How do the Navies of Latin America feel

The Latin American countries after gaining independence (1810-1826) had no experience of state-building, but they had many problems. Given the long coastline of South America and the insular position of the Caribbean countries, for most countries in the region, the formation of the Navy has become one of the priorities of military construction.

According to Vladimir Omelnitsky, the head of the Petrogradsky district of St. Petersburg, on September 1, 2023, Almaz Shipbuilding Company JSC hosted a laying ceremony for the Russian Navy of the diesel-electric icebreaker Svyatogor project 21180M (factory number 801). The bookmark was timed to the 90th anniversary of the company. This is the second icebreaker of the 21180M project.

The Norwegian army received the first unmanned all-terrain vehicle Mission Master XT. The effectiveness of the all-terrain vehicle was tested during the Arctic Mobility military exercises in the Finnish Far North.

On September 1, 2023, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the US Department of Defense sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned possible sale of 183 Stryker (8x8) wheeled armored personnel carriers in various versions to Bulgaria through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS).

Units of the Ukrainian army may have begun to receive a new modification of the Kozak-2M1 armored car with a remotely controlled combat module. One such armored car was spotted near the line of contact.

The UBIM universal armored engineering vehicle, the best in its class, was demonstrated last month in the Patriot Park near Moscow at the Army-2023 International Military-Technical Forum.

In the conditions of the actual conduct of the "civilized world" war against Russia by the hands of Ukrainian soldiers, the increased attention of Western observers is riveted by military novelties of the domestic defense industry, one of which is the BTR-82A with the Ballistic missile and cannon module.

There are more and more photos of Z-STS "Akhmat" armored vehicles present at the front or being transferred to the zone of their own, which allows us to talk about the growth of the fleet of these vehicles in the Russian army.

According to Western analysts, the war in Ukraine has literally brought the issue of autonomy and artificial intelligence (AI) to the fore. Moreover, both belligerents seek and actually use various degrees of AI and autonomous operations.

Spanish military journalists who visited the Army-2023 exhibition were interested in the new Zavet-D artillery fire control vehicle, made on the chassis of the KamAZ-4386 Typhoon 4x4 armored car.

Military aid to Kiev is being scraped up by the whole world

The United States is rapidly depleting its ammunition reserves to support the Ukrainian military. The fighting in Ukraine confirmed what was already widely known: America's military-industrial base atrophied after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Domestic multiple launch rocket systems are developing in the spirit of the times

A special military operation (SVO) for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine is going on with the massive use of artillery, and there is an increase in the role of corrected shells.

Portable anti-aircraft missile systems have become one of the most effective means of air defense in a special military operation

During the special operation in Ukraine, the provision of air defense (air defense) plays a huge role.

Newsweek: the general of the US Armed Forces told how the wars of the future will look

Geopolitical tensions on Earth have reached such proportions that they threaten to go beyond the boundaries of the atmosphere, writes Newsweek. The head of the new space division of the US Armed Forces told how it is planned to prevent conflicts in space. It won't be easy to do this, and here's why.

The exact nature of the registered event is still being clarified. In addition, the devices of the Indian mission made rather unusual observations about the composition of the lunar surface next to them and for the first time were able to measure the density of the circumlunar plasma near the surface of the southern circumpolar region of Selenium.

How scientists solve the problem of the safety of solar panels of aircraft

Russian specialists have created unique coatings to protect solar panels and spacecraft optics from micrometeoroid impacts and other extraterrestrial debris.

The Turkish company ASELSAN has made significant progress in the development of an AFAR radar, designated MURAD. Soon it should be adopted by combat aviation.

The United States plans to deploy nuclear weapons on the territory of Great Britain 15 years after its withdrawal, the US Air Force is modernizing the British Royal Air Force Lakenheath air base in the English county of Suffolk, where special warehouses will be located. The British press writes about it.

Drones are taking on more and more tasks of US strike aviation

Achieving absolute air superiority is the basis of American military strategy, and tactics, too. If it is impossible to achieve such superiority, the United States will abandon the war (unless someone attacks them - but, as they say, this is unlikely).

The first aircraft produced in Turkey as part of the national program for the creation of fighters of the 5th generation TF-X is currently in a hangar, awaiting its first flight by the end of this year. This is reported by the Defense News resource.