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NATO must respond decisively to the aggressive actions of Russia, which is carrying out maneuvers aimed at "destabilizing the situation in Europe." No one should attack the countries of the North Atlantic Alliance in the Baltic or the Black Sea. The Kremlin should understand that the Western security bloc will eventually be ready to use weapons, German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said.

Brimstone surface–to-surface missiles, which the UK plans to supply to Ukraine, will allow "destroying" Russian warships. This was stated by Lieutenant General, ex-Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Igor Romanenko in an interview with the Observer portal published on October 21.

The US Army and Navy have tested prototypes of hypersonic weapons systems. Earlier it became known about the tests of the HAWC air-based missile.

The American Heritage Foundation Research Institute has published an analysis of the US military potential. The assessment turned out to be the worst in recent years.

According to analysts of the institute, the power of the military potential is only 2/3 of what should be in reality. The problem is also a rather outdated technique that does not meet the challenges of the time.

In northern Iraq, security forces seized an anti-aircraft missile, known by the designation "358", and an improvised launcher for it from local militias.

These weapons, presumably of Iranian manufacture, were found near the Al-Harir air base, which is used by US military personnel for their own purposes.

Ukraine will engage in diversions on the territory of Russia only in the event of a full-scale war. This was stated on the air of the Internet channel Politeka by the adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Alexey Arestovich.

As a result of the explosion and fire in the powder shop of the plant near Ryazan, 16 people were killed, another one received burns of 80% of the body surface. This was stated by the assistant to the head of the Ministry of Health of Russia Alexey Kuznetsov.

As specified in the Ministry of Defense, fighter escort was provided by the crews of Su-35S aircraft of the Air Force and Air Defense Association of the Eastern Military District

Two Tu-95MS missile carriers accompanied by Su-35S fighters performed a scheduled flight over the Chukchi, Bering and Okhotsk Seas. This was reported to journalists on Friday in the Russian Defense Ministry.

Russian aviation launched missile strikes on the whole of southern Idlib.

The terrorists' attempt to damage the Syrian army deployed in Idlib, expressed by artillery shelling of SAA positions, forced the Russian military to demonstrate the use of force to the militants. 

In Tajikistan, at the Harbmaydon training ground, Belarusian servicemen, together with colleagues from Russia and Kazakhstan, worked out actions to search for a militant camp near the border with Afghanistan.

The Joe Biden administration will be able to save "tens of millions of American lives" from enemy attacks only if it takes steps to strengthen national defense, writes former combat and staff officer of the US Army Devin Pine in the magazine The National Interest.

The planes were flying in international airspace, the US Department of Defense said. The report does not detail how close the Russian planes flew to the United States, the author writes, nor does it specify either the model of these aircraft or the American ones that were alerted.

The Russian Navy may receive 18 small rocket ships of the project 22800 "Karakurt". The capabilities of Russian ships were evaluated in the United States. "Karakurt" demonstrates the modernization of the Russian Navy, writes The National Interest.

Chairman of the Majlisi Namoyandagon Majlisi Oli (lower house of Parliament) of Tajikistan Mahmadtoir Zokirzoda called on CSTO partners to create a strong security belt around Afghanistan.

Air Force (Air Force) The United States has planned to place an experimental nuclear reactor at the Eilson base in Alaska by 2027, The Drive reports.

The United States is ready to participate in negotiations in the "extended troika" format on the situation in Afghanistan in the future, and could not participate in recent consultations in Moscow due to logistical difficulties, White House press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Friday.

The third batch of additional international military aid worth $60 million from the US government for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has arrived in Ukraine. It includes ammunition, anti-tank and precision weapons, medical equipment and others, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported on Friday.

The UK can use against Russia, China and Iran a special unit of the Ministry of Defense from former employees of the City of London and specialists in the field of finance. This became known on Friday, October 22.

The Russian heavy attack drone "Hunter", which is the wingman of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter, poses a "big problem" for NATO and, in particular, the United States. This is told by the American publication 19FortyFive.

The United States is inevitably vulnerable to Chinese intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), according to James Acton, co-director of nuclear security programs at the Carnegie Endowment. He discussed this with a Forbes magazine columnist.