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The threat of terrorism to the United States is much higher from Syria, East Africa, than from Afghanistan-Biden
The US does not have a military presence in Syria that would guarantee security
Terrorist threats from Syria or East Africa are more serious for the United States than from Afghanistan, American President Joe Biden said in an interview with ABC.
Russia has expressed its readiness to provide aviation for the export of Afghans to other countries
Russia is ready to provide its civil aviation for the export of any number of Afghans from Afghanistan to other countries. This was announced on Thursday, August 19, by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
Russia may be preparing to test the Burevestnik missile - CNN
Russia may be going to test a cruise missile with a nuclear power plant "Burevestnik", CNN reported on Thursday, citing experts who studied satellite images.
The American general warned about the missile threat from Russia
The American general, the head of the Northern Command of the US Armed Forces, Glen Vanherk, warned about weapons capable of hitting the United States from the territory of Russia. According to him, Moscow has a military arsenal on a par with the American one. His words are quoted by the Express edition.
Zelensky said that membership in NATO will provide Ukraine with protection from the offensive of the Russian Federation-mass media
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky called for removing uncertainty about Ukraine's accession to NATO, said that NATO membership would provide Kiev with protection from a new Russian offensive, The Washington Post writes, citing an interview with the head of state.
Who is capable of defeating the Taliban in Afghanistan
The triumphant victory of the Taliban only seems final. Right now, several military and political leaders of Afghanistan are gathering their forces to fight the Taliban. Who are these people, what regions and resources are behind them – and do they have a chance to defeat the religious fanatics who entered Kabul so easily?
Russian inspectors visited military facilities in Lithuania and Cyprus
On Tuesday, August 17, a group of inspectors from Russia visited one of the military facilities in Lithuania. The head of the Russian National Center for Reducing Nuclear Danger, Sergey Ryzhkov, explained that such business trips are organized to check information about the military forces and plans for the deployment of major weapons systems and military equipment. Such international control is provided for in the Vienna Document of 2011 on Confidence-and Security-building Measures.
The American general called Russia the main military threat to the United States
Russia poses the main military threat to the United States, this opinion was expressed on Tuesday, August 17, by the head of the Northern Command of the United States Armed Forces, General Glen Vanherk.
A NATO general described Russia's seizure of a third of Poland
Russian modernized tanks have advantages over the outdated Polish T-72 and PT-91 Twardy, director of the Institute of Military Strategy of the Academy of Martial Arts, Lieutenant General Bohuslav Samol, who headed the command of the NATO multinational corps "North-East"in 2012-2015, admitted in an interview with Defence24.
The United States and Canada have agreed on steps to modernize aerospace defense
The United States and Canada have agreed on concrete steps to modernize the Joint Aerospace Defense Command of North America (NORAD). This is stated in a joint statement of the defense ministers of the two countries.
Another philosophy: a Polish general explained the superiority of Russian tanks
Lieutenant General of the Polish Armed Forces Bohuslav Samol compared NATO and Russian tanks
The Defence24 edition interviewed the Polish Lieutenant General Bohuslav Samol. The reason for the conversation was Poland's plans to purchase a large batch of Abrams tanks.
The head of the Ministry of Defense Shoigu: humanity is going to death by leaps and bounds
The mankind is moving towards destruction by leaps and bounds, as it does not rationally consume goods and resources, according to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, President of the Russian Geographical Society Sergei Shoigu.
Planes and helicopters of the Afghan Air Force that escaped to Uzbekistan
On August 15, 22 military aircraft and 24 military helicopters of Afghanistan illegally crossed the airspace of Uzbekistan, carrying 585 armed servicemen of the neighboring country. The aircraft were forcibly landed at the international airport of Termez, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of Uzbekistan reported on Monday.
The US will classify the F-35 from its allies
US allies using the fifth-generation multi-role fighter F-35 Lightning II will not have access to complete information about the aircraft.
A secret modification of the American UH-60 was noticed at the Kabul airport
The American UH-60 Black Hawk multi-purpose helicopter has been in service for more than 40 years. It is operated by the military of almost three dozen countries. During this time, a large number of different modifications have been created that can perform combat, search and rescue, sanitary, anti-submarine and other tasks.
IAEA: Iran is one step closer to creating a nuclear weapon (Al-Ain, UAE)
The IAEA is sounding the alarm because of the rapid acceleration of Iran's uranium enrichment process. After reports emerged in April that Iran had raised its enrichment level to 60%, new data from the Natanz plant suggests that Tehran is on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon.
It made no sense for NATO to stay in Afghanistan without the US-Stoltenberg
US NATO allies could not stay in Afghanistan after Washington decided to withdraw its contingent from this country, Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told CNN.
A new wheeled self-propelled gun based on the "Ural" lit up in Libya
Artillery units of the armed forces of the Government of National Accord of Libya have adopted a wheeled self-propelled installation based on the Ural-4320 car. Such an ACS, armed with a D-30 howitzer, was recently lit up for the first time in one of the training centers during a visit to this facility by the leadership of the PNS.
The US army should not get involved in "eternal" civil wars in other countries-Biden
US President Joe Biden said that he does not consider it right to send the American army to participate in long civil wars in other countries.
Washington gave the Afghan forces everything they needed to fight against the Taliban, but these forces had no desire to fight-Biden
US President Joe Biden said on Monday that Washington had provided comprehensive support to the Afghan forces so that they could fight against the Taliban (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation).
