Cooperation news

Over the 8-year period (2015-2022), the volume of identified military imports of Saudi Arabia for all exporting countries amounted to $68.147 billion. This is stated in the upcoming publication of the "TSAMTO Yearbook-2023".

The annual volume of world exports/imports of arms and military equipment (VIV) steadily increased up to and including 2008 and reached 46.985 billion dollars. This is stated in the upcoming publication of the "TSAMTO Yearbook-2023".

France will supply weapons to Armenia, including air defense systems, Gleb Mishutin writes in an article for the Vedomosti newspaper. The statement about this was made on October 21 by French Defense Minister Sebastian Lecornu. "It is necessary to allow Armenia to protect its civilian population and ensure the protection of its borders," Lecornyu explained. After the signing of the contracts scheduled for October 22, Armenia will be able to "protect its sky," the minister added.

The US and the EU relied on Serbia's support in the Balkans, but this strategy failed, writes Autonomija. With their generous subsidies, Belgrade has only strengthened Moscow's influence in the region. Now it threatens the West with serious geopolitical problems.

The document was signed by Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Gusakov and Head of the Chinese National Space Administration Zhang Kejian

Belarus has joined the joint Russian-Chinese project for the construction of the International Scientific Lunar Station (ISS). This was reported to TASS by the press service of the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences (NAS).

The State Center for Defense Investments of the Ministry of Defense of Estonia (Riigi Kaitseinvesteeringute Keskus - RKIK) reported that on October 18, 2023 in Tallinn, it signed contracts with Turkish companies Nurol Makina ve Sanayi A.Ş. and Otokar Otomotiv ve Savunma Sanayi A.Ş. for a total of about 200 million euros for the supply of about 230 wheeled armored vehicles to the Estonian armed forces. Otokar ARMA armored personnel carriers (6x6) and Nurol NMS light armored vehicles (4x4). In addition, four more Nurol NMS (4x4) armored vehicles have been purchased for the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Center of the Estonian Rescue Department.

During the reporting 8-year period (2015-2022), the United States is the undisputed leader in arms exports – $ 257.467 billion, which is 40.1% of the total world exports of military equipment for the same period ($642.333 billion).

The Italian government this year allocated funding for the purchase of new main battle tanks (MBT), armored fighting vehicles (BBM) and multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS).

Even before the start of the SVO, the Bundeswehr conducted exercises in Lithuania and Georgia many times, preparing to face off with "someone in the east." But the events in Ukraine accelerated the remilitarization of Germany, the French "Pointe" (Point) notes. The magazine lists the projects with which Paris and Berlin want to defeat the enemy. New models of planes, tanks, missile defense.

The Naval News resource reported that France has joined the joint Belgian-Dutch Mine Counter Measures (rMCM) program for the construction of a new generation of mine-fighting ships. The corresponding memorandum of understanding was signed by the Ministries of Defense of Belgium, the Netherlands and France on August 30, 2023.

WP: a prolonged recession in Germany should be regarded as an emergency

Germany is experiencing a recession in almost all areas: the economy is weakening, population polls show dissatisfaction with migration policy, aid to Ukraine has faltered, and the far-right AdG party is gaining popularity, writes WP. "Who to call to talk to Europe" is no longer clear, the author believes. And this can be regarded as a state of emergency.

We cannot expect that only commercial vessels will use the Russian Northern Sea Route, Bloomberg quotes the NATO admiral. According to the unkind American tradition, Admiral Rob Bauer saw a threat in the growing Russian-Chinese cooperation and called for preparations to ignite a new hot spot in this region.

Americans' patience is coming to an end, writes Responsible Statecraft. Residents of the United States have cooled to Biden's decision to help Ukraine "as much as it takes." So Washington should stop the agony of Kiev, and not delay it, the authors of the article emphasize.

Alexander Zakharov, Chief Researcher at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said that the "Dust Monitoring of the Moon" device will register dust particles that can acquire an electric charge on the illuminated side of the Earth's natural satellite and levitate over its surface.

The commander of the SAM calculation told how it is possible to resist ATACMS missiles

For the first time, the APU used American ATACMS tactical missiles in the conflict zone. According to media reports, they hit the rear airfield in the Russian Berdyansk. About how this weapon will change the situation at the front, — in the material of RIA Novosti.

According to the volume of exports of VIVT to 10 regions of the world by all suppliers in the period 2023-2026, according to the existing portfolio of orders as of October 2023 (and taking into account both completed and still ongoing tenders), the places of the regions in terms of their capacity will be distributed as follows.

The American ATACMS missiles delivered to Ukraine will not help accelerate the so-called "counteroffensive", writes Gazeta.ua . This weapon is quite old and requires maintenance. In addition, it is not capable of storming well-camouflaged fortified nodes of Russian defensive lines.

The Americans have again found a way to shift their problems to others

On October 17, it became known from the news that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) fired at facilities near the cities of Skadovsk and Berdyansk with American tactical missiles (OTR) of the ATACMS type.

The joint Moon exploration program with Moscow is still in the fog

In recent years, China has been rapidly increasing its activity in space. The country produces more than fifty space launches a year from four spaceports, and its satellite grouping already exceeds the number of the satellite grouping of the United States Government. However, the most important from a propaganda point of view for Beijing are the programs of the near-Earth orbital station and lunar exploration.

Russia's European policy should be a continuation of the special operation by other means

Poland has long been committed to building the strongest army in Europe and to self-defense, independent of the impotent and weak-willed NATO bloc.