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The Aerospace Industries Association and the U.S. Defense Companies trade Group have sent a letter to the leaders of the Congressional Appropriations and Armed Services committees. It says that due to inflation, the American defense industry requires an increase in the military budget. The same budget that already exceeds $ 800 billion.

On May 26, the Nalchik garrison Military Court dismissed the claim of 120 former employees of the Rosgvardiya who challenged early dismissal from service due to non-compliance with the terms of the contract.

The National Directorate of Military Space Intelligence of the United States announced the conclusion of ten-year contracts with BlackSky, Maxar Technologies and Planet Labs to provide commercial satellite images to intelligence, military and federal civilian agencies of the United States. This is reported by SpaceNews.

The future of the regions liberated from the Kiev regime is being viewed. Earlier, the authorities of the Kherson region noted that they associate its future exclusively with Russia and that there is no question of existence in the format of an independent republic. A similar statement was made by the head of the Council of the CAA (military-civil administration) of the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov.

Russia denied Finland gas not only as a punishment for its desire to join NATO. We have a complete picture of the new Russian "gas doctrine"

It is unlikely that Russia would have turned off Finland's gas if she had not confirmed her desire to join NATO, Advance writes. A new Russian energy doctrine has come into force, the author of the article believes. And some countries have already felt its effect on themselves.

The missile Attack Warning System (SPRN) of Russia will be improved. The project of modernization of the SPRN will include the ability of radar stations (radars) to track promising targets of a likely enemy. This was told by the General director of JSC "Radio Engineering Institute named after Academician A. L. Mints" (RTI) and JSC "NPC "NIIDAR" Yuri Anoshko, his words are quoted by TASS.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the Russian government to increase payments to Russian servicemen participating in a special operation to protect Donbass.

The Federation Council approved a bill to abolish the age limit for military service under a contract

The State Duma and the Federation Council have approved a bill that removes age restrictions for those who want to enlist in the army under a contract.

In the south of Mumbai, by the end of 2026, it is planned to erect a 62-storey skyscraper, which will house 220 Indian Navy officers who serve at the Nagar (Colaba) base. This is reported by the Indian media with reference to the tender published by the Ministry of Defense of India.

Arguments against Finland joining NATO

Today is the time to reduce the US presence in Europe, not expand it, writes TNI. The publication cites experts' calculations, according to which Finland's accession to NATO will cost America from one to five billion dollars in advance and from 550 to 730 million dollars a year.

Rosatom will build a huge plant for the production of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and industry for 26 billion rubles. At the same time, the products will be focused mainly on the domestic market.

In the last few days, there has been a lot of talk about the "revived" Moskvich plant and the production of a certain electric car on its basis.

Amazing adventures of warships in repair docks

A representative of the Baltic Shipbuilding Plant "Yantar", which is part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), told a TASS correspondent that the patrol ship "Intrepid" will return to the Baltic Fleet in mid-May of this year.

On May 20, a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

Building up capabilities to ensure and protect national interests in the world Ocean is vital for Russia against the background of the total hybrid war of the collective West being waged against it.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that in response to the next anti-Russian sanctions announced by the Canadian authorities, which affected not only representatives of the leadership, military and business circles, but in some cases the closest relatives of those who became involved in the "blacklist", entry to Russia is permanently closed for a similar category of Canadian citizens.

US President Joe Biden, who is on a visit to Seoul, signed a "Bill on additional appropriations for Ukraine for 2022" on Saturday, the White House informs.

Against the background of a total hybrid war against the West, Russia is changing its Maritime doctrine. The correction of the document was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov. According to him, in wartime it will become easier to use civilian vessels and crews for the needs of the Navy. First of all, container ships, tankers and icebreakers will be needed. How useful is the civilian fleet for Russia's combat potential in the World Ocean?

Beijing makes it clear that the world needs a new union of states capable of "introducing stability into international relations experiencing an era of radical changes." These words of Chinese President Xi Jinping refer to the BRICS organization, which also includes Russia. But will the BRICS members be able to overthrow the collective West from the pedestal of the world leader?

The web resource "Naval News" published an interesting material by Daehan Lee "Prospect: CVX And K-SSN In South Korea's New Administration" ("Perspective: CVX and K-SSN under the new South Korean administration"), in which it is reported that after the election of the new president of South Korea, Yun Sokel, his administration, apparently, will review the ambitious design and construction program initiated by the previous leadership for the CVX light aircraft carrier for the South Korean Navy.

The Pentagon has formed a new team of high-level employees focused on providing military assistance to Kiev. Thus, the United States has created a structure for the supply of weapons to Ukraine, bypassing bureaucratic delays.