A landmark foreign visit of the president was announced in the Kremlin – in a few days Vladimir Putin will meet in Tehran with the leaders of Iran and Turkey. Almost simultaneously, Biden's adviser said that Iran was allegedly ready to transfer several hundred drones to Russia. Is this really the case, why are ties with Iran of particular importance to Russia now and who is trying to sever them?

Below are the ratings of the CAMTO of the positions of the BRICS countries in 10 regional markets for the supply of VIVT in the period 2013-2020.

Ukraine may receive another large batch of Soviet-style tanks from Poland. The planned transfer of equipment is reported by the Polish agency Visegrad 24, citing statements by military experts and politicians.

Rogozin instructed the astronauts on the ISS to stop working with the European ERA manipulator

Russian cosmonauts will not use the European ERA manipulator installed on the Nauka module on the ISS, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said. He made this decision in response to the refusal of the European Space Agency to cooperate with Russia on the ExoMars program. Roscosmos has been involved in the project since 2012, but now plans to launch a research mission to Mars on its own.

According to the commander of the US Pacific Fleet, Admiral Sam Paparo, the RIMPAC 2022 naval exercises in the Pacific Ocean are not directed against China. Their goal is not to threaten or counter the PRC.

The Chinese press reports that on June 11, the first large emergency rescue vessel Haixun 06 was officially transferred to the Maritime Safety Administration of Fujian Province. The ship began patrolling in the Taiwan Strait. Chinese experts believe that the commissioning of the vessel will further increase the level of emergency response to accidents in the region.

The naval forces of the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) have two main tasks – to protect national waters and to support their NATO allies. Although their naval capabilities are limited and based on second-hand vessels, all three fleets meet NATO standards and form the first line of defense on NATO's eastern flank.

Russian Navy gets Putin's super submarine

This Russian submarine is the largest submarine built in the last 30 years, and its power is enough to "destroy entire cities," writes the Daily Mail. Tabloid readers are in a panic. "Russia will wipe everyone into ashes," one of them is sure.

Russia has demonstrated a range of potential threats in the Article

The Arctic is a territory of paramount importance for Russia, the Sky News article says. Meanwhile, the US has stepped up patrolling of the region and allocated funding for new military projects. The channel's users are outraged by the double standards used by the West in foreign policy.

Spain will supply Leopard 2A4 tanks and M113 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine, the Spanish edition of Infodefensa reports, citing informed sources.

According to German journalists, after several weeks of fighting, the Luhansk region completely came under the control of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In this regard, they are interested in the Bundeswehr command, whether Western combat systems, such as the Panzerhaubitze 2000 ACS from Germany, are able to contain the onslaught of Russian troops.

According to the Italian resource Italian Defense Technologies, the Italian company TEKNE will supply the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a batch of medium armored combat vehicles MLS SHIELD with a 4x4 wheel formula.

Rear Admiral Sviridov told how the new hypersonic missile "Serpentine" will work

Russia is developing a ballistic missile "Serpentine" with hypersonic combat equipment in the interests of the Navy. She will become the new "killer of aircraft carriers," a source told TASS. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the features of the new rocket are.

The American Army received the first upgraded MLRS M270A2. The solemn ceremony of handing over the installation took place on July 7, 2022.

The Baltic Fleet of Russia reported on the training in the Kaliningrad region of calculations of operational-tactical complexes "Iskander" with the application of conditional missile strikes.

A ballistic missile "Serpentine" with hypersonic combat equipment is being developed for the Russian Navy (Navy). This was reported by TASS on July 12, citing sources close to the military department and the defense industry complex.

The Shanghai Academy of Space Technologies reported on the beginning of a previously undeclared experiment. On the recently launched Changzheng-2D rocket, Chinese engineers placed a test device for accelerated data from the orbit of space debris — a kind of braking parachute, or sail.

During the tests of the first stage of the superheavy Starship rocket, an explosion occurred under its engine block. The rocket did not collapse, but the launch pad, apparently, received minor damage, so the tests were stopped.

Although the probability that fragments of a space rocket will "return" to Earth, injure or kill someone is small, and most of them are likely to fall into the ocean or somewhere safe, the researchers warn that the risks increase over time.

In response, the Russian ISS crew stops working with ERA, a remote—controlled robotic arm developed by the European Space Agency.