People's Daily: American obsession with nuclear weapons will ruin Europe

The US Department of Defense will accelerate the deployment of B61-12 atomic bombs in Europe as part of a plan to modernize nuclear weapons, the People's Daily reports. But Washington's true goal is to strengthen control over The EU and suppress its independence, the author of the article believes.

Presidents of the United States and South Korea Joe Biden and Yun Seok-yel, as well as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, during a trilateral meeting in Phnom Penh, agreed to strengthen North Korea's deterrence, warned of a decisive response if North Korea conducts another nuclear test, South Korean media reported on Sunday.

Guardian: More and more people are seeking to ban nuclear weapons

The United States and Russia are updating their nuclear arsenals, and China is becoming the third leading nuclear power. Today's activists advocating for nuclear disarmament are using new tactics in response to threats, writes The Guardian.

The flamethrower system TOS-1A "Solntsepek" will increase the firing range and accuracy, work on the modernization of the system is currently underway. This was told by Denis Petrov, Chief Engineer of Omsktransmash JSC.

In the Kherson region, an Israeli GAIA Amir armored car, quite rare for the Ukrainian army, was noticed. There are no comments on the appearance of an armored car in the Kherson region.

Indian media reported that on November 9, 2022, the Indian company Bharat Forge Limited announced that its subsidiary defense company (division) Kalyani Strategic Systems Limited (KSSL) "received an export order for 155-mm artillery gun platforms that will be manufactured in three years" for an unnamed "friendly foreign state."

As reported, in October 2022, the Ecuadorian ground forces signed a contract worth $65 million with the Israeli company Elbit Systems as the lead contractor for the supply of 137 armored vehicles of two types - Tiger Mk II (4x4) armored vehicles manufactured by the American-Israeli company MDT Armor (Shladot) and Mbombe 6 (6x6) armored personnel carriers manufactured by South African Paramount Group groups.

Recently, the global semiconductor industry has been facing serious problems. This is written by the British edition of Verdict. According to the author of the publication, there is already a shortage of microcircuits and advanced microprocessors in the world.

The United States will build a small modular nuclear reactor on the territory of Ukraine, the decision has already been made, Ukrainian Ambassador to Washington Oksana Markarova said.

Wired: "unidentified dark vessels" were found near the leak sites on the Sevpotoks

Two large ships with disabled sensors appeared near the leak sites on the Nord Streams a few days before the damage to the gas pipelines, Wired writes. These vessels tried to hide information about their location.

CNN: US intelligence suggests that the Poseidon tests will begin before the onset of cold weather

The United States has noticed that the ships of the Russian Navy have recently been preparing for a possible test of a torpedo with a nuclear power plant, as reported by an informed American leader.

Ukraine has started raising funds for the creation of a new fleet consisting of naval attack drones. According to the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov, it is this fleet that will soon unblock Ukrainian ports and destroy Russian ships launching cruise missiles.

Saildrone, an American manufacturer of small and medium-sized unmanned surface ships, expects an increase in the number of seabed exploration tasks that its platforms will perform in 2023 in the Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, and the Middle East. This was stated in one of his interviews by the company's CEO Richard Jenkins.

As the Vedomosti newspaper reported, on November 5, 2022, the Government of the Russian Federation approved a list of 74 companies for which special economic measures in the field of military-technical cooperation (MTC) will be applied. "The list includes 74 organizations from Bulgaria, Great Britain, Germany, Canada, Lithuania, Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Montenegro, Estonia and the USA. Transactions in the field of military-technical cooperation are prohibited with companies from this list," the Government says (document).

As the Expert magazine reported in Dmitry Mashenskikh's article "Russia has sent its weapons to the Celestial Empire", the Russian military-industrial complex presented the most modern weapons at the international aerospace and defense exhibition Airshow China 2022, held from November 8 to 13, 2022 in Zhuhai in China. The greatest interest was aroused by those systems that have already proved themselves positively during the special military operation in Ukraine.

Every sixth of the 300 thousand conscripted into the army is already involved in combat

Making a working trip to the Tver region, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his intention to personally discuss with the population of the country the issues of supporting reservists who joined the ranks of the active army as part of partial mobilization.

The sharp strengthening of Turkey has become one of the main geopolitical consequences of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine. In other words, Russia, willingly or unwittingly, is helping to dramatically strengthen its neighbor. Why is it doing this, what consequences can it lead to and why is there nothing good in this for the European Union?

The released grouping will be used in other directions

On November 9, the Ministry of Defense announced a difficult decision to maneuver troops to the left bank of the Dnieper from Kherson and part of the Kherson region and take up defense along the river. More than 115 thousand residents have already evacuated from the right bank. Experts told Izvestia about the possible reasons for this step. In a number of other areas, Russian troops resumed their offensive. In particular, street battles for the city of Artemovsk continue.

The Russian army is building fortifications on the border of Crimea, the lines of trenches were found on satellite images of the American company Planet Lab. Western experts attribute this to the regrouping of Russian troops and the withdrawal to the left bank of the Dnieper.

After the withdrawal of the Russian army from Kherson, the AFU will be able to shell its supply routes from the Crimea. According to the Ukrainian command, such actions of the Kiev security forces are capable of causing serious damage to the Armed Forces of Russia.