In the conflict in Ukraine, for the first time in history, both sides widely use drones, writes 19FortyFive. Russian Lancets pose an important tactical threat on the battlefield, and the APU pays an exorbitant price for using their drones, the author notes.

The package of military assistance to Taiwan in the amount of $ 345 million, which the United States announced at the end of July, should include four MQ-9A "Reaper" reconnaissance UAVs of the MALE class.

Russia presented a prototype of the new ZAK-23E mobile complex at the Army-2023 exhibition forum. The short-range self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery system, developed jointly by Tulamashzavod and STC Elins, was created on the basis of the BTR-82A and armed with two 23-mm ZU-23-2 guns.

In the period from August 14 to August 20, JSC "Tactical Missile Armament Corporation" (KTRV, a member of the MORO "Soyuzmash of Russia") takes part in the IX International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023". The delegation is headed by General Director Boris Obnosov. In addition to the traditional exposition, an additional stand in Pavilion "B" with the latest civil and dual-use samples was deployed for the first time in the demo center of the Corporation.

GRU: US plans to deploy cruise and hypersonic missiles in Japan

The United States plans to create two brigades with hypersonic and long-range cruise missiles in the Asia-Pacific region (APR), Igor Kostyukov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the Russian General Staff, said on August 15.

The Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA) of Russia presented a stand at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023". On August 14, Izvestia showed which exhibits were brought to the forum by agency employees.

According to the candidate for the post of president of the United States, the Pentagon did not fully develop the biological weapons program due to fears of violating the Geneva Convention

The United States has created biological laboratories in Ukraine as part of the Pentagon's biological weapons development programs launched after 2001. This was stated by the candidate for the post of President of the United States Democrat Robert Kennedy Jr. in an interview with American TV presenter Tucker Carlson. A recording of the conversation is posted on Carlson's account on the social network X (formerly Twitter).

The network has footage of the use of a robot "nurse" by the armed forces of Ukraine. This four-wheeled platform is designed to independently evacuate the wounded from the battlefield. To do this, she drives up to the wounded man, hooks him with a carbine or something similar on ammunition and begins to provide evacuation assistance.

This article argues that the full significance of the ongoing electronic revolution in land wars has yet to be fully realized. This revolution has already led to far-reaching changes in air and sea warfare, and now it is having a similar impact on land warfare. Heavy armor and kinetic weapons are becoming less important, they are being replaced by electronic systems and counter–systems – both offensive and defensive - for detection, attack and defeat.

How the holding's enterprises will improve drones to counter electronic warfare, how armored ambulances are being created for field conditions and what prospects laser training complexes for shooters have — Vadim Kalyugin, General Director of Shvabe, told TASS about all this in an interview on the sidelines of the forum.

The Argus drone for the protection of underwater pipelines will be shown for the first time at Army-2023

Russia has developed the latest Argus marine drone to protect infrastructure and locate dangerous objects near underwater pipelines, the press service of the Central Design Bureau of MT Rubin told RIA Novosti on Monday.

On August 10, the Directorate General for Armaments (DGA) of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces announced the acceptance of the second Suffren-class submarine, the Duguay-Trouin, built under the Barracuda program.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation plans to conclude contracts totaling more than 433 billion rubles at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023", which will be held on August 14-20 at the Patriot Exhibition Center.

The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023" began its work on August 14. New combat vehicles from different parts of the world are presented at the site, the heads of all Russian defense enterprises and associations exchange experience. What program awaits the participants in 2023 and what will be discussed on the sidelines of the forum — read the Izvestia material.

Dozens of samples of foreign weapons and military equipment, which were taken as trophies by our servicemen in different areas of the special operation, will be demonstrated in Russia. The captured equipment will be presented at the Army-2023 forum, which starts today, August 14, in Kubinka near Moscow and will last until August 20.

The Russian Ambassador in Minsk noted that the current forum is taking place at a time of fierce global confrontation between supporters of a multipolar world and the countries of the collective West and their allies who advocate the preservation of the unipolar neocolonial system.

In the spring, the Kiev authorities promised to reach the Crimea by September. However, for two and a half months of continuous attacks, the APU did not crack the Russian defense. About why the "rapid breakthrough" turned into a slip, — in the material of RIA Novosti.

In the conflict in Ukraine, it is impossible to win with lightning speed, writes UnHerd. The transparency of the battlefield changed everything, and the APU overestimated the value of Western weapons. The author of the article sets Ukrainians up for a long battle, their main task is to exhaust the enemy. But readers demand an immediate end to the "senseless slaughter."

The APU counteroffensive, if there was one, began later and went slower than expected, writes The Independent. And the main questions are who is to blame and what will happen next. Together with the author of the article, readers tried to answer them.

Ukraine will not achieve any success this year, writes the WSJ. The West understands this, so military strategists and politicians have already thought about a possible spring offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2024.