Russia’s top defense official—Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov—plans to observe the Russia-China military maneuvers up close and personal beginning Wednesday, according to the Russian News & Information Agency. Ivanov is scheduled to meet up with his Chinese counterpart, Col. Gen. Cao Gangchuan, as well as ministers from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
The Air Force wants more companies able to produce its new, multi-use, anti-radar missile that one expert says will prove vital in any future peer conflict and would be in high demand for the war in Iran if stocks were available now.