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Czech company Aero Vodochody has received permission to operate its tunnel firing range, the first such facility built to test aerial guns and ammunition in the country. The firing range, which is located on the company's premises in Vodochody, will be used mainly for shooting air cannons of a caliber larger than 20 mm
Ukraine is eyeing F-16 fighter jets to bring down Russian targets as it expects the blockade of receiving long-range weapons and fighter jets from the West to be resolved soon. "The issue around long-range weapons and fighters for Ukraine can be resolved soon
Rosoboronexport has started exporting 15 new military products, including the Orlan-30, a rare UAV that Ukraine claims it shot in August. "In 2022, Rosoboronexport has launched a global marketing campaign for 15 new military products developed and manufactured in Russia
Over 70 HIMARS rockets and two HIMARS launchers are claimed to be destroyed in a missile strike against the ArcelorMittal plant in Krivoi Rog in Ukraine, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Wednesday."According to confirmed information, a strike by ground-based high-precision weapons against a missile/artillery armament depot in one of the workshops of the ArcelorMittal metallurgical plant in the city of Krivoi Rog destroyed over 70 rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and two multiple rocket launchers," the spokesman said in comments quoted in several Russian media
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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees on Thursday recognizing two Ukrainian regions - Kherson and Zaporizhzhia - as "independent territories" after pseudo-referendums were held there. Proxy authorities in four Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine – Donetsk, Luhansk (both in the Donbas region), Kherson & Zaporizhzhia – held referendums between 23-27 September on joining the Russian Federation
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Russias Tor anti-aircraft missile system is getting an upgrade which will enable it to shoot down high-speed low-flying targets. A software upgrade to Tor will give it this new capability, Vyacheslav Kartashov, assistant to the general director of the Kupol plant was quoted as saying by Zvezda
The United Kingdom has lifted all restrictions on arms exports to Turkey, three years after they were imposed following the latters offensive in Syria. Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu last month said that London had lifted the ban, as contacts intensified between the two governments amid Russias invasion of Ukraine