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The Indian Navy is gearing up to buy new deck fighters. The contract for the purchase of French Rafale M aircraft may be signed in 1-2 days.
The Chinese military conducted a simulation of an air battle involving American F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters with French Mirage 2000 fighters. The European aircraft won a confident victory.
In early July, the US Air Force deployed a group of fifth-generation F-22 Raptor fighters to Japan. Following them, B-1B Lancer strategic bombers arrived in the Land of the Rising Sun.
The United States intends to hold an exercise involving THAAD and MIM-104 Patriot systems. The event will take place in the Pacific Ocean near the island of Guam, which is less than 2,800 kilometres from Taiwan.
Following Germany, France, the UK and Norway, the Australian government also announced a new military aid package for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Yesterday, on 11 July, France announced that it would transfer SCALP (aka Storm Shadow) cruise missiles to Ukraine. It has now been reported that the Ukrainian armed forces already have them.
Following Germany and France, the UK also announced a new military aid package for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Lockheed Martin continues to work on integrating Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missile interceptors into the Aegis combat system. The company recently tested an anti-missile missile with the AN/SPY-1 radar.
The US Air Force and RTX (formerly Raytheon Technology) have completed the development and operational testing phase of a new version of the AIM-120D-3 AMRAAM air-to-air missile.
It seems that the issue with the sale of F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters to Turkey has finally been resolved. Jake Sullivan, national security adviser to the US president, said.
Germany and France have returned to the issue of creating a joint main battle tank. The new combat vehicle is to be a replacement for the Leopard 2 and Leclerc.
In the early autumn of 2021, information about Iraq's interest in JF-17 Thunder fighter jets surfaced. Almost two years later, the Arabian Peninsula country is closer to buying the aircraft.
US defence contractor Lockheed Martin is set to multiply its Generation 4+ F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters upgraded to Block 70/72 several times over. So far, there are only two such aircraft in existence.
The US Army has ordered a new batch of unmanned aerial vehicles. The drones are used as targets.
Stanislav Rzhitsky, deputy head of the mobilisation department and former commander of the submarine Krasnodar, was killed in Russia.
