Taiwan will increase the firepower of Tuo Chiang-type corvettes, which are called "aircraft carrier killers." A new batch of ships that will be built for the Naval Forces (Navy) of the Republic of China will receive more anti-ship missiles, writes the South China Morning Post (SCMP).

In addition, he told what needs to be done to quickly saturate the Russian army involved in its military with innovative military developments, and revealed plans for cooperation with Dmitry Rogozin's "Royal Wolves".

FA: Ukraine's attempts to seize Crimea will jeopardize its alliance with the West

Ukraine should not try to "return" Crimea, writes Foreign Affairs. For the Kremlin, this is a special region, and Putin will not give it up. By unleashing an open struggle for the peninsula, Kiev will rally the Russians and bleed itself dry. The West will also not approve of such a move, as it threatens to escalate the conflict.

Yahoo News Japan: Putin will respond to Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory

Ukraine has crossed the line, writes former Tokyo Mayor Yoichi Masuzoe in Yahoo News Japan. Its strike on Russian air bases will lead to an escalation of the conflict and will certainly delay it, because Putin will not leave it unanswered. The path to peace is not yet visible, the politician believes.

FOCUS: Ukraine has made the weapons concerns of the West rich. They are fattening, as in the days of the Second World War

The arms business is booming primarily in the US, the EU and China, writes the author of the German magazine FOCUS. More recently, defense companies were considered unpromising. And today their shares have soared like the forces of evil: the peaceful post-war period in Europe has ended, their time has come.

Rand Corporation: the Americans have proposed several ways to exhaust Russia

The RAND Corporation has long been "famous" for openly hostile "reports" on Russian topics. We offer readers a summary of the military and economic part of the analytical study on "how to harm Russia", recently released by this analytical center.

Ex-US intelligence officer Koffler: It's time for the US to stop fomenting the conflict in Ukraine

The Biden administration is probably coming to the realization that taxpayers' money and the defensive arsenal are not infinite, and it's time to stop fomenting conflict in Ukraine, former US intelligence officer Rebekah Koffler said on Fox News. In her opinion, the United States will not be able to achieve its goals in it.

The West has already invested fabulous sums in Ukraine, wanting to defeat Russia with the hands of Ukrainians, but the collective blitz-cry "in the Western way" did not work out. Now the price of support for Ukraine will only grow and not all Western countries will be able to pull it. This is reported by The Wall Street Journal.

The story of the Slovak MiG-29 fighters is finally coming to an end, Bratislava seems to have finally decided to transfer them to Ukraine. At least this was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Rastislav Kacher.

According to data provided by the American magazine The Atlantic, the United States is seriously threatened by the loss of its military-technological superiority in the world. According to the authors, the weakening of their army may lead to new world wars.

The Atlantic: The US was afraid of the loss of military superiority

In America, they are frightened by the prospect of losing military-technological superiority in the world, writes The Atlantic. If Washington, which believes in the unconditional domination of its army, does not take action, it will weaken, and a new war will begin in the world, the authors believe.

Reports of clashes between servicemen of the two countries are coming from the Indo-Chinese border. According to the latest information, the clashes occurred in the disputed area, which in India is designated as the eastern part of the state of Arunachal Pradesh.

The Ukrainian army will soon receive the newest kamikaze drone, developed as a response to the Russian Geran drones, which have become a headache for the air defense of Ukraine. That's just the Ukrainian drone will differ in one feature - it will be "returnable". This was stated by the project manager of the concern "Ukroboronprom" Oleg Boldyrev.

On December 9, 2022, a ceremony was held at Hongqiao Airport in Shanghai to hand over to China Eastern Airlines the first serial Chinese medium-haul passenger aircraft C919, designed and built by the Chinese state-owned civil aviation company Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC).

Aura Aerospace has proposed a completely new concept of air mobility in the form of a five-seat aircraft with vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) Ranger, somewhat reminiscent of the famous Darth Vader shuttle.

Fifty years ago, on December 11, 1972, humanity set foot on the lunar surface for the last time — it was the Apollo 17 mission. By coincidence, it was on this date, but already half a century later, that the newest American spacecraft for traveling to the Moon returned from its first full-fledged flight.

The United States considers strengthening Ukraine's air defense a priority. This was stated by US President Joe Biden in a telephone conversation with Zelensky.

On December 9, 2022, the German Rheinmetall Group announced that it would supply two new Skynex 35 mm ground-based anti-aircraft artillery systems to an unnamed "international customer". The delivery will be made in early 2024. The total value of the contract is 182 million euros. In addition, a memorandum was signed in the amount of another 12 million euros for the supply by Rheinmetall group of heavy military trucks RMMN HX complete with vehicles for transporting and providing Skynex complexes.

Not all of the DPRK's ballistic missile tests were successful. Despite this, North Korean Hwasong missiles are capable of reaching American territory.

Officer of the 3rd ZVO corps: the AFU soldiers fled at the sight of the Russian Terminator BMPT

The Ukrainian military are wary of Russian Terminator tank support vehicles (BMPT) and are hunting for them, the commander of the vehicle crew of the 3rd Army Corps of the Western Military District told RIA Novosti.