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Germany has signed a contract with Slovakia for the supply of MANTIS air defence systems.
Japan continues to invest in hypersonic weapons development. The Ministry of Defence recently signed three contracts valued at more than $2 billion.
The Republic of Korea this week took fighter jets into the sky in response to the appearance of Chinese and Russian planes in the air defence identification zone. This was announced by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
We have already written that achieving initial operational capability for the $96 billion Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile programme has been delayed by about a year. But the problems for the US Air Force do not end there.
India and Germany have moved a step closer to jointly building diesel submarines. This was reported by Bloomberg news agency.
The US Air Force is once again having problems with its $96bn Sentinel programme, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
A few weeks ago, the USA approved the training of Ukrainian pilots on American F-16 fighter jets. The planes will probably be delivered in the autumn. The fourth-generation fighters can carry a wide range of missiles and bombs. It is possible that some of them will be handed over to the Ukrainian Air Force so that the planes will not arrive empty-handed.
The KF-21 fighter will carry the IRIS-T aviation missile. This was announced by the German company Diehl Defense.
The Pacific Air Forces held an event dubbed the Mammoth Walk. At Osan Air Base in South Korea, dozens of warplanes took to the skies at the same time.
More than a month ago, the Defender 23 exercise began in Europe. The US Air Force sent A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft to participate in the event.
A private US company Draken International has refused to buy some F-16 fighter jets from the Royal Dutch Air Force. It is not ruled out that they will go to Ukraine.
The submarine San Juan (SSN 751) has completed its final mission. The submarine has returned to the US Naval Base New London and will be decommissioned.
The Philippines intends to buy a batch of fourth-generation JAS 39 Gripen fighters produced by Sweden's Saab. Sweden earlier refused to send the planes to Ukraine.
According to the Spanish newspaper El Pais, Ukraine wants a Patriot air defence system from Spain.
Germany has sent another military aid package to Ukraine.
