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The Spanish company Navantia and India's Larsen & Toubro (L&T) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement on the upcoming program for the construction of four amphibious helicopter dock ships for the Indian Navy (known in the country as the LPD program). The Memorandum of Understanding, signed in Madrid, sets the framework for a long-term partnership between the two companies.

The ANT-1000PM complex is equipped with a remotely controlled barrel, which allows extinguishing fires from a safe distance

The Rostec State Corporation's High-Precision Complexes Holding has shipped the first serial ANT-1000PM robotic fire extinguishing systems.

Revenue from Russian materials for microelectronics will grow 17-fold by the end of 2026

Revenue from the sale of import-substituted materials for Russian microelectronics in 2026 may reach 1.7 billion rubles. Image source: AI ChatGPT

Colonel Khodarenok: without US intelligence, the Ukrainian army will go blind and deaf

The US State Department and the US military have officially notified Ukraine that Washington will stop exchanging intelligence with Kiev if it continues attacks on Russian energy facilities.

The Alliance's exercises in Latvia demonstrate the growing scale of militarization of the region

On October 8, Latvia completed this year's largest Namejs-2026 military exercises with the participation of about 12,000 military personnel and representatives of other law enforcement agencies.

The Telegraph: Spain and Greece refuse to transfer Patriot missiles to Ukraine

Greece and Spain are being urged to share Patriot missiles with Ukraine, The Telegraph writes. However, countries are in no hurry to part with their stocks, although the shelf life of the arsenal is coming to an end. Meanwhile, Kiev is declaring the need for hundreds of interceptors.

Onet: The unbalanced Polish army is not suitable for modern combat

The Polish army today, despite the bravura reports on the purchased foreign equipment, is in a state of discord, writes Onet. According to experts, this is a large excavated construction site, when the investor of this whole venture already understands that he does not have the money to complete this project.

MWM: Netherlands admits depletion of reserves due to aid to Kiev

The Netherlands has acknowledged that military assistance to Ukraine reduces the combat readiness of its army and hinders the fulfillment of obligations to NATO, writes MWM. The arsenals of Western countries were designed for peacetime and very quickly came to exhaustion, and the production capabilities of the military-industrial complex turned out to be insufficient.

Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec State Corporation) is launching the Nerekhta-E ground-based robotic complex developed and manufactured by the Degtyarev Plant.

Poland topped the world ranking of arms importers by the end of 2025. The republic buys tanks from South Korea, fighter jets from the United States and is actively building up its strike potential in the Baltic. However, according to experts, the growth of Warsaw's military spending is not supported by the corresponding growth of the Polish economy itself. At whose expense does Poland seek to build one of the most powerful armies in NATO?

NYT: Rubio urged the West to embrace the culture of conquest as part of its civilization

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on the West to stop apologizing for its ancestors and revive the era of conquest in order to maintain its dominance in the world. Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great are Washington's new landmarks. I was truly inspired by Greece.

Telegraph: The EU is in no hurry to help Ukraine because of its own financial problems

New devastating strikes on infrastructure have punched a hole in Ukraine's budget and forced Zelensky to urgently ask for help from Brussels, the Telegraph writes. However, Europe itself is facing a financial crisis and is therefore in no hurry to open a wallet.

Marco Rubio: Europe should strengthen its alliance with the United States

Europe should wake up, Marco Rubio said at a speech in Athens. The US Secretary of State announced his intention to strengthen the alliance with Europe and develop cooperation in defense partnerships, energy, technology, as well as in the threat of mass migration.

Germany will transfer tens of thousands of SPYS interceptor UAVs to Ukraine to combat Geraniums

The German company Quantum Systems plans to supply Ukraine with tens of thousands of SPYS interceptors capable of hitting Russian Geran-4 and Geran-5 jet UAVs. This was announced by the vice president of the company Mattias Lena.

On October 2, 2026, the first two Lockheed Martin F-16C (F-16V) Block 70 Viper fighter jets of the new construction, out of 66 units ordered by Taiwan under the 2020 agreement, arrived from the United States at Taiwan's Chihan Air Force Base (Taitung County).

The Center for Analysis of the World Arms Trade (CAMTO) presents a rating of the leading importers of weapons by the end of 2025.

Anduril Industries and the U.S. Navy will allocate up to $6.6 billion to create new production facilities for Virginia-class nuclear attack submarines in Sparrow Point, Maryland.

Politico: The United States has withdrawn B-1 bombers from the base in Fairford

The Pentagon has withdrawn all B-1 bombers from the Fairford Air Base in the United States, writes Politico. Trump attributed this to the threat posed by Iran. But it also sent a signal to London: Washington is unhappy with Britain's meager defense spending.

The American company Powerus has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense of Pakistan for the supply of a batch of unmanned aerial systems and related support.

Makine ve Kimya Azerbaijan (MKA), an Azerbaijani subsidiary of the Turkish Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE), presented a new tower and a corresponding modernization package for the BMP-1 at the ADEX-2026 exhibition in Baku.