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 A batch of the latest rifles created to replace the already outdated SVD has entered service with snipers of the special operations forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation operating in Ukraine.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.

The authors of the bill believe that many fathers of three or more children would like to enlist in the army reserve

A bill has been submitted to the State Duma that will allow fathers of large families to enroll in the combat mobilization reserve, also known as the LEOPARD - the country's Combat Army Reserve.

Ukrainian troops tried to be active near Krasny Liman and Uglegorsk

On September 12, the DPR announced the successes of allied forces in the Artemivsk direction and unsuccessful attempts by Ukrainian formations to activate in the area of the Red Estuary and near Ugledar. According to experts, Russian troops have found ways to combat the tactics of mobile detachments of Ukrainian forces. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the defeat by aviation and artillery of clusters of VFU in the area of Kupyansk and Izyum in the Kharkiv region, as well as the destruction of a large enemy artillery depot in the Mykolaiv region.

The authorities of the Kherson region urged to move the front line away from the region

Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the administration of the Kherson region, said that it was necessary to move the front line away from the region in order to guarantee its safety and the cessation of shelling. He also promised not to "surrender" the region to the APU. Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, said that the concentration of enemy equipment is observed along the entire line of contact in the region.

According to Vladimir Zharikhin, deputy director of the Institute of CIS Countries, Ukraine is actually trying to circumvent the issue of joining NATO with the help of these "guarantees", which are equal to obligations to the members of the alliance.