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China's Ministry of National Defence has reported a successful test of a missile defence system. The Chinese equivalent of THAAD, successfully shot down an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.
Boeing cannot deliver the T-7 Red Hawk training aircraft to the US Air Force on time. The company is unable to deliver the T-7 Red Hawk to the U.S. Air Force on time, which means the service will be forced to extend the life of the Northrop Corporation's T-38 Talon.
The IRIS-T SLM surface-to-air missile system could follow Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine from Germany. So far, Der Spiegel wrote about it, while there are no official statements from the authorities.
Apart from Germany, Ukraine also received MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile systems from the US and the Netherlands.
Yesterday, 18 April, the German government website reported that Germany had handed over the MIM-104 Patriot SAM system to Ukraine. This has now also been confirmed by the Ukrainian Defence Minister.
Ukraine will soon receive Leopard 2A4 tanks and a new batch of M113 armoured personnel carriers from Spain.
In February, Poland said it was going to transfer PT-91 Twardy tanks to Ukraine. It looks like the Ukrainian Armed Forces already have them.
Pictures of American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles in the hands of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have recently appeared on the internet. The US has now officially confirmed the transfer of the vehicles.
In early April 2023, we wrote about the US Army's hypersonic weapon. It is called the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRWH). Almost three weeks later, some technical parameters have become available.
The B-52H Stratofortress nuclear bomber landed in Japan last week. The aircraft will be stationed at Kadena military airbase.
The day before, foreign media wrote that the US State Department had approved the sale of F-16 Fighting Falcon modernisation equipment to Turkey. A statement to this effect was later published on the website of the US Defense and Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA).
The Russian Defence Ministry calls the TOS-1A Scorching sunlight heavy flamethrower system the most powerful non-nuclear weapon. It has now entered service with the Ukrainian Defence Forces.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have received a Patriot air defence system from Germany. This was revealed from an updated list of military assistance which was published on the German government's website.
Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov has posted a video of French AMX-10RC wheeled tanks on social media.
The Swedish Defence Procurement Agency (FMV) buys Patria 6×6 armoured personnel carriers from Finland.
