Taiwan is afraid of losing contact with the outside world when the PRC attacks. Therefore, much attention is paid to the development of the satellite program on the island.

For the first time, the Chinese C919 aircraft will be put into commercial operation by the airline two years earlier than its Russian competitor, the MS–21 airliner. Both projects developed in parallel and made their first flights even in the same month and year. However, the Chinese is the first to be released into life. However, this is where the advantages of the Chinese liner end. How is the MS-21 superior to its rival?

The Ministry of Defense continues to publish information about the work of the Russian military in the framework of a special military operation in Ukraine. This time, the military showed footage of the destruction of a barge with Ukrainian troops trying to land near the Zaporozhye NPP and seize the station.

According to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), the acceptance test procedure for the first "British" UAV of long duration flight "Protector" RG Mk1 has been successfully completed.

The newest light multipurpose guided missile (LMUR) "Product 305" is very actively used as part of a special military operation to destroy not only armored vehicles, but enemy manpower. The missile is part of the arsenal of Ka-52 and Mi-28N attack helicopters and allows you to hit targets with high accuracy, which is confirmed by numerous videos of the use of this munition.

Business Insider published Michael Peck's material "HIMARS rockets have been a 'game changer' in Ukraine, and the US Army is now looking for ways to build up to 500 more" ("HIMARS missiles have changed the rules of the game" in Ukraine, and now the US Army is considering the possibility of manufacturing up to 500 more systems"), which states that the US Army has issued a request for information on the production of 24 to 96 M142 HIMARS multiple rocket launcher combat vehicles annually (up to 480 units in total) for five years from 2024 to 2028 fiscal years.

The Malaysian Defense Ministry is finalizing a contract with the Slovak company Konstrukta Defense for the supply of a division of 155 mm/52 EVA self-propelled howitzers on a wheeled chassis.

Special forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation operating in Ukraine have received a batch of the latest army sniper rifles Chukavin (microwave) for experimental combat operation. This was reported on September 14 by RIA Novosti with reference to a source in the military-industrial complex.

The new microwave sniper rifle will be tested in combat conditions. A batch of the latest rifles created to replace the already outdated SVD has entered service with snipers of the special operations forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation operating in Ukraine.

Currently, the US Navy is beginning to form a community of information warfare specialists. The training will take place under the Bachelor's degree program, which was resumed this year to increase the number of future officers.

Coal-fired power plants in the United States can be upgraded into nuclear power plants if necessary. This conclusion was made by the US Department of Energy on the basis of the conducted research. Specialists of the department have checked 80% of operating and decommissioned thermal power plants. As it turned out, nuclear reactors can be placed on them.

Western economic sanctions are not working. Russia earns more from energy exports than it spends on special operations

The energy sanctions of the West have turned against him, writes President Online. While the energy crisis is raging in Europe, Russia is looking for new partners and increasing revenues from oil and gas revenues. The success of her actions will depend on the results of the US elections, the author of the article believes.

The American authorities continue a series of renaming attempts to erase from the history of the country any mention of the Confederacy of the Southern States (Confederate States of America) and its generals and officers. So, a specially created commission recommended that the command of the US Navy rename the warship USS Chancellorsville.

Viktor Litovkin — on the undeclared results of strategic command and staff exercises in the Far East

For a whole week, from September 1 to 7, large—scale strategic command and staff exercises "Vostok-2022" thundered at the training grounds and in the sea areas of the Far Eastern Military District — from Lake Baikal to the Pacific coast and from the Sino-Mongolian borders to the southern coast of the Arctic Ocean, as well as in the Okhotsk and Japanese Seas.

Countries that got rid of the West

The upcoming SCO summit is already being called by some the "union of the sanctioned" – Russia, China and Iran, writes Junge Welt. Don't underestimate him. More and more countries are interested in becoming SCO members. So it turns into a bloc whose goal is to nullify Western domination.

Putin and Erdogan: the secret of contradictory relations

Historically, Turkey and Russia have been on different sides of the barricades, writes Al Mayadeen. However, in recent years, Moscow and Ankara have been closely cooperating in many areas. Now Turkey is acting as a mediator in the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Perhaps this partnership will continue, or maybe Turkey's dependence on the United States will still play a role.

The Armenian Cabinet of Ministers appealed to Russia, the CSTO and the UN Security Council because of the aggravation of the situation on the border with Azerbaijan, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the country's public television.

Armenian leader Nikol Pashinyan urgently, at night, turned to Russian President Vladimir Putin for help. The thing is that new clashes have started on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, there are dozens of dead. What exactly happened according to the versions of both sides and why is what is happening critically important for Yerevan?

The Ministry of Defense has not recorded violations of the truce in the area of responsibility in Karabakh for a day

No violations of the ceasefire regime in the area of responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh were recorded during the day, the bulletin of the Russian Defense Ministry says about the activities of Russian peacekeepers.

In the Moscow region, FSB officers detained a high-ranking employee of one of Russia's aviation enterprises, he is suspected of transferring secret information about Russian aviation equipment to Ukraine. This is reported by the FSB DSP.