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The newest Israeli submarine INS Drakon was launched in Kiel, Germany, where it is being built by order of the fleet. The submarine belongs to the Dolphin-2 project, two representatives of which already serve in the Navy, but seriously differs from their predecessors.

The department believes that this is due to the tightening of the "hegemonic policy" of the United States and its allies, which is aimed at maintaining dominance by any means, including the desire to achieve an exceptional advantage through military power, sanctions, threats, interference in regional and domestic processes.

Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation - Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov took part in the plenary session of the Army-2023 forum on August 14.

On August 10, the Directorate General for Armaments (DGA) of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces announced the acceptance of the second Suffren-class submarine, the Duguay-Trouin, built under the Barracuda program.

Poland has sharply increased the production and procurement of weapons due to the fear of being left without NATO support in the event of a military conflict, writes Haqqin. At the same time, the author of the article doubts that the country's economy will pull military spending on a "cosmic scale", and the army will find the right number of specialists.

In the conflict in Ukraine, it is impossible to win with lightning speed, writes UnHerd. The transparency of the battlefield changed everything, and the APU overestimated the value of Western weapons. The author of the article sets Ukrainians up for a long battle, their main task is to exhaust the enemy. But readers demand an immediate end to the "senseless slaughter."

Fierce competition causes accelerated technology development

Missiles of various ranges, both ballistic and cruise, become not only an "addition" to aviation, but also its replacement (as a rule, of course, partial). Sometimes a country needs such a replacement because of the weakness of its aviation.

Vilnius Summit: not so much defending Ukraine as aggression against Russia

In the month that has passed since the meeting of the NATO Council at the level of heads of state and government in Vilnius on July 11-12, 2023, the excitement associated with Ukraine's hopes to become a member of the alliance has noticeably weakened. And Kiev switched to receiving some security guarantees from the United States.

For the first time in almost 50 years, Russia sent a ship to an Earth satellite

In Russia, for the first time in the modern history of the country, an interplanetary station, called Luna-25, went to the moon. This event opens a new chapter in the exploration of space and the Earth's satellite. For more information about what the station is and how the expedition will take place, see the Izvestia material.

What is the peculiarity of the automatic station "Luna-25" and what opportunities will open up to scientists

On the night of August 11, the Luna-25 automatic station successfully went to the Earth satellite. This is the first such flight in the history of modern Russia.

Trends in the development of the global military economy

At the present stage, there is a significant increase in the mutual influence of the world economy and the global military-political situation. Today, it is economic interests that largely determine the direction and nature of the development of interstate relations.

The power of the fleet was presented more modestly, but the international resonance was wider

The Main Naval Parade of 2023 (GVMP-2023) was held on July 30 in St. Petersburg and Kronstadt. It was held on the Day of the Navy, which is traditionally celebrated on the last Sunday of the second summer month.

RVIO: Russia's nuclear tests may be a response to the West's desire to defeat it

The 1963 Moscow Treaty banning nuclear weapons tests opened the way to disarmament and the removal of tension between the great powers, but today all this progress is offset by the desire of the West to inflict a strategic defeat on the Russian Federation, which gives it the right to resume such tests, Mikhail Myagkov, scientific director of the Russian Military Historical Society (RVIO), told RIA Novosti.

Belarusians do not rattle their weapons, but they are preparing to defend the country at any moment. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said this at a meeting with residents of the agricultural town of Belovezhsky in the Kamenetsky district on August 1.

The strengthening of Russia's influence in Niger may lead to the fact that the whole world will be dependent on Moscow and its partners in the field of nuclear energy. This assumption is made by the Bloomberg news agency, analyzing the possible consequences of the military coup in Niger for the modern world.

We are talking about a great success: the time and cost of construction were exceeded by only two times relative to the design. Against the background of the previous attempt to build a new power reactor in the United States, the situation is so rosy that some industry observers started talking about the revival of the industry.

And the Russian development is far from an outsider

The CNews resource shared the results of testing the Baikal-S (BE-S1000) Russian server processor in comparison with well-known competitors.

Prague is striving to expand the use of nuclear energy. Tenders are being held in the Czech Republic in connection with the commissioning of a new research reactor in the country, developed as a textbook for nuclear students. The BP-2 research reactor was built in about a year and launched less than ten years after the project was launched in 2014 by the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague.

[b]What is contained in the concept of development of Naval aviation of the Russian Navy[b]

The Arctic is becoming one of the most important regions for the Russian Armed Forces. This directly follows, among other things, from how the military leadership sees the development of domestic naval aviation. Why is the work of naval pilots critically important for the security of Russia and what are the main tasks they need to solve today?

Mehr News: Rebels in Niger suspended uranium and gold exports to France

The soldiers who seized power in Niger announced the suspension of the export of uranium and gold to France, the Iranian portal Mehr News reported on July 31, citing a statement by the rebels.