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Military observer Lavrov: Lancet drones are capable of destroying lightly armored vehicles and even tanks

The Russian Lancet drone is also deadly for lightly armored vehicles, and if successfully hit on board or in the stern, it can destroy even a tank, said military observer of Izvestia Anton Lavrov.

The United States has completed the development of a new guided nuclear bomb B61-12 and will soon begin their full-scale production, according to the Federation of American Scientists.

A unit of the Airborne Troops of the Russian Federation eliminated the towed Msta-B howitzer, tank, cars and radar of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Russian paratroopers destroyed Ukrainian military equipment using drones.

Military historian Miroslav Morozov — about the lessons of strategic bombing campaigns of the past for the wars of the present and the future

The increasingly widespread use of high-precision aviation ammunition, long-range ballistic missiles and attack drones has reawakened interest in the far from new concept of "contactless" wars. Is it possible now with a campaign of strategic bombing with modern weapons to undermine the defense capability and bring the enemy state to its knees?

Airborne Forces calculations used kamikaze UAVs in the Krasnolimansky direction

The armed forces of the Russian Federation and units of the Union republics liberated the villages of Opytne and Ivangrad in the suburbs of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), the headquarters of the DPR defense Ministry said on October 13.

According to a source in the military-industrial complex, almost all products successfully hit the set targets

The air-to-RADAR aircraft missile manufactured by Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) during a special military operation in Ukraine showed an efficiency exceeding 98%. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

And will Russia react to the "Persistent Noon" maneuvers

On Friday, October 14, NATO said that the bloc's nuclear deterrence exercises starting on October 17 "are not related to the ongoing world events." At the same time, the alliance did not forget to remind that 60 aircraft from 14 countries, including B-52 strategic bombers and the latest fifth-generation fighters, will take part in them.

On October 14, 2022, the US Department of Defense announced the allocation of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 725 million.Thus, the total amount of US military aid officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24 has now reached approximately $17.6 billion. The total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has exceeded $ 20.3 billion.

Norway intends to allocate up to 210 million norv. kronor ($20.16 million) from the funds that were donated to the UK-led International Fund for the Purchase and Transportation of Weapons to Ukraine.

The head of the department, Ben Wallace, added that Western countries are ready to continue to provide assistance to Ukraine in the current volumes for several years

The depletion of stocks of weapons supplied to Ukraine does not threaten Western countries, arms companies have the opportunity to increase production. This was announced on Thursday by British Defense Minister Ben Wallace in an interview with Sky News .

For years, the War on Terror dominated the U.S. Army Association's exhibition, which featured heavy armored vehicles and ways to protect soldiers from improvised explosive devices. But this week, during the ongoing special Russian military operation in Ukraine, drones and artillery, including jet, are coming to the fore.

Alpha veteran: explosives search systems need to check all cars at important sites

Detection systems even for carefully disguised explosives are available in Russia, but it is important that they check all cars moving on such critical transport facilities as the Crimean Bridge, the security of the state should be above all, honorary president of the international Association of veterans of the antiterrorism unit "Alpha" Sergei Goncharov told RIA Novosti.

The American company AeroVironment, which supplies Kiev with barrage ammunition, intends to triple the production of Switchblade 600 kamikaze drones. This was announced to Defense News by Charlie Dean, vice president of the company, during the conference of the US Army Association.

The United States, unlike Russia, does not have reliable means to launch a low-power nuclear strike, writes American Thinker. The lack of parity in the field of deterrence can lead to global mutual destruction, the author of the article warns.

The Israeli company SpearUAV announced that in October 2022 it will present a new barrage ammunition (BB) at the annual meeting and exhibition of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA, Association of the United States Army). Viper ("Viper") is a solution for a quadcopter that can be used both as a BB and as a multi—purpose drone (UAV).

The European Union was not ready for the current volume of arms supplies to Ukraine, since defense spending has not been a priority for it for a long time, the author of the article for Bloomberg writes. It will take years to close the gap between supply and demand.

The Government of Belarus has instructed the Foreign Ministry to hold negotiations with Russia on a draft memorandum of understanding on biosafety and sign it, according to a resolution of the Council of Ministers of the republic published on the national legal portal.

On October 4, 2022, the US Department of Defense announced the allocation of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 625 million.Thus, the total amount of US military aid officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24 has now exceeded $16.8 billion. The total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has exceeded $19.6 billion.

Development of barrage ammunition in Israel and Turkey

Barrage ammunition has become one of the dynamically developing trends in unmanned vehicles, which has already formed a separate class of corresponding systems. The main idea underlying the barrage ammunition is the creation of relatively inexpensive unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) capable of conducting not only reconnaissance and surveillance, but also hitting detected targets with the help of a warhead integrated into the design.

The message of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Baltic Republic says that the unused funds are transferred to the Ministry of Defense, which has planned to purchase winter military uniforms for them for transfer to Ukraine.