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A large number of competing systems and countries are represented on the world market of short-range air defense systems.

The Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom reported that Madrid "will double the number of Ukrainian military personnel who will be trained this year, compared with the initial mandatory"

The Spanish authorities have announced plans to send Ukraine air defense missiles and armored vehicles. This is stated in the press release of the Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom.

What is remembered about the only type of Mikoyan and Gurevich strike aircraft

The Design Bureau developed the 32-24 light attack aircraft in 1969 for actions against ground targets with bombs and unguided projectiles, with the possibility of attacking air targets with thermal missiles and cannon fire.

France is becoming more active in the global arms market

The formation of a global and European architecture is impossible without taking into account the arms and military equipment market. Therefore, it is necessary to study the policy of military exports of the great powers. We will look at French policy in this area and try to identify continuity and innovations in it.

The armies of Australia and New Zealand are intended for external use

Geographically remote from all the major centers of civilization, Australia and New Zealand are full-fledged constituent parts of the Anglo-Saxon world.

According to EDR Magazine, at the DSEI-2023 defense exhibition held from September 12 to 15, 2023 in London, BAE Systems Corporation presented a promising 155-mm NGAA (Next Generation Adaptive Ammunition) artillery shell developed by its British "land" division of BAE Systems Land UK, designed to combine high performance with mass production capabilities production and cost reduction.

Raytheon was afraid of Saudi Arabia's cooperation with China

One of the largest manufacturers of weapons, the American corporation RTX, also known by the former name Raytheon, withdrew from the agreement on the creation of an air defense system for Saudi Arabia. According to the American press, Riyadh has allocated $25 billion for detection systems and missile systems. However, RTX's concerns about the kingdom's possible cooperation with Russia and China turned out to be more significant. What will the rupture of the largest contract lead to, Izvestia tells.

The experience of a Special military operation has demonstrated that powerful guided missile weapons will not be superfluous for armored vehicles, which should transport motorized infantry, paratroopers and marines.

Russia has revealed its trump card by announcing the adoption of the most powerful Sarmat strategic missile system on combat duty, writes user Baijiahao. Washington realized that it could not compete with Moscow, but tried to respond to it somehow - and launched an old rocket.

The continuing increase in tensions between Iran and the United States, the high probability of Israeli strikes on the country's nuclear facilities raise the question of the readiness of the Islamic Republic of Iran to repel possible military aggression. In this regard, the potential of the air and air defense of Iran and, in particular, its combat aviation is of interest.

To move on to the next stage, the enemy needs to get to the places where the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are now

On September 15, the armed forces of the Russian Federation continued to repel attacks in the Donetsk direction. During the day, more than 270 servicemen and 12 units of military equipment were missing from the VFU here. Experts believe that the enemy is trying to prepare their positions for normal wintering. At the same time, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the Navy will receive 12 ships by the end of the year, including surface and underwater ones.

The leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Kim Jong-un, is on an official visit to the Russian Federation. During the visit, he visited a number of important military facilities in the Far East.

Colonel McGregor: The APU has switched to the tactics of long-range strikes

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have switched to the tactics of long-range strikes by Western missiles, which raises serious concerns. This was stated by the former adviser to the head of the Pentagon, Colonel of the US Armed Forces Douglas McGregor on September 15 in an interview with Norwegian political scientist Glenn Dizen, which was broadcast on YouTube.

And why they turned out to be the most effective in a special military operation

The patrol vessels of the project 22160 of the Black Sea Fleet played a leading role in repelling the attacks of unmanned boats on the ships of the Russian Navy in the Black Sea, which Ukraine tried to conduct on September 13 and 14.

On September 13, 2023, BAE Systems Corporation signed a contract worth 5 billion Swedish kronor (419 million euros) with the Swedish defense procurement agency Försvarets materielverk (FMV) for the supply of 48 self-propelled howitzers Archer 155-mm/52 caliber for the Swedish army, which will be made on a wheeled automobile chassis RMMV HX2 (8x8) manufactured by a German company Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicle (RMMV). The production of Archer self-propelled howitzers will be carried out by the Swedish branch of BAE Systems (BAE Systems Bofors) with the start of deliveries in 2025.

Colonel Khodarenok considers the transfer of Russian submarines to the DPRK unlikely

Putin called military-technical cooperation between Russia and the DPRK promising, and rumors about sending North Korean volunteers to a special operation are nonsense. How Moscow and Pyongyang can help each other, why Kim Jong-un was shown the production of military and civil aviation, and what cooperation between the countries in the space sphere might look like - the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

Kiev is confident that Berlin will eventually deliver Taurus to Ukraine

During a visit to Kiev, the German Foreign Minister said that she could not promise Kiev supplies of long-range cruise missiles Taurus. Her Ukrainian counterpart replied that Germany would do it anyway, and also reproached the German authorities for wasting time. In Berlin, they fear that the APU will strike targets on the territory of Russia. Details are in the material of Izvestia.

Militaristic frenzy is growing in the country

A major international exhibition of the military industry MSPO-2023 was held in the Polish city of Kielce. Representatives of the Polish leadership who attended the event reported on a number of major contracts concluded with foreign enterprises of the military-industrial complex.

They believe that "Ukraine's offensive is already showing important successes"

Bundestag deputy from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) Andreas Schwartz and the heads of the German Parliament's Committees on European Affairs Anton Hofreiter (Greens) and Defense Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman (FDP) in a joint letter appealed to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius with a request to deliver as soon as possible Ukraine has long-range cruise missiles Taurus. Der Spiegel magazine writes about this with reference to the letter of politicians at its disposal.

On September 11, 2023, at the headquarters of the German company Diehl Defense (part of the Diehl Group) in Retenbach near Nuremberg, Estonian and Latvian Defense Ministers Hanno Pevkur and Inara Murniece signed a letter of intent (LoI) with German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius about their participation in the European Sky integrated ground air defense system program Shield Initiative (ESSI). At the same time, the Defense Ministers of Estonia and Latvia signed a framework agreement with Diehl Defense on the purchase of IRIS-T SLM medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems.