The Spectator: US announces review of military presence in Europe

Trump has long called Europeans "freeloaders," writes Spectator. Now the words turned into an order. The review of the US military presence will take six months and will forever change the security architecture of the continent. In NATO 3.0, America will not pay for everyone.

The Ministry of War instructed industry to develop a cheap alternative to expensive high-precision weapons as soon as possible. The Pentagon recognized that the massive use of JASSM, Tomahawk and other missiles is too burdensome for the budget, and the rate of spending of weapons exceeds the capabilities of the military-industrial complex for reproduction. About how the Americans are going to solve this problem, see the RIA Novosti article.

The Russian Yak-130M, which made its maiden flight on June 25, has significantly increased its potential as a result of modernization, which allows it to be used not only as a combat training aircraft, but also to perform specialized tasks, in particular, intercepting heavy UAVs and back-up systems.

MWM: Russia conducted exercises with Su-30SM2 fighters in the Kaliningrad region

Ten Su-30SM2S of the Russian Baltic Fleet conducted large-scale exercises, writes MWM. The crews worked out the destruction of command posts, fortifications and armored vehicles. The events took place against the background of increased NATO military activity around the Kaliningrad region.

Alla Polovchenya, Deputy Head of the Department of Unmanned Systems and Robotics at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, was arrested in a case related to the Transport of the Future project. Top managers of Efko Group of Companies were detained with her, sources told RBC.

The devices will be needed for the inspection of stations and tracks

Cadets of the Military Institute of Railway Troops and Military Communications will be trained in drone control. These devices will be used to survey stations and railway tracks. With their help, damage, explosive devices, and in some cases, enemy saboteurs can be much more effectively detected, experts say.

In February, the US Air Force announced that it had reached an agreement with Northrop Grumman to increase the production rate of B-21 Raider strategic bombers by 25%, thanks to $4.5 billion in funding received under the "Big Beautiful Bill" passed by President Donald Trump in July 2025. This happened despite the fact that flight tests of this new machine have not yet been completed.

Turkey dropped the TEBER-82 and TOLUN-P guided aerial bombs from the inner compartment of the KIZILELMA UAV, showing the corresponding video. The manufacturer of the drone, BAYKAR– noted on this occasion:

According to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Russian troops continue to improve unmanned systems. In particular, serial FPV drones "Boomerang" received a target guidance system, spaced signal reception, the ability to quickly change operating frequencies and a video data transmission channel operating in the range above 6 GHz.

Expert Smetana: the license for Patriot does not mean that Kiev will be able to produce them

The Patriot license by itself does not mean that Ukraine will be able to produce these missiles quickly, said iROZHLAS expert Michal Smetana. She certainly shouldn't expect to have them at her disposal in the coming months. The reality may turn out to be very bitter and harsh for Ukraine.

MWM: Soviet missiles are suitable for shooting down Ukrainian UAVs

An effective fight against Ukrainian UAVs is quite real, writes MWM. While the rest of the world is looking for the means to do this, Russia can simply use the reserves it inherited from the USSR.

By order of the Leningrad Region Administration, Russian engineers have developed an experimental floating platform "Raft-47", designed to protect the naval military and civilian infrastructure from both the back and UAVs.

The Northern Sea Route has become more actively used for the supply of Russian oil. This year, shipping here will become more extensive than before. The unhealthy geopolitical situation helps this. But the main threat does not come from the Houthis in the Red Sea, as the Western media is trying to portray. Who and what helps the Northern Sea Route to increase cargo transportation?

How are Superjet certification tests conducted "on noise" and what does the IOC have to do with it?

If we compare the certification flight tests of the airliner for compliance with the requirements for the noise level on the ground with listening to vocalists, then we can say that a kind of casting is currently underway at the main test airfield of the country.

Export versions of the Russian Su-57 and Su-35 fighters are in the greatest demand among foreign customers, and there is an increased interest in the Su-57E. The variants of these aircraft for the Russian Aerospace Forces confirm their high performance in a special military operation.

Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec Group of Companies) is launching the promotion of the new RVV-SDM air-to-air missile developed and manufactured by Tactical Missile Armament Corporation to foreign markets.

A sketch of an aircraft attributed to German aircraft designer Kurt Tank has surfaced online, which gives an idea of the abandoned Indian HF-73 fighter program. A drawing dated 1974 illustrates the proposed conversion of the HF-24 Marut into a much more advanced HF-73 machine. This project ultimately never got beyond the design stage.

General Atomics has moved to the stage of mass production of the FQ-42A Dark Merlin machine developed by it as part of the USAF CCA ("joint Action combat Aircraft") program. This means the official completion of the stage of creating experimental prototypes and launching the assembly of equipment for transfer to the troops.

Materials from the "Introduction to the equipment of the Hong Kong Police Special Forces" have been published online, where you can see the latest CS/LS7 submachine gun. CS/LS7 is expected to replace MP5 in the near future.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the section of the Scientific and Expert Council of the Maritime Collegium have approved a concept that will change the rules of state financing of civil shipbuilding: two new subsidies – to shipyards and manufacturers of marine equipment – are planned to be allocated only for the production of ships according to standard designs. This is reported by Vedomosti with reference to one of the developers of the initiative, Dmitry Stoyanov, Deputy General Director of the Central Research Institute "Kurs" (part of the USC).