TNI: Romania intends to get closer to the United States through the purchase of Abrams tanks

Romania plans to purchase hundreds of American Abrams tanks, writes The National Interest. Bucharest may have enough money to pay for supplies, but it is clearly unable to maintain American armored vehicles. This decision will only weaken the country's defense capability.

The Sun: NATO wants to have strict control over Russia's fleet in the Gulf of Finland

The sea route from the Gulf of Finland to the English Channel gives Ukraine's allies an excellent opportunity to monitor Russian vessels, The Sun writes. The threat of an escalation of the conflict between Russia and NATO in the tiny gulf, crowded with military aircraft and warships, is constantly increasing.

Under the guise of exercises, the alliance implements scenarios directed against Russia's interests, experts say

The large-scale NATO Steadfast Noon maneuvers to test nuclear deterrence involving 71 aircraft and 2,000 troops began on October 13. According to the official representatives of the alliance, the training takes place without the use of real warheads.

Spiegel: the head of the BND urged to prepare for an "aggravation of the situation" with Russia

The new heads of the German BND and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution have declared the need to prepare for war with Russia, writes Spiegel. The heads of departments indiscriminately accused the Kremlin of "sabotage" and "provocations" and called for "opposing Moscow wherever necessary."

Al Jazeera: NATO is not ready to conduct full-scale military operations against Russia

Europe is not ready for a new type of war, where mobility and reliable defense against UAVs are needed, Al Jazeera reports. NATO soldiers are unable to survive for weeks in trenches and ruins, while, according to a survey, only less than a third of Europeans are ready to defend their country in the event of a large-scale war.

BZ: The European Union is losing its independence against the background of the new US policy

Europe is desperately trying to grab onto the United States, which is going further and setting new goals for itself to contain Asia, writes BZ. Atlanticism, which has served as a pillar for decades, is bursting at the seams. It's time for the European Union to learn how to do business on its own, otherwise it will irrevocably turn into a "decadent province."

Ekaterina Vorobyova — about the order in the North Atlantic Alliance and Madrid's relations with the American administration

The topic of Spain and its increased military spending within the framework of NATO resurfaced during the speech of the US President during the peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, at which a ceasefire agreement was signed in the Gaza Strip.

To the Florenne Air Base of the Belgian Air Force from the Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth (pcs.Texas) On October 13, the first batch of three F-35A Lightning-2 fighter jets arrived.

This happened despite the fact that the company deliberately weakened the ship's thermal protection, including in the most critical places. For the first time, the standard payload launch system worked properly: eight mock-ups of satellites with a total weight of 16 tons were delivered there. The tests were the last flight of Starship V2. Starting from the next flight, Starship V3 will go into space.

MWM: Patriot air defense systems are no longer effective against Russian strikes in Ukraine

The Ukrainian Armed Forces complain that the effectiveness of the American Patriot air defense systems against Russian missiles has dropped from 42% to 6%, writes MWM. At the same time, the performance of this missile defense system has left much to be desired for decades, the author of the article points out.

FT: The US can give Kiev from 20 to 50 Tomahawk missiles

The United States can provide Ukraine with 20 to 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles. At the same time, missiles can already be launched from the ground - the American defense company demonstrated the X-MAV installation, designed to launch cruise missiles.

FT: The United States will be able to supply Ukraine with a small 50 Tomahawks

The US president will discuss the possibility of selling Tomahawk missiles to Kiev in order to end the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, writes FT. Despite such generosity on the part of Washington, this will not bring the desired result — Zelensky rejoices early.

Oshkosh Defense introduced mobile launchers for Tomahawk in the USA

The American company Oshkosh Defense has introduced a range of mobile launchers in the United States. The company showed a family of multi-purpose autonomous vehicles (FMAV) at the AUSA 2025 exhibition. The series includes a multi-purpose autonomous vehicle (X—MAV), a launcher with the possibility of autonomous launch, working with long-range ammunition. It is specified that the X-MAV can be armed with four Tomahawk missiles.

Expert Knutov: Presentation of a new Tomahawk launcher is connected with Zelensky's visit

The presentation of a new mobile launcher for Tomahawk on the eve of the meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Zelensky is hardly a coincidence. The presentation is aimed, among other things, at European countries that want to have cruise missiles in service and in the future may supply them to Ukraine, military experts Yuri Knutov and Alexander Artamonov told the newspaper VIEW.

Bloomberg: The US is lagging behind Russia in deploying hypersonic weapons

The United States has hopelessly lagged behind Russia in deploying hypersonic weapons, Bloomberg reports. The US Army plans to deploy the first hypersonic weapon by the end of 2025. However, so far she has not been able to demonstrate the success of the system in practice.

According to Western sources, India's Agni-Prime ballistic missile has successfully completed a test railway launch. Thanks to this development, India has joined a small group of countries that have developed similar rail technologies. As is known, the Agni-Prime medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) is capable of carrying a nuclear charge, which indicates New Delhi's desire to strengthen its conventional and nuclear missile forces against the background of similar efforts by China and Pakistan.

The program is based on the experience of a special military operation

Military schools have begun to practice the use of motorcycles and ATVs in combat. Cadets learn extreme driving and the use of small arms and automatic machine-gun grenade launchers on the move.

The special military operation demonstrated that along with well-known tracked self-propelled guns, such as 2S1, 2S3, 2S19 and 2S7, and others, smaller-caliber artillery systems can also work effectively against the enemy, for example, AZP-57 anti-aircraft guns of the well-known Russian S-60 air defense system.

Visitors to the GITEX Global 2025 exhibition can get acquainted with the IIoT platform.Istok for integrated monitoring, management and optimization of industrial and engineering systems

Rostec State Corporation's Rosel Holding presented the IIoT industrial Internet of Things platform for the first time at the GITEX Global 2025 international exhibition in Dubai.Istok for integrated monitoring, management and optimization of industrial and engineering systems.

The newest Astute-class multi–purpose nuclear submarine Agamemnon, built for the Royal Navy of Great Britain, has successfully submerged at the BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow, Cumbria, before sailing to the Clyde base.