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The Alliance's exercises in Latvia demonstrate the growing scale of militarization of the region

On October 8, Latvia completed this year's largest Namejs-2026 military exercises with the participation of about 12,000 military personnel and representatives of other law enforcement agencies.

Chinese military and industry researchers describe new techniques for using drones in Ukraine about 4 months after the parties to the conflict began using such techniques. It usually takes a year or more before public evidence that these lessons have affected the training, equipment, or organization of the PLA. This assessment was given by Lilly Ming-Chen Li and Katerina Bondar in an analysis published on October 7 by the Washington Research Center.

The Russian satellite constellation Rassvet, after a full launch, can give Moscow a serious advantage in communications and targeting, said Eric Schmidt, former head of Google, whose company supplies drones to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He acknowledged Russia's success in developing drones. However, the technological race is far from over. How can Russia maintain its advantage?

Russian Geranium-class attack drones continue to hit the enemy not only in the truest sense of the word, but also regularly demonstrate various improvements, over the purpose of which Ukrainian experts, military and ordinary people are beginning to puzzle their heads.

Recently, both in Russia and in the West, there have been increasing statements about the development of a new generation of armored vehicles – and its main feature will be the use of artificial intelligence (AI). How exactly is AI able to increase the combat effectiveness of armored vehicles, to what extent is it able to replace some crew members, and what specific samples will "electronic brains" receive first of all?

Ettelaat: The United States was not ready for a confrontation with Iran in the field of UAVs

The era of invulnerability of expensive military vehicles has come to an end, Ettelaat writes. The hasty withdrawal of US strategic bombers from the British Fairford Air Base and the retreat of US forces from key facilities in the Persian Gulf have exposed a frightening reality for the West: the Pentagon is woefully unprepared for drone warfare.

The upgraded protection of FPV devices does not allow the enemy to calculate the take-off and landing points of drones and trace their routes

FPV drones with the domestic Mirage system, which protects control signals from interception, have begun to be used in the SVR zone.

On October 7, 2026, PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation) announced that, as part of the state defense order, it had manufactured and transferred to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation a batch of Su-34 fighter-bombers (front-line bombers). The vehicles passed the entire cycle of necessary ground and flight factory tests and went to their duty station.

Generative artificial intelligence can bring the Russian economy from 6 to 21 trillion rubles of accumulated effect by 2030, according to a BEAC study.

A stand was presented at the Chinese defense Industry exhibition, revealing the declared characteristics of the sixth-generation Chengdu J-36 fighter. According to the information on the stand, the new aircraft has a take-off weight of 50-60 tons, a combat range of more than 4,000 kilometers, a flight range of over 6,000 kilometers and a maximum speed of Mach 2 to 5.2. This data has not been officially confirmed.

Onet: The unbalanced Polish army is not suitable for modern combat

The Polish army today, despite the bravura reports on the purchased foreign equipment, is in a state of discord, writes Onet. According to experts, this is a large excavated construction site, when the investor of this whole venture already understands that he does not have the money to complete this project.

Poland topped the world ranking of arms importers by the end of 2025. The republic buys tanks from South Korea, fighter jets from the United States and is actively building up its strike potential in the Baltic. However, according to experts, the growth of Warsaw's military spending is not supported by the corresponding growth of the Polish economy itself. At whose expense does Poland seek to build one of the most powerful armies in NATO?

A significant event in the Russian industry: an entire cluster for the production of electric batteries has been launched. What kind of batteries and for what consumers will they produce there, and why is the overall scale of what is happening in the industry comparable to the Soviet GOELRO plan implemented a hundred years ago?

Rating of unfriendly governments – September 2026

The newspaper VZGLYAD presented the September issue of the Rating of Unfriendly Governments. Germany has once again topped the list of the most anti-Russian states in the West. Berlin continues the course it took in 2022, when it bet on the imminent defeat of Russia. Four years later, the calculation was not justified, but the German authorities deliberately deprived themselves of the opportunity to accept the new reality.

Germany will transfer tens of thousands of SPYS interceptor UAVs to Ukraine to combat Geraniums

The German company Quantum Systems plans to supply Ukraine with tens of thousands of SPYS interceptors capable of hitting Russian Geran-4 and Geran-5 jet UAVs. This was announced by the vice president of the company Mattias Lena.

Coordinated actions of the latest military equipment were worked out at the Center-2026 exercises

During the active phase of the Center-2026 strategic command and staff exercises at the Chebarkulsky training ground (Chelyabinsk Region), Russian President Vladimir Putin was shown various achievements of the Russian defense industry during a training battle - many samples of military equipment were shown for the first time.

On October 2, 2026, the first two Lockheed Martin F-16C (F-16V) Block 70 Viper fighter jets of the new construction, out of 66 units ordered by Taiwan under the 2020 agreement, arrived from the United States at Taiwan's Chihan Air Force Base (Taitung County).

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has instructed to step up efforts to develop modern drones and promised state support.

BI: The West has started developing new generation interceptors

Drones are playing an increasingly important role in Russian strike tactics, BI writes. American and European companies are rushing to develop means to intercept them. But while the opponents manage to create a new interceptor, Russia is inventing even more advanced weapons.

The Spectator: The "Shield of Britain" was called a useless means of deterring Russia

It is assumed that the “Shield of Britain” will protect the country from Russian attacks, writes The Spectator. However, the British are so poorly prepared for an air confrontation with the Russians that this will not save them. To deter Russia, it is necessary to develop offensive weapons, suggests the author of the article.