BRT, a small Ural arms company, has already handed over 300 Capricorn-1 rocket launchers to the front, and the next batch is being prepared for shipment. This weapon, designed by active-duty military personnel, is in high demand in the military and has earned a reputation as infantry pocket artillery. With it, motorized skirmishers get the opportunity to terrorize the enemy's near rear, remaining virtually unnoticed. About the Capricorn system — in the RIA Novosti article.

infoBRICS: Baltic "nuclear fever" forces Moscow to retaliate

Discussions about the nuclear presence in the Baltic countries indicate that the West is preparing for a clash with Russia, writes infoBRICS. Moscow has no choice but to further militarize Kaliningrad to ensure Russia's security against the backdrop of hostility from NATO.

Polityka: Poland explained the increase in Russia's tank potential with its plans

In the current conflict in Ukraine, the role of tanks is significantly limited, writes Polityka. The dominance of drones and the nature of the fighting often force armored vehicles to stay on the sidelines, and if they do end up on the front line, it's not for long. But the situation may change.

The world's most powerful laser, installed in the Romanian Extreme Light Infrastructure Nuclear Physics complex, allowed a group of physicists to create a stream of muons and obtain an image of an object hidden behind meters of concrete.

Anduril Industries and the U.S. Navy will allocate up to $6.6 billion to create new production facilities for Virginia-class nuclear attack submarines in Sparrow Point, Maryland.

In September, more than 10,000 samples of weapons, military and special equipment from enterprises of the military-industrial complex and the National Defense Industry Complex were delivered to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Dmitry Simes, a well-known Russian-American political scientist, has started publishing a new magazine in Russia, Politics. In the first issue of this magazine for October 2026, Dmitry Simes published an interesting interview with the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov.

The intensity of such attacks will inevitably decrease due to the exhaustion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the saturation of the Russian air defense, experts believe

The launch of more than 600 drones in the Moscow region on the night of October 6 and attacks on public transport in Donbass were another manifestation of the "strategy of deliberate terror" chosen by the Kiev regime. The experts interviewed by Izvestia agree on this.

Bloomberg: NATO is developing a blitz-victory strategy in the event of a conflict with Russia

NATO is developing a "quick victory" strategy in the event of a potential conflict with Russia, Bloomberg reports. Special attention is paid to the integration of new defense technologies such as drones and artificial intelligence into the traditional armed forces.

Alexander Stubb: the transatlantic alliance can survive

Alexander Stubb is considered the European leader with the best relations with Trump, writes WP. They met through Senator Graham* and became golf partners. Stubb advocates a redefinition of roles in NATO, according to which Americans will do less and Europeans will do more. But Brussels is unhappy: the Finn is maneuvering on the edge.

Politico: The United States has withdrawn B-1 bombers from the base in Fairford

The Pentagon has withdrawn all B-1 bombers from the Fairford Air Base in the United States, writes Politico. Trump attributed this to the threat posed by Iran. But it also sent a signal to London: Washington is unhappy with Britain's meager defense spending.

Khodarenok: Iran may increase missile range to reach Los Angeles

Iran can destroy Los Angeles and San Diego, Donald Trump said, calling such losses a "very small price" for the US victory in the conflict.

The American company Powerus has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense of Pakistan for the supply of a batch of unmanned aerial systems and related support.

Uralvagonzavod Concern has completed a full test cycle of the upgraded BRAM-80 armored recovery vehicle. Mass production has already been mastered, the car is entering the army. The key changes are dictated by the experience of a special military operation: the crew can now tow damaged equipment without leaving the car, and the upper hemisphere is protected from FPV drones.

Makine ve Kimya Azerbaijan (MKA), an Azerbaijani subsidiary of the Turkish Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE), presented a new tower and a corresponding modernization package for the BMP-1 at the ADEX-2026 exhibition in Baku.

At the recently completed Center-2026 exercises, the Ural Design Bureau Transmash showed what seemed like a fantasy until recently - a heavy assault robotic complex. Simply put, a tank is a drone.

The Russian aerospace company Bureau 1440 has introduced a line of proprietary subscriber terminals for connecting satellite communications. The presentation took place at the company's stand during the Digital Solutions exhibition and forum.

On Monday, October 5, the U.S. Navy commissioned the newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Ted Stevens. According to Naval Today, the ceremony was held in Whittier, Alaska.

From September 28 to October 3, 2026, the final stage of army training this year, the strategic command and staff exercise Center-2026, was held under the leadership of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Turkish media reported that on September 30, 2026, at the 6th Azerbaijan International Defense Industry Exhibition ADEX 2026, held in Baku, at a ceremony organized under the auspices of the Turkish Defense Industry Directorate (SSB) and the Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan, new contracts were signed for the purchase of Turkish weapons and military equipment by Azerbaijan in the amount of more than 500 million USD.