The Times newspaper on Wednesday, August 4, named a high-ranking employee of the British Ministry of Defense who lost secret documents about the destroyer Defender near a bus stop in Kent.

India has put the first aircraft carrier of its own construction Vikrant to sea for testing. "Pride Day for India: the reincarnated Vikrant set off today for its first sea trials 50 years after its illustrious predecessor played a key role in winning the 1971 war," the Indian Navy command said.

The Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Huntington Ingalls Industries has announced the laying of the keel of a large multi-purpose patrol ship (National Security Cutter – NSC) (WMSL-759) "Calhoun" of the Legend class, intended for the US Coast Guard.

On August 2, the Egyptian Defense Ministry announced the arrival at the naval base in Alexandria of the fourth and last of the four Type-209/1400mod class NPLs built in Germany.

The government of Afghanistan and the Taliban militants (banned in the Russian Federation) are still far from reaching a peace agreement, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad said.

The United States will continue to support the armed and security forces of Afghanistan and carry out air strikes against the Taliban to demonstrate this. This was stated on Tuesday by Pentagon press Secretary John Kirby.

Iran will be able to achieve a breakthrough in the development of nuclear weapons in 10 weeks, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Wednesday at a meeting with diplomats of states that are members of the UN Security Council.

Iran will be able to achieve a breakthrough in the development of nuclear weapons in 10 weeks, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said at a meeting with diplomats of states that are members of the UN Security Council.

According to preliminary data, about 1.5 thousand enterprises will take part in the event

To date, representatives of military departments from 81 countries have expressed a desire to attend the International military-technical forum, which will be held at the end of August in the Moscow region. This was announced on Tuesday by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a conference call.

Commenting on the Russian-Chinese military exercises, the author emphasizes that the maneuvers are being conducted against the background of the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, which the United States plunged into chaos, leaving to the mercy of fate. In the current situation, Beijing and Moscow need to strengthen unity in the fight against the three forces that threaten the countries of Central Asia — terrorism, extremism and separatism.

In preparation for the joint Russian-Chinese exercises "Sibu/Interaction-2021", servicemen of the Eastern Military District of the Russian Federation are trained in the operation of armored vehicles of the People's Liberation Army of China.

Among the applicants-girls to the Krasnodar flight School-12 people per place, to the Military Medical Academy-more than 20. Suvorov students and cadets were children from Tajikistan, Syria, Mongolia, South Ossetia and for the first time - from Laos.

Military railway workers during the reconstruction of the Baikal-Amur mainline must hand over 19 objects in 3.5 years. This was announced by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

The commander of the Second Fleet of the US Navy, Vice Admiral Andrew Lewis, told RIA Novosti that he assesses cooperation with the Russian military as "adequate" and considers its development possible.

A comprehensive operational and tactical exercise with the Grodno border Group began on Tuesday, according to a statement on the website of the State Border Committee of Belarus.

Five days of the air show replace months of normal negotiations

Last week, one of the largest aviation salons in the world, MAKS – 2021, took place in Zhukovsky, near Moscow, where JSC "Arzamas Instrument-Making Plant named after P. I. Plandin"presented its stand.

A knowledgeable source told TASS that a prototype of a promising new-generation strategic bomber will be assembled by 2023. Earlier it became known that the first sample of the engine for the new aircraft was manufactured in Russia.

The battle-hardened Su-25 attack aircraft, which made tens of thousands of sorties only during the war in Afghanistan, will be able to remain in service for several more decades.

In the Eastern Military District, in the army aviation unit stationed in the Khabarovsk Territory, young pilots are mastering Ka-52 attack helicopters.

The Intellectual Property Rights Court upheld the judicial acts of two lower instances, which recovered about 42 million rubles from the Ukrainian company "Motor Sich "for the illegal use of a series of trademarks"Mi" /Mi.