The United States urges its allies to avoid major deals with Russia in the defense sphere, a State Department representative told RIA Novosti, commenting on the signing of an agreement on military cooperation between Russia and Saudi Arabia.

Russia and the United States, following the talks of the heads of state in Geneva, launched a process of consultations on arms control, as well as on cybersecurity, but there are also issues that have not budged, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

The Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan will prepare for negative scenarios in connection with the situation in Afghanistan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Republic Serik Burambayev said.

The list of foreign goods (with the exception of products from the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union) that state and municipal organizations are prohibited from buying includes laptops and tablets, according to a government decree published on Tuesday.

The United States analyzes photos and videos taken by the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation) at the Kabul airport. They show captured military aircraft, helicopters, cars and other trophies.

The twenty-year US presence in Afghanistan has turned into a zero, if not a negative result, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The command of the US Navy announced the official commissioning ceremony of the new Virginia-class submarine (SSN-792) "Vermont", which took place on August 28 at the submarine base in New London.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has announced the successful completion of factory sea trials of the new destroyer URO (DDG-121) "Frank E. Petersen Jr. "of the Arleigh Burke class, intended for the US Navy.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky thanked the NATO bloc for its support and presence in the Black Sea region, but believes that this is not enough in the current conditions.

The underwater robot-drone "Surrogate", which simulates a portrait of a submarine with the help of acoustics to deceive the enemy, was designed in Russia, a representative of the Central Design Bureau of Marine Technology (CCB MT)"Rubin" told RIA Novosti.

JSC NPO Gidromash (Moscow, an asset of RATM Holding) will supply sealed electric pump units for two strategic nuclear submarines "Dmitry Donskoy" and " Prince Potemkin "of the Borey-A project, the company's press service reported.

A detachment of small anti-submarine ships "Kholmsk" and "Ust-Ilimsk" of the Pacific Fleet conducted artillery firing on sea and air targets in the Sea of Okhotsk.

The South Korean company Hanwha Systems has signed a contract for the development of an individual battlefield visualization system. According to Janes, it will connect weapon sights with military smartphones, as well as their walkie-talkies and tactical radio communications. This will allow them to share data in real time with each other and with command posts.

Foreigners were interested in the Azart communication systems produced by the Russian manufacturer, including the export version of the R-187-P1E portable radio station and the R-187BE portable radio station.

According to the press service of the NGO "Angstrom", which developed the radio stations, among those who wanted to get acquainted with the characteristics of various types of" Excitement " and the conditions for their purchase were both our CSTO allies from Armenia and Belarus, as well as representatives of the military departments of countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America: Myanmar, Sudan, Uganda, Iran, Cuba, Mali, Pakistan, Burkina Faso.

By the end of the year, at least 10 intersectoral projects aimed at the development of the electronic industry and the introduction of domestic solutions in all sectors of the economy will be launched in Russia, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a meeting devoted to the formation of demand for Russian radio-electronic products.

In China, a prototype of a two-legged robot Jet-HR2 was created, which was taught to fly with the help of fans. Details about the development of the engineers of the Guangdong Institute of Technology are set out in the preprint of the report, available at arXiv.org.

Roscosmos plans to explore the possibility of using autonomous transport robotic systems for the anti-terrorist protection of its facilities, according to materials on the state procurement website.

The modernized German Leopard 2A7+ significantly gained weight and lost mobility.

One of these tanks was recently demonstrated at an exhibition in Hungary. A shield with fairly detailed technical characteristics was installed next to it. In particular, the specified weight is 67.5 tons. If we recall the 55-ton Leopard 2A4 released in the second half of the 80s, the weight gain was more than 12,000 kg.

A prototype of a light tank with a new turret and armament was photographed in Serbia. The Belgrade company DLS Special Systems installed the Soviet MT-12 Rapira anti-tank gun in the car on the basis of the world's first floating self-propelled gun "Gvozdika".

The Ukrainian tank industry is in a deep crisis. From the once giant of Soviet industry - the Malyshev plant, in fact, there are repair shops that are capable of semi-artistically, as they say, on the knee, making individual samples from the previous reserves, which then break down during rehearsals of parades.