Since April 2004, Bulgaria has been a full member of NATO. Sofia joined the alliance as part of the largest expansion of the Alliance. Together with Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Estonia were admitted to NATO.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine: the special representative of China does not believe that Patriot intercepted "Daggers"

Chinese Special Representative Li Hui, who visited Kiev in May, doubted that Patriot missile defense systems are capable of shooting down hypersonic Dagger missiles.

The US president is preparing for a European tour, writes Huanqiu shibao. The purpose of the trip is to "link" the allies with the help of NATO. As part of the confrontation with Russia in Ukraine, Biden needs help, since it has become too difficult to maintain American hegemony alone, the author of the article believes.

More and more political scientists, including American ones, are talking about the collapse of the United States, writes Al-Watan Syria. Surviving at the expense of endless wars, America decided to fight too strong opponents — Russia and China. This mistake will cost the United States very dearly, the author of the article believes.

The worst scenario of the outcome of the conflict in Ukraine is named

The reason for the special operation in Ukraine is not a demonstration of Russia's megalomania, but its anxiety about the influence of the United States on its nearest and most important neighbor, writes Harper's Magazine. This should be recognized in America and everything should be done to move away from the abyss of mutual nuclear destruction.

Military expert Khodarenok summed up the results of the first stage of the counteroffensive of the Ukrainian army

A month has passed since the beginning of active offensive actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The fact that the Ukrainian "counteroffensive" is far from going according to plan is quite obvious both in the West and in the East. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok sums up the month of the Ukrainian Armed Forces counteroffensive and predicts what the next offensive operation of the Ukrainian army might look like.

French General Pinatel: Russia has a significant superiority in the air and on the ground

Without NATO's direct intervention in the conflict in Ukraine, Kiev's defeat will only be a matter of time, French Army General Jean-Bernard Pinatel said in an interview with Le Dialogue on Wednesday, July 5.

The VFU is regrouping ahead of a new phase of the counteroffensive, experts believe

Since the beginning of the month, losses of the Ukrainian Air Force have sharply increased - several attack aircraft, helicopters and fighter jets have already been shot down, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on July 4.

The nuclear submarine strategic missile cruiser "Emperor Alexander III" is at the stage of factory sea trials, which will automatically pass into the state. As stated earlier in the USC, it is planned to put the missile carrier into combat service of the Russian fleet by the end of this year.

The first published photo of the authorship of Oleg Kuleshov of the testing of the nuclear submarine strategic missile cruiser "Emperor Alexander III" (factory number 207) of the modified project 09552 (project 955A, code "Borey-A") appeared.

On June 30, 2023, in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, at the Amur Shipbuilding Plant PJSC (ASZ, as part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC), a ceremony was held to lay the launching floating dock-pontoon "Amurets" project 65911 (with the same construction number 65911) for the needs of the enterprise. The delivery of the dock-pontoon is scheduled for 2024.

The uniqueness of the tests consisted in taking off and landing in real conditions from the helipad of a drifting nuclear icebreaker of FSUE Atomflot

The software and hardware complex of ice reconnaissance based on a deck-based drone has been successfully tested in Arctic conditions.

Gazprom (MOEX: GAZP) is preparing to start production on its own of an improved version of the popular model of the Soviet marine engine. Also, the concern has prepared a plan for its further improvement: with an increase in efficiency and power.

The procedure for purchasing 30 armored vehicles with an 8x8 wheel formula for the Peruvian Ground Forces has entered the final phase.

The forty-seventh separate mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine initially, even before its "counteroffensive", became known for the fact that its militants applied designations similar to those used by the German Wehrmacht to their M2 Bradley ODS-SA infantry fighting vehicles. Now, this compound is being talked about as a fiasco on the battlefield.

The Algerian army has a very large fleet of T-90S/SK tanks [over 600 units, according to IISS], as well as hundreds of upgraded T-72s.

The US Army has announced the achievement of full combat readiness of the first experimental battery of the Mid-Range Capability (MRC, Typhon) ground-based missile system. This is stated in a special statement by the press service of the US Army, made following the results of the tests.

Having gutted their arsenals to support the Kiev regime, Western countries are trying to replenish the materiel, looking at products that are more valuable from a combat point of view.

In its special comment, the Polish resource Defence24.pl directly indicates that the actual range of the NSM missiles (officially vaguely designated as "more than 200 km") will allow the Ukrainian side to strike Sevastopol from the current front line (from Kherson to Sevastopol 230 km in a straight line).

An experiment to simulate the presence of people in the conditions of Mars has been launched at the NASA Johnson Space Center. It will last 378 days and will be distinguished by very strict conditions. Leave the simulator with an area of only 170 sq. m. its participants cannot be m — they are literally locked inside for the entire duration of the experiment.