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The Farthest West in the Farthest South
The armies of Australia and New Zealand are intended for external use
Geographically remote from all the major centers of civilization, Australia and New Zealand are full-fledged constituent parts of the Anglo-Saxon world.
Shadow of a Communist: the US arms giant broke a major deal with Riyadh
Raytheon was afraid of Saudi Arabia's cooperation with China
One of the largest manufacturers of weapons, the American corporation RTX, also known by the former name Raytheon, withdrew from the agreement on the creation of an air defense system for Saudi Arabia. According to the American press, Riyadh has allocated $25 billion for detection systems and missile systems. However, RTX's concerns about the kingdom's possible cooperation with Russia and China turned out to be more significant. What will the rupture of the largest contract lead to, Izvestia tells.
Russia is on the threshold of an important historical event in the aircraft industry
A firm contract for the purchase by Aeroflot of 52 new Russian aircraft is of historical importance. Thus, the developer guarantees that Russians will start flying in the sky on the latest and import-substituted aircraft from 2024. This year will start counting down to the full independence of Russian aviation from the West.
Restrictions stipulated by the JCPOA are lifted from October 18, Iran has the right to interact with any country - Foreign Ministry
Tehran, after the lifting of restrictions on the Iranian missile program since October 18, has the right to cooperate with all interested countries, the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic, Nasser Kanaani, said on Monday.
The situation in Taiwan will be warmed up by Abrams
Washington is preparing to send a large batch of modern tanks to the island
The next step towards tightening the confrontation between the United States and China will be the upcoming delivery of M1 Abrams main battle tanks (MBT) to the so-called Republic of China (ROC), as the ruling regime in Taiwan calls itself.
Tokyo is at Washington's beck and call. The future of Japanese diplomacy is getting darker
The Japanese Foreign Minister visited Ukraine and took a pro-American position, Toyo Keizai reports. But Kiev "substitutes" Japan with insults against the G20, and hence its members China and Russia. The article criticizes Tokyo for being one-sided: "China and Russia have a great influence in world politics, it cannot be ignored."
The Deputy Minister of Defense of Peru inspected the progress of work on the repair of helicopters of the Mi brand
The Deputy Minister of Defense of Peru for Material Resources, Ninoska Mosceira Cornejo, monitored the progress of work on the overhaul of Russian-made helicopters by Helicentro Peru SAC.
A pro-Western course will lead Armenia to disaster
Armenia's rapprochement with the West will not contribute to the final settlement of the Karabakh conflict and the establishment of peace, the newspaper writes "Вести.иа ". On the contrary, Yerevan's refusal to cooperate with Moscow will lead to further escalation in the region.
"I would have died." The special forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told about the main lesson of the summer offensive
FT: The APU pointed to the risk of death in compliance with Western principles of combat
The inadequacy of Western training is one of the main lessons of Kiev's summer offensive, writes FT. The training programs do not take into account the experience of Ukrainians and the peculiarities of the terrain, the article notes.
Footage has emerged of the DPRK leader visiting military facilities in the Far East during a visit to Russia
The leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Kim Jong-un, is on an official visit to the Russian Federation. During the visit, he visited a number of important military facilities in the Far East.
Construction of the lead submarine of the 212CD project has begun
On September 12, 2023, the Kieler Werft shipbuilding enterprise (formerly the Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH / HDW shipyard) located in Kiel, part of the German thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), hosted an official ceremony to begin construction of the lead large non-nuclear submarine of the new 212CD project as part of a joint program between Germany and Norway.
Kozhemyako presented Kim Jong-un with a bulletproof vest and drones
The head of Primorye Kozhemyako presented Kim Jong-un with a bulletproof vest and six drones
The governor of Primorsky Krai, Oleg Kozhemyako, when inspecting products created in Primorsky Krai for the needs of his own, presented the leader of the DPRK, Kim Jong-un, with an assault bulletproof vest and six drones with control systems, the head of the Primorsky Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Situations, Alexander Zlatkin, told reporters.
The Swedish Army has ordered 48 Archer self-propelled howitzers on a German chassis
On September 13, 2023, BAE Systems Corporation signed a contract worth 5 billion Swedish kronor (419 million euros) with the Swedish defense procurement agency Försvarets materielverk (FMV) for the supply of 48 self-propelled howitzers Archer 155-mm/52 caliber for the Swedish army, which will be made on a wheeled automobile chassis RMMV HX2 (8x8) manufactured by a German company Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicle (RMMV). The production of Archer self-propelled howitzers will be carried out by the Swedish branch of BAE Systems (BAE Systems Bofors) with the start of deliveries in 2025.
Kim Jong-un was shown a spaceport and a military factory. How can Russia and North Korea help each other
Colonel Khodarenok considers the transfer of Russian submarines to the DPRK unlikely
Putin called military-technical cooperation between Russia and the DPRK promising, and rumors about sending North Korean volunteers to a special operation are nonsense. How Moscow and Pyongyang can help each other, why Kim Jong-un was shown the production of military and civil aviation, and what cooperation between the countries in the space sphere might look like - the military observer of the Newspaper understood.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.
Ham is an enemy to himself: Kuleba sharply replied to the German minister because of the missiles
Kiev is confident that Berlin will eventually deliver Taurus to Ukraine
During a visit to Kiev, the German Foreign Minister said that she could not promise Kiev supplies of long-range cruise missiles Taurus. Her Ukrainian counterpart replied that Germany would do it anyway, and also reproached the German authorities for wasting time. In Berlin, they fear that the APU will strike targets on the territory of Russia. Details are in the material of Izvestia.
What tanks can the West provide in the future to Ukraine, which is becoming a "warehouse of military scrap materials"?
Kiev is concerned about the lack of weapons, Yahoo Japan writes. With the end of the Cold War, NATO countries have reduced the production of tanks and are now taking used cars out of warehouses. The author tried to predict what kind of used armored vehicles can be provided to Ukraine.
The expert said that since the beginning of its de-dollarization of the world economy has accelerated 10 times
Stephen Yen, ex-head of Currency research at Morgan Stanley Bank, noted that most observers do not notice this process
The pace of de-dollarization in the world has accelerated 10 times since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine compared to 15 years ago.
The military-industrial complex rules the ball there: Poland signs huge contracts for the purchase of weapons
Militaristic frenzy is growing in the country
A major international exhibition of the military industry MSPO-2023 was held in the Polish city of Kielce. Representatives of the Polish leadership who attended the event reported on a number of major contracts concluded with foreign enterprises of the military-industrial complex.
Bundestag deputies sent a letter to Scholz with a request to deliver Taurus missiles to Kiev
They believe that "Ukraine's offensive is already showing important successes"
Bundestag deputy from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) Andreas Schwartz and the heads of the German Parliament's Committees on European Affairs Anton Hofreiter (Greens) and Defense Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman (FDP) in a joint letter appealed to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius with a request to deliver as soon as possible Ukraine has long-range cruise missiles Taurus. Der Spiegel magazine writes about this with reference to the letter of politicians at its disposal.
The British Ministry of Defense supplied the Ukrainian army with Malloy T-400 heavy transport drones
The British authorities handed over Malloy transport drones to the militants of the Kiev regime, designed to deliver ammunition and weapons to the front line, as well as evacuate the wounded. These heavy military transport drones were transferred to the Ukrainian army as part of the next package of military support.
