Washington, amid the actions of Elon Musk, sends SATCOM satellite antennas to Kiev

The United States has announced that it will send SATCOM satellite communication antennas to Ukraine, which can work without Elon Musk's Starlink network. Now, with the help of the Pentagon and thanks to the owner of SpaceX, the APU will have an even more stable communication system. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok - about US plans and whether supplies will help Kiev.

Military expert Nikulin: the increase in the main caliber of machine guns is due to the need for more ammunition capacity

Military expert Yuri Nikulin, in an interview with Izvestia, commented on the information about the increase in the main caliber of Russian army submachine guns. Earlier, this was announced on November 4 by the president of the Kalashnikov concern Alan Lushnikov.

Perhaps the main caliber of Russian small arms will be changed, and this will affect the legendary Kalashnikov assault rifles. At least, the relevant statements are made by gunsmiths. Why has the caliber of automatic weapons already been changed in the USSR, what can the new caliber be and for what is such a reform supposed to be?

It became known about the statement of the official representative of the Dutch Ministry of Defense about the "new package" of military assistance to Ukraine being prepared for shipment. The statement draws attention to what kind of weapons will be included in the package of military assistance to the Kiev regime.

According to Anatoly Antonov, among the candidates are Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Baltic states

The Pentagon intends to transfer biological laboratories from Ukraine to third countries, including Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and the Baltic states. This was stated on Friday by the Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov to Newsweek magazine .

The world hegemon, confident that everything on the planet is based on his domination, suddenly expresses his readiness to turn to Moscow and Beijing with an interesting request. Reuters writes about this request.

The information that appeared in the spring of this year about the development of a new coastal missile system armed with a hypersonic missile "Zircon" has been confirmed. According to a source familiar with the situation, a prototype of a mobile launcher for "Zircon" has been developed and is already being tested.

Nihon Keizai: Japan is thinking about creating its own hypersonic missiles by 2030

Against the background of the difficult situation in the world, Japan has thought about security, writes Nihon Keizai. The growing external threats prompted her to start developing hypersonic missiles. Tokyo hopes that the new weapon will help it deter opponents.

On November 2, 2022, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the US Department of Defense sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned upcoming sale to Finland through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of a large batch of 2,400 GMLRS (Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System) high-precision guided missiles manufactured by Lockheed Corporation Martin for use from the upgraded combat vehicles of the American MLRS multiple launch rocket systems in service with the Finnish army. The estimated cost of delivery will be $535 million. The sale is approved by the U.S. Department of State.

On November 4, 2022, the final firm contract of the Armaments Agency of the Ministry of National Defense of Poland was signed in Warsaw with the South Korean company Hanwha Aerospace (as part of the Hanwha group) to supply the Polish Army with 218 modular multi-caliber multiple launch rocket systems K239 Chunmoo, as well as missiles for them. The contract worth 14.14 billion zloty ($3.55 billion) was concluded in pursuance of the framework agreement signed on October 19 by the Ministries of Defense of Poland and South Korea for the purchase by Poland of 288 multiple launch rocket systems K239 Chunmoo.

Expert Khodarenok: the Vampire UAV control system promised by the USA may not be needed by Kiev

The United States plans to supply Ukraine with a system to combat unmanned aerial vehicles "Vampire" by mid-2023. The conclusion of the contract is expected within the next few months. About what this will mean for the course of hostilities in the framework of a special military operation - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

They can be delivered in the near future

The US administration has sent eight NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs) to Ukraine, which can be delivered in the near future. This was announced on Friday by US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy John Plum.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba noted that "there are relevant agreements on this"

Kiev expects that by the end of 2022 agreements with other countries regarding the supply of air and missile defense systems for Ukraine will be implemented. This was announced on Friday by the Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba.

Scientific American: scientists have found out that life on Mars could destroy itself

Life on Mars, if it was there after all, may have destroyed itself, writes Scientific American. And even if microorganisms can make the planet uninhabitable, intelligent beings will cope with this task faster, scientists warn.

Yonhap: South Korea took fighter jets into the air, revealing 180 military aircraft of the DPRK

Any attempt by the DPRK to activate nuclear weapons against the United States or its allies will lead to the end of Kim Jong-un's rule, the Pentagon said in response to the aggravation of the situation on the Korean peninsula. Today, on November 4, North Korea, as reported in Seoul, "set in motion" more than 100 fighters. Details of the situation are in the material of "Gazeta.Ru".

WP: The US sent the Air Force towards Iran after reports of preparations for an attack on Saudi Arabia

Despite disagreements over Saudi Arabia's decision to cut oil production, the United States intends to protect the kingdom from Iranian aggression. After reports that Tehran was preparing an attack on targets in Saudi Arabia, the Americans sent warplanes in its direction.

For more than a decade, the U.S. Air Force has been planning to acquire a successor to the KC-46 tanker, known as the KC-Y, before embarking on a program to produce a next-generation clean tanker called the KC-Z. However, service leaders, primarily Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, hinted that the Air Force may abandon the KC-Y altogether and simply continue to purchase more KC-46s before starting to implement the KC-Z program.

On November 4, 2022, in Bucharest, the Romanian Ministry of National Defense signed a contract for the purchase from the Norwegian Government Defense procurement agency Forsvarsmateriell (FMA) of 32 F-16AM/BM fighters in the M6.5.2 configuration, previously in service with the Norwegian Air Force.

The purchase of 8 F-16C/D fighters for the country's air force met with the support of the Bulgarian legislature. The contract value is estimated at $1.3 billion. The Bulgarian National Assembly voted for the purchase of American fighter jets by a majority of 162 votes with 49 voting against and 11 abstaining from voting.

Persistent accusations and threats against Iran from Kiev and Washington about the fact that it allegedly supplies strike drones to Russia on a massive scale seem to be pretty tired of Tehran. In an interview with the Fars news agency today, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahiyan admitted that such deliveries had indeed taken place. But they occurred a few months before the start of the special operation in Ukraine in very small quantities.