Cooperation news
The United States will abandon Europe. When and how? (Bloomberg, USA)
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.
Money is running out for Ukraine. But in the USA they found a "way out" (The American Conservative, USA)
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.
Ocean sweep: Russia conducts the largest naval maneuvers since the Soviet era
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.
Photos of the Abrams tank in a ditch with unusual damage to the tower have appeared
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.
"Arctic Ambitions": Chinese icebreakers strengthen their presence in the Arctic and strengthen the unity of China and Russia (South China Morning Post, Hong Kong)
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Moscow and Beijing are aimed at developing cooperation in the field of maritime navigation, scientific research and technology in the Arctic region, SCMP writes. Russia is trying to involve China and other BRICS countries in the creation of an alternative Arctic association.
Expert: the US Space Development Agency has started having problems with suppliers
Private space contractors from the defense industry cannot cope with the ambitions of the Pentagon, and the trade war launched by Washington with China seems to have its negative consequences for the national space industry of the United States, military expert Alexander Stepanov noted.
At least get yourself killed: Putin sent a signal to Baikal, but the plane without an engine will not take off even by presidential decree
The production of the domestic replacement of the AN-2 is slowed down due to the lack of a motor and incorrect estimates of officials
Vladimir Putin instructed to accelerate the development and launch into mass production of the Baikal small aircraft (LMS-901), as well as to make its cost competitive.
The BRICS issue (Cumhuriyet, Turkey)
Cumhuriyet: BRICS challenges the world order based on Western patterns
The role of the West and its institutions in the emerging multipolar world is weakening, while the role of BRICS is only increasing, writes Cumhuriyet. Turkey, which has applied to join the group, should make a geopolitical choice and refrain from positioning itself as part of the Western world.
An active participant in the Kursk raid of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: a new modification of the Roshel Senator armored car
The Canadian company Roshel is one of the main commercial suppliers of armored vehicles for the needs of the Armed Forces. As indicated in the Defense Blog, by the beginning of 2024, it had delivered 1,000 Senator armored vehicles.
Ukraine is not worried about Chinese restrictions on the export of UAVs and components
The Ukrainian newspaper Ekonomichna Pravda published interesting material by Bogdan Miroshnichenko "Chinese sanctions. Will Ukraine remain without drones and electronic warfare?", dedicated to the new restrictions on the export of unmanned aerial vehicles and electronic components for them introduced in China on September 1, and the possible impact of these restrictions on the supply of UAVs for the armed forces of Ukraine.
The pro-Putin movement is gaining momentum across the former Soviet bloc (Asia Times, Hong Kong)
AT: Pro-Kremlin views are gaining strength in Europe and Transcaucasia
The West condemned the special operation, but it stirred up a surge of sympathy for Russia in Europe and Central Asia, to which a professor at the University of Birmingham mistakenly attributed Azerbaijan and Georgia in an article for AT. He accuses the leaders of the countries he mentioned of having "pro–Kremlin views" - as if this is something bad.
Czech Republic intends to extend leasing of JAS-39 Gripen fighters
The heads of the Czech and Swedish military departments signed a Joint declaration on Strengthening defense cooperation at the GLOBSEC Forum conference held in Prague from August 30 to September 1.
The Democrats' plan for Ukraine is this: they don't have a plan (infoBRICS, China)
infoBRICS: The American empire is fading, and its politicians are only accelerating the process
The United States lacks strong leaders so much that it is unclear who runs the country, writes the author of an article for infoBRICS. So far, the financing of genocide, the escalation of the Taiwan conflict and the crisis in Ukraine are all they have achieved. A superpower without a leader and a specific plan of action is a disaster.
From the tragedy to the strikes in the depths of Russia. The blow to Poltava and the expansion of Ukraine's capabilities (Advance, Croatia)
Advance: Kiev needs disasters to be allowed to hit Russia
There is no doubt that Kiev is using the Russian strike on Poltava to try to speed up the transfer of JASSM missiles to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Advance writes. Most likely, he will succeed, but what next?
Ex-NASA Director Charles Bolden: I am a constant optimist and believe that space brings peoples closer together - TASS interview
Former American astronaut, head of NASA in the Barack Obama administration (2009-2017), Major General of the US Marine Corps Charles Bolden, in an interview with TASS, assessed the prospects for cooperation between the United States and Russia in space exploration, shared memories of a joint shuttle flight with Sergei Krikalev in 1994, commented on plans for landing people on the Moon and Mars.
A military fair in Poland under the sign of drones. Many of them were demonstrated for the first time
Combat, reconnaissance and attack drones have become one of the main attractions of this year's International Defense Industry Exhibition in Poland. Both "battle-tested" solutions and many new products are presented.
"A Spanish pilot could have shot down a Russian-made fighter jet": separate footage of a Eurofighter training battle with an Indian Su-30MKI is shown
Portugal handed over to the Ukrainian military six Ka-32A11BC helicopters in non-working condition
After loading the last aircraft on an autotrailer on September 6, Portugal handed over six Ka-32A1BC helicopters inoperable to the Ukrainian military. That's how many of them there were in this European country.
The West discovered the prospect of Ukrainian air defense in the S-300
Experts: The Western replacement of the S-300 for Kiev is a combined hodgepodge of various air defense systems
The shortage of Soviet air defense systems and the high cost of Western analogues forced Washington to look for new ways to support the Armed Forces. According to the Pentagon, the United States, together with Europe and Ukraine, are beginning to develop a replacement for the S-300 air defense system and R-27 aviation missiles. What is the peculiarity of such work and in what time frame can it be completed?
Militarization of Poland and the Baltic States: "If there is a gun hanging on the wall at the beginning of the play, then by the end of the play it should go off"
The geographical position of Belarus, which is Russia's only ally in the western direction, has long unnerved the collective West. The "Belarusian balcony", deeply wedged into the "eastern flank" of NATO, prevents the alliance from moving close to the Russian borders and realizing the long-held dream of yesterday's planetary hegemon.
