China has published the first set of ethical principles for regulating artificial intelligence (AI). Paramount importance is attached to protecting the rights of users and preventing risks associated with the influence of global tech giants. Another goal of the initiative is China's desire to become a world leader in AI by 2030.

Russian specialists have finished testing the Chukavin sniper rifle, which is being considered as a replacement for the Soviet SVD.

IN Afghanistan, the Soviet BTR-70 significantly increased its firepower. The armored personnel carrier received a ZU-23-2 rapid-fire anti-aircraft gun and was successfully used in battles.

Before the advent of the BTR-80, the Seventies had long been the main wheeled means of delivering infantry in units and formations of the Limited Soviet Contingent - the 40th Combined Arms Army, as well as border troops and other forces involved.

The Russian Armed Forces have received a new special escort and control vehicle 4386 "Partner". The corresponding order was signed by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Russia is expanding the list of carriers of hypersonic weapons. On October 4, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on its official YouTube channel published a video of the launch of the Zircon missile from the nuclear submarine Severodvinsk.

Tests of the Zircon hypersonic missile from a submarine have been completed, all its characteristics have been confirmed, Commander of the Northern Fleet Alexander Moiseev reported to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a conference call.

The Iranian military industry currently produces several types of modern ATGMs capable of destroying any tank. For example, mass production of the Toophan-3M guided missile, which is an analogue of the American TOW-2B, has begun in the Islamic Republic.

Small-sized ammunition has been tested in Turkey. The METE mini-missile is designed to arm quadrocopters, ground-based unmanned platforms and infantry. The tests were announced on Twitter by the head of the Turkish Defense Industry Department, Ismail Demir.

The United Arab Emirates has announced the launch of its first asteroid exploration program, under which an interplanetary vehicle will be launched in 2028. In five years, he must fly around Venus and visit seven asteroids of the Main Belt, one of which he will land on, The National News reports.

The launch of the spacecraft is scheduled for 2028

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched a space program to explore Venus and the asteroid belt. This was written on Twitter by the ruler of the Emirate of Dubai, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

The Luna-25 automatic station will be launched in July 2022. This was announced on October 5 by the head of the state corporation "Roscosmos" Dmitry Rogozin.

The station will be the first domestic device in modern Russia on a natural satellite of the Earth

The LUNA-25 automatic station will be launched in July, and the Russian-European ExoMars mission will be launched in September next year. This was announced by the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on the air of Channel One.

In April, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said that the state of the ISS leaves much to be desired, so the Russian Federation can focus on creating its own orbital station

The medical module can be included in a promising Russian orbital service station. This was announced on Tuesday by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

A second toilet has been launched on the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS), it is deployed in the new NAUKA module, which docked to the ISS in July.

This became known from the crew's negotiations with Earth, which are broadcast by NASA.

"I am ready to test in combat conditions," cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky said after completing the connection of the toilet in the new module. 

The transition to manual control was required by the commander of the SOYUZ MS-19 due to a malfunction in the KURS docking system on the International Space Station (ISS). This was announced on Tuesday, October 5, by the head of ROSCOSMOS Dmitry Rogozin.

According to the Cosmonaut Training Center, as a rule, after short flights, rehabilitation takes seven days

The terms of rehabilitation after short flights into space are usually seven days, for actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko, they will depend on their well-being. This was reported to TASS at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (CPC).

As the resource reported Flightglobal.com, the assembly of the first PC-24 light jet aircraft designed for the Qatar Air Force has been completed at the Pilatus Aircraft Ltd company in Stans (Switzerland).

The last batch of six A-29 Super Tucano light combat aircraft arrived at the Nigerian Air Force base in Kano on September 29, having flown from the United States.

The US Air Force will receive the first fighter of the 6th generation in five years or even earlier. October 4, portal defensenews.com He reported that the United States has officially abandoned the traditional approach under the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program.

On October 5, the General Director of PJSC UAC (as part of Rostec Group) and other heads of the corporation paid a working visit to the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant (KnAAZ named after Yu.A.Gagarin, a branch of sUkhoi Company JSC).