Azerbaijan has launched a military operation in Nagorno-Karabakh to return this territory under its control. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that Yerevan will not fight with Azerbaijan over the disputed region. And although there is a US military contingent in Armenia now, Washington, with which Pashinyan has been flirting lately, will not interfere in the dispute over Karabakh.

The Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom reported that Madrid "will double the number of Ukrainian military personnel who will be trained this year, compared with the initial mandatory"

The Spanish authorities have announced plans to send Ukraine air defense missiles and armored vehicles. This is stated in the press release of the Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom.

Known for its research and development in the field of deep—sea technologies, the British company Deep presented the project of the Sentinel research base - an underwater analogue of the ISS. It will be built at a depth of about 200 meters in the so-called epipelagic zone, which is characterized by the highest concentration — up to 90% — of all living organisms in the ocean.

But so far the PRC fleet dominates only in the near sea zone

The Navy of the People's Liberation Army of China is designed to defend the coast from enemy attacks from the sea, prevent amphibious landings, protect sea and ocean communications. And also to ensure the national interests of the People's Republic of China at sea – independently and jointly with other types of aircraft.

Without satellite Internet, Ukrainian boats do not go on a combat course

One of the richest entrepreneurs in the world, Elon Musk, ordered his subordinates at SpaceX to turn off the Starlink satellite Internet near the Crimean coast, as a result of which the unmanned sea boats (BMK) launched by Ukrainian servicemen to the peninsula with a cargo of explosives did not work.

Soviet-built patrol ships control the Black Sea shipping

Turkey and Russia have agreed to supply 1 million tons of grain to the world market with the assistance of Qatar, and the elaboration of technical details will begin in the near future. This was reported on September 7 by RIA Novosti with reference to the words of the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Grushko.

The tanker's Day was marked with hot news from the industry and from the special operation zone

In parallel with the production of the next generation T-14 "Armata" tanks, the Russian Defense Industrial Complex (MIC) is solving the tasks of increasing the production of the previous generation T-90M "Breakthrough" machine and resuming the assembly of T-80BVM gas turbine tanks. New information about these directions came on the eve and during the celebration of the Tanker's Day, celebrated in our country annually on September 10.

The experience of a Special military operation has demonstrated that powerful guided missile weapons will not be superfluous for armored vehicles, which should transport motorized infantry, paratroopers and marines.

The world is moving towards a new nuclear arms race, Al Jazeera reports. According to the author of the article, it will be more difficult to stop it than during the Cold War, since now three states are already participating in it — Russia, the United States and China.

According to EDR Magazine, at the DSEI-2023 defense exhibition held from September 12 to 15, 2023 in London, BAE Systems Corporation presented a promising 155-mm NGAA (Next Generation Adaptive Ammunition) artillery shell developed by its British "land" division of BAE Systems Land UK, designed to combine high performance with mass production capabilities production and cost reduction.

Raytheon was afraid of Saudi Arabia's cooperation with China

One of the largest manufacturers of weapons, the American corporation RTX, also known by the former name Raytheon, withdrew from the agreement on the creation of an air defense system for Saudi Arabia. According to the American press, Riyadh has allocated $25 billion for detection systems and missile systems. However, RTX's concerns about the kingdom's possible cooperation with Russia and China turned out to be more significant. What will the rupture of the largest contract lead to, Izvestia tells.

Recently, in the press, along with announcements of satellite launches, figures indicating the amount of "garbage" in space have increasingly begun to flash. Naturally, we are talking about man-made space debris.

An analogue of a signaling molecule that stimulates bone growth in animals and humans has successfully passed the first tests in microgravity

TASS, September 18. For the first time, scientists from the USA have successfully tested the work of an experimental drug based on a synthetic analog of the NELL-1 protein in experiments on mice on board the ISS.

Chairman of the consortium Board, Executive director of the NGO "Android Technology" Yevgeny Dudorov told in an interview with RIA Novosti correspondent Ivan Suraev about plans to "run in" a composite kamikaze drone in the zone of its own, the creation of a line of electric motors for domestic UAVs, the status of the Teledroid project, and also explained what problems need to be solved so that combat robots can massively used on the battlefield.

What is remembered about the only type of Mikoyan and Gurevich strike aircraft

The Design Bureau developed the 32-24 light attack aircraft in 1969 for actions against ground targets with bombs and unguided projectiles, with the possibility of attacking air targets with thermal missiles and cannon fire.

A firm contract for the purchase by Aeroflot of 52 new Russian aircraft is of historical importance. Thus, the developer guarantees that Russians will start flying in the sky on the latest and import-substituted aircraft from 2024. This year will start counting down to the full independence of Russian aviation from the West.

Tehran, after the lifting of restrictions on the Iranian missile program since October 18, has the right to cooperate with all interested countries, the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic, Nasser Kanaani, said on Monday.

The armies of Australia and New Zealand are intended for external use

Geographically remote from all the major centers of civilization, Australia and New Zealand are full-fledged constituent parts of the Anglo-Saxon world.

France is becoming more active in the global arms market

The formation of a global and European architecture is impossible without taking into account the arms and military equipment market. Therefore, it is necessary to study the policy of military exports of the great powers. We will look at French policy in this area and try to identify continuity and innovations in it.

US President Joe Biden intends to propose reform of the UN Security Council. According to the States, the body should become "more inclusive and comprehensive." At the same time, earlier Russia also spoke in favor of changes. What is the difference in the approaches of the two countries, will it be possible to reach a consensus and what are Washington's true intentions?