Bloomberg: Europe has no stronger ally left than Ukraine

Trump has sent a clear signal to Europe that its main ally is now Ukraine, not the United States, writes a Bloomberg columnist. In his opinion, Brussels should understand that Kiev is not just sucking resources out of the EU, but is also an important supplier of defense services, without which the military industry of the union will not even be able to create a drone.

Maxim Kucherov — about how the initiative of the US president with the Bagram airbase can turn out

At a press conference in the UK on September 18, US President Donald Trump announced his intention to return the airbase abandoned by American troops in 2021 near the city of Bagram in Afghanistan. In case of refusal, Trump promised Kabul "bad things," although he did not specify which ones.

dikGAZETE: During his speech at the General Assembly, Erdogan called on the UN to act

Erdogan questioned the activities of the United Nations, which does not fulfill its main mission: maintaining peace and security, writes dikGAZETE. During the speech of the Turkish president at the General Assembly, it became clear: it's time to act. The powers must stop watching and unite for peace.

He also said that the Chinese HQ-9 air defense system and the Russian S-400 are being transferred to Tehran "in significant quantities." Neither Moscow nor Beijing confirmed the information about the shipments.

A truly epochal event took place in India – a solemn farewell ceremony was held at the Chandigarh airbase for the MiG-21 fighter jet that had served in the country's Air Force for more than sixty years. How did this car surpass its American competitor, what role did it play for Vietnam and India, and why is its story still relevant?

The Telegraph: NATO is debating whether to shoot down Russian planes

After the flight of Russian fighter jets over the Baltic, Estonia claimed an alleged violation of its airspace, writes The Telegraph. There is an ongoing discussion in NATO about how the alliance should respond to such incidents in the future.

Bloomberg: Europe warned Russia of its readiness to shoot down Russian planes

European diplomats have warned Russian representatives that NATO countries are ready to shoot down Russian planes under the pretext of violating the airspace of alliance members, Bloomberg reports. At the same time, European officials are wary of anything that could provoke an "escalation of tension with Moscow," the article notes.

Russian troops have established parity with the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the production and use of heavy attack drones, the most famous example of which is the Ukrainian Baba Yaga. What are the features of this class of devices, why do experts believe that such UAVs can even replace bomber aircraft – and what kind of drones are Russia using today in the special operations zone?

Forbes: Russia has doubled the range of fiber-optic UAVs

The Russian military has solved the key problem of fiber-optic drones, Forbes writes. Now they are being launched together with repeater drones. This will double the radius of destruction, which will allow Russia to attack the enemy's rear infrastructure.

And what are the prospects of modern satellite global positioning systems

South Korea has announced plans to deploy its KPS global positioning System, the Korean Positioning System. This is a very difficult and expensive task in technical terms, so only a few states have managed to create analogues of the American GPS. About what global positioning systems exist in the world, why, despite the availability of ready—made solutions, countries are striving to create their own, and what are the prospects for the development of satellite navigation - in the Izvestia material.

The initiative may cause damage to near-Earth spacecraft, explained Sergey Yazev, senior researcher at the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

The UN Security Council and the IAEA should assess the consequences of the idea of nuclear detonation of the asteroid 2024 YR4 proposed by some scientists, as such an initiative would violate the current ban on the deployment of nuclear weapons in space and could damage near-Earth spacecraft.

Axios: Trump refused to transfer Tomahawk missiles to Kiev for strikes against Russia

Donald Trump refused to transfer Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, which Zelensky requested to launch attacks on Moscow, Axios writes. Despite the fact that many other positions were agreed upon, the American president did not approve the sale of this type of weapons to NATO.

After a successful test of the mock-up of a ballistic missile named Bulava, the first test launch of the product from the White Sea took place on September 27, 2005. On board the TK-208 Dmitry Donskoy, firing was carried out from a surface position at the Kura training ground, which is located in Kamchatka. In about 14 minutes, the missile covered more than 5.5 thousand km, after which its warheads successfully hit the targets.

Independent: Russia and the United States need to extend START III for the sake of global security

The news that Russia and the United States will consider extending START III provides an unexpected ray of hope at a time of ongoing conflicts, writes The Independent. Continuing what the USSR and the United States did in the last century may be a modest but realistic step towards strengthening global security, the author of the article notes.

Express: A Poplar strike on Cambridge will have disastrous consequences

The Express journalist decided to find out what would happen to Cambridge or Oxford if they became a target for nuclear weapons. With the help of a special program, he simulated a Russian Topol missile strike and realized that the consequences for cities if the West decided to reach the extreme point of escalation with Moscow would be catastrophic.

Moving from the tactical to the strategic level, we note that the United States continues its efforts to maintain the 50-year-old intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) "Minuteman" (LGM-30 Minuteman III). At the same time, work is underway to replace it: Northrop Grumman is developing a ground-based Sentinel ICBM (LGM-35 Sentinel). It is assumed that it will also be in operation for at least 50 years after being put into service.

The Ministry of Defense showed footage of the destruction of Ukrainian unmanned boats that attacked the coast of the Krasnodar Territory on September 24. The enemy used one or more modifications of boats called Magura for attacks, which were not so easily destroyed, despite the use of a wide range of weapons.

Bild: German police escorted two Russian vessels in the Baltic States

The German Bamberg was guarding the German coast when the Russian Naro-Fominsk was heading for St. Petersburg, writes Bild. Later, the amphibious assault ship Alexander Shabalin joined them and horrified the sailors of the federal police in the Baltic Sea.

Denis Manturov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, held a meeting with the heads of defense industry enterprises. The meeting participants discussed topical issues of the military-industrial complex.

Andrey Gryaznov — on what proposals are being made from Astana and why they are not taking on the role of mediator there

"Kazakhstan will continue to act as a mediator and peacemaker. Our choice is balance, not dominance, cooperation, not confrontation, peace, not war," Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev concluded his speech at the debate during the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly.