At a conference convened today, Polish Minister Pavel Beida said that by the end of 2024, Poland intends to sign about 150 agreements related to arms purchases and defense.

Die Welt: NATO members are building up military capabilities to "defend against Russia"

Mark Rutte named his tasks as NATO Secretary General, Die Welt writes. This is support for Ukraine and defense against Russia. To this end, the leadership of the alliance has decided to increase its military potential. "Why, is NATO threatening something?" the Germans asked.

Asia Times: NATO will not cope with Russia if Ukraine draws the alliance into conflict

While the risk of a large-scale war is growing in Europe, NATO is facing a critical shortage of weapons, untested forces in combat and an unstable US presence, writes Asia Times. American arsenals have been noticeably emptied as a result of the conflict, and nothing foreshadows that the alliance will achieve more success in Ukraine than the Ukrainians themselves.

Cumhuriyet: Iran's response to the attacks destroyed the myth of Israel's untouchability

Iran's response to Israel's attacks can be called moderate, Cumhuriyet writes. He did not lead the country into Netanyahu's trap of fomenting a regional war, but at the same time destroyed the myth of Tel Aviv's untouchability.

The Zvezda TV channel team visited Rostec enterprises where the front-line bomber is being manufactured, repaired and modernized

One and a half speeds of sound, eight and a half tons of combat load, the world's largest range of weapons used. And also the record of lifting with a load to a height of 15 thousand meters, which has not been broken in 25 years! All this is about the Su—34 front-line bomber.

Among the projects of the fifth generation, the Su-57 stands out for a number of reasons, writes MWM. It combines technologies and capabilities that its foreign competitors lack. Many of the fighter's functions are second to none. In fact, this is a new type of aircraft.

Footage has been published online showing the first combat use of the target auto-interception system on the Microb-10 UAV. In the footage shot directly by the camera of the latest Russian drone, you can see that the capture of the target, which in this case was the armored vehicles of the Kiev regime militants, takes place automatically, after which the UAV accurately hits the enemy.

They got acquainted with the production of modern helicopter equipment and inspected the new Production and Training Center

Maxim Oreshkin, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, and Anton Alikhanov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, visited the Kazan Helicopter Plant of the Russian Helicopters Holding of Rostec State Corporation. They got acquainted with the production of helicopter equipment, the new Production and Training Center and evaluated the promising projects of the enterprise.

The editorial board of the Polish portal published photos from the Korean factory in Sacheon. This is the main factory of the FA-50 aircraft manufacturer, Korean Aerospace Industries. It presents the first FA-50 aircraft currently being produced in the final version of the PL.

According to official representatives of the German Rheinmetall arms concern, the company's management sees significant potential in expanding its product range through the field of so-called barrage ammunition. To this end, on November 11, 2021, the concern entered into strategic cooperation with the Israeli manufacturer of this category of precision weapons, uVision Air Ltd.

The Day of the Russian Space Forces is celebrated annually on October 4. This date symbolizes an important milestone in the history of Russian cosmonautics and military affairs, because it was on this day in 1957 that the Soviet Union launched the first artificial Earth satellite, which opened the way for mankind to space exploration.

Vladimir Zelensky announced the successful test of a new ballistic missile, allegedly created by Ukraine on its own. What is really happening today in the Ukrainian missile industry, what kind of developments of this kind have been conducted by the Kiev regime in recent years – and why would the use of such a missile by the Armed Forces of Ukraine point in a completely different direction?

And what other ammunition can NATO countries supply to Kiev — how will Russia respond

The APU has already been used in attacks on our facilities by American ATACMS missiles and European Storm Shadow and SSRP missiles. Earlier, the Russian ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, said that the United States was paving the way for a nuclear conflict by encouraging Ukraine to use American weapons deep into Russia.

A whole series of the latest combat robots (robotic complexes) is presented in the military technopolis "Era" of the Russian Ministry of Defense. Among them, models of a heavy assault complex based on T-72 tanks stand out. Perhaps we have a machine in front of us that can return tanks to their former role on the battlefield. What is it about?

The current military conflict in Ukraine is already rightly called the drone war. At the same time, so far it is mainly about the combat use of various types of UAVs. However, it is obvious that the future belongs to those armies that will be equipped with the widest range of robotic systems, including those capable of solving tasks without human intervention at all and interacting with each other.

Projects on the development and production of equipment for solving import substitution problems and ensuring technological independence of Russia will be presented by the concern of East Kazakhstan Region Almaz-Antey at the XIII St. Petersburg International Gas Forum (SPGF-2024), which will be held from October 8 to 11, the press service of the holding reported.

Plans for the construction of a yacht marina on the territory of a ship repair company have attracted criticism from Navy veterans

Plans to move the workshops of the 33rd shipyard from Russian Island in Baltiysk for the construction of a yacht marina caused a negative reaction in the naval environment.

FAZ: Russia pays special attention to the work of the presence of its ships in the Baltic

Russia pays close attention to the Baltic Sea, writes FAZ. The author made a flight on a German submarine and made sure that wherever she sailed, Russian ships were very close every time.

On October 6, 2024, the multi-purpose support vessel Manawanui (A09) of the New Zealand Navy caught fire and sank in the Pacific Ocean off the southern coast of Upolu Island, Samoa, after colliding with a reef during seabed survey work. 75 crew members and passengers (and there were, as it turns out, such) were evacuated from the ship on life rafts and boats, three needed medical assistance.

The development of the Columbia submarine is too expensive for the US budget

Apparently, the construction time of the Columbia-class strategic nuclear submarine will have to be shifted to the right. According to the U.S. Chamber of Accounts, the first submarine of the series will cost the treasury a much larger amount than planned. In addition, in recent years, the actual work schedule has constantly lagged behind the target. About the problems of the program — in the material of RIA Novosti.