The United States has generally fulfilled the task that faced American troops in Afghanistan, and will return its military to their homeland, US President Joe Biden said.

The CSTO Security Council secretaries discussed in Tajikistan the issues of equipping the CSTO collective rapid reaction forces with modern weapons, the prospects for cooperation between the CSTO and the CIS and the SCO. And also the topic of the Afghan settlement. The meeting of the Security Council secretaries began on April 29 with a meeting with the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.

Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are the "workhorses" of the US Navy, writes the American publication 19FortyFive.

Live firing of the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) of the Guards missile cruiser "Moscow" was shown on video. The corresponding video on Thursday, April 29, is published by the Zvezda TV channel in its Telegram channel.

At the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation), the launch ceremony of the mine defense ship "Pyotr Ilyichev" of project 12700 was held.

The connection of the ships of the protection of the water area of the Troops and forces in the North-East of Russia (OKVS) has been replenished with another new anti-sabotage boat of the Grachonok project.

Russian shipbuilders held the ceremony of launching the project 12700 mine defense ship "Pyotr Ilyichev". It can be transferred to the customer this year.

Contractors are required to notify the Pentagon about the use of microelectronic components made in China, Russia, Iran and North Korea in their systems, Defense News reports, citing a bill introduced by Republican Senator Joshua Hawley of Missouri.

American engineers have taught the exoskeleton for the legs to increase the walking speed by an average of 42 percent. After the start of walking, the exoskeleton gradually optimizes the parameters of its work, adapting to the walking of a particular person. The paper is published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering.

During the ceremony held at the plant in Set Lagoas (Minas Gerais), Iveco Defense Vehicles handed over to the Brazilian Army the first (out of 32 ordered) light armored vehicle 4x4 LMV-BR (Viatura Blindada Multitarefa, Leve de Rodas).

The mountain motorized rifle unit of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District (SE) received 10 Ural-4320 vehicles of the latest modification.

France has tested a new M51 submarine-launched ballistic missile. Its carrier is a strategic submarine of the Triomphant type.

The Indian Defense Ministry reported on the successful integration of the 5th generation Python-5 air-to-air guided missile on board the Tejas light combat aircraft, as proved by the test launches conducted on April 27.

The Changzheng-5B heavy launch vehicle successfully launched the Tianhe base module of the future Chinese space station into low-Earth orbit on Thursday, the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) said.

The reusable first stage of the American Falcon 9 launch vehicle, which launched on Thursday Moscow time into orbit with 60 Internet satellites of the Starlink project, made a successful controlled landing on a floating platform in the Atlantic, the developer company SpaceX said.

The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle on Thursday successfully launched another batch of 60 mini-satellites into low-Earth orbit, designed to continue the deployment of the global Internet coverage of the Starlink system, the developer company SpaceX said.

Launched on Monday on a Soyuz-2.1 b rocket from the Vostochny cosmodrome, 36 British satellites, together with the Fregat upper stage, are included in the Main Catalog of Space Objects of the Russian space Control System, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

The Progress MS-14 spacecraft was launched to the ISS from the Baikonur cosmodrome on April 25. He set a record for the longest stay in orbit

The Progress MS-14 space cargo ship, which spent more than a year in orbit, was driven out of orbit and burned up in the atmosphere on Thursday night. The unburned parts were flooded in the non-navigable part of the Pacific Ocean, Roscosmos said in a statement.

AeroVironment has announced the implementation by the US Army command of an option to the basic contract, which provides for the supply of a batch of Switchblade-300 barrage ammunition for its own needs and export to the "union state".

An unmanned MQ-8B reconnaissance helicopter crashed into the side of the USS Charleston. The vessel suffered significant damage, but was able to continue its work.