Belarus plans to buy more than $1 billion worth of weapons from Russia, President of the Republic Alexander Lukashenko told reporters while visiting the Obuz-Lesnovsky training ground near Baranovichi during the Zapad-2021 military exercises.

The Navy of the Republic of China received the first corvette catamaran of the Tuo Jiang II project. A total of 11 such ships should be built. Taiwan is seriously concerned about the growing power of the Chinese Navy. One of the efforts to neutralize the threat was the Tuo Jiang II missile corvette-catamaran project.

The US has stated that it does not intend to recognize the Taliban government in the near future

At the virtual meeting of representatives of a number of countries on Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urged the world community to adopt a unified approach to the policy of the Afghan authorities, the US State Department said.

Militants in the Syrian city of Deraa handed over more than 300 small arms. This was announced on Thursday, September 9, by the representative of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the warring parties, Alexander Gulyaev.

Russia is against the transformation of Syria into an arena of confrontation between third countries, the military of the Russian Federation and Israel will continue contacts on Syrian issues, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

In the UK, a hybrid of a speedboat and a submarine was assembled. Portal janes.com He reported that today, on September 9, the SubSea Craft company begins testing a prototype of the Victa boat.

On September 7, the Spanish company Navantia announced the start of sea trials of the lead of five Avante-2200 class corvettes ordered for the Saudi Arabian Navy.

Israel Shipyards Ltd. announced the signing of a contract with the Israeli Defense Ministry for the implementation of the development stage of the working project of the next-generation corvette Reshef for the Israeli Navy.

At the enterprise of the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering company in Okpo (O.On September 8, the launch ceremony of the URO frigate of the FFX-2 project (also known as Daegu and Ulsan Batch-II) took place.

Two submarines are making an inter-fleet transition from the Baltic to the Pacific Fleet, a source in the shipbuilding industry said

The grouping of non-nuclear submarines of the project 636.3 of the Russian Navy (Navy) in the Mediterranean Sea has been brought to five units for the first time. This was reported to TASS by a source in the shipbuilding industry.

For the first time, Russia has deployed five submarines in the Mediterranean Sea, known as "black holes" and serving as carriers of Kalibr cruise missiles, TASS reports, citing a source in the shipbuilding industry.

Israel has completed the acceptance of four corvettes from Germany. September 8, portal defensenews.com He reported that the ship Nitzahon arrived in the port of Haifa after a two-week journey from Germany.

The commander-in-chief of the Navy Nikolai Evmenov called this series of ships reliable

The Russian Navy plans to order 10 more mine defense ships of the 12700 project. This was announced to journalists on Thursday by the commander-in-chief of the Navy Nikolai Evmenov after the laying ceremony of the ninth ship of the Afanasy Ivannikov project, which was held at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard.

The Northern Fleet has begun large-scale exercises in the Arctic zone, its press service told reporters. The maneuvers will take place in the waters of the Barents and Kara Seas, the Laptev Sea, in the area of the Novosibirsk Islands and the Franz Josef Land archipelago.

Large-scale exercises have started in the Arctic, in which about 8 thousand military personnel, 800 units of combat and special equipment, as well as up to 50 ships and vessels will take part.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, units of land and coastal troops, as well as air defense troops of the Northern Fleet moved to the training grounds in the Murmansk region as part of an exercise with the Arctic expeditionary group.

The Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy has begun exercises in the Arctic zone, at one of the stages the defense of the Northern Sea Route will be worked out, RIA Novosti reports.

The system will allow monitoring the surface situation and preventing unauthorized navigation in the waters of the Northern Sea Route

The Corporation "Tactical Missile Weapons" (KTRV) is engaged in the creation of a coastal surveillance system of the coastal Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, which will help ensure the safety of the Northern Sea Route. This was reported to TASS in the press service of KTRV.

The Israeli company Elbit Systems has introduced a system for ARCAS submachine guns, which shows soldiers information about the combat situation, including the sources of fire and ammunition levels, in augmented reality. You can control the layers of information using the joystick on the front handle of the machine.

The guaranteed resource of the weapon is 25 thousand shots

By the end of the year, Russia will supply the European customer with the first export batch of the RG120 "Aspid"sports pistol. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the press service of the Rostec state Corporation.

The Kalashnikov Group has developed a new machine gun from the AK-12 family. The weapon was created on an initiative basis. AK-12SP is characterized by improved ergonomics and a set of technical solutions that increase the efficiency of the machine.