Diehl Defence set a benchmark with its ground-based air defence system IRIS-T SLM. The latter system demonstrated its operational efficiency under realistic operating conditions during several successful test firings.

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A quadcopter with a mounted QBZ-95 automatic rifle used during counter-terrorism exercises of the special forces of the People's Armed Police of China.

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⚓ Bigger Than A US Navy AEGIS Cruiser: China Is Building More Type-055s

The Type-055 Renhai Class is in many ways the Chinese Navy's answer to the U.S. AEGIS cruisers. Large & heavily armed, they play a leading role escorting China's aircraft carriers.

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Syrian Army 4th division with Golan-S01's – rare.

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KAZAKHSTAN – Russian CSTO peacekeepers fly home - from Alma-Ata to Chkalovsky near Moscow

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Chinese PLA Navy's 40th Escort Task Force departing for the Gulf of Aden and Somalia waters to escort merchant ships, in accordance with the UN Security Council resolution. "

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The first Indian-built aircraft carrier Vikrant (IAC-1) on sea trials at sea. January 2021. The construction of the ship was carried out at the Indian state-owned shipbuilding company Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) under the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) program, sea trials began on August 4, 2021.

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Russian troops are already arriving in #Belarus, says secretary of its Security Council Alexander Volfovich. A Russian train with military equipment was seen in Kolodishchi heading towards #Minsk.
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China seeks to use Gwadar port as military base: Report

China will seek to use Pakistan’s Gwadar Port, which comes under the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, as a military base.

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France delivered six Dassault Rafale fighters to the Greek Air Force, and the priests blessed the transferred aircraft.

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In 2021, the Russian MoD received 5k pieces of new or modernized equipment including:
-900 armored vehicles
-3 submarines
-4 surface ships, 10 cutters, 17 support boats;
-151 aircraft (77 planes, 29 helicopters, 45 UAVs)
-Pantsir-S, S-350, S-400
-3 Bastion systems
-4 Tu-95MS

Footage of modernized Mi-28NM attack helicopters are ready to be delivered to the Russian military.

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The reach of the S-400 air defense system when deployed in Belarus.

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Saudi Arabia wants to buy Chinese HQ-17EA short-range air defense systems (a copy of the Russian Thor).

Perhaps this will help them more effectively repel attacks by Houthi drones.

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Map of US Troops stationed throughout Europe.

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CHINA – An excellent video of the exercises of the crews of the CAIC WZ-10 combat helicopters and the Mi-171E multi-purpose helicopters of the Army Aviation Brigade of the 77th Army Group of the Western PLA Combat Command Zone in Sichuan Province. January 2022.

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TURKEY – The first export contract for the Bayraktar Akinci strike UAV was signed. Deliveries under the contract are scheduled for 2023.

With which country this contract was concluded is unknown. Earlier, Azerbaijan and Ukraine expressed their interest in the drone.

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BELARUS – The video caught the moment of unloading of Russian troops in Maryina Horka today (24.01)

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SYRIA – Another joint patrol of the Russian military police and Turkish military personnel took place in the security zone in northern part of the country on January 24th.

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RUSSIA – "Soldiers of the Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District in the Moscow Region have begun scheduled exercises to test combat readiness"

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🇬🇧 The Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) of the UK Department of Defense, together with QinetiQ, presented a 1: 3 scale demonstrator of a crewless, highly mobile multi-purpose platform being developed in the interests of the British army. The presentation of the new robotic platform will take place at the International Armored Vehicles 2022 exhibition and conference, which will be held in London from January 24 to 27, 2022.

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The NATO will send a written response to Russia's proposals on security guarantees this week, in parallel with the United States, the alliance's secretary general said

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