On Monday, June 15, 2026, a strategic Tupolev Tu-22M3 bomber-missile carrier crashed in Russia’s Irkutsk region. Initial reports of the incident emerged through Russian Telegram channels, including Mash, ASTRA, and Ostorozhno Novosti. The crash was later officially acknowledged by the Russian Ministry of Defence. According to the ministry, the aircraft was conducting a scheduled training flight without […]

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Ukrainian developers presented the ground-based missile system DRAGON at the international defence exhibition Eurosatory in Paris. The system was demonstrated by the Center of Innovative Technologies Program and is showcased at the stand of the state enterprise SpetsTechnoExport. According to Militarnyi, DRAGON is a ground-based launcher designed to use three types of air-to-air missiles equipped […]

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