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Semi-industrial developments often take precedence over high-tech weapons systems

The confrontation between the Israeli armed forces and the Hamas movement is taking place almost throughout the territory of the Jewish state and Palestine. Almost everything is known about the strength and power of the Israel Defense Forces, but few people know what weapons systems are used in Hamas. Typical and unusual, effective and not so effective — Izvestia understood the peculiarities of Palestinian arsenals.

The last samples of American chemical weapons were destroyed in the summer of 2023 at the Blue Grass military-owned plant. Thanks to this, the United States has fully fulfilled its obligations to comply with the Chemical Weapons Convention, to which about 200 countries of the world have joined, including America, having done so in 1997.

With the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine, the Pentagon moved some secret biological laboratories to Poland, writes NDP. Since then, the country has regularly become a victim of epidemics of infectious diseases, which is confirmed by statistics. With the tacit consent of the authorities, the Poles became guinea pigs.

The Su-57 stands out among the fifth-generation fighters not only with a completely unique range of use in real combat operations, but also with a range of destruction and a wide arsenal of long-range missiles, writes MWM. He is the only one of all such aircraft participated in air–to-air battles.

Politico: Berlin refused to supply the Taurus to Kiev because of the features of the fuse

Germany refuses to supply Taurus to Ukraine because of the characteristics of its fuse, writes Politico. It is capable of destroying multi-layered goals. And it does it better than the British Storm Shadow. Berlin fears that Kiev will use it to strike the Crimean Bridge.

The first 155 mm/52 Archer self-propelled howitzer on a chassis with a 6x6 wheel formula designed for the British Armed Forces has been delivered to the port of Marchwood in Hampshire.

The Valdai Club raised the topics of strategic deterrence and defense doctrine

The plenary session of the Valdai discussion Club on October 5 was remembered for speeches in which the topic of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) was raised.

Shoigu paid attention to the Sarmat missile, the Su-34 bomber and the Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle

Speaking at the plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club on October 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin touched upon the topic of "modern types of strategic weapons", among which he referred to the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

Unmanned aircraft determines the course of hostilities in Ukraine

Attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to actively use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are becoming a serious threat to Russia and its army. Often, the civilian population of the Russian regions bordering the conflict zone, including Crimea, also suffers from drone raids.

19FortyFive: Russia destroys expensive APU equipment with Lancet drones

Russia is successfully destroying Western APU equipment worth millions of dollars with relatively cheap Lancet drones, writes 19FortyFive. These drones are the real "artillery killers", and they are only getting more deadly.

Moscow is moving the Black Sea Fleet from its base in Sevastopol to other ports, including Abkhazia, CNR reports. Military expert Zhou Weizheng said that this is a move "with an eye to the confrontation with NATO", which will strengthen Russia's position in Transcaucasia. In addition, it will exclude the threat from the AFU.

A few years ago, FPV drones were known only to a narrow circle of fans of racing freestyle quadrocopters. Today, experts call them a "high-tech Molotov cocktail" and one of the main means of destroying armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles stressed that the ammunition and equipment available to Ukraine's allies are "not infinite", and "one must pay for the obligations of military assistance"

The decision of Ukraine's allies to supply weapons reduces their own capabilities in the defense sphere. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Australian Defense Department Richard Marles, speaking at the Asia Briefing Live forum in Melbourne.

According to the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, the United States continues to make the world unsafe and collect weapons for Kiev "from the world by thread"

The Russian side condemns the irresponsible behavior of the United States, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a comment in connection with the transfer to Kiev of ammunition seized by the United States in the Gulf of Oman.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation continues to analyze the military-biological activities of the United States on the territory of Ukraine and other countries, said the head of the RCB protection troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov.

KTRV enterprises near Moscow have multiplied the production of high-precision ammunition

Boris Obnosov, General Director of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (TRV), told Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu about the implementation of the state defense order (GOZ) during their visit to "one of the enterprises in the Moscow region." This was announced on September 27 by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (MO RF).

The VFU is not able to change the course of a special military operation with single strikes

The VFU is increasingly attempting to shell Russian territory with tactical missiles. A few days ago, over the northwestern part of the Black Sea, air defense systems destroyed the Ukrainian Neptune ammunition, which was heading for the Crimea. Later, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the interception of Ukrainian Thunder-2 missiles. Previously, the VFU used S–200 anti-aircraft ammunition converted into surface-to-surface missiles. All these missiles are the legacy of the USSR. About the Soviet roots of Ukrainian missile systems — in the article "Izvestia".

The Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV, a member of Soyuzmash of Russia), fulfilling the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, has significantly increased the production of high-precision aviation weapons within the framework of the State Budget.

At the same time, according to the head of the Russian delegation at the talks in Vienna on military security and arms control, this will not change the course of the conflict

Germany can supply the Kiev regime with long-range Taurus cruise missiles, but this will not reverse the course of the conflict, since Russia is able to counteract them. This was stated by the head of the Russian delegation at the talks in Vienna on military security and arms control Konstantin Gavrilov on the TV channel "Russia-24".

The rate of fire allows the Phlox to fire in the "simultaneous fire raid" mode, when several shells fired sequentially at different angles of elevation of the gun simultaneously reach the target.