US allies in Europe and the Pacific are trying to influence the White House and are calling on American leader Joe Biden not to change Washington's current nuclear policy, the Financial Times newspaper reports.

Allies fear that the United States will reconsider its nuclear policy and move to the principle of a "single goal— - it implies that Washington uses nuclear weapons solely for deterrence or as a retaliatory measure

The United States has made significant progress in increasing the power and accuracy of nuclear weapons, which have become significantly more reliable and effective than ever before, The Washington Post says, citing interviewed experts.

US allies hope that US President Joe Biden at the G20 summit will confirm the immutability of the principles of the use of nuclear weapons, The Financial Times newspaper reports.

The Indian Armed Forces launched the Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at night. During the tests, the rocket covered a distance of more than 5,000 kilometers. This is reported by Army Recognition.

FAR EAST - Missile strike control training with calculations of operational tactical missile systems (OTRK) "Iskander" was held in Primorye, the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO) reports.

It is planned to carry out five launches for sea and coastal targets

State tests of the newest hypersonic anti-ship missile "Zircon" from the surface carrier - the frigate "Admiral Gorshkov" - will begin in November this year. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the Russian Defense Ministry.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced a competition for the disposal of aviation ammunition. The agency plans to dispose of 187 guided missiles of the Navy. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the data of the public procurement portal.

The winners of the competition among potential developers of a super-powerful combat laser announced by the US Army were General Atomics (GA) and Boeing. According to the plan of the command, in the future it will be able to destroy high-speed air targets, including hypersonic missiles.

The Russian air defense systems used by Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh turned out to be outdated and unreliable, the American magazine Popular Mechanics tells.

Russia and Brazil continue to discuss the possible purchase by the Latin American country of the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun systems (ZRPC). This was announced by Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) Anatoly Punchuk.

The Kasta-2E2 radar station can detect drones and fifth-generation F-35 aircraft. Methods of repelling attacks of inconspicuous targets are reported in the material of the magazine "Army Standard".

The upgraded three-coordinate radar stations "Casta-2E2" (39N6) involved in the exercises in the Leningrad region timely detected the approach of a squadron of drones. The transmitted coordinates allowed the Tor-M anti-aircraft missile systems to successfully repel a massive aerial drone attack.

A small-sized radar station (MRLS) "Volna" has been developed, designed for round-the-clock and all-weather search, detection and tracking of ultra-small drones.

Along with large strike unmanned aerial vehicles, very small drones performing reconnaissance functions pose a major security threat.

It was originally planned that Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron, who will go to the ISS on November 3 aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, will carry out work on the outer surface of the station on November 17

The spacewalk from the International Space Station of American astronauts Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron has been postponed for almost two weeks and will take place only at the end of November.

German astronaut Matthias Maurer will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) on November 3 on a SpaceX spacecraft as part of the NASA program. A few months after his arrival, he decided to throw a party with his colleagues. Maurer shared the details of the event in an interview with Deutsche Welle.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is going to carry out the first launch of the new Ariane 6 launch vehicle in the second half of 2022, according to data from the French developer Arianespace.

SpaceX and NASA have proposed to the American astronauts who are currently on the ISS and should soon return to Earth to study "other ways to remove fluids from the body" after the incident with the toilet of the Crew Dragon spacecraft during the previous fully civilian flight. This is reported by RT with reference to the statement of the manager of the NASA commercial crew program, Steve Stitch.

The launch of the Falcon-9 launch vehicle with the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) will take place in normal mode, the recent powerful solar flare did not affect the plans. This was announced on October 29 by the head of the NASA manned program, Kathy Luders.

The US Vice President will visit the French capital on November 11-12

Strengthening cooperation in space will be one of the topics of the visit of US Vice President Kamala Harris to Paris on November 11-12. This is stated in a joint communique adopted on Friday following talks in Rome between French and American Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden.