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The fighters F-16C/D of the Polish Air Force will receive hardly noticeable AGM-158 JASSM cruise missiles of the American production, reports a portal F-16.net. In the first delivery 40 rockets of production of the Lockheed Martin company will be transferred to Warsaw. Poland becomes the third foreign operator of rockets of this type. Before them already received the Air Force of Australia and Finland.

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Only 5 % of the Russian airstrikes across Syria had the purpose so-called «The Islamic state», the Minister of Defence of Great Britain declared.

In interview to the The Sun edition Michael Fellon also told that the majority of blows was the share of insurgent formations, including Free Syrian army supported by the West. Civilians became victims of bombardments also.

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The Ministry of Defence of Russia on Tuesday received the next party of the modern Su-34 bombers on state defense order of 2015, the press service of the manufacturing company of planes Dry reports. On Tuesday the "Sukhoi" company transferred to the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation the next party of the front Su-34 bombers provided by state defense order of 2015, is reported on a site "Dry".

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Within two days – on October 2 and 3 – at least three hospitals suffered from airstrikes of the Russian Aerospace armies in Syria, the organization "Doctors for human rights" reports.

"Bashar Assad’s strengths ruthlessly attacked establishments of health system of Syria for the last four years, and now the government of Russia goes in the same way", – is told in the message.

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The American investigation argues: soon on hastily equipped air base in the Syrian Latakia there can be Russian MiG-31 and Su-25 "Rook". There is at least one, but very indicative sign of that this version is true. Namely – type of planes which arrive from Russia to the airport of Latakia.

The Chicago Tribune newspaper referring to unnamed representatives in power structures of the USA reported on Friday: Barack Obama’s administration Continue reading →

In the USA passed successful flight tests capable to reach glider space. The device flew by over the State of Oregon, reports Reuters.

The piloted glider of Perlan 2 reached height in one and a half kilometer. The success of these tests opens a way to flight in a stratosphere (on height of 27 thousand meters) which is planned for 2016. If flight appears successful, Perlan will break all records of height for winged aircraft.

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Than the aviation bomb is represented? In traditional option – the warhead dumped from the plane flying from the sky on the head of the enemy.

Actually the history of bombing began with grenades and shells which the pilot manually threw on a position of the enemy from the plane. The modern aviation bomb is not "bullet silly woman", and the ultraprecise weapon capable, speaking in images, to get to a window of the moving car. Such qualities Continue reading →

Modernized by Aviation complex of S. V. Ilyushin anti-submarine Il-38Н planes arrived on arms of Sea aircraft of the Pacific fleet of Russia.

Planes are based on air bases Yelizovo (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky) and Nikolaevka (Primorsky Krai). The staff of air bases passed a pereuchivaniye on new type of aviation equipment and began flights with home airfields. Pereuchivaniye passed in the Center of fighting application and a pereuchivaniye of flight Continue reading →

Russia transferred planned observant flight over the territory of Turkey which the Russian military should make since October 12 according to the program «Open sky». The official representative of the Ministry of Defence reported about it major general Igor Konashenkov, reports "Interfax".

«In view of the current situation in the Turkish Republic and the official address of our colleagues, the Ministry of Defence of Russia made the decision Continue reading →

Air blows on positions of fighters of terrorist group «Islamic state» (YOKES) in Syria are inefficient, the deputy head declared SAR Ministry of Foreign Affairs Feysal Mekdad in Kyodo interview.

«(Airstrikes) were not effective, and with their help nothing managed to achieve», – he told. By its assessment, than YOKES «became stronger in Iraq and Syria in the conditions of fight of the USA against terrorism»? reports TASS.

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