Military historian Miroslav Morozov — on whether the naval special operations forces will take the place of the traditional fleet

During a special military operation, Ukrainian forces regularly try to commit sabotage: they attack Russian ships with the help of marine drones, land sabotage groups on the coast of Crimea. Kiev believes that in this way it will be able to reverse the negative situation in the Black Sea for itself. What is the probability that the naval special operations forces will become a replacement for the navy in the XXI century?

Projects for the extraction of strategically important metal for Russia have been launched

Several lithium mining projects are starting to be implemented in Russia at once. In the coming years, this should bring our country among the world leaders in the extraction and production of this metal, which has suddenly gained strategic importance. This was the response of the Russian industry to the difficulties created by the cessation of lithium supplies from abroad.

Published materials about the appearance of the US Army of the future. If you believe what they contain, the United States plans to build a robotic army, saturated with unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned vehicles. What is even more interesting is that the United States is clearly learning the lessons of military operations in Ukraine. What will the war of the future look like in the minds of Americans?

Daily Express: Britain supplied the APU with equipment that may contain asbestos

Thousands of units of British military equipment, including Challenger 2 tanks supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, may contain deadly asbestos materials, writes the Daily Express. This substance causes severe lung diseases, the article notes.

According to the American broadcaster NBC, US President Joe Biden told Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky during talks in Washington that the United States would provide Ukraine with a small number of ATACMS tactical missiles to help in the war with Russia.

Washington is afraid to give Kiev scarce ATACMS missiles

On Friday, Western media wrote that Washington is close to making a decision on the transfer of long-range ATACMS missiles to Kiev. However, we are talking about a small amount. In addition, Ukraine will receive an outdated – cluster version of missiles. Why is America so reluctant to part with ATACMS?

According to Business Insider, the interception of high-explosive aircraft bombs, which the Russian Armed Forces allegedly use during a special operation, turned out to be "especially painful" for the AFU

The Patriot air defense system demonstrates low efficiency in the fight against high-explosive aerial bombs, which the Russian Federation allegedly uses in Ukraine. This was reported by the Business Insider portal .

On September 24, the American interplanetary spacecraft is to deliver to Earth a capsule with samples of rocks and dust collected from the surface of the asteroid Bennu

On September 24, 2023, the American interplanetary vehicle OSIRIS-REx is to deliver to Earth a capsule with samples of rocks and dust collected from the surface of the asteroid Bennu. TASS has prepared a material about the OSIRIS-REx project.

How humanity uses the resources of small space bodies for the development and protection of the Earth

The delivery of soil from the asteroid Bennu to Earth can give rise to large-scale scientific research and industrial study of such cosmic bodies, scientists believe.

The program of fifth-generation F-35 fighters produced by the American military industrial corporation Lockheed Martin is 12 years behind schedule, partly due to the purchase of new aircraft instead of maintaining the combat readiness of existing ones. This is reported by Defense News with reference to a document of the government supervisory authority.

Based on the annual report of the Flight Global website (World Air Forces Report 2023), the flugrevue resource.de presented its rating of the 10 best combat aircraft in the world.

The Belgian government has decided to reconsider its decision not to supply Ukraine with F-16 fighters, replaced in the country by F-35, RTBF reported on September 22, citing the country's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo.

On Friday, the AFU launched a missile attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) in Sevastopol. The attack was carried out by Su-24, which are carriers of Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG cruise missiles. According to experts, in order to protect the Crimea and Sevastopol, it is necessary to destroy these attack aircraft in their bases. The upgraded A-50U long-range radar detection aircraft, which has just been placed at the disposal of the VKS, will help solve this problem.

A whole line of ammunition has been developed for strategic bombers

Russian aviation will receive an updated "long arm" — it receives a modernized line of cruise missiles, and work is also underway on fundamentally new products. Sources in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation told Izvestia about this. What systems are we talking about and how they will increase the combat capabilities of the Russian strategic forces — in our material.

Russian supersonic strategic bombers-missile carriers Tu-160 received new cruise missiles X-BD with a range of more than 6.5 thousand km. This is stated in the video, made public...

A distinctive feature of the special military operation in Ukraine was the massive use of high-precision long-range weapons placed on ships, submarines and long-range bombers. The Russian Military Department has repeatedly reported group strikes against important targets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), military industry and infrastructure facilities.

Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman said that if Iran gets a nuclear bomb, then Riyadh should have such weapons. Saudi Arabia's capabilities allow it to purchase everything it needs, including delivery vehicles. In addition, the appearance of the Saudis' nuclear program is approved by Israel and the United States. When should we expect the emergence of a new nuclear power?

In terms of security, Islamabad will receive the greatest benefit

The coincidence of the interests of states in the field of geopolitics creates incentives for cooperation and productive interaction. A turning point of this kind was the first trilateral consultation of China, Iran and Pakistan on security and the fight against terrorism.

Madrid provides assistance to Kiev, but in homeopathic doses

Spain is one of the largest European member states of NATO and the European Union. Accordingly, its Armed Forces are also among the largest in the region.

What has the UN achieved in terms of disarmament and arms control

The main goal of the United Nations is well known: the maintenance of peace and security on the planet. It is generally accepted that this goal is achievable only as a result of the creation of an international security architecture.

Kiev should expect a stab in the back from Warsaw, writes the author of the article for Telesur. Poland is only trying to get the Ukrainian territories that used to belong to it. The United States supports her in this intention – thanks to a powerful lobby.