The commander of the US Central Command, General Michael Eric Kurilla, boarded the West Virginia submarine in the Arabian Sea on Wednesday, October 20, writes Navy Times. Thus, the US Navy deliberately revealed the presence of the Ohio-class submarine in the Arabian Sea.

As part of the MMPC (Modular and Multirole Patrol Corvette) Modular Multipurpose European Corvette development program, the European Commission selected a proposal submitted by a consortium led by Naviris, which included Fincantieri, Naval Group and Navantia.

The richest businessman in the world is burdened by relations with Ukraine

The richest man on the planet, American entrepreneur Elon Musk, put forward the plan "Peace of Ukraine and Russia" (Ukraine – Russia Peace). An important detail: the SpaceX company controlled by him has been providing the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) for almost eight months secure space communication services, independently paying for the lion's share of them.

The Starlink satellite Internet system, whose services are provided by the American company SpaceX, headed by engineer and businessman Elon Musk, has practically no alternatives in Ukraine. Experts interviewed by the American edition of Breaking Defense admitted this.

On October 20, the Day of the Military Signalman is celebrated in the Russian Federation. This is a professional holiday of servicemen and civilian personnel of the Russian signal forces.

Hanwha Defense Company announced on October 19 the ceremony of rolling out and subsequent shipment to Poland of the first batch of 24 units of 155-mm self-propelled howitzers K9A1 "Thunder".

They were in service with the GDR army

Greece has begun transferring Soviet-made infantry fighting vehicles BMP-1 to Ukraine, which were in service with the GDR army and transferred to Athens by Germany. This was stated on Wednesday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba at a press conference with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in Kiev.

In the near future, the Greek army may begin to supply Ukrainian armed formations with parts of the BMP-1 that it has in service.

The United States has completed the development of a new guided nuclear bomb B61-12 and will soon begin their full-scale production, according to the Federation of American Scientists.

Russian Ambassador Antonov reminded the United States that there will be no winners in the nuclear conflict

Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov urged the United States not to "swing a nuclear baton" because there will be no victory in the nuclear conflict.

According to Kai Kallas, this is necessary so that Ukraine "can use them in defense and avoid the destruction of the energy infrastructure"

Estonian Prime Minister Kaya Kallas called on NATO member countries to increase the supply of air defense systems to Ukraine. She made such a statement on Thursday upon arrival at the EU summit.

The Israeli newspaper "The Jerusalem Post" in Anna Ahronheim's article "Israel won't give Ukraine weapons, will help make missile warning system - Gantz" ("Israel will not give Ukraine weapons, but will help develop a missile attack warning system - Gantz") reported that on October 19, 2022, Israeli Defense Minister Beni Gantz Referring to "a number of operational considerations" and "restrictions", he said that Israel would not supply Ukraine with any weapons systems.

It is planned to double their number in the near future, the businessman noted

The founder of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk, claims that his corporation has more satellites than the rest of the Earth.

SpaceX has launched a satellite Internet service in airplanes. This is reported on the Starlink website. The description of the service states that Starlink Aviation will provide on-board speeds of up to 350 megabits per second with low latency.

A very significant military space agreement was signed by one of the leading private space companies with Luxembourg. It is planned to create a so-called mobile cosmodrome in this country, and it will be used for the urgent launch of military satellites in the interests of NATO. The very method of launching satellites is no less exotic.

Onet: in cloudy weather, Ukrainians watch Russians from satellites with Polish radars

Optical satellites are unsuitable for observing the enemy when the sky is covered with clouds, writes Onet. In Poland, this problem was solved and a mini-satellite with radar was sold to Ukraine. It was used in the attack on the Saki airport in Crimea and in the attack on the Crimean Bridge, the author of the article claims.

The patented small-sized space platform "AIST-3" is a complex of onboard systems and equipment

The Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks has granted a patent to the Samara National Research University named after Academician S. P. Korolev for a utility model of the universal small-sized space platform "AIST-3".

The Times: Britain halted operations over the Black Sea due to the Su-27 incident

The incident that occurred at the end of September involving Russian and British aircraft over the Black Sea became the subject of discussion in the English Parliament, writes The Times. Readers of the publication are surprised by the position of the Royal Air Force, which immediately suspended intelligence operations in the region.

Poland is expanding its intelligence capabilities, the Ministry of Defense is leasing an American medium-altitude drone of long duration flight MQ-9A Reaper. This was announced by Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak, who made a corresponding entry in one of the banned social networks in Russia.

It became known about the loss of the fifth-generation F-35 fighter in the United States. According to some reports, the plane crashed in Utah. At the moment, it is reported that the plane was completely engulfed in flames. The pilot managed to eject.