Middle East

The American aircraft manufacturer Bell has announced that it has started assembling the first AH-1Z (Cobra Zulu) combat helicopters for the benefit of the Bahrain Air Force.

US President Joe Biden has confirmed the deal signed by the Trump administration with the United Arab Emirates for $ 23 billion. The package includes: 50 F-35A fighters valued at $ 10.4 billion, 18 MQ-9B drones valued at $ 2.97 billion, and various ammunition worth $ 10 billion.

Twenty years ago, on March 27, 1999, Lt.colonel Zoltàan Dani, commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 250 th Air Defense Missile Brigade of the Yugoslav Army, gave the order to his weapons commander, Lt.colonel. Đorđe Aničić to launch a volley of missiles from a well-hidden SA-3 Pechora air defense system.

Russia is proposing the countries of the Middle-East and North Africa region to significantly enforce its air defense system (AD). Protection against ballistic missile attacks can be assured by S-400 ADMS.

The United Arab Emirates announced today, at the Dubai Airshow, that they intend to conclude a contract amendment for the purchase of two additional GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning & Control aircraft from Saab.

From our correspondant in Russia : Necer Edine Ziouani The Moscow Non-proliferation Conference in its fourth edition was the place to be for three days to follow the debate on nuclear energy, disarmament and non-proliferation.

Russian JSC NPO High-Precision Complexes is planning to create abroad a network of service centers for MRO and modernization of Pantsir-S1 air defense systems, the relevant talks are going on.

The Iraqi army received this week its second batch of BMP-3 armor from Kurgan in Russia.