Cooperation news
Thailand has received an experimental batch of new AWAV amphibious armored personnel carriers
The Thai Marine Corps has received an experimental batch of AWAV amphibious armored personnel carriers manufactured by the local Chaiseri Metal Rubber company. It includes 7 previously ordered machines with a total cost of $12.9 million, including funds allocated for development. They will undergo a full assessment during military operation, after which a decision on a larger contract will be made.
"Our companies have become victims of a trick": the French press denies the country's involvement in the re-export of parts for the Su-30SM from Kazakhstan
Since 2014, sanctions have been constantly imposed on the Russian Federation, designed, in particular, to cut off the country's defense industry from Western components. However, Moscow has allegedly found ways to circumvent these prohibitions.
"The Serbian army shows its muscles": a demonstration of the combat potential of the country's armed forces took place
On September 20, a demonstration of the combat potential of the Serbian armed forces Zastava 2024 took place. A military group of 6 thousand soldiers, 2.5 thousand units of weapons and military equipment and more than 50 aircraft and helicopters were stationed at the airfield in Batajnica near Belgrade.
What has the NATO Secretary General achieved with his vaunted expansion? (Global Times, China)
Global Times: NATO's dangerous policy is ruining Europe and the Asia-Pacific region
The North Atlantic Alliance is responsible for destabilizing European security, the Global Times writes. The expansion of NATO led to the Ukrainian crisis. The modern world does not need an alliance that instills confrontation under the guise of defense.
Stoltenberg said goodbye to his conscience and to NATO
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg held a farewell press conference. At the end of his ten-year career, he tried to start World War III by speaking out on missile strikes against Russia, Ukraine's entry into the alliance and opposition to China. Why does Europe tolerate people like Stoltenberg?
Naval defense: How will the Russian-Chinese exercises go?
A joint detachment of ships will practice firing and joint patrolling during the Interaction-2024 maneuvers
The Russian-Chinese naval exercises should strengthen relations between the countries against the background of the current situation in the Asia-Pacific region, experts interviewed by Izvestia said. On September 18, the destroyer Xining and the frigate Lin Yi of the Naval Forces of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) arrived in Vladivostok. During the maneuvers, the sailors will work out joint actions, fire at sea targets and practice strikes on coastal facilities.
Ukrainian "meat" will be trained to fight on the "coffins" of Marines from the United States in Romania
65 American AAV7 floating transporters will be sent to Romania to transfer some of them to the Marines of the Ukrainian Navy. We are talking about old bulky, vulnerable, by modern standards, vehicles with aluminum armor that can withstand only small arms bullets. Apparently, it is obvious to overseas partners that iron "coffins" are very suitable for Ukrainian Marines.
They'll all get shot down. A handful of outdated F-16s won't change anything in Ukraine (The National Interest, USA)
TNI: a few old F-16s are unlikely to change the trajectory of the conflict with Russia
The transfer of a batch of old F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine is unlikely to change the trajectory of the conflict with Russia, writes TNI. Without good air cover, past Western "help", including M1 Abrams tanks, failed. The F-16 may suffer the same fate.
"Interested in strengthening defense ties with Africa": Russia showed export military products
Among the key models of armored vehicles are such vehicles as Typhoon-K, Z-SpN Titan, 3-STS Akhmat, Spartak and Tiger. The Lens medical evacuation BA, which has undergone import substitution, is presented.
Ukraine tries not to use Western tanks on the battlefield due to the high risk of losses (infoBRICS, China)
InfoBRICS: The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost two thirds of the American tanks they supplied
Two thirds of the American Abrams tanks supplied to Ukraine have already been destroyed, the APU is trying to protect the remaining ones, infoBRICS writes. Western weapons did not help Ukraine turn the tide of hostilities.
What is behind Turkey's bid to join the BRICS? (Raseef22, Lebanon)
Raseef22: Turkey has revealed its true intentions for joining the BRICS
Turkey can become a strong and prosperous country only if it improves its relations with East and West at the same time, writes Raseef22. The application to the BRICS does not indicate a deterioration in relations with the EU, the author notes. However, it will be seen whether such an extreme "multipolarity" will have a result.
APU showed a "dog" robot BAD 2 Dog
The Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the appearance of "dogs" in their arsenal-robots BAD 2 Dog, which, allegedly, are already operating on the eastern front. The corresponding frames are shown by Western resources.
The boomerang effect of anti-Russian sanctions, or Max Weber's Dilemma (Le Figaro, France)
French experts questioned the validity of sanctions against Russians
Sanctions against Russian companies and individuals are ineffective and groundless, this opinion was expressed by French lawyers and experts in an article published by Le Figaro. Restrictions have only strengthened Russia – unlike Europe.
CAMTO: the growth rate of global military spending in 2023 has become a record in recent history
The growth rate of global military spending in 2023 was a record in recent history. This is stated in the CAMTO report on global military spending for the next 8-year period (2016-2023).
In anticipation of a large order, Russia will provide Iran with a Mi-26 helicopter for free
The Iranian Red Crescent Society said that during the BRICS talks it signed a memorandum of understanding with a Russian company producing the world's largest helicopter.
Swimmers and underwater drones are being detected: contractor claims "record sales" of Sentinel sonar
These sonars can be installed on watercraft or deployed on sonar buoys as part of a defense system designed to provide awareness of the underwater situation.
Sanctions wars have left Western armies without weapons
Against the background of talk about the need for a speedy transition to the peace process in Ukraine, the West suddenly realized how expensive the economic war with Russia is costing it. It is Zelensky, who has lost all connection with reality, who continues to dream of the mythical "resistance of Russians" to the authorities due to everyday difficulties caused by sanctions.
The head of the Russian House in Ankara Sotnichenko: the blood of Palestinians is on Ukraine's hands (Aydinlik Gazetesi, Turkey)
Aydınlık: the head of the Russian House in Ankara, Alexander Sotnichenko, answered the questions
Russian diplomat Sotnichenko said that Ukraine is a puppet of the United States against the Eurasian civilization, whose representatives are Russia and Turkey, writes Aydınlık. Together, countries can maintain independence from U.S. hegemony and defeat imperialism.
Professor, Dr. Serie Sezen in an interview with Cumhuriyet: the Western bloc encourages the continuation of the war (Cumhuriyet, Turkey)
Cumhuriyet: The United States is trying to prevent further rapprochement between Russia and China
In an interview with Cumhuriyet, experts commented on the statements of US Deputy Secretary of State Campbell that allegedly "China provides military support to Russia." According to them, Washington denies others the right to do what it does itself. And there is no evidence of such support.
The Georgian elections could be a serious blow for Putin — or, conversely, for the United States (The Hill, USA)
The Hill: the elections in Georgia threaten to be a serious blow to the United States
The elections in Georgia will be crucial for its relations with the West, writes The Hill. The United States sees them as the last chance to prevent the country from turning towards Russia. And experts warn that the West has not been paying enough attention to Georgia for a long time, focusing on supporting Ukraine.
