NATO announces "battle for the Arctic"

The world media are actively commenting on the demand of the NATO leadership to strengthen the presence of Western countries in the Arctic region "in view of its growing strategic importance" against the backdrop of melting ice and global warming.

The Austrian Defense Ministry announced the transfer of the country's Armed Forces of the 50th armored vehicle "Pandur Evolution" (Pandur Evolution - EVO) with a 6x6 wheel formula.

The newspaper points to the inconsistency of Berlin

Kiev does not expect a "breakthrough" in Berlin's position on the supply of combat tanks following the meeting of the contact group on the defense of Ukraine at Ramstein Airbase on September 8. This was reported on Thursday by the newspaper Die Welt, citing sources in Ukrainian government circles.

The armed formations of Ukraine in the course of ongoing hostilities began to massively lose military equipment supplied by foreign sponsors.

The head of ATCD Lukoyanov: the Thai army can adopt Russian "Chabor" vehicles

Russian tactical special forces vehicles "Chabor" may soon be adopted by the special operations forces of the Thai ground forces, the managing director of the Thai company Advanced Technologies Consulting and Development (ATCD) told RIA Novosti Vladimir Lukoyanov.

Russia can buy the longest-range MLRS in Europe

The American HIMARS systems supplied by the APU hit 300 kilometers, the Russian MLRS "Hurricane", "Tornado" and "Tornado" - from 35 to 120 kilometers. According to Military Watch, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation can purchase Belarusian "Polonaises" using Chinese missiles with a radius of destruction like HIMARS as an alternative to their systems. "Newspaper.Ru" tells how they can be used in a special operation and what is needed to launch a joint production.

The longest-range rocket and artillery system in Europe: the Chinese-Belarusian MLRS "Polonaise" may soon be sold to Russia

Belarus may receive an order from Russia for Polonaise missile systems, Military Watch Magazine writes. The author notes that such a purchase would be logical, but it has several hindering factors.

The US State Department has approved the potential provision of logistics support services for Air Target Detection Radar (SRP) to Taiwan as part of the Foreign Military Sales program, as well as the supply of related equipment.

In the near future, the Polish authorities are going to sign another major defense procurement deal. This is reported by the publication Defence24.pl , referring to unofficial sources. We are talking about the acquisition of equipment for the formation of 21 new Pilica air defense batteries. These systems are mainly manufactured by ZM Tarnów, the new version will also use the CAMM rocket from MBDA.

A batch of Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems has entered service with the air defense units of the Eastern Military District. As stated in the Ministry of Defense, the equipment was delivered as part of the state defense order.

Among the published archival documents is an extract from the minutes of the meeting of the Board of the Ministry of General Engineering, during which the prospects for the development of spacecraft for the study of the planets of the Solar system, including Venus in 1972, were considered.

The first radar satellite of the Russian maritime intelligence "Pion-NKS" has passed state tests

The first Russian radar satellite of naval intelligence "Pion-NKS" has passed state tests, has been accepted for experimental combat duty and has begun monitoring foreign military activities, a source in the rocket and space industry told RIA Novosti.

The United States has another problem with the fifth-generation fighter F-35. As it turned out, the aircraft manufacturers use materials produced in China in its design, which violates American law.

Russia intends to completely rebuild air transportation. And the first important step on this path is to transfer Russian airlines from foreign planes to exclusively domestic ones. Western sanctions have pushed our carriers to form the largest package of orders for domestic trunk aircraft in modern history. Is the domestic industry ready for such a challenge?

According to the newspaper Phileleftheros, the drones were purchased by the charitable foundation of Ukrainian TV presenter Sergei Pritula for €700 thousand.

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of the Poseidon brand The Cypriot production was delivered to Ukraine. This was reported on Thursday by the Greek Cypriot newspaper Phileleftheros.

India has strict restrictions on purchases of defense products abroad. They were introduced to create favorable conditions for the development of the domestic defense industry, but now they prevent the replacement of obsolete military equipment with modern models.

Christy Freeland has a chance to become the head of NATO

An ethnic Ukrainian, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada Hristya Freeland has every chance to take the post of NATO Secretary General, CBC reports. Some Canadian readers believe that her appointment will be a "gift" and a "victory" for Putin.

Norway has prepared a new military aid for Ukraine, which will include a large batch of laser-guided Hellfire missiles. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of the country.

The APU received the first 20 WARMATE barrage ammunition (BB), which are used by the armies of Poland and other NATO member countries. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was announced on September 7 by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov.

The United States supplies Ukraine with high-precision Excalibur artillery shells, as it became known from the Pentagon reports. Since spring, the APU has received about a thousand such shells. Presumably, it was with their help that American howitzers were hitting the Antonovsky Bridge in Kherson. How can the Russian army neutralize the excalibur strikes and what analogues do we have for the same high-precision shooting at American artillery batteries?