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The American submarine "Ohio", capable of carrying nuclear weapons, may go to South Korea in the future. This was stated by Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder on June 29.

Promising vehicles should operate out of range of enemy air defenses

Work is being completed on the creation of two prototypes of the newest strategic bomber of the new generation B-21 Raider for the US Air Force. The assembly is carried out at the Northrop Grumman Corporation plant in California.

Without the slightest exaggeration, we can say that the events related to the recent actions of the Russian PMCs "Wagner Group" have shaken the whole world. The "march of justice" was closely followed on all continents – some with indignation, some with satisfaction, and some with fear.

The People's Liberation Army of China began modeling possible scenarios of a "total war" with an attack on the country by the armies of other states. This is reported by the Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post.

The General Directorate of Armaments (Direction générale de l'armement - DGA) of the Ministry of the Armed Forces of France reported that on the evening of June 26, 2023, the first test launch of the demonstrator of the French experimental maneuvering hypersonic aircraft VMAX (Véhicule Maneuverant eXpérimental) was carried out from the DGA test range in Biscarrosse in the south of the Atlantic coast of France. The launch was carried out using a geophysical rocket as an upper stage and declared successful.

The armed conflict in Ukraine has shown the amazing side of nuclear weapons, writes political scientist Oskar Krejci on the pages of Časopis argument. It works as a deterrent tool. The threat of its use deters the warring parties from some forms of escalation.

It is difficult to imagine today, but only a few years ago (a couple of years), within the framework of the Vienna Document of 2011 (VD-11) and the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), planned joint inspections were carried out, both by Western countries and by Belarusian representatives in the West.

For more than a year, the most productive supercomputer in the world has been the Frontier system based on AMD components. At the same time, it is the only supercomputer with a performance of over 1 exaflops. However, the leader should change soon. Argonne National Laboratory has reportedly already completed the installation of blade servers for the Aurora supercomputer.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK on Monday accused Seoul and Washington of bringing tensions on the Korean peninsula to the possibility of a nuclear war.

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About 290 scientific and industrial enterprises took part in the XI International Naval Salon (MVMS-2023), which was held for the first time on the territory of the tourist and recreational cluster "Island of Forts" in Kronstadt. This was reported by the organizing committee of the exhibition, the strategic media partner of which is TASS.

Someone in Washington put the switch back to the "on" position and similar statements from "talking heads" flew around the world.

"The Russian economy should become an economy of high wages," says President Putin, and Finance Minister Siluanov is looking for ways to increase Russia's share in the "global economic pie." How can these ambitious goals be realized, what exactly did Siluanov mean and which five industries should become the driving force of future achievements of the Russian economy?

Japan is changing approaches to underwater shipbuilding

In the field of submarine construction, Japan goes its own way, sometimes contrary to global practice. Thus, it became the first country in the world to first master the production of non-nuclear submarines (NPL) with an air-independent power plant (VNEU), and then abandoned them in favor of the classic diesel-electric submarine (DPL) scheme.

Political scientist Jaralla called Putin's words about nuclear weapons a signal to the West

The theses of Russian President Vladimir Putin on nuclear weapons are a response signal to the West to the growing aggressiveness of Western countries, Crimean political expert Vladimir Jaralla told RIA Novosti.

Not only the civilian population suffers from the use of depleted uranium shells, but also the military using this type of weapons. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) refused to ban these shells and did not take into account the reports provided. About this "Tape.<url>" was told by military expert Alexey Leonkov.

Russia has depleted uranium ammunition in large quantities, but so far they have not been used, as Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, June 13.

President Trump committed a great folly when he withdrew from the "nuclear deal" with Iran in 2018, writes Le Figaro. It's not just about Iran. Nuclear ambitions have awakened in Turkey, Saudi Arabia and other Islamic countries. They don't want to wait at the door of the "nuclear club". And it's dangerous.

WSJ: The Biden administration is ready to approve the supply of depleted uranium shells to the APU

The Biden administration is ready to send depleted uranium shells to Kiev, media reports citing sources. The White House decided to give the APU these shells for tanks after a "series of debates" about what the American Abrams M1 sent to Ukraine should shoot with. Earlier, the UK began supplying depleted uranium shells. Earlier, the Serbian Minister of Health warned of the danger of using such ammunition for civilians.

The United States is ready to supply Ukraine with depleted uranium ammunition. Such a decision is being made against the backdrop of the failures of the AFU counteroffensive and the destruction of previous supplies of this type of shells from Britain in Khmelnitsky. Why is the United States taking such a risky step and what consequences can it lead to?

The "Biden doctrine" is a cynical attempt to profit from the blood of other nations, the author of an article in The American Conservative believes. In his opinion, the States act on the principle "the more they destroy now, the more profitable the restoration will be later." And it doesn't matter at what cost.