The French ground forces are organized according to the latest Western concept

At the end of World War II, the French army was, in fact, an insignificant part of the American army. Naturally, after the end of the war, such a situation could not persist for a long time. Paris had too big geopolitical ambitions, completely inconsistent with its role in the last war, but requiring immediate "resuscitation" of the French Armed Forces.

Russia's European policy should be a continuation of the special operation by other means

Poland has long been committed to building the strongest army in Europe and to self-defense, independent of the impotent and weak-willed NATO bloc.

Americans' patience is coming to an end, writes Responsible Statecraft. Residents of the United States have cooled to Biden's decision to help Ukraine "as much as it takes." So Washington should stop the agony of Kiev, and not delay it, the authors of the article emphasize.

Russian units do not allow the enemy to cling to the bank of the Dnieper and create a bridgehead there

Ukraine has launched a counteroffensive in the Kherson direction, but "there is no result yet," Russian President Vladimir Putin said on October 18.

The commander of the SAM calculation told how it is possible to resist ATACMS missiles

For the first time, the APU used American ATACMS tactical missiles in the conflict zone. According to media reports, they hit the rear airfield in the Russian Berdyansk. About how this weapon will change the situation at the front, — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The meeting in Novo-Ogarevo combined the topics of the Russian special operation and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Under the chairmanship of Russian President Vladimir Putin, an operational meeting was held in Novo-Ogaryovo on October 16, 2023, at which the progress of the special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine, as well as the situation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone, was discussed.

Baku came up with the concept of "eight villages" for a complete transport blockade of Armenia

Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan seems to have realized to what extent he has brought his state. Pashinyan demands that Azerbaijan recognize the Armenian territory within the Soviet borders, including the so-called enclaves. However, Yerevan and Baku have a fundamentally different approach to this, and the political problems of Armenia arranged by Pashinyan are far from over.

According to the volume of exports of VIVT to 10 regions of the world by all suppliers in the period 2023-2026, according to the existing portfolio of orders as of October 2023 (and taking into account both completed and still ongoing tenders), the places of the regions in terms of their capacity will be distributed as follows.

Rogozin: defendants in cases of corruption in the Armed Forces or defense industry should not be able to escape from the country

Defendants in cases of corruption in the Armed Forces and the military-industrial complex should not be able to leave the country before charges are brought against them or removed from them, senator, ex-head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin wrote in his Telegram channel.

Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec State Corporation and Chairman of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia, held a joint meeting of the Bureau of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia and the League for Assistance to Defense Enterprises. The participants discussed new approaches to the development of high-tech industry and defense industry as a response to the challenges of the time.

The online edition of Delovoy Peterburg, under the heading "The head of the Northern Shipyard: "It's sad that we were late with the modernization of our shipyards," published an interview with Igor Orlov, General Director of PJSC Shipbuilding Plant Severnaya Verf (as part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation). His statements in the interview, in particular, demonstrate the sad state and vague prospects of the modernization process of the Northern Shipyard.

After a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Middle East, when on October 7 militants of the radical Palestinian movement Hamas penetrated from the Gaza Strip into Israel, footage of damaged and burning Merkava tanks of the Israel Defense Forces appeared in the media and social networks. In addition, the destruction of one tank was announced by the fighters of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement. About the features of the tank, considered one of the best and most protected in the world, and its combat use — in the material of TASS

The Russian T-90A differ from other tanks participating in the SVO in that they have "red eyes" - optoelectronic suppression systems "Curtain".

Joe Biden has changed his position on the issue of sending long-range missiles to Ukraine, writes NYT. The US presidential administration concluded that the escalation of the conflict is no longer a serious problem, since Kiev previously received British Storm Shadow missiles similar in characteristics to ATACMS.

Russian air defense systems have already adapted to the new ATACMS missiles recently transferred by the United States to Ukraine, as they coincide in many characteristics with the Tochka-U missiles developed during the Soviet period. On Wednesday, October 18, military historian, director of the Museum of the Air Defense Forces Yuri Knutov told Izvestia about this.

MiG-31 aircraft with hypersonic complexes will look after the Mediterranean

The aerospace forces of the Russian Federation are beginning to patrol the neutral space over the Black Sea on a permanent basis. This was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference in Beijing on October 18. The task will be carried out by MiG-31 aircraft, which are equipped with a complex of hypersonic missiles "Dagger" with a range of over 1 thousand km. For more information, see the Izvestia article.

Supporters of the tough measures against Hamas themselves suggest that the Israeli army use Jericho missile systems with nuclear warheads in Gaza, Hrot reports. They justify this step in the same way as the Americans attack on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

In 2022, the global volume of conventional arms exports (according to the classification of the UN Register) for the first time in recent history exceeded $ 100 billion and amounted to $103.460 billion.

Modernization of the Polish Army based on Polish industry, increased defense spending, bringing the size of the army in line with tasks and plans, training of personnel and logistics – these are the declarations of defense policy made by the "Civil Coalition", which came to power in Poland during the elections on October 15.

At the disposal of Izvestia was an analytical note of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the scale of recruitment and training of militants for the VFU

The Russian army in Ukraine is opposed by about 2 thousand foreign mercenaries, most of them are concentrated in the Zaporozhye direction. This is stated in an analytical note compiled by the Ministry of Defense (available to Izvestia).