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Speaking on Tuesday in Vienna at a meeting concerning military security, Konstantin Gavrilov, the head of Russia’s delegation on arms control, claimed other parties to the treaty had ignored Moscow’s complaints. Last May, under then-President Donald Trump, Washington announced it would withdraw from the Open Skies treaty. This was confirmed …

A spokesperson for the department revealed that the Russian MiG-31 jet “took off from an airfield in Kamchatka to identify [the American plane] and accompany it. The fighter pilot identified the target as a strategic reconnaissance aircraft RC-135.” The ministry confirmed that the spy plane, equipped with high-tech reconnaissance equipment, …

Sat alongside professional pilot Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Dyachenko, Koltakova took control of the aircraft at the Baltimore military airfield. The simulator looks like a real cockpit and recreates perfect flight conditions. Nicknamed the ‘Iron Grandmother’, she has already performed numerous feats, including parachute jumping, scuba diving and a hot air …

The apocalyptic-looking air conditions were caused by heavy winds that blew sand in from Inner Mongolia and other parts of northwest China. Beijing’s air quality index showed a reading of 999, a level described as “hazardous,” the worst possible tier. The index lists a reading of 50 or below as …

The country’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Friday in which it confirmed that “due to the lack of progress in negotiations around the continuation of the treaty under new circumstances, the Ministry is authorized to announce the start of preparations for withdrawal.” The main reason behind Moscow’s move is …

The Ministry of Defense reported on Friday that it had detected around 2,900 combat aircraft and 1,100 reconnaissance aircraft near Russian airspace. According to the data, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, radio engineering troops held more than 100 tactical exercises, rehearsing responses to warplanes violating the country’s borders. In June, Moscow …

Moscow also has some of its own concerns about the treaty, having not yet received assurances that other Open Skies signatories who are also members of the NATO military alliance won’t secretly share their data with the US. The agreement, effective since 2002, allows signatories to fly unarmed flights over …

The Open Skies Treaty was first considered by the US and the Soviet Union in the 1950s as a possible way to increase transparency around troop movements and the deployment of nuclear weapons. It allows signatories to conduct a limited number of mutually beneficial aerial reconnaissance missions in the countries …

Swept over Lapland fireball lit up the night sky. Thursday evening, November 16 the residents of Lapland and Northern Norway was observed in the sky a fall of unknown object. At the time of his flight, the dark evening sky lit up like day. According to experts, it was a …

Kite squirmed, bringing terror to the witnesses of what is happening. In the Japanese city of Niigata local residents witnessed a terrible atmospheric phenomenon. Appeared in the sky infernal cloud as a real snake. Moreover, the kite twisted, bringing terror to the unwitting witnesses to what is happening. As later …