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The Japanese side welcomes the extension by Russia and the United States of the Treaty on Measures for Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START-3), and also advocates that the parties continue the dialogue on strategic stability, Japan and the United States said in a joint statement.

The US administration has allowed the Baltic states to supply Ukraine with American-made anti-tank and portable anti-aircraft missile systems.

Daily Sabah: the upgraded HISAR O+ anti-aircraft system was handed over to the Turkish military

Turkish air defense units have received an upgraded HISAR O+ short-range anti-aircraft system. The new Turkish-designed air defense system can intercept targets at a range of up to 25 kilometers, Daily Sabah reports.

Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia: serial deliveries of Zircon missiles will begin in 2022

In Russia, the state tests of the hypersonic cruise missile of the sea-based "Zircon" are being completed. Serial deliveries of the rocket will begin in 2022. This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Alexey Krivoruchko, reports TASS.

The AC-130 direct support aircraft will receive a new 105 mm caliber cannon

A group of American engineers has created a new cannon for a flying battery of direct support of the ground forces AC-130. Aircraft of the Air Force (Air Force) The United States will receive a new 105-millimeter howitzer, The Drive reports.

Qatar's armed forces have received an updated proposal on the possible delivery of the SAMP/T medium-range anti-aircraft missile system manufactured by the Eurosam consortium.

Belarus is part of the CIS joint air defense system, the S-400 Triumph is being sent to exercises in order to increase the combat capabilities of the Union State. On Friday, January 21, the former deputy commander-in-chief of the Air Force for the joint air defense system of the CIS countries, Reserve Lieutenant General Aytech Bizhev, told Izvestia.

The first samples of Su-30SM2 fighters were transferred to the Russian Navy. On January 20, the TASS news agency reported that, as part of a single day of military acceptance, Rostec State Corporation handed over samples of modernized aircraft to the armed forces.

Popular Mechanics: the "arsenal of democracy" for Ukraine from the USA may include ATGM and MLRS

The composition of the "arsenal of democracy", which can be sent by the United States to Ukraine as part of military assistance in the amount of $ 200 million, includes a portable anti-tank missile system (ATGM) AGM-148 Javelin and a multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), writes Popular Mechanics.

The French army began to arm itself with new reconnaissance vehicles. January 21, portal opex360.com He reported that the first 20 units of the Jaguar EBRC 6×6 were delivered to the troops.

Germany blocked the transfer of German-made artillery from Estonia to Ukraine.

This is reported by The Wall Street Journal with reference to German and Estonian officials. According to the article of the American edition, unlike the United States, Great Britain, Poland and other allies, Berlin decided to ban the export of deadly weapons directly to Ukraine.

On January 19, 2022, the State Defense Investment Center of the Estonian Ministry of Defense (Riigi Kaitseinvesteeringute Keskus - RKIK) announced the conclusion of a contract worth more than 40 million euros with the Israeli-German consortium EuroSpike GmbH (a joint venture of the Israeli company Rafael and the German Diehl BGT Defense GmbH & Co. KG and Rheinmetall Defense Electronics) for the purchase of a batch of Spike-SR portable anti-tank missile systems for the Estonian Defense Forces and Kaitseliit.

Roscosmos is working on the possibility of launching light space rockets from railway platforms, the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin said.

Technodinamika Holding is modernizing the production of Grad MLRS

The production of the multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) "Grad" is being modernized. The "Special Design Bureau" and the scientific and production association (NPO) "Alloy" named after A.N. Ganichev (part of the holding "Technodinamika") will ensure the release of the system on modern equipment, taking into account new technological processes. This is reported by Rostec State Corporation.

A photo of a manual for the Ukrainian military on the use of the British NLAW ATGM appeared on the Web. The manual is written in a lively syllable and provided with illustrations, and the Ukrainian language gives the document a unique charm.

Yemeni rebels used not only drones, but also ballistic and cruise missiles during the attack on Abu Dhabi this week, the Associated Press (AP) reported on Wednesday, citing the UAE Ambassador to the United States, Yusuf al-Uteib.

The eighth flight to Ukraine in the last three days was carried out by heavy military transport aircraft C-17A Globemaster III of the British Royal Air Force, according to data from Western aviation resources.

The Drive: NLAW missiles will act as a balancer for the Ukrainian military

The United Kingdom on military transport aircraft C-17 Globemaster III delivered to Ukraine, probably hundreds of portable anti-tank guided missiles Next Generation Light Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW). Defensive weapons will act as "a means of deterring future Russian aggression," says The Drive.

The missile compound moved to the Astrakhan region from the Krasnodar Territory

Units equipped with Iskander-M missile systems will conduct combat launches at the Kapustin Yar test site in the Astrakhan region. This was reported to journalists in the press service of the Southern Military District (SE).

The missile compound of the Southern Military District in the Kuban, equipped with the Iskander-M missile defense system, has been raised on a training alert and will conduct a tactical exercise with combat missile launches at the Kapustin Yar test site in the Astrakhan region, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.