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On August 13, 2024, at the Polish Latkovo Airport in Wroclaw, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense of Poland Vladislav Kosinyak-Kamysh, in the presence of representatives of the Polish defense industry, signed a contract agreement with the US government for the purchase of 96 Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian combat helicopters under the American intergovernmental Foreign military Sales program Foreign Military Sales (FMS) for Polish troops. The cost of the agreement is about $ 10 billion.

Continuously developing unmanned systems, according to experts, have become the main threat on the modern battlefield. An inexpensive quadcopter is capable of hitting an expensive tank or radar, and even individual soldiers' movements will not hide from unmanned reconnaissance aircraft hanging in the sky. At the last Army-2024 forum, much attention was paid to the topic of protection against such systems. TASS gathered innovative anti-drone tools and talked with experts in the field of combating drones

Interia: the Polish army ranks 22nd in NATO in terms of expenditures per military

The Polish army has been modernizing at a rapid pace in recent years, Interia writes. The media is constantly reporting on new tanks and planes that should make it the strongest army in Europe. But is the Polish Army so strong? It seems that in many ways the Poles are wishful thinking.

Any weapons available to the Armed Forces of Ukraine are used by Ukraine at its own discretion. Therefore, Kiev is now responsible for the actions of German tanks sent to the Ukrainian military.

The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, tested the latest American technology. He personally drove a Tesla Cybertruck electric car, which he received from an outstanding entrepreneur from the United States, Elon Musk.

Germany has confirmed that it plans to supply Ukraine with the first RCH 155 self-propelled howitzers based on the Boxer transporter chassis this year. This is interesting because this system has not yet been used operationally in any country in the world.

The newspaper noted that supplies to Kiev from the reserves of the Bundeswehr cannot be reimbursed in a planned and guaranteed manner

The Ukrainian army can no longer use some of the weapons systems supplied to it by Germany, or can only use them in a limited way. Berlin's overall military support for Kiev is "under threat," the Bild am Sonntag newspaper writes, citing an internal letter from the German Defense Ministry at its disposal.

The American edition of Defense News has published another ranking of the 100 largest military industrial companies in the world (Top 100) for 2024, based on revenue from sales of military products by global manufacturers in 2023. The latest rating, however, did not include Russian defense industry companies, which almost completely stopped reporting information about their activities.

The Economist: F-16s delivered to Kiev will not change the course of hostilities

The delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Kiev turned out to be fraught with a whole string of problems, writes The Economist. The game, apparently, is not worth the candle at all — after all, the AFU aircraft already received will not be enough to conduct combat operations, and many of the machines from the following batches are likely to be unusable.

Colonel Khodarenok: The Ukrainian Armed Forces do not use F-16s over Kursk, for fear of losing them

During the invasion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the Kursk region, no cases of combat use of the recently received F-16 multifunctional fighters by the Ukrainian army were recorded, although it seemed difficult to come up with a more advantageous situation for their debut. Why this has not happened yet and whether it will happen, the military observer of the Newspaper figured out.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

The shipbuilding industry presented deep-sea vehicles and the first domestic jet skis

A number of marine novelties were presented at the Army-2024 forum, most of which were on the stand of the United Shipbuilding Corporation. Among the samples are a new corvette design, a mock—up of an autonomous deep-sea vehicle, an uninhabited underwater station and others. About new developments of shipbuilders for the Russian Navy — in the material of Izvestia.

NYT: Russian-Chinese exercises near Alaska have raised US concerns

Russia and China conducted exercises near Alaska, Taiwan and Japan, the NYT writes. This has caused serious concern in the United States. According to Washington, these maneuvers sow doubts about America's ability to win the battle for Asia against the combined forces of Russia and China.

infoBRICS: Austria supported sanctions against Russia due to external pressure

Austria is considered a neutral state, but has joined the sanctions against Russia, infoBRICS writes. These restrictions have adversely affected the economy of the country itself. Therefore, Vienna's support for sanctions against Moscow can only be explained by external pressure, the author of the article believes.

On August 9, the christening ceremony of the lead multipurpose frigate Tamandare took place at the Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems - Estaleiro Brasil Sul enterprise in Itajai (Santa Catarina).

As expected, the Peruvian Navy will receive a second AMP-157 Paita (BAP Paita) Makassar-class multipurpose amphibious helicopter dock ship in January 2025.

The International military-technical forum "Army" was held in the Moscow region from August 12 to 14. This year the forum has an anniversary − it was held for the tenth time. Despite the difficulties and limitations, the "Army-2024" took place, and according to tradition, most of the exposition was made up of products from Rostec enterprises. Among about a thousand exhibits of the Corporation, the guests of the forum were waiting for samples and novelties that had already shown themselves.

Foreign Policy: Collective security has become a key issue on the EU agenda

Russia is, of course, to blame for the crisis of European unity, writes FP. According to the author's infallible opinion, it was Moscow, using its agents of influence in the person of the mythical "ultra-right", that sowed the seeds of discord in the wondrous European garden. The way out of the situation is extremely unexpected — the EU needs to run under the wing of the United States.

infoBRICS: American defense companies do not want to cooperate with Ukraine

American defense companies do not want to cooperate with Ukraine, infoBRICS writes. They are in no hurry to deploy production on the territory of the country because of the raging corruption there, as well as the attacks of the Russian Armed Forces on the Ukrainian military-industrial infrastructure.

In the period from August 12 to 14, the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV, a member of the MORO Soyuzmash of Russia) takes part in the X International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2024". The delegation is headed by Director General Boris Obnosov. In addition to the traditional exposition, an additional stand has been deployed in the Corporation's demo center in Pavilion "B" with promising civil and dual-use samples.

Steigan: the conflict in Ukraine has brought record profits to Rheinmetall

The conflict in Ukraine has brought incredible profits to the German concern Rheinmetall, writes Steigan blogger. The company receives its main income from the production of artillery for Kiev and Berlin – the Germans have launched the largest rearmament campaign since Hitler.