Two more large surface robots will join the Pentagon's "Master of the Ghost Fleet" program next year. According to USNI News, now unmanned vessels are being built. Their tests should begin in 2022.

The countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization condemn the ongoing violence in Afghanistan and are ready to assist the country in combating security challenges in the region, according to a joint statement by the foreign ministers of the SCO member states adopted following the meeting in the format of the SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group.

The UK will work with representatives of the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) if they enter the government of Afghanistan, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace said in an interview with The Telegraph newspaper.

While the United States is being accused of fleeing Afghanistan, the columnist of an opposition Turkish newspaper does not believe that Washington's mission has failed, because somehow it does not seem like the Americans. He puts forward a version to a friend that, in his opinion, fits more accurately into the idea of a superpower. But what role is assigned to Turkey? Very unenviable, the journalist believes.

Former US President George W. Bush criticized the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, calling the White House's decision a mistake. On Wednesday, July 14, he told the German TV and radio company DW.

The ninth Moscow Conference on International Security, which was held from June 22 to 24 in the capital of Russia, became the first high-level platform this year, where specialized specialists personally discussed topical issues of security in the world, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The new National Security Strategy pays special attention to the tasks of protecting the state and society from unfriendly interference from outside. As Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Alexander Venediktov told reporters on Tuesday, July 13, the Strategy for the first time prescribes retaliatory actions in the event of actions against Russia that pose a threat to its sovereignty and territorial integrity, including those expressed in the introduction of political or economic sanctions, as well as committed using modern information and communication technologies.

The final planning conference on the preparation of the first joint Russian-Algerian tactical exercise was held in Vladikavkaz.

The final stage of the international competition for field training among special purpose groups from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan "Green Path"is taking place at the Molkino training ground in the Krasnodar Territory. This was announced on Tuesday, July 13, according to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

On Tuesday, July 13, at a meeting in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, recalled: in accordance with the instructions of the President of the Russian Federation and the decision of the Security Council, the Ministry of Defense, together with Russian Railways, is engaged in the reconstruction of the Eastern section of the Baikal-Amur Mainline with a total length of 339 km.

Japan is concerned that its neighboring states are increasing weapons and activating the activities of their armed forces, according to the White Paper published by the Japanese Defense Ministry, an annual report on the country's security and the situation in the world as a whole.

2GIS, the general navigation partner of the International Aviation and Space Salon, has prepared a detailed map of the MAKS-2021 Air Show. The map is already available in the 2GIS mobile application and on the website 2gis.ru.

The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) will present a fundamentally new military aircraft on the first day of the MAKS-2021 international Air Show, the Rostec press service reported.

Rostec has published a teaser of a new combat aircraft, the presentation of which will take place on the first day of the MAKS-2021 Aerospace Salon.

The publication by the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) on Twitter of an image with a soaring chess knight may indicate the creation of a new aircraft by Russia, which will be shown at the International Aviation and Space Salon 2021 (MAKS-21), explains The Drive.

Speaking about the state of military training aviation, the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, noted that the presence of qualitatively trained graduate pilots allows us to effectively use the potential of aviation complexes.

Sergei Shoigu discussed on Tuesday with his generals the production of Tu-160M strategic missile carriers and the testing of training aircraft for VKS universities. The Minister recalled that there is a plan for the supply of engines for the Tu-160M.

The aircraft engine-demonstrator APD-500, created on the basis of the motor of the car of the government class Aurus, was installed on the Yak-18T aircraft for display at the International Aerospace Salon MAKS-2021, the press service of the developer of this power plant-the Central Institute of Aviation Engine Engineering (CIAM, part of the SIC "Zhukovsky Institute") named after Baranov told RIA Novosti.

Pilots-graduates of higher military aviation schools in 2020 have started mastering the MiG-31BM interceptor fighters of a separate aviation regiment of Troops and forces in the North-East of Russia.

Improving the combat effectiveness of the Tu-160M strategic missile carriers is the most important task that the new NK-32 aircraft engines of the second series will help to solve, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a conference call on Tuesday.