They are being upgraded to capture the target using optics

The greatest danger to the Russian front-line aviation participating in the special operation in Ukraine is now the Buk and Osa-AKM anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) modified by specialists from NATO. This was reported to TASS by a source in the law enforcement agencies.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov pointed out that Kiev is optimistic about the possibility of supporting Israel in the fight against threats from Iran from the air and in cyberspace

Israel provides the Ukrainian leadership with military intelligence data and analytical information that is necessary to counter Russia's alleged use of Iranian drones. This is reported by The Wall Street Journal newspaper with reference to sources .

In August, The Washington Post published an article claiming that Iran was supplying its drones to Russia

Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said on Tuesday that he was unable to confirm speculation about Iran's possible supply of surface-to-surface missiles to Russia.

The highly mobile multiple launch rocket system and the Javelin anti-tank missile system, which is manufactured by Lockheed in cooperation with Raytheon, another giant of the American defense industry, are attracting growing interest from customers. This was stated by Lockheed Martin.

The US Navy Aviation Systems Command has signed an additional contract with Alliant Techsystems Operations for the supply of a new batch (Lot 11) of advanced AGM-88E2 AARGM (Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile).

According to two informed sources of the Bloomberg news agency, on October 18, Turkey conducted a test launch of the first short-range ballistic missile of national production over the Black Sea.

Sohu: the "queen" of Russian missiles will deliver a crushing blow anywhere in the world

The West did not have time to recover from the appearance of "Satan", as a new rocket replaced him, writes the user Sohu. It is capable of flying through the entire North Pole and reaching anywhere on the planet. The world's most powerful ICBM will protect Russia from external threats.

The Washington administration also again asked lawmakers in connection with the conflict in Ukraine to allocate funds for the creation of a fund for the purchase of critical ammunition

The United States Administration continues to oppose the financing of the creation of sea-based nuclear cruise missiles. This is stated in a written statement issued on Tuesday by the Administration and Budget Office (ABU) of the White House.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the destruction of the landing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an attempt to capture the Zaporozhye NPP

The Russian military destroyed the landing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), which attempted to seize the territory near the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (NPP). This was announced on Wednesday, October 19, by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

France supplied neo-Nazi formations of the Kiev regime with self-propelled 155-mm TRF1 guns. It is reported that a total of fifteen units have been delivered.

On October 15, 2022, at the Petefi Sandor Barracks in the Budapest Military Garrison, a ceremony was held for the transfer by the German Rheinmetall AG group to the Hungarian armed forces of the first serial new infantry fighting vehicle KF41 Lynx, out of 209 units ordered by the Hungarian Ministry of Defense under the 2020 contract. Rheinmetall AG CEO Armin Papperger presented a symbolic key to the head car to Hungarian Defense Minister Christoph Salai-Bobrovnitsky. The transfer took place during the swearing-in ceremony of new volunteers who entered military service in the Hungarian armed forces. The ceremony was attended by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

On Tuesday, October 18, a meeting was held on the territory of the Dimitrovgrad industrial site of the OAT Group, which is part of the KAMAZ structure, with the participation of the Governor of the Ulyanovsk Region Alexey Russian, the General Director of KAMAZ Sergey Kogogin, the President of AVTOVAZ Maxim Sokolov and the General director of the OAT Group Firdaus Kabirov.

Within one year, the applications of the developers of "Elbrus" for state support for the creation of a new chip were rejected three times by the competition commission of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The amount of the requested subsidy, apparently, is measured in billions.

The conflict in Ukraine has revealed the shortcomings of the American military-industrial base, writes the author of the article in the WSJ. The aid to Kiev depleted the stocks of weapons and showed that the US military-industrial complex is sharpened to work in peacetime, he claims.

Specialists, in particular, will check the operation of all units, systems and nodes, navigation and radio equipment

The newest multifunctional large hydrographic boat "Anatoly Knyazev", built for the needs of the Baltic Fleet, is undergoing factory sea trials in the Baltic, the press service of the fleet reported on Wednesday.

The Canadian Coast Guard has announced the acceptance of the third medium icebreaker, which has been repaired and refitted at the Chantier Davie enterprise in Levi (prov. Quebec) as part of the third component of the National Shipbuilding Strategy.

Belarus will accept up to 170 tanks and about a hundred guns from Russia to the regional grouping

About 170 tanks, up to 200 armored combat vehicles and up to 100 guns and mortars with a caliber of more than 100 mm will arrive in Belarus within the framework of the Belarusian-Russian group of troops being deployed from the Russian Federation, said Valery Revenko, head of the Department of International Military Cooperation – Assistant to the Minister of Defense of Belarus for International Military Cooperation.

The Deputy Acting Governor of the Kherson region reported that the AFU also lost 320 tanks

Over the past month and a half, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have lost about 9.8 thousand military personnel, including mercenaries, and about 1,590 pieces of equipment, including 320 tanks, in the Kherson direction alone. This was announced on Monday by the deputy acting Governor of the Kherson region Kirill Stremousov on the air of Channel One .

The greatest losses in manpower were recorded in the Kupyansk and Krasnolimansk directions, follows from TASS calculations based on data from daily briefings by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov.

Russian Defense Ministry: The Armed Forces continued to strike military targets in Ukraine, the goals were achieved

The Russian armed forces continue to strike at the facilities of the military administration and the energy system of Ukraine, all tasks have been completed. This was announced on Monday, October 17, by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.