The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: the exercises "Ocean Shield - 2023" have begun in the Baltic Sea

The naval exercise "Ocean Shield – 2023" began in the waters of the Baltic Sea. This was announced on Wednesday, August 2, according to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Russia is embarking on a large-scale development of the Arctic territories. We are talking not only about the strategically important Northern Sea Route, but also about other equally important tasks. What is the first thing the state plans to do in the Arctic and how will these territories strengthen the country's security and eventually become profitable?

We are talking about a great success: the time and cost of construction were exceeded by only two times relative to the design. Against the background of the previous attempt to build a new power reactor in the United States, the situation is so rosy that some industry observers started talking about the revival of the industry.

Prague is striving to expand the use of nuclear energy. Tenders are being held in the Czech Republic in connection with the commissioning of a new research reactor in the country, developed as a textbook for nuclear students. The BP-2 research reactor was built in about a year and launched less than ten years after the project was launched in 2014 by the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague.

And the Russian development is far from an outsider

The CNews resource shared the results of testing the Baikal-S (BE-S1000) Russian server processor in comparison with well-known competitors.

Photos of a new Ukrainian mine clearance machine, which was previously developed in Kharkiv by local designers, have appeared on the Internet. They were published by the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine.

The military conflict in Ukraine has shown that the United States is facing an acute shortage not only in the availability, but also in the production capabilities of almost all types of ammunition. Why, the United States, all NATO countries were unable to meet even the current needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in shells, and even more so to create their stocks in their own arsenals.

The Slovak company KONŠTRUKTA-Defence (part of the Slovak state association DMD Group) on August 1, 2023, at its head office in Dubnica nad Vagom, as the head contractor, handed over to the armed forces of Ukraine the first two self-propelled howitzers Zuzana 2 caliber 155 mm/52 on a wheeled chassis, manufactured under the contract of November 2022 a year for the production and supply of 16 such systems to Ukraine.

The transfer of cluster munitions by the Americans to Ukraine cannot be justified by the fact that the APU is allegedly only defending itself, Marianne magazine believes. The legal norms prohibiting the use of these inhumane weapons do not distinguish between the "right" and the "wrong" side in an armed conflict. Otherwise, any cruelty will be justified.

The flight of the Cygnus unmanned spacecraft to the International Space Station was the finale of Russian-Ukrainian-American cooperation in the joint production of space rockets. The Antares carrier variant used to launch the "truck" can no longer exist. Instead, a new modification is being prepared, in which there will be no Russian engines and the first stage produced by Ukrainians.

The American company Firefly Aeroscape will supply engines to the corporation

The American corporation Northrop Grumman carried out the last launch of the Antares launch vehicle, the first stage of which is equipped with Russian RD-181 engines developed by NPO Energomash. Antares will launch the Cygnus spacecraft into near-Earth orbit, which will deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS).

The company "Information Satellite Systems named after Academician M. F. Reshetnev" has developed and manufactured a new container for transporting spacecraft.

The container is equipped with engineering systems for automatically maintaining the set parameters for climatic conditions, cleanliness and mechanical loads.

How will the system for monitoring the movement of fragments smaller than 10 cm in orbit be arranged

Russian scientists are creating a monitoring system in the near-Earth space of debris less than 10 cm in size. Despite its small size, a collision with such an object of spacecraft almost always leads to an accident.

Boeing has completed the delivery of 36 multifunctional F-15QA (Qatar Advanced) fighters to the Qatar Air Force.

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Planning and Capability Mara Carlin announced Australia's investment in the industrial base of the United States, producing submarines

Russia's special military operation in Ukraine showed that the American military-industrial complex was unable to function at the required level.

According to a study for Newsweek magazine, 34% of respondents opposed such a move

A third of Americans are in favor of sending the US military contingent to Ukraine, according to the results of a survey conducted by the Redfield & Wilton Strategies research center for Newsweek magazine.

According to the channel, the alliance member countries demonstrated at the Vilnius summit that Kiev needs to "see the line between the demands and the pressure it exerts on its allies, as well as understand its own vision of the situation, priorities and political considerations of its partners."

Ukraine is looking forward to consultations with the United States on security guarantees, considering them a step towards further victory in the conflict. Her hopes are unlikely to be justified, writes GT. According to experts, these consultations are nothing more than a political gesture designed to calm Kiev after the failure at the NATO summit.

The United States is provoking an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, which is actually a proxy war between NATO and Russia, writes Al Mayadeen. According to the author of the article, this destructive confrontation, which involves more and more countries, can be ended under several conditions.

Commenting on the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border on RMF FM radio, General Waldemar Skshipchak completely ruled out the possibility of an attack by Belarus on Poland. However, the military is still anxious.