Airborne Forces Day is celebrated in Russia on August 2

On this day in 1930, Airborne troops were created in our country. This memorable date is timed to coincide with the first group training landing of Soviet combat parachutists who jumped off a heavy biplane and picked up weapons dropped by other aircraft from the ground.

And why do special forces units use armored vehicles instead of buggies and pickups to hunt drones

Mobile firing groups are being formed in many units operating in the SVO zone today. They use cars and small arms to destroy enemy UAVs, including low-flying Hornet aircraft.

Zelensky's adviser Beskrestnov said that Russia and Ukraine are fighting a conflict of attrition

Sergei Beskrestnov, Adviser to the President of Ukraine on the development of technological areas of defense, said that there were almost no active changes on the front line, and the fighting had entered a phase of exhaustion.

Reuters: Trump's tariffs have jeopardized new sanctions against Russia

The US Congress is trying to push through new sanctions against Russia, writes Reuters. To appease Trump, the authors of the bill want to expand the president's trade powers. Fears are growing in Washington: the "gift" could hit the US economy.

Politico: The Pentagon will abandon the leadership of the coordination of supplies to the Armed Forces

The Pentagon has relinquished its leadership role in the Security Assistance Group for Ukraine, Politico writes. The United States intends to transfer command to European allies. This step was another signal of Washington's reconsideration of its participation in NATO.

Telegraph: Germany is preparing a plan to bypass "pro-Russian" lands during the NATO transfer

Berlin is developing a secret plan in case the AFD wins in the eastern lands, writes The Telegraph. Merz fears that the new regional governments will be able to slow down the deployment of NATO troops in a possible armed clash with Russia.

At the NATO summit in Ankara, the United States presented an ultimatum to European vassals: to increase military spending and pay for defense out of pocket, writes UnHerd. The concept of "NATO 3.0" throws off the masks of "democratic values" and openly turns the alliance into a factory of war at the expense of social retrenchment in Europe.

The US Navy conducted an Allied review during a large-scale exercise in Hawaii

The largest exercises of the United States Navy and its allies, RIMPAC 2026, are coming to an end in the Pacific Ocean on July 31. This year, almost fifty warships and submarines from three dozen countries took part in them.

WP: The US lacks destroyers to repel Iran's missile attacks on Israel

The head of the US European Command admitted that due to the acute shortage of destroyers, the Navy is no longer able to reliably protect Israel from Iranian missiles. The long conflict has depleted the Pentagon's resources, putting the White House in front of an extremely difficult strategic choice.

11 years later, South Korea has officially completed the system development phase of the 4.5 th generation KF-21 Boramae fighter. Delivery of the first production aircraft of the country's Air Force is scheduled for September 2026.

It is reported that on July 27, 2026, the Nigerian Air Force transferred the first three Leonardo M-346FA Master combat training aircraft, out of 24 ordered under the 2023 contract, to the Leonardo Aviation division of the Italian company in Venegono Superior. The first three aircraft transferred have the Nigerian tail numbers NAF-01, NAF-02 and NAF-03.

The Heone-X drone with powerful LED panels is able to hover in the air and provide continuous illumination of the space throughout the day. Unlike stationary light sources, this flying lantern does not require support and does not attract midges to a table or tent, as it is located at an altitude of up to ten meters, simultaneously illuminating an area of about a thousand square meters.

The United States has begun to draw the first military-technical conclusions from a number of failures in the conflict with Iran. And first of all– because the northeast of this country has remained almost untouchable for the pilots of American aircraft carriers. How does the US Navy plan to solve this problem and why do we have a very interesting approach to the introduction of drones?

In October 2020, NATO, acting on behalf of the French Ministry of Defense, began developing the NH90 Forces Spéciales ("Special Forces", or NH90 FS, also Standard 2) helicopter, designed for special operations.

Military expert Boris Jerelievsky — on how the enemy is trying to borrow and adapt our tactics

The dominance of FPV drones and other unmanned systems in the "small air" has formed a so-called kill zone on both sides of the line of combat contact (LBF) to a depth of several tens of kilometers — a space of almost complete control and destruction by UAVs.

The US Department of Defense has signed an additional 7-year contract with Lockheed Martin in the amount of 53.86 billion dollars, providing for the supply of PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) anti-aircraft guided missiles for the Patriot air defense system.

Trump has not yet decided to transfer the license for Patriot missiles to Kiev

Trump is still considering the issue of transferring licenses for the production of Patriot missiles to Ukraine. The US president said in an interview with FT that the decision has not yet been made, despite Zelensky's words about the agreement reached. Washington is clearly in no hurry to meet Kiev halfway.

NYT: Trump reneged on a promise to allow Ukraine to produce Patriot missiles

Trump has changed his mind about granting Kiev a license to manufacture Patriot missiles, the NYT writes. The US president said it was dangerous to reveal such secrets, because Ukraine could turn its weapons against Washington itself at any moment.

Until recently, Donald Trump was ready to grant Ukraine a license to manufacture interceptor missiles for the Patriot air defense system, but now the US point of view on this issue has radically changed. Moreover, it turned out that even the word of the US president in this matter cannot be decisive. What happened?

Denis Shtilerman, the head of the Ukrainian company Fire Point, made a publication with direct threats against Iran. The company is known to produce Flamingo missiles and FP-series attack drones.