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Turkey expects to deliver six domestically made submarines equipped with air independent propulsion (AIP) to the Turkish Naval Forces by 2027, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Monday. Speaking at a ceremony for the docking of the Hızır Reis submarine, the second in the series and the first welding of the Selman Reis submarine at Gölcük Shipyard Command in northwestern Kocaeli province, the president said Turkey aims to put into service a new domestically made submarine each year, to ensure that the navy has six new submarines by 2027
Russia says it hit a large Ukrainian warehouse in Razdolovka which was being used to store shells for American M777 howitzers. Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian defense ministry, said air-launched missiles were used in the operation
Russia could exchange prisoners from Ukraine's Azov battalion for the “dark prince” of Ukrainian politics, Viktor Medvedchuk, close to President Vladimir Putin. "We are going to study the possibility," Leonid Slutsky, a senior member of Russia's negotiating team on Ukraine said Saturday, speaking from the separatist city of Donetsk in southeastern Ukraine, reports said, citing state-owned RIA Novosti
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
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Britains new package of military aid to Ukraine worth $1.3 billion will include long-range artillery, shore-to-ship missiles and drones, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Thursday
Finland and Sweden officially applied to join the 30 members of the NATO alliance earlier today, an action that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov referred to as a “grave mistake.” "Russian President Vladimir Putin is waging an unprovoked attack on a peaceful and democratic Ukraine
The start of serial production of the Checkmate light fighter jet is scheduled for 2027, according to the Russian MoD's TV Channel, TVZvezda.ru
Czech company Aero Vodochody recently presented Iraqs defense minister Juma Inad with L-159 Alca light combat aircraft used by the Iraqi Air Force. The main purpose of the visit was a presentation of the L-159 modernization project, demonstration of the L-39NG jet trainer prototype, and further development of business relations between the OMNIPOL Group and Iraq, the company said in a release