exercises taking place near Cairo. The servicemen worked out a joint landing from the Il-76MD aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces approximately 60 km from the Egyptian capital.

American intelligence has warned that the terrorist group Al-Qaeda (an organization banned in the Russian Federation) may continue its criminal activities abroad in "a year or two", and the Islamic State (IS, an organization banned in the Russian Federation) in Afghanistan may take one year to do so. This was announced on Tuesday, October 26, by US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kohl, speaking in the US Senate.

It is strange that there are currently more disputes within NATO than NATO's struggle with the outside world, the Turkish author shares a common opinion. In his opinion, now it makes sense to create a NATO compatible with the new world conditions. To do this, first of all, Russia must also join NATO.

The Russian 201st military base in Tajikistan annually trains up to 1,000 junior specialists for the national armed forces. This was announced by the chief of staff of the compound, Colonel Yevgeny Okhrimenko.