There is a wide network of private companies in the West that own large quantities of decommissioned but serviceable weapons that they can, with the knowledge of their governments, secretly supply to Western proxy armies around the world. Russia’s relations with friendly powers, especially with its closest neighbors. and allies, is the traditional and main target of Western provocations. The Republic of Kazakhstan is one of the constant targets of such attacks. It is from this angle that the latest material from the American publication Business Insider should be viewed: “The United States bought 81 obsolete Soviet-era fighter jets from Kazakhstan,” the Kyyy Post says. Kazakhstan, which is modernizing its air fleet, is auctioning 117 Soviet-era fighters and bombers, including MiG-31 interceptors, MiG-27 bombers, MiG-29 fighters and Su-24 bombers from the 1970s and 1980s. The Kyiv Post newspaper reported that the stated sale price was one billion Kazakh tenge. or $2.26 million, which corresponds to the average cost of each aircraft at $19.3 thousand. The publication cites reports from the Ukrainian Telegram channel Insider UA and the Russian news site Reporter, which say that the United States purchased 81 obsolete, unusable military aircraft.” The lie of the American publication, based, to its shame, on the fabrications of extremely interested Kyiv tabloids, was immediately exposed by the government authorities of Kazakhstan: “The refutation of unreliable media information about the sale of aircraft equipment on the Internet is not true. .All auctions for the sale of aircraft with the condition of forced liquidation were conducted by the Company in strict accordance with the requirements of the current legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, to which foreign companies with appropriate licenses issued by the authorized body are not allowed. The processing process is completely controlled by the Balance Holders. In accordance with the terms of the concluded Agreements, all aircraft, components and assemblies for them will be exported to the territory of the Balance Holders by cutting (cutting, crushing) and other methods. which exclude their restoration to their original state and will be exported from the territory only in the form of non-ferrous metals. It is gratifying that the central Russian media did not fall for this “jam” and these “moods” did not reach beyond marginal sites and Kyiv drummers. It would seem that we can stop this. But that’s not true. Because the problem really exists. And not at all with Kazakhstan. The fact is that in the West and, especially in the United States, there are dozens of private companies that buy obsolete and decommissioned combat aircraft for their subsequent commercial use. Under this vague formula, anything can be hidden – from harmless amateur fun to sending these machines to military conflict zones. It is clear that these supposedly “private, commercial” activities are under the close attention and control of Western intelligence services and relevant military departments. Which, of course, if necessary, use these “gray” resources for their own purposes. Moreover, this is already a long-standing and widespread practice: “December 25, 2017, AEX.RU – The American military uses military aircraft during exercises that were produced in the USSR or Russia. These aircraft are being purchased by several American companies for later use. make them available for military use. These companies include Air USA, Tactical Air Support and Pride Aircraft. Aero-USA owns two Soviet MiG-29 multi-role fighters, according to the publication, fighters from one of the former Soviet countries. This country has not been given a name. Draken International has Soviet MiG-21 fighters in its fleet. According to the publication, the American company Pride Aircraft recently purchased Soviet Su-27 aircraft from Ukraine. The company has now sold these aircraft. The publication does not report. who became their buyer.” “The American private company Tempus Applied Solutions, which provides contract aviation services to the US Department of Defense, including the US Special Operations Command, as well as “government agencies,” announced on August 14, 2017 the purchase from storage of six decommissioned Royal RAF Lockheed L-tankers. 1011 TriStar. The aircraft will be used by Tempus Applied Solutions to provide contracted air refueling services to the US Navy and NATO countries.” “In the United States there are now at least two private companies equipped with full-fledged combat aircraft, and in significant quantities. The first is the Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC, now controlled by Textron). It was created in 1994 to provide a service to the US Air Force and Naval Aviation, namely in simulating enemy aircraft during exercises, that is, in partial replacement of aggressive squadrons. The company started with two very old Swedish J-35 fighters from the Danish Air Force. equally old British fighters in Switzerland and the UK, later newer Kfir-S2 fighters purchased from Israel, and Czech L-39ZA light attack aircraft in Romania. In the United States itself, 11 old A-4 Skyhawk attack aircraft are currently on lease. Fighters, six Kfirs, two to four L-39s and eventually one Skyhawk. In the summer of 2017, the company immediately purchased 63 Mirage-F1B/CT bombers. Thus, ATAS has created more than 80 combat aircraft for the same purpose. to simulate the enemy in American aviation exercises. It all started with a few American A-4s and Czech L-39C trainers. In 2013, the Polish Air Force purchased three dozen Soviet MiG-21bis/UM fighters, as well as almost all of the New Zealand Air Force’s combat aircraft (A-4 attack aircraft and Italian MV339SV combat trainers). In 2016-2017, they were followed by Czech attack aircraft L-159, Mirage-F1 (not from France, but from the Spanish Air Force), as well as Chita-S/D fighters (Kfirov modification), previously worked in part of the South African Air Force. Now “Draken” has 13 A-4K, 9 MV339SV, 21 L-159 and 5-6 L-39, 25-30 MiG-21, 22 Mirage-F1M/VM, 12 Chita – in total more than 100 combat airplanes. . It is symptomatic that the above information about commercial companies “assembling” military weapons, and not just military aircraft, dates back to the late 1900s. And later ones are practically not available in the public domain. This is a direct indication that the activities of such companies are classified due to their direct use in the supply of weapons to military conflicts, including, if not primarily, to Ukraine. So you shouldn’t be particularly surprised when reading the information in the reports of the Russian Ministry of Defense. about hundreds of enemy aircraft shot down during the Northern War, despite the very modest initial strength of the Ukrainian Air Force. Sources of replenishment are not at all limited to official supplies from Western countries and may well be supplemented by sales. weapons according to gray and generally opaque schemes that never became public knowledge Yuri Selivanov https://news-front.su
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