Representatives of the European Parliament (EP) issued a statement on Monday expressing concern that Russia and China may take advantage of the events in Afghanistan.

On August 15, the launch ceremony of the lead corvette of the Ada class (MILGEM), intended for the Pakistani Navy, took place at the Istanbul Naval Shipyard in Istanbul.

According to the Philippine Defense Resource Mintfo.com, The Philippine Ministry of Defense has signed a contract worth $ 15.937 million with the South Korean company LIG Nex1 as part of a project to purchase torpedoes for frigates in service.

According to reports published on Twitter, sea trials of the third universal landing ship (UDC) of the Type-075 class built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, intended for the PLA Navy, have begun.

They will pass through the Mediterranean Sea and the Suez Canal

Diesel-electric submarines "Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky "and" Volkhov " of the project 636.3 of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) will begin an inter-fleet transition from the Baltic to the place of permanent basing in the coming days. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The Pacific Fleet of the Russian Federation is preparing to arm itself with a new diesel-electric submarine. Yesterday, August 16, the press service of JSC "Admiralty Shipyards" reported that the state tests of the submarine "Magadan"have begun.

A large-scale tactical exercise of the marines of two fleets - the Baltic and Northern Fleets-has started on the sea coast of the Kaliningrad region.

According to the data provided, two new Russian corvettes of projects 20380 and 20385 will be laid at once in August. They will serve in the Pacific Ocean.

Arrival to the Pacific Fleet is expected in November

The carrier of Kalibr-NK cruise missiles, the Gremyashchy missile corvette of Project 20385, makes an inter-fleet transition from the Baltic to the Pacific Fleet (TOF) The Russian Navy. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The military from Russia has prepared equipment for training for the Suvorov Onslaught competition. This is reported by the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. During the comprehensive inspection, much attention was paid to checking the condition of fire control systems, engines, chassis, etc.

the Plant will be presented at the forum, T-90MS and BMPT-72

"Uralvagonzavod" ("Uralvagonzavod" in the group of "Uralvagonzavod" is included in "rostec") at the International military-technical forum "Army-2021" will present the BMPT-72 and T-90MS. Both cars demonstrate the modernization potential of the plant's equipment, the press service of the concern told TASS.

The units of the PGRK RVSN are fully equipped with unique simulators for training mechanics-drivers of autonomous launchers of the Yars mobile missile system.

The hypersonic missile "Zircon", which Russia will adopt in the coming years, will put the aircraft carrier strike groups of the US Navy at risk and make them ineffective, according to Mark Episkopos, a columnist for The National Interest.

Military Watch Magazine spoke about the advantages of the Soviet S-200 system.

Military Wait magazine published an article "Why NATO hated the S-200 - the longest-range air defense system of the Cold War".

The systems of the central module of the space station are operating normally, the Office of the Manned Space Flight Program of the People's Republic of China reported

The crew members of the manned spacecraft of the People's Republic of China "Shenzhou-12", working at the Chinese orbital station, will soon go into outer space for the second time. This was announced on Tuesday by the Department of the Manned Space Flight Program of the People's Republic of China.

The launch of the spacecraft is planned from the site of the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida

The launch of the American SpaceX Dragon cargo ship with payloads for the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for August 28. This was announced on Tuesday by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

For 90 Martian days, the device collected 10 GB of environmental data

The Chinese rover "Zhuzhong" made a journey of 889 meters on the surface of Mars in three months. This was reported on Tuesday by the Central Television of China.

The helicopter-drone Ingenuity ("Ingenuity"), which arrived on Mars together with the Perseverance rover ("Perseverance"), made the 12th successful autonomous flight on the Red Planet, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory reported.

The state corporation previously announced plans to put telescopes on the lunar base to monitor dangerous asteroids and comets

Roscosmos plans to use the Astronomical Research Center (ANC) to create equipment that will be installed on the Lunar Scientific Base to monitor the asteroid-comet danger. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.

The ambitious project of creating a global mobile satellite communication system "Ether "has been excluded from the national program"Digital Economy". The project implementation costs were estimated at 299 billion rubles. At the same time, 30 billion rubles from extra-budgetary sources should have already been allocated for the design of this system.