Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched the construction of the Istanbul Canal, which will connect the Marmara and Black Seas and become a stand-in for the Bosphorus Strait.

Three months have passed since Norway announced that after lengthy negotiations, they have finally agreed on an agreement with the German shipyard ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) on the acquisition of new submarines.

About 650 US troops will remain in Afghanistan to ensure the security of diplomats after the withdrawal of the main part of the US military, the Associated Press reports, citing informed sources.

The new Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said before the start of negotiations with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken that the Israeli side has concerns about the possible resumption of the work of the agreement on the Iranian atom - the JCPOA.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry said that it is not Tehran, but Western countries that will have to make fundamental decisions so that all parties return to fulfilling the terms of the agreement on the Iranian atom - the JCPOA.

Anti-Russian NATO exercises increase tensions in the Black Sea and Baltic regions

The recent NATO summit was anti-Russian, the course taken by Russia to build up its defense capability is without alternative, said the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev.

The leadership of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia announced Belarus ' interest in a wide range of Russian-made military products.

The army of Chad is equipped with a large number of military equipment of Soviet and Russian production, Russian specialists are ready to assist in its repair and modernization.

Russia considers Mali as a promising partner, counts on increasing the effectiveness of the fight against terrorist organizations in West Africa, said Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.

According to the verification scenario, the brigade was brought to an increased degree of combat readiness, the personnel received weapons, and the equipment was removed from temporary storage

More than 600 military signalmen of the Guards Tank Red Banner Army of the Western Military District were raised on a training alert in preparation for the strategic Russian-Belarusian exercises "West-2021". This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the press service of the district.

Japan has sent a protest to Russia in connection with the large-scale military exercises that began yesterday in the waters of the Sea of Japan, on Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, Secretary General of the Japanese government Katsunobu Kato told reporters.

Work on a vaccine against coronavirus infection in the form of chewing gum is on schedule. This was announced on Thursday, June 24, by the head of the 48th Central Research Institute (Central Research Institute) of the Russian Armed Forces Defense Forces (AF) troops developing the vaccine, Colonel of the medical service Sergey Borisevich.

Two military districts of the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan have begun training to bring troops into combat readiness against the background of the escalation of the situation in neighboring Afghanistan, the press service of the ministry reported on Thursday.

In the West, the militarization of space and cyber warfare on the Internet are coming to the fore when developing new weapons. The NATO command also pays close attention to the development of hypersonic weapons and combat robots.

Russia is already used to being the object of attacks from the West, but it has developed a reliable response to external pressure - consolidating society, strengthening its defense potential, strengthening economic, financial and technological self-sufficiency, said Sergey Naryshkin, director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree that puts into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council on indefinite sanctions against the Director General of Rostec State Corporation, Chairman of the Board of Directors of VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation Sergey Chemezov.

Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin, speaking at the Armed Forces Committee of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, said that when preparing proposals for the US defense budget, the possibilities of new wars were taken into account.

At the MILEX-2021 exhibition held in Minsk, a new development of the Belarusian defense industry - the Hunter reconnaissance and strike aviation complex was presented.

It is reported that the created unmanned helicopter can search for and destroy armored vehicles and manpower in the conditions of counteraction provided by the enemy.

New generation heat traps guarantee protection against the most "smart" missiles with infrared homing heads, they are presented for the first time at the MILEX 2021 exhibition in Minsk

The Il-114-300 passenger aircraft will go into production in 2023, the head of Rostec, Sergey Chemezov, said. On the air of Sputnik radio, former pilot, flight safety specialist Alexander Romanov called the main features of the upgraded version of the airliner.