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On October 17, American fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters arrived at Leeuwarden Air Force Base.
An intelligence agency of a U.S. ally claims that Iran is ready to transfer ballistic missiles to Russia. This was reported by The Washington Post, citing two officials who wished to remain anonymous.
The Bayraktar Marik unmanned aerial vehicle awaits shipment to Ukraine, where it will help the Armed Forces destroy the Russian army.
The Austrian authorities have increased the defense budget in 2023 by 25%. Part of the funds will be allocated to strengthen air defense. In particular, for the purchase of fighter jets.
Recently we wrote that France would transfer the Crotale air defense system to Ukraine. As it turned out, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will receive another French weapon.
UkrOboronProm, the state-owned UkrOboronProm concern, has zatized a domestic-made kamikaze drone.
This coming Monday, October 17, B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers will take part in a NATO nuclear exercise in northwestern Europe.
The Polish Defense Ministry recently announced that it was going to purchase a large number of American HIMARS. As it turned out, this is not enough for the Poles.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said during an all-Ukrainian telethon when the U.S. is going to transfer the first anti-aircraft missile system NASAMS to the AFU.
Austria is considering replacing its fleet of Eurofighter Typhoons with American F-35 Lightning II fighters.
On September 17, we wrote that Ukraine sent three PzH 2000 SAUs to Lithuania for repairs and a month later the units were repaired.
The other day we wrote that Ukraine submitted a request to the U.S. for supplies of Hawk air defense systems. As it turned out, Spain will give them to us.
The United States and Norway jointly tested a solid-propellant engine for hypersonic missiles being developed under the Tactical High-Speed Offensive Ramjet for Extended Range (THOR-ER) program.
Alare Technologies unveiled an unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with two grenade launchers at the AUSA 2022 armament show, which ended the previous day.
The Bulgarian government last month approved the purchase of an additional batch of American F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters. But deliveries will start only in a few years. In this regard, Bulgaria wants to get fighters from the Swedish company Saab.
