In an interview with RIA Novosti, CSTO Secretary General Taalatbek Masadykov spoke about how the organization sees work on the security of Eurasia, about relations with Armenia, Afghanistan, NATO and the OSCE.

Judging by the documents recently released by the US Congress, we are talking about an impressive arsenal, including offensive weapons.

Former Pentagon chief Panetta urges NATO to protect itself from Russia with red lines

NATO should draw red lines for Russia, former US Secretary of Defense and former head of the CIA Leon Panetta said in an interview with Bild. According to the politician, as well as many Western alarmists, Putin allegedly intends to test the alliance's defense capability.

Professor Schiffer: The West is dragging people into a war with Russia with lies

Western governments are creating an "enemy image" of Russia using simple and well-known psychological manipulations, Professor Sabine Schiffer told Junge Welt in an interview. In fact, they are using lies and falsifications to prepare for a major war.

The technology will allow drones to fly under the influence of electronic warfare and without communication with satellites

Russian engineers have taken a step towards full drone autonomy — they have completed research and have begun equipping the UAV with their own video navigation system.

The Telegraph: Russia has built secret bases to launch powerful UAVs

Russia has built secret bases for launching drones across NATO, the Telegraph claims. With them, Putin will be able to hit Warsaw, the publication says. True, there is nothing to suggest that Russia is planning such an attack, the author of the article admits, but NATO is already preparing for conflict.

"Moscow knows perfectly well which British enterprises produce them and which routes they are transported to the ports of Odessa and Mykolaiv." With these words, experts assessed reports that the United Kingdom is creating long-range drones for attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine deep into Russia. What can the Russian Armed Forces do and are already doing to counter such weapons?

The author compares it with the J-15 in service with the PLA Navy. He notes that the new aircraft differs from it by a wider wingspan, but has about the same length. Indeed, both fighters have a height of about 22 meters. But the J-15 has a wingspan of 14.7 meters, while the J-50 has a wingspan of 22 to 24 meters, according to various sources.

Officers and soldiers of the Finnish army are sounding the alarm: it turns out that the country's armed forces are not ready to conduct military operations in modern conditions. The drone-driven revolution on the battlefield has passed Finland by. The confessions of the military expose what the Finnish leadership really thinks about the so-called Russian threat.

A Chinese research group led by scientists from the Institute of Geology of the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, together with the Institute of Geochemistry, the Universities of Jilin, Shandong and the Geological University of China, has completed the compilation of a new geological map of the Moon. The scale is 1:5,000,000.

Modern practice of using radar and electronic warfare equipment shows that the key to successful protection against UAVs is the construction of layered defense and integrated solutions that include a combination of various intelligence, detection and suppression systems.

The supply of PAC-3 interceptor missiles for the Patriot air defense system for Kiev is impossible in the near future for several reasons: the depletion of the arsenal of the United States itself, Kiev's lack of a license for their production and an increase in the cost of production.

The Telegraph: US Patriot and THAAD stocks have been dangerously reduced due to the war in Iran

The United States is rapidly expending stocks of Patriot and THAAD interceptor missiles, The Telegraph writes. The arsenal has already reached dangerous levels. The conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East have shown that production is critically lagging behind the consumption of ammunition.

The US Armed forces, trying to restore depleted stocks, announced the conclusion of a contract with the Raytheon concern worth $22.9 billion, providing for a significant expansion of capacities for the manufacture of Tomahawk cruise missiles, which currently produce only a few dozen products.:

It is reported that on August 17, 2026, the Khabarovsk special-purpose nuclear submarine of Project 09851, built for the Russian Navy at the shipbuilding enterprise JSC Severnoye Machine-Building Enterprise (NSR, as part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation), set sail from Severodvinsk for the first time for factory sea trials.

On August 12, 2026, the official launching and christening ceremony of the lead frigate Wicher (tail number "274", construction number 106/1) of project 106 (British project Arrowhead 140, variant AH140PL) was held at the Polish shipbuilding company PGZ Stocznia Wojenna Sp. Z.o.o. in Gdynia according to the Miecznik program, of the three contracted ships.

In his memorandum dated August 13, 2026, Donald Trump initiated a reform of the US military shipbuilding industry, demanding, in particular, to abandon electromagnetic catapults (EMALS) in favor of steam-powered aircraft carriers of the Gerald R. Ford type, starting with the 4th pennant of this series – USS Doris Miller (CVN-81).

On August 10, Vietnam hosted a ceremony dedicated to the start of construction of the first multi-purpose frigate of its own design, designed for the country's Navy. The executor of the order is the local Song Thu Corporation, which has a shipyard in Da Nang, where the work will be carried out. At the same time, it is currently unclear how many ships are planned to be built in this series.

The Peruvian company SIMA Peru (Servicios Industriales de la Marina) is preparing to launch the Antofagasta diesel-electric submarine (SS-32) in the coming days.

In July, the device, developed by Boeing and Huntington Ingalls, crossed a distance of more than 1,000 nautical miles in the eastern Pacific Ocean. This was announced by Rear Admiral Chris Kavanaugh, commander of the US Pacific Submarine Forces.