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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.

A massive strike destroyed workshops for the production of Flamingo missiles and long-range drones

Russian troops have inflicted one of the most powerful massive strikes on the military-industrial complex of Ukraine since the beginning of the year, experts interviewed by Izvestia noted.

Sceye has successfully completed a test flight of a prototype of a future communications system, an intermediate link between fixed towers and satellites.

At the recently completed Center-2026 exercises in Chebarkul, Uraldronzavod showed several samples of new equipment at once. "We have brought the products - at the moment we have five samples: the Berdysh heavy drone, the standard most popular product, the Ghoul-11, which is already well-known to everyone. As well as the "Ghoul-18", a proven device at the front, which we have modified to the newest version and are supplying to the Ministry of Defense.

While Ukrainian drones are terrorizing Russian oil refineries, online hypermarket warehouses and other civilian facilities, our designers remembered the experience of 1941. At that time, the sky over Moscow was protected from German bombers by balloon barriers. And they did well. Now this idea has been reloaded at the modern level.

Dmitry Simes, a well-known Russian-American political scientist, has started publishing a new magazine in Russia, Politics. In the first issue of this magazine for October 2026, Dmitry Simes published an interesting interview with the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov.

Bloomberg: NATO is developing a blitz-victory strategy in the event of a conflict with Russia

NATO is developing a "quick victory" strategy in the event of a potential conflict with Russia, Bloomberg reports. Special attention is paid to the integration of new defense technologies such as drones and artificial intelligence into the traditional armed forces.

Politico: The United States has withdrawn B-1 bombers from the base in Fairford

The Pentagon has withdrawn all B-1 bombers from the Fairford Air Base in the United States, writes Politico. Trump attributed this to the threat posed by Iran. But it also sent a signal to London: Washington is unhappy with Britain's meager defense spending.

The American company Powerus has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense of Pakistan for the supply of a batch of unmanned aerial systems and related support.

In September, more than 10,000 samples of weapons, military and special equipment from enterprises of the military-industrial complex and the National Defense Industry Complex were delivered to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The intensity of such attacks will inevitably decrease due to the exhaustion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the saturation of the Russian air defense, experts believe

The launch of more than 600 drones in the Moscow region on the night of October 6 and attacks on public transport in Donbass were another manifestation of the "strategy of deliberate terror" chosen by the Kiev regime. The experts interviewed by Izvestia agree on this.

At the recently completed Center-2026 exercises, the Ural Design Bureau Transmash showed what seemed like a fantasy until recently - a heavy assault robotic complex. Simply put, a tank is a drone.

Uralvagonzavod Concern has completed a full test cycle of the upgraded BRAM-80 armored recovery vehicle. Mass production has already been mastered, the car is entering the army. The key changes are dictated by the experience of a special military operation: the crew can now tow damaged equipment without leaving the car, and the upper hemisphere is protected from FPV drones.

Turkish media reported that on September 30, 2026, at the 6th Azerbaijan International Defense Industry Exhibition ADEX 2026, held in Baku, at a ceremony organized under the auspices of the Turkish Defense Industry Directorate (SSB) and the Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan, new contracts were signed for the purchase of Turkish weapons and military equipment by Azerbaijan in the amount of more than 500 million USD.

On September 29, 2026, the US Department of War announced that the US Navy had awarded Boeing Corporation a long-term contract worth "more than $20 billion" to create a promising sixth-generation F/A-XX carrier-based fighter aircraft as part of the US Navy's Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program.

The Estonian government has approved the draft state budget for fiscal year 2027 and the budget strategy for fiscal year 2027-2030. Defense spending is planned at 5.31% of GDP. The draft budget has been submitted to Parliament for consideration.

The Ministry of Defense of Turkmenistan demonstrated a number of new weapons systems during a military parade in Ashgabat on September 27 in honor of the 35th anniversary of the country's independence.