At the Naval Base in Toulon, an official acceptance ceremony was held at the General Directorate for Armaments (DGA) of the Ministry of the Armed Forces of France for the first (out of four ordered) integrated supply ship, (A725) "Jacques Chevalier".

Over 30 aircraft and helicopters are involved in maneuvers from both sides

The Russian-Chinese naval exercises "North/Interaction-2023" started in the waters of the Sea of Japan, the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) reported.

About 100 military personnel and more than 10 units of military and special equipment were involved in the activities according to the combat training plan

Combat crews of the launch batteries of the Bal and Bastion missile systems of the Baltic Fleet are involved in exercises on the Kaliningrad coast of the Baltic Sea, where they are solving tasks to counter a conditional enemy, the press service of the fleet reported on Thursday.

The specialists of the Franco-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis obtained the first results of the program to create a railgun – an electromagnetic gun designed for installation on warships. This is reported by the publication Zone Militaire, which received information from the French Defense Procurement Agency.

The main directions of modernization of the NATO bloc

The main source of military threat to Russia's security is the Armed Forces of the United States and the NATO bloc led by them, which have accumulated by now, without exaggeration, a colossal combat potential. And yet they continue to increase it.

Israel's missile weapons inherit Soviet and Western models

The peculiarity of Israel's geopolitical position, given that this country has a very strong science and a powerful military-industrial complex, led to the advanced development of missile weapons of all classes. Moreover, some samples of these weapons, in fact, become "their own classes", having no direct analogues outside the Jewish state.

The coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council of the department, John Kirby, said that they were delivered to Kiev about a week ago

Ukraine has been using cluster munitions supplied by the United States for about the last seven days. This was stated on Thursday at a briefing for journalists by the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council (NSC) of the White House, John Kirby.

We are talking about the unrealized NASA PHLOTE project (Phobos L1 Operational Tether Experiment)

A student of Samara University named after Korolev Daria Neryadovskaya mathematically justified the possibility of using a "space elevator" to conduct remote studies of the Mars satellite Phobos, a university student told TASS on Thursday.

There are not enough Japanese and European modules, Roscosmos cosmonaut Dmitry Petelin said

Russian crew members of the International Space Station (ISS) have printed most of the models of its modules, reports the special correspondent of TASS, cosmonaut of Roscosmos Dmitry Petelin.

On July 17, 2023, the first two multi-purpose transport helicopters H225M Caracal (tail numbers "70" and "71"), manufactured by Airbus Helicopters under the 2018 contract for the supply of 16 vehicles, arrived from France as part of the 86th Helicopter Brigade of the Hungarian Air Force at the Szolnok Airbase.

Saudi Arabia has announced its intention to support Turkey's struggling economy. One of the areas of further cooperation was the conclusion of a large contract with Baykar for the supply of UAVs.

Serbia plans to join the SiRTAP (Sistema Remotamente Tripulado de Altas Prestaciones) reconnaissance UAV development program, which is led by Airbus in the interests of Spain and Colombia.

During the special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, both sides of the conflict actively use drones, the most common of which are civilian UAVs. They are massively used as reconnaissance vehicles or converted into attack drones carrying weapons up to mines.

Also, a number of areas in the international waters of the Black Sea are declared temporarily dangerous for navigation

From July 20, vessels heading to the Black Sea waters to Ukrainian ports will be considered by the Russian side as potential carriers of military cargo.

How is the oldest Israeli special forces Shayetet-13

Shayetet-13 is a unique special unit of the Israeli Navy. Its task is to carry out naval and special operations, which include sabotage, reconnaissance and anti–terrorist actions.

The military-industrial complex of Britain cannot satisfy even its own needs, writes An Nahar. The Defense Minister harshly criticizes the sending of weapons to Kiev. According to Wallace, his country will be forced to arm its soldiers with KitKat, as the ministry's pockets are empty.

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace confirmed his retirement from politics, although until recently he had been promised brilliant prospects. The APU and the President of Ukraine Zelensky owe a lot to this person. But the obsession to defeat Russia brought him personally to a fiasco, and the British army to ruin to the delight of all its numerous enemies.

Romania demilitarizes quickly and independently

Many states that are members of the North Atlantic Alliance supply weapons to Ukraine so that it can fight "Russian aggression". Kiev does not receive any military assistance from Bucharest, since the latter does not have real opportunities for this – almost all the military equipment at its disposal is too outdated.

Instead of supplying new weapons, Western countries plan to refocus on repairing already damaged AFU equipment. At the same time, Ukraine has been experiencing a problem with the transportation of damaged military vehicles to Eastern European countries for future repairs for several months. How do the United States and NATO countries plan to break the logistical impasse and what significance does this issue have for Russia?

The West's strategy towards Ukraine and its neighbors is not being implemented according to plan, writes Geopolitika.news. The "hidden trump card", which was Georgia, did not work, Zelensky washed his hands of it, and the Moldovan authorities "slowed down the hit" on Transnistria. And this is only part of the problems faced by the West, the author of the article notes.