The US Navy has completed tests of the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, which is the most expensive ship built in the world, with underwater explosions, Defense News reports.

On August 8, the Ministry of Defense of India announced the completion of the first sea trials of the P71 Vikrant aircraft carrier (IAC – 1-Indigenous Aircraft Carrier) designed by the Directorate of Naval Design (DND) and built for the Indian Navy by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL).

The Spanish company Navantia has started testing the combat system for the lead submarine of the S-80 project "Isaac Peral". It will monitor the submarine's armament, track targets and provide information necessary for missions. According to Naval News, while it was tested on land, but on August 31 it will be installed on the first Spanish submarine.

The Syrian authorities control more than 90% of the country's territories. This was announced on August 10 by the head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, during the All-Russian Youth Educational Forum "Territory of Meanings".

Russian servicemen continued patrolling on the territory of the Syrian province of Aleppo. This was announced on Tuesday, August 10, by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace said that his attempt to form a coalition together with NATO allies to maintain a military presence in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of American troops was not successful.

Despite the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, a peace agreement between the Afghan parties has not been reached, a senior EU official told reporters in Brussels on Tuesday on condition of anonymity.

It is too early for Belarus and Russia to create a union ministry of defense, since the parties are not ready for this, first they need to adopt the constitution of the Union State, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday.

Specialists of all branches of the Southern Military District with the involvement of aviation and ships of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) and the Caspian Flotilla (CFL) are starting a week of large-scale battalion tactical exercises in the South of Russia, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

During the joint strategic exercise "SIBU/INTERACTION-2021", servicemen of the Russian military contingent and the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) will use unmanned aerial vehicles.

Units of the Armed Forces of Laos have arrived in the Primorsky Territory to participate in the joint Russian-Lao exercise "Laros-2021", the Eastern Military District (VVO) announced on Monday.

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Tatyana Shevtsova held a meeting on the innovative system of financing the army in wartime, which will be tested at the Zapad-2021 exercises, during a working trip to St. Petersburg, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

More than 1 thousand servicemen of the missile forces and artillery of the combined arms association of the Central Military District will take part in the exercises that started at the training ground in the Kemerovo region, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Monday.

"Typhoon-K", BTR-82 and Mi-35M were involved in the joint exercises "South-2021" of the military of Uzbekistan and Russia in the area of the border with Afghanistan.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the joint group has worked out a special operation to prevent the possible crossing of the state border by illegal armed groups.

In 2021, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation will actively participate in the VII International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" in order to form and sustainably operate a network of leading universities included in global rankings that implement breakthrough research and development work that can be successfully implemented at enterprises of the military-industrial complex.

Russian military builders will build more than fifty objects on the islands of the Kuril Ridge, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

Since the beginning of 2021, specialists of the Military Construction Complex of the Ministry of Defense have been building 4 thousand objects of various purposes in different parts of the country. About 30 thousand specialists and more than 2.8 thousand pieces of equipment are involved in the construction sites of the Ministry of Defense every day. According to the ministry, it is planned to put into operation 3 thousand buildings and structures. Of these, 1,617 buildings have already been built and many have been commissioned on a turnkey basis.

CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas notes the growing tension along the entire perimeter of the Organization's responsibility, in particular, around Belarus and on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

Russia may start producing an upgraded version of the fifth-generation fighter in the middle of the decade. The car, among other things, will receive a completely updated cabin.

The cost of the new Russian aircraft will be about $30 million

The newest Russian Checkmate fighter, first presented at the MAKS-2021 International Air Show, is in demand on the global arms market. This was announced on Monday by the general director of the Rostec State Corporation Sergey Chemezov.