Ukraine has set its sights on Africa, the country's political leadership, led by Zelensky, has set its eyes on Soviet military equipment in service with many African countries. This was stated by the Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba.

Immediately, a number of European countries responded to the call of the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, to increase the supply of weapons and ammunition, primarily to perform air defense tasks.

During the modernization of its communications forces until 2030, the Pentagon is considering reducing the number of single-channel ground and onboard radio systems of the SINCGARS family in the army. National Defense writes about this with reference to the IT director of one of the divisions of the US Armed Forces, Raj Ayer.

At the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) shipyard in Kobe, on October 12, a ceremony of baptism and launching of the SS-515 Jingei, designed for the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces, took place.

Alpha veteran: explosives search systems need to check all cars at important sites

Detection systems even for carefully disguised explosives are available in Russia, but it is important that they check all cars moving on such critical transport facilities as the Crimean Bridge, the security of the state should be above all, honorary president of the international Association of veterans of the antiterrorism unit "Alpha" Sergei Goncharov told RIA Novosti.

For the US defense industry, the creation of hybrid and fully electric vehicles for the US army is a very important step. And the purpose of this is not related to environmental protection. The command wants to increase the efficiency of the army, in addition to reducing the noise when using transport in order to make it harder to detect fighters.

Poland will acquire 116 Abrams tanks from the United States, Defense 24 reports. These vehicles are intended to replenish stocks of equipment after the Polish side handed over more than 230 of its own tanks to Ukraine. Payment will be made at the expense of US financial support.

France and Denmark are working on supplying Ukraine with six more CAESAR self-propelled guns. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by French President Emmanuel Macron.

The Washington Times: Biden himself contributed to the nuclear threat

Biden is whipping up fear of a nuclear war in the United States, writes The Washington Times. At the same time, according to the editorial board of the publication, the American president himself contributes to the escalation of the nuclear threat, creating in the world the idea that America is no longer a superpower.

As Deputy Mikhail Sheremet noted, this was shown by strikes on critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine

Strikes on critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine show that Russia does not need to use nuclear weapons to ensure security. This opinion was expressed by Mikhail Sheremet, a member of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption.

According to the newspaper, the US authorities will send two NASAMS air defense systems to Ukraine by the end of the year

The UK government will supply Ukraine with AIM-120 (Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile, AMRAAM) medium-range missiles for American NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems. This was reported on Wednesday by The Times newspaper .

Biden promised that the United States will provide Ukraine with air defense systems, writes Newsweek. However, according to experts, the Americans cannot decide what exactly should be sent to Kiev. And besides, the weapons have yet to be produced, and it will take years.

According to the Defense Ministers of Ukraine and Germany, on October 11, 2022, the German side handed over to the armed forces of Ukraine the first set of the IRIS-T SLM medium-range anti-aircraft missile system of the new production of the German company Diehl Defense (as part of the Diehl Group). The transfer, as stated, was carried out on the territory of Poland near the Ukrainian border, and on October 12, the complex was delivered to Ukraine, becoming the first modern Western-made medium or long-range air defense system delivered to Ukraine.

The problem is also recognized by American colleagues, Yuri Borisov noted

Malfunctions exist on the International Space Station (ISS), they reduce the effectiveness of the scientific program. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Yuri Borisov to journalists on Thursday.

The Coast Guard of the Republic of Korea has received the third search and rescue helicopter S-92 manufactured by Sikorsky (a division of Lockheed Martin).

The successful use of barrage ammunition by the Russian Armed Forces during a special military operation has led to the fact that the US army is already looking for an "antidote" to Russian kamikaze drones operating in Ukraine. She expects that ideas that representatives of the local defense industry will have in the very near future will help her in this.

The drone operator told about duels and ramming by copters during a special operation

The commander of the training group for operators of unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ninth Regiment of the People's Militia of the DPR with the call sign Tarik told RIA Novosti about the main methods of fighting against enemy drones.

The Pakistan Air Force is working on integrating the recently acquired Turkish Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles into the country's air defense system.

The Ukrainian conflict is turning into a global crisis, writes Geopolitika.news. A new, more dangerous "game" begins. If the US and the EU do not accept the "new reality", then the world is waiting for a further dangerous escalation. But for now, the West is behaving irrationally.

The document alternates ambitious promises to lead international cooperation in solving transnational problems with a description of irreconcilable rivalry in the world, said Marcus Stanley, a political scientist at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Public Administration.