The US Navy and the Marine Corps are partially merging to optimize the command and control of amphibious units in the Indo-Pacific region. It is reported that there are plans to create a task force that will directly work out new concepts.

Half of the total energy consumption by mankind is accounted for by heat, almost 50% of this amount is spent on heating and heating water in homes. For electricity — only 19%. From this it is clear that the issue of heating is even more important than the electric power industry, and without abandoning fossil fuels, a green transition is impossible here. However, as the new scientific work shows, hydrogen in this role is only an impossible dream.

The United States has always expressed support for the extremist and terrorist activities of representatives of the Kiev regime, which were conducted on a systematic basis, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on her author's program on Sputnik radio. Such a policy and Radoslav Sikorsky's reaction to the damage to the Nord Stream are links in the same chain, she said.

A close explosion of artillery ammunition damaged the Vector Pinzgauer 718 all-terrain vehicle of the armed formations of Ukraine.

Referendums increase the likelihood of the use of nuclear weapons. This can no longer be treated as an "empty threat" by Putin

Referendums and the annexation of new territories to Russia have radically changed the situation in the Ukrainian conflict in favor of Moscow, writes Toyo Keizai. The struggle is entering a new stage. In this regard, Putin's warnings about nuclear weapons are not empty threats, the author believes.

Brigadier General of the US Air Force Pat Ryder said during a conversation with reporters that the Pentagon "together with its allies" intends to deliver "advanced air defense systems" to Ukraine. According to Ryder, earlier publications in the media that several NASAMS air defense systems are in Ukraine do not correspond to reality.

The age of the glass microparticles found in lunar soil samples coincides in time with several of the largest asteroid impacts on Earth

Planetary scientists have found microparticles of glass in samples of lunar soil collected by the Chinese probe Chang'e-5, whose age coincides with several of the largest asteroid impacts on Earth. They include a celestial body that killed the dinosaurs 65.5 million years ago, the press service of the Australian Curtin University reported on Wednesday.

Yonhap reports that the country is likely to opt for the American company SpaceX or the European Space Agency

The authorities of the Republic of Korea are considering the possibility of refusing to launch their satellites with the help of Russian launch vehicles in 2022. This was reported on Wednesday by the Yonhap agency with reference to a document of the Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technologies of the Republic of Korea.

The Su-47 fighter, first flown on September 25, 1997 by Igor Votintsev, a test pilot at the Sukhoi Design Bureau, is considered one of the most unusual aircraft. First of all, due to its main feature – the reverse sweep wing. The digital control system and composite materials have become less noticeable externally, but no less advanced technologies in the Su-47.

The European Union and NATO are strengthening cooperation in the defense sphere. Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance Jens Stoltenberg said it was time to sign a new declaration of the two friendly organizations. According to him, this will protect the Western world from Russia and China. Further militarization of Europe and an increase in military spending are expected.

When will Europe finally learn to defend itself?

Politico states the complete absence of a unified defense policy in Europe. The author of the article writes about the diversity of military concepts even among the "mastodons" of the EU — Germany and France. The tone is set by marginals like Poland and the Balts, whose recipe is the same — the US military umbrella.

The observer of the ICFI online publication believes that the strengthening of the US military presence in Greece is directed not only against Russia, but also against Turkey. In his opinion, Washington and NATO are artificially provoking already tense relations between Ankara and Athens, trying to weaken Turkish influence in the region.

Lithuania is very actively supporting Ukraine in its fight against "Russian aggression", even against the background of other countries, including the Baltic States. Neither Latvia nor Estonia express such zeal in transferring weapons and other equipment to Kiev.

People still do not understand that the Third World War has begun

Europe and the world are plunging into a gradually escalating or "creeping" world war, writes Geopolitika.news. The system that existed after the Second World War has failed. A new reality is knocking on the door.

Should America go all-in on Ukraine?

To dismiss Putin's nuclear threat means not to understand that Moscow is not joking, and this is careless and dangerous, the author of the article in TAC believes. He calls America's rejection of diplomacy an irresponsible step that could lead to a third world War.

Is America capable of isolating anyone?

America's attempts to isolate the opponents led to the fact that they began to cooperate with each other, writes TAS. So Washington itself contributed to the formation of a multipolar world, the emergence of which it promised to prevent.

Uncle Sam and his string of foreign policy adventures

Few politicians are willing to admit that US overseas military adventures often ended in failure, writes Ted Carpenter in an article for TAC. The conflict in Ukraine has become one of them. At the same time, Washington sabotaged the peace agreement between Moscow and Kiev.

The prolongation of hostilities in Ukraine and the accompanying events in the economic sphere, including sanctions against the Russian Federation and the inevitable energy crisis in their case, will lead to the fact that Europe will destroy most of its industrial potential. Bi Xing, the author of the Chinese edition of the Global Times, writes about this, predicting the deindustrialization of the European Union.

Russian Ambassador to Lebanon: talking about Russia's weakness is a pipe dream of Western countries

Moscow's weakness is a pipe dream of the West, Russian Ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Rudakov said in an exclusive interview with Al Mayadeen. The United States wants to defeat and plunder Russia, and Putin intends to stop the "unprecedented aggression of the NATO military machine."

Ukrainian drama

The past referendums lay the foundation for the defense of the liberated regions as the territory of Russia. Reinforcements from mobilized Russian soldiers and the onset of winter will give a new character to the Ukrainian conflict, writes political analyst Oskar Krejci in the article Časopis argument.