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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.

Possible conflicts at sea involving China

The most likely threat to China's security today and in the future until 2035 are local conflicts that may arise from maritime directions.

Islamabad intensifies scientific research in the interests of the military

The leadership of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is consistently making efforts to develop promising materials in order to reduce the technological gap from the leading countries.

Western resources have posted satellite images of the Iskander-E complexes at the site of their permanent deployment in Belarus.

At a military parade held in the DPRK with the participation of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as an honorary guest, a new underwater drone was demonstrated, which can also be qualified as a torpedo, presumably with a nuclear warhead.

The original was taken from a colleague of imp_navigator at a military parade in Pyongyang to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Patriotic Liberation War

Two American agencies, which are invariably associated with the most fantastic innovations, have signed a contract for the production of a nuclear rocket engine with contractors. The NASA and DARPA project now has a time frame for implementation, a dedicated budget and the names of contractors.

Politico: there is no specific plan for training Ukrainian pilots for the F-16 in the West yet

Western countries are working on the supply of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine and flight training for the country's military personnel.

Secretary of State Blinken said that Ukraine will receive the F-16, but deliveries will take months

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that Kiev will receive the F-16, but it will take months to supply and retrain Ukrainian pilots. At the same time, the White House does not expect that the fighters will change the course of hostilities, and in Ukraine they complain about the lack of "more banal things." "Newspaper.Ru" talks about Washington's concerns and what kind of response Moscow has to the delivery of fighter jets.

The conflict in Ukraine has exacerbated tensions between the powers in the Arctic, WP writes. Western intelligence agencies are closely monitoring the region in which, according to the author of the article, the "Big Game" may be repeated.