The short range of the F-18 Super Hornet fighters complicates their use in the fight against Russia and China and makes US aircraft carriers vulnerable to long-range attacks. This is reported by the publication Military Watch.

The development of weapons for the national fleet continues in Turkey. On September 3, the Turkish state-owned company Makine Kimya Endüstri (MKE) presented a 76-mm naval artillery installation and a 20-mm anti-aircraft art complex at the IDEF-2021 weapons exhibition. As the portal notes navalnews.com if information about the creation of a gun for the Navy has already appeared in the press, then the new anti-aircraft art complex turned out to be a surprise for most specialists.

On September 1, the Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems announced the conclusion of a contract worth about $ 80 million, providing for the supply of sets of weapons systems for high-speed patrol boats of the Shaldag Mk. 5 class, which are being built by Israel Shipyards for a customer from Southeast Asia.

The newest American stealth destroyer of the Zumwalt type has returned to its native shipyard after a five-day voyage. On September 3, the press service of the Bath Iron Works shipyard, part of the General Dynamics Corporation, announced that the USS Lyndon B. Johnson passed factory sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean.

In the image from space of Maxar Technologies, demonstrating the oceanographic research vessel "Akademik Alexandrov" of the 20183 project in Severodvinsk (Arkhangelsk region), you can see a product that resembles a Russian torpedo of the apocalypse - a nuclear underwater drone "Poseidon" 2M39, writes the American edition of USNI News.

The US Department of Defense has denied reports about the reduction of the American contingent in Syria. "It's not like that. The parameters of our mission in Syria remain the same. We called this morning to make sure of this, " RIA Novosti quoted a Pentagon spokesman as saying.

The Syrian air defense forces destroyed 21 missiles out of 24 missiles fired last night by Israeli fighter jets at targets in Syria, said Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria.

The fact that the United States left weapons in Afghanistan could have been provided for by an agreement with the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in Russia), admits TASS columnist Dmitry Litovkin.

When asked about the possibility of supporting the opponents of the Taliban (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) in the civil strife of Afghanistan, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby replied that the US military mission in this country has been completed.

In the future, the US military will most likely use mainly US Navy aircraft to launch strikes against the militants of the Islamic State terrorist group (banned in the Russian Federation) in Afghanistan.

The Saudi news agency SPA, citing the country's Defense Ministry, reported that last Saturday, the Saudi air defense forces prevented a missile attack from Yemen on three settlements of the kingdom.

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.

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 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.

The Kremlin considers Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic aspirations dangerous and warns that they will be forced to take countermeasures if they are implemented.

It is necessary to seek an embargo on the supply of weapons to Kiev. This was announced on September 2 by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

The United States and Ukraine will continue to oppose the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline, which they see as a threat to Europe's energy security. This is stated in a joint statement by the leaders of the countries Joe Biden and Vladimir Zelensky, posted on the website of the President of Ukraine.

A joint statement on the strategic partnership of the United States and Ukraine was published on the websites of the Office of the President of Ukraine and the White House. Despite the announcements of the Ukrainian side, there were no promises to stop the Nord Stream — 2 in the final release. The United States also supported Ukraine's course in NATO, but refused to prescribe the terms of possible accession. "The country" highlights the main thing from the statements of Biden and Zelensky.

The holding company "Russian Helicopters" of the Rostec State Corporation presented a line of the latest civil equipment at the Eastern Economic Forum.

The Ministry of Defense has asked the Moscow Arbitration Court to recover more than 4.2 billion rubles of penalties from the Tupolev aircraft construction company under the state contract dated March 31, 2016.