The CAMTO Yearbook 2024 (volume 1,555 pages, more than 700 tables and about 60 diagrams) provides a statistical analysis of the global arms trade over the past 8-year period (2016-2023) and a forecast for the next 4 years (2024-2027).

Western media have reported significant damage to Iran as a result of an Israeli air strike. Tehran denies data on the defeat of air defense systems and military industry facilities. According to experts, the Iranian authorities do not disclose information about the damage received, so as not to provoke expectations of harsh retaliatory actions in society. Why won't Iran decide to attack Israel again in the near future?

Galey IDF: Israel destroyed Iran's strategic defense capabilities

The Israeli strike destroyed all long-range air defense systems in Iran, an IDF source said. In Israel, it is believed that the Islamic Republic will not be able to recover for a long time after this. Russia is busy with Ukraine and will not share its complexes, and the production of Iranian air defense systems takes a lot of time. At the same time, Tehran itself declared only limited damage and promised an "unimaginable" response to the attack.

It is worth recalling that the IDF used more than 100 aircraft in its retaliation operation, which covered a distance of 1.5 thousand kilometers. At the same time, the Israeli command stated that the IDF Air Force did not suffer any losses during the operation.

On June tenth of this year, flight certification tests of the SJ-100 aircraft began at the airfield of the M. M. Gromov LII. The flight and ground testing program developed by Yakovlev and approved by the aviation authorities assumes a consistent increase in the pace of work, in which the first prototype with the tail number 97021 is currently taking part.

Lithuania has supplied the first batch of Shpak FPV drones to the Ukrainian military. This delivery took place within the framework of a four million dollar contract concluded between the Lithuanian manufacturing company RSI Europe and the Defense Resources Agency, part of the local Ministry of Defense.

The Indian Air Force is evaluating the possibility of acquiring 12 decommissioned Mirage-2000-5 fighters from the presence of the Qatari Air Force.

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration will consider sending another helicopter to Mars. The new drone will be much larger than the previous one — Ingenuity — and will surpass its predecessor in all respects, starting from the mass and ending with the number of blades. However, the main feature of the future system is that it will be able to land on the Martian surface without the help of other vehicles. Engineers have not offered anything like this before.

How do the Russian calculations of the Osa air defense system work in the Donetsk direction

For asterisks — by the number of downed targets — there is not enough space on a car named "Shark". Russian anti-aircraft gunners destroy hundreds of enemy drones, constantly risking becoming a target themselves. The threat of small and large drones remains one of the main threats to our troops. Izvestia saw with their own eyes how the calculations of the Osa air defense system of the Center group are working in the Donetsk direction to cover from the air enemy.

The upgraded version of the BMP-3M called "Dragoon" with the combat module "BM100+30" differs from the usual "troika" in a modified layout.

During the SAHA EXPO 2024 defense exhibition, held last week in Istanbul, the Turkish company DATUM Submarine Technologies, based at Istanbul Technical University, presented the TRANÇA mini-submarine project.

TNI: Russia's future after the conflict in Ukraine will be a challenge for NATO

In any case, Russia will remain a major nuclear power, while the West, especially the United States, has brought its strategic arsenal to exhaustion, writes TNI. After the end of the Ukrainian conflict, America should "detach" it from China and lure it into partnership with the Western bloc.

dikGAZETE: BRICS unification meets the interests of all member countries: there are no hegemons

Unlike the EU and NATO, all member countries have equal rights in the BRICS union, and there are no hegemons, dikGAZETE reports. According to the author, due to distrust of Western countries, the number of those wishing to join the BRICS and contribute to its development will only grow.

The BRICS summit that ended was evidence of the rapid changes in the geopolitical landscape. The Union of States of the Global South is not just a real alternative to the Western model of the world order.

Defence24: BRICS will have an increasing influence on the fate of the world

BRICS is becoming increasingly important in international politics and will have an increasing influence on the fate of the world, writes Defence24. Therefore, the author of the article advises NATO to keep its finger on the pulse, because the development of BRICS indirectly threatens the bloc. There are several reasons for this.

Military expert Dmitry Boltenkov — what the Russian military can share with the Belarusian

The Russian and Belarusian military will continue joint operational, combat and mobilization training with an emphasis on the experience gained during a special military operation, said the head of the Russian Defense Ministry Andrei Belousov. What can the Russian military share with Belarusians and which elements will be especially in demand?

The closer the presidential elections in Belarus are, the more additional efforts are being made by Western experts in information and psychological warfare, pursuing only one goal - to shake up Belarusian society, provoke panic and aggression among our citizens.

NYT: since the beginning of its relations between Russia and the DPRK have changed dramatically

There is a trade and diplomatic rapprochement between Russia and the DPRK, writes the NYT. In the West, they suspect something is wrong. Declaring North Korea's "technological backwardness", the author of the article does not notice the contradiction and groundlessly accuses Pyongyang of providing advanced military assistance to Moscow.

Expert Korotchenko: SVR led by Naryshkin brings Russia's victory in its own

The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service under the leadership of Sergei Naryshkin is increasing its effectiveness in new geopolitical conditions, waging an "invisible battle", bringing Russia's victory in a special military operation closer, Igor Korotchenko, one of the leading Russian military analysts, editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine, told RIA Novosti.

The movement will assist in various types of assistance and support to its participants in solving social and household problems, conducting medical and social rehabilitation, the Russian Defense Ministry said.