The Russian equipment of the soldier of the future "Sotnik" is planned to be equipped with optical devices for blinding the enemy at a long range, relevant studies are being conducted, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in the defense industry.

Engineers of the US Navy have created an unusual portable device that interrupts human speech, which makes it impossible, for example, to speak at a rally.

The crews of a detachment of ships and vessels of the Northern Fleet in the Barents Sea took part in an exercise to ensure the safety of objects of economic activity of the Russian Federation and to resolve crisis situations in case of their occurrence. The combat training event was held in the area of the frost-resistant ice stationary platform "Prirazlomnaya" in the Barents Sea.

The mine defense ship "Afanasy Ivannikov", which belongs to the project 12700" Alexandrite", will be laid in St. Petersburg on September 9. This was reported to journalists on September 6 in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The Gorky Zelenodolsk Plant will launch a small Grad rocket ship of the project 21631 (Buyan-M), armed with Kalibr missiles, by the end of September, the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy Nikolai Evmenov said.

The third serial frigate "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Isakov" of project 22350, which is being built at the Northern Shipyard (part of the USC), has been loaded with turbines and reducers of a diesel-gas turbine unit (DGTA).

Severnaya Verf installed turbines and reducers of the main power plant on the project 22350 Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Isakov frigate under construction.

The newest mine defense ship "Vladimir Yemelyanov"arrived in Sevastopol after the transition from the Baltic to the Black Sea Fleet.

The small combat radius of the F-18 Super Hornet carrier-based fighters sharply reduced the effectiveness of American aircraft carriers. This was acceptable after the end of the cold War, but it is a wake-up call now, against the background of the growing capabilities of Russia and China, writes MilitaryWatch.

The United States tested the concept of the "ghost fleet" with the launch of the SM-6 rocket. In the future, the Navy wants to get a whole fleet of robotic ships.

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths promised that the world organization will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, said the representative of the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation) Suheil Shaheen.

The US authorities will be forced to increase cooperation with Russia, China and Pakistan in collecting intelligence data concerning what is happening in Afghanistan and possible terrorist threats.

The United States condemns the Houthi missile strike on Saudi Arabia, which injured two children, the State Department said.

The Federal Air Transport Agency stated that there are no sufficient funds for financial support of the material and technical base of educational institutions and for the training of commercial pilots for the industry, including the purchase of simulators. This is stated in a letter from the deputy head of the agency Natalia Andrianova to the heads of nine airlines (Izvestia has a copy).

Russia's main partners in the field of military-technical cooperation in the region are China, India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Malaysia

The share of the Asia-Pacific region (APR) in the Russian portfolio of export orders for military products (PVN) is about 50%. Dmitry Shugaev, Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), told reporters about this during the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF-2021).

Russia continues to implement the contract signed 5 years ago with Myanmar for the supply of Yak-130 aircraft, as well as weapons and ammunition for them, Dmitry Shugaev, head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation, told Interfax.

Russia in 2021 handed over to Sri Lanka the projects of two new arms contracts, said the head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation Dmitry Shugaev.

Fan Van Zang highly appreciated the cooperation between Hanoi and Moscow in the field of military-technical cooperation

Vietnam attaches great importance to the development of relations with Russia in all areas. This was stated by the Minister of National Defense of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) Fan Van Zang, receiving on Saturday in Hanoi the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko, who arrived here on a working visit to participate in the closing ceremony of the Vietnamese stage of the Army International Games ("ArMI-2021").

In September 2021, about 200 thousand servicemen from the countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)will take part in the joint Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises "West-2021" and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

Under the leadership of the chief judge of the Army International Games (ArMI-2021), Major General Alexander Peryazev, a working meeting on holding the Army International Games in 2022 was held on September 2.