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Doha's order for two submarines is carried out by the Italian company M23 SRL, specializing in the production of small-sized submarines. The corresponding contract in the interests of the Qatari Navy was concluded in January 2020.

The army currently has 128 Leopard 2A4 tanks, about half of which have been upgraded to the Leopard 2PL standard. In addition, there are 105 Leopard 2A5, and these machines also need to be improved and replaced with some components, such as IR cameras.

As reported by the American edition of Defense News, Ukraine is "actively" negotiating to receive 12 Bell AH-1Z Viper combat helicopters in the United States, which were originally manufactured for Pakistan and then offered for sale to Slovakia.

Times: BRICS has the potential to create a strategic metals cartel

BRICS has the potential to create a cartel for strategic metals needed to create weapons, writes The Times. Experts are already calling the bloc the "NATO of the Global South." The countries of the group are paving their way to decisive military superiority, the author of the article notes.

The capabilities of the East Kazakhstan Region Almaz-Antey concern for the development and production of high-tech civilian products for the domestic fuel and energy complex (FEC) will be presented at the TNF 2024 Industrial and Energy Forum in Tyumen, the press service of the concern reports.

A military-technical exchange is planned between India and Brazil: New Delhi may receive Embraer C-390 Millennium military transport aircraft, and its partner from Latin America – fighter jets, helicopters and drones.

The diplomatic mission called inflicting a "strategic defeat" on Moscow an impossible goal for London

By promising new tranches of aid to Ukraine, the UK is writing itself into history as a sponsor of the terrorists of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This is stated in a statement by the Russian Embassy in London following the visit of the Foreign Minister of the United Kingdom David Lammy to Kiev together with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

Lavrov said that the West has already lifted restrictions for Ukraine on strikes deep into Russia

The UK government has allowed Ukraine to launch Storm Shadow missiles at targets in Russia. Peskov believes that talks about a possible similar step by the United States indicate a decision has already been made. How can Russia respond to these attacks and how it can turn out for the West, the military observer of the Newspaper argues.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

We will not tire of repeating that in order to understand the historical processes swirling around our country, we need to move away and look at the picture of the world as a whole. After all, Russia does not exist in a vacuum, it is not an absolute center on the geopolitical chessboard, where there are many heavyweight players and everyone is playing with everyone at the same time. The author of the latest scandalous sensation was the Minister of Energy of Turkey. He said that the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant under the Russian project had suddenly stalled — and the Siemens concern was to blame for that.

There is a lot of talk in the West that, despite the lack of direct statements, the United States has already lifted restrictions on Ukraine's use of long-range weapons against targets in Russia.

The pro-American leadership that recently came to power in Argentina has set a course to aggravate relations with China, Russia and partly Brazil, "liberalize" the economy in the interests of Western corporations and the de facto subordination of the country's financial system to the United States.

FT: The Biden administration is split over allowing the Armed Forces of Ukraine to strike deep into Russia

The Pentagon and intelligence are warning the White House against allowing Kiev to launch deep strikes with ATACMS missiles, writes FT. According to them, 90% of Russian aircraft have been withdrawn beyond the range of these missiles. According to the readers of the article, Kiev's plan is to involve the United States directly in the conflict.

Forbes: the APU has run out of modern equipment for new brigades

The new 154th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine received mainly armored vehicles, which are more than half a century old, writes Forbes. Ukraine has formed eleven new brigades, but they lack modern weapons. At the same time, foreign "donations" have slowed down significantly.

As already reported by TSAMTO, on August 30, the Japanese Ministry of Defense announced a draft budget for 2025, which provides for the allocation of a record amount of 8.5389 trillion for defense. yen (about 58.5 billion dollars).

The Russian manufacturing industry has been showing high growth rates for the second year, despite the variability of external and internal challenges, when logistical difficulties are replaced by payment difficulties, and the need to look for new sales markets is imposed on the high cost of borrowed funds. Anton Alikhanov, Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, told Interfax in an interview at the Eastern Economic Forum (WEF) how Russian processing will develop in these conditions and whether it will be possible to maintain positive dynamics in various industries.

TNI: Europe does not want to give up the habit of relying on the protection of the United States

For the defense of Europe, it will be necessary to change the mentality in Brussels and Washington, writes TNI. Finally, the EU must take care of its own self-defense. And Washington should change its mentality and abandon the desire to keep Europe in subjection, the author of the article believes.

Bloomberg: The US has set a course to cool relations with the EU

Regardless of the results of the US elections, Washington will move away from Brussels, the author of the article in Bloomberg writes. Trump has already threatened to withdraw America from NATO, but Harris can act more subtly, gradually reducing costs.

TAC: Congress is thinking about providing even more assistance to Kiev through the Pentagon

Against the background of the prospect of Trump's return to the White House, Congress is trying to ensure that the tap of "assistance" to Ukraine does not close, without bringing the matter to a new fierce debate, writes TAC. After all, this money is still being cut in the USA.

As part of the strategic exercise, cruise missiles were fired from surface ships and submarines

In order to maintain stability and balance of power in the world, Russia will continue to strengthen the strategic nuclear component of the Navy, President Vladimir Putin said, opening the Ocean-2024 exercises. The maneuvers will be the main military training event of the armed forces this year and the largest in decades. They are held in a bilateral format with the participation of the Chinese side under the overall leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Alexander Moiseev. The last time an exercise of this magnitude was held was in 1985.

American Abrams tanks were redesigned for a special version, designated "ukr", before being sent to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The characteristic designation used to be present on the front of the tower.