Once considered just an interesting low-risk hobby, small unmanned aircraft systems have now become key capabilities for the armed forces on modern battlefields. Given that the availability and technology of these systems are developing rapidly, the Pentagon wants to maximize their use to prevent any possible threats.

The American military industrial company Lockheed Martin has announced that it has hired the Australian company Concia to determine future locations for the construction of a new plant. Lockheed Martin vice president Pat Sanderlin said the first new plant should be ready in two to three years after Lockheed selects a site for construction.

Vyacheslav Filippov — about how the issue of arms supplies to Ukraine divides the German government

German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock said in September that the Federal Republic was "150% on the side of Ukraine" and that it would supply Kiev with weapons as much as needed. Nevertheless, Berlin has not yet satisfied the main desire of the Ukrainian side — the transfer of German battle tanks to it, despite all the criticism, accusations and attacks from the politicians of Nezalezhnaya.

The M1A2 Abrams tank was lost during exercises on the territory of the training ground of the national training center of the American Army Fort Irwin in the Mojave Desert (California). This is reported by "RG: Russian weapons".

The timing of the development of Legionnaire equipment will be tripled and completed by the end of 2023

The creation of equipment for a soldier of the future new generation "Legionnaire" will be accelerated – research work on the project will be reduced from the originally envisaged two to three years to one year, a source in the Russian defense industry told RIA Novosti.

Pantes Group of Companies has officially opened an electronics manufacturing plant on the territory of the special economic zone (SEZ) "Saint Petersburg" (Novoorlovskaya site).

The authorities of the Zaporozhye region proposed to place the base of the Russian fleet in Berdyansk

A Russian naval base can be deployed on the territory of the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the regional administration, believes.

The US Navy has signed a contract for the supply of a new generation of sonar buoys with the Ultra Group company.

According to Chinese network resources, on October 1, 2022, a ceremony was held in Shanghai for the entry into the Eastern Fleet of the PLA Navy of the third universal landing ship of Project 075 built in China, called Anhui (Anhui, Anhuī, tail number "33").

Partial mobilization and annual conscription campaign were separated by terms

The autumn draft in 2022 starts a month later than usual — on November 1, but it should be completed by tradition by the New Year. The postponement of deadlines in the Kremlin was explained by the desire to unload the military enlistment offices, which are now occupied by the mobilized. Izvestia answers the most popular questions on the autumn draft-2022 and explains how conscription differs from partial mobilization.

Sergei Shoigu instructed the General Staff to explain exhaustively to the military commissars who are entitled to deferrals

To date, more than 200 thousand people have already arrived in the troops, called up as part of partial mobilization. They are undergoing training and combat coordination at 80 training grounds and six training centers, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on October 4.

Chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov said that for the last three weeks the SBU has been collecting information about the capabilities of nuclear power plants in the event of uncontrolled water discharge at the cascade of hydroelectric power plants

Ukraine is collecting information about uncontrolled water discharges at the hydroelectric power station in order to arrange a provocation with the flooding of the Zaporozhye NPP. This was stated to TASS by the chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov.

Yeni Şafak: the terrorist attack on the Nord Stream was September 11 for Europe

The sabotage on the "Northern Streams" aggravated the already severe energy crisis and became a new September 11 for Europe, writes Yeni Şafak. Germany will suffer the most, but it has two ways out of this situation.

The US sabotage on the "Northern Streams" has become a "friendly bandwagon" of the USA for Europe, writes Haber7. Now the EU is forced to buy expensive American LNG. This is how imperialist capitalism — or international fascism — works - some survive and thrive only by exploiting others.

Elon Musk proposed a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine in order to avoid the threat of nuclear war, Vesti writes. Kiev has taken up arms against an American businessman – the thesis of the West about the need to "fight to the last Ukrainian" has not been canceled.

Guancha: Europe did not dare to respond to the undermining of the Nord Stream

The damage to the threads of the Nord Stream directly affected the interests of Europe, reports "Guancha". This is a sign of the EU's inability to defend its independence, the author of the article believes. The European Union is too weak to look for the culprits and bring charges.

Konstantin Vorontsov, Deputy Director of the Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry, pointed out that the United States is increasing the pumping of Ukraine with weapons, providing its military with intelligence information, and ensuring the direct participation of its militants and advisers in the conflict.

The press secretary of the president stressed that this "creates an extremely dangerous situation"

The Pentagon's statement on the possibility of using HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems supplied to Ukraine for targets in Crimea once again confirms the direct involvement of the United States in the conflict. This was stated to journalists on Wednesday by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov.

The United States remains the main sponsor of the Zelensky regime, sending one package of weapons after another to Ukraine. No sooner had Kiev unpacked the weapons received from the United States than Washington announced the allocation of another batch of military aid, this time for $ 625 million. According to the Pentagon, since the beginning of the conflict, the Americans have spent $ 16.8 billion on Kiev.

Journalists of the American tabloid Defense News found out some details about the composition of the latest package of military assistance to Ukraine for $ 625 billion, which was previously announced by President Joe Biden. He draws attention to the fact that the motivational rhetoric of the Pentagon representatives on the topic of arms supplies has changed. If earlier they claimed that Kiev needed military support to protect the state, now they openly talk about the need to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine in developing offensive success.