In 1962, the USSR ceded to the United States, and a nuclear collision was avoided, writes TAC. Now it's Washington's turn. He must find the wisdom and courage to give in to Russia in the staring, the author believes. Otherwise, it is the United States that will be the instigators of "nuclear Armageddon".

Ukrainian President Zelensky urged the West not to wait until Russia strikes with nuclear weapons, but to launch a preemptive strike — without specifying whether it is nuclear or not. Many Western analysts, meanwhile, have no doubt that Russia is preparing to use tactical nuclear weapons somewhere on the territory of Ukraine. What does the Russian military doctrine say about this? And why, from a military-technical point of view, does it make no sense to use tactical nuclear weapons, but should we start with strategic ones? Naked Science understands the details.

The roots of China's rocket and space power go back to the USSR

Recent events in East Asia have once again drawn attention to the escalation of tensions, military capabilities and combat readiness of a number of countries. First of all, this concerns China.

A captured Western-made AFU tank captured by a Russian tank crew turned out to be of poor quality. At least, that's what the fighters who dragged him to their tank think.

Although no one is in a hurry to transfer armored vehicles to Kiev

The process of supplying weapons and military equipment to Ukraine by the countries of the "collective West" (this concept is broader than NATO and the EU) is becoming not a decisive, but an important factor in the ongoing military operation in this country.

Germany, along with France, are becoming the main sponsors of the Zelensky regime in Europe, while the UK has switched to training military personnel of the Armed Forces. After the French promised Kiev a new batch of 155-mm Caezar self-propelled guns, the Germans announced the imminent delivery of air defense systems and tanks to Ukraine.

Ukraine has received another batch of Slovak self-propelled artillery Zuzana 2, self-propelled guns are already on Ukrainian territory. This was announced by Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Nagy.

General Dynamics Land Systems (GDELS, a division of General Dynamics Corporation) has officially presented the concept of a promising AbramsX main tank, which is an evolution of the American M1 Abrams tank. A video with a prototype demonstrator of the AbramsX tank has been published.GDELS itself stated that the AbramsX should become a "bridge" from the Abrams tanks of the latest modifications of the M1A2 SEP v.3 and SEP v.4 to a promising tank.

The Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, Italy and Poland have been selected as sites for hosting the first European quantum computers, she said The European Commission on Tuesday.

The machine tool division of JSC Concern Kalashnikov manufactured and shipped 35.7% more products in the three quarters of this year than last year. These are turning and screw–cutting machines, special equipment and repair services for spindle assemblies totaling 285 million rubles (against 210 million rubles in 2021).

On October 7, 2022, in Vyborg, at the Vyborg Shipbuilding Plant PJSC (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC JSC), a solemn ceremony of launching the project 23550 head border patrol ship of the 1st rank of the ice class "Blizzard" (code "Ermak"), which is being built for the Coast Guard of the Border Service of the FSB of the Russian Federation, was held") with the factory number 235.

As reported on the web resource forums.airbase.ru , On September 30, 2022, in St. Petersburg at Almaz Shipbuilding Company JSC, a flag-raising ceremony was held for border ships, boats and support vessels on the border patrol ship of the 2nd rank PPK-831 project 22120 (code "Blizzard") with the factory number 057 (onboard number "457"), which became part of the Coast Guard of the Border Service of the FSB of the Russian Federation. It became the eighth ship in the series of Project 22120. Earlier it was reported that the ship was to be named "Roman Chemeryuk", but to date there is no information about the assignment of this name to it.

As the press service of the Eastern Military District reported on October 9, 2022, a new large diesel-electric submarine B-602 "Magadan" of the 06363 project of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) arrived at its base in Vladivostok. The submarine completed the inter-fleet transition from the Baltic Fleet to the Pacific by the Northern Sea Route, having covered more than nine thousand nautical miles.

TFO is preparing to receive the third of six non-nuclear submarines of the 06363 series

In the near future, the combat strength of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy will be replenished by a new unit — the non-nuclear submarine of project 06363 "Magadan". Construction of a series of six submarines of this project for the Pacific Fleet began in 2017 at the Admiralty Shipyards shipyard in St. Petersburg. The Magadan is already the third submarine to leave for the Far East. And after it, the fourth one will be completed — "Ufa". How will these submarines change the combat capabilities of the fleet and what are their features?

Member of the HRC Kabanov urged to find out why regular ammunition is sold over the Internet

The military prosecutor's office and operational services should deal with the problems of material and technical support of the mobilized, regular ammunition appears on Internet trading platforms, said Kirill Kabanov, a member of the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation.

The CSTO command and staff exercises "Interaction-2022" have ended in Kazakhstan

The command and staff exercises of the special forces formations of the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) "Interaction-2022" ended on Thursday in Kazakhstan, the joint press center of the CSTO exercises told reporters.

The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said during a briefing that Moscow had prepared and submitted proposals for the conclusion of a peace treaty to the leadership of Azerbaijan and Armenia for consideration. She stressed that it is inappropriate to comment on the details of the document and the ongoing negotiations between the parties.

Against the background of mobilization, industry is increasing arms supplies

On October 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the ratification of the agreements on the admission of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions to Russia.

The White House called the pace of advance of the APU in the Kherson region encouraging, The Daily Telegraph newspaper writes

The administration of US President Joe Biden believes that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are able to seize Crimea if the successful counteroffensive in the Kherson region continues. This was reported on Wednesday by the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph, citing high-ranking American military officials.

Volunteers and citizens called up as part of partial mobilization from different regions of Russia undergo combat training and coordination at the training grounds. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation shared footage of how the training and work of the fighters takes place on Thursday, October 6.