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The Russian Armed Forces see the development of strategic nuclear forces and robotic equipment as their priority.

Financing of the supply of weapons and equipment within the framework of the State Defense Order to the army and navy is proceeding at a faster pace. This was stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, speaking at the board of the military department. Shoigu said that already now the rate of placement of the state defense order is higher than last year and is 95 percent.

Flight tests of the American advanced intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) are scheduled for 2023, according to Popular Mechanics magazine.

The new Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said before the start of negotiations with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken that the Israeli side has concerns about the possible resumption of the work of the agreement on the Iranian atom - the JCPOA.

The Russian Quantum Center, Rosatom State Corporation and the National Quantum Laboratory will hold the VI International Conference on Quantum Technologies from July 12 to 16. The largest event in the field of quantum technologies in Russia will be held for the first time in an online format and will bring together leading scientists from the USA, Canada, China, Germany, Great Britain, France, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Singapore. The partners were the Russian Academy of Sciences, Gazprombank and the Roscongress Foundation. 

The new Russian nuclear submarine K-329 "Belgorod" is capable of destroying not only an aircraft carrier, but even an entire city, British journalists told the Daily Mail.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry said that it is not Tehran, but Western countries that will have to make fundamental decisions so that all parties return to fulfilling the terms of the agreement on the Iranian atom - the JCPOA.

In the West, the militarization of space and cyber warfare on the Internet are coming to the fore when developing new weapons. The NATO command also pays close attention to the development of hypersonic weapons and combat robots.

Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin, speaking at the Armed Forces Committee of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, said that when preparing proposals for the US defense budget, the possibilities of new wars were taken into account.

The American company Aerojet Rocketdyne conducted static fire tests of a solid-fuel engine for a rocket complex with OpFires hypersonic gliders. The engine can be turned off before all the fuel burns out, which will allow the missiles to reach any targets in the middle radius. According to the US Defense Advanced Development Agency, the tests were recognized as successful.

Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons only in response to the use of weapons of mass destruction against it, said Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.

Japanese concern Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launched the third frigate of a new generation - "Noshiro". According to Naval News, it is to become part of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in 2022.

In a fire on the submarine AC-31 in 2019, 14 sailors were killed

The Malachite Design Bureau has developed a technical project for the modernization of the AS-31 project 1083 nuclear submarine habitable vehicle (unofficially called Losharik), which killed 14 sailors in a fire in 2019. This is stated in the company's annual report.

The Malachite Design Bureau (KB) is actively working on the creation of a multi-purpose small-displacement nuclear submarine "Gorgon" and a small non-nuclear submarine with an air-independent power plant (VNEU) "Serval", reports" Interfax", referring to the company's report for 2020.

The United States is interested in returning all parties to compliance with the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), this will not only prevent Iran from creating nuclear weapons, but also provide an opportunity to pressure Tehran on other issues, State Department spokesman Ned Price said.

Tehran will not expand the nuclear deal to include a missile program or regional issues, Iranian President-elect Ibrahim Raisi has said.

The Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, announced the completion of the sixth round of negotiations on the revival of the Iranian nuclear deal, noting that the next meeting of the commission may well be the final one.

Retired Colonel Viktor Baranets said that Russia has real weapons at its disposal that can strike back at the United States in the event of an attack and missile attacks. His words are quoted by "Moskovsky Komsomolets".

The test launch of the promising GBSD strategic ballistic missile will take place at the end of 2023. It is being developed to replace the aging Minuteman III. According to Airforce Magazine, GBSD will take off from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Relations between Russia and China are developing, threatening to turn into a semblance of an alliance, and Washington is concerned about such a development, Politico reported on Monday, citing an unnamed senior White House official.

The Indian Navy is changing its plans because of Chinese naval ambitions.

The Cabinet of Ministers of India is considering changes to the thirty-year plan (until 2030) of the Indian Navy on the number and composition of the submarine fleet, Warspot reports with reference to the portal indiatimes.com.