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The Israeli Air Force launched the Sky Dew early warning balloon — one of the largest in the world. According to The Drive, it will notify about threats flying at low altitude. For example, about cruise missiles or armed drones.

The Montreux Convention on the Black Sea is not subject to revision, the strengthening of the US and NATO military presence in the Black Sea region is unacceptable, Mikhail Sheremet, a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the Crimean region, told RIA Novosti.

In August, China tested a hypersonic missile that circled the globe in a low orbit before taking aim at a pre-determined object. They say that the rocket missed the target by only 38 kilometers. 

On October 29, 2021, the fourth annual Ogarkov Readings Conference was held in Moscow, organized by the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (TSAST). Partners of the event are Rostec Group of Companies, JSC United Engine Corporation, JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation and PJSC Promsvyazbank. We present to your attention a report by the American military historian David Glantz on the topic "The Soviet origins of Operation Desert Storm."

The United States is concerned about the data on the difficult humanitarian situation in North Korea and is ready to participate in solving this problem, State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Thursday.

The United States aims not only to return Iran to the nuclear agreement (JCPOA), but also to then begin discussing other controversial issues with Tehran, State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Thursday.

The "Indestructible Brotherhood – 2021" exercise will be held in two stages, and the active phase is scheduled for November 11-12.

"The servicemen will take part in the joint exercise "Indestructible Brotherhood - 2021", which will be held at the training ground of the Kazan Tank Red Banner School," the Ministry of Defense clarified.

The US State Department has approved the possible sale of $650 million worth of missiles to Saudi Arabia. This was announced by the Pentagon, RIA Novosti reports.

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have created a reserve of forces and means of the military medical service to provide assistance to patients with coronavirus infection in the regions of the country, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday.

On Friday, the press service of the Central Military District reported that next year the instructors of the 201st Russian military base will train 1,000 junior specialists for the armed forces of Tajikistan.

The next documentary "Görünməyən qəhrəmanlar - Dəniz pişikləri" ("Invisible Heroes - Naval Special Forces"), shown by the Azerbaijani Public Television ITV, dedicated to the participation of the special operations forces of the Azerbaijani Navy in the Second Karabakh War in the autumn of 2020, contains interesting details of the active involvement of Azerbaijani naval special forces in the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh. We thank Mammad Valimamedov for the link and presentation of the translation of fragments of the film.

The personnel of the special forces goes over to Tigray's side.

Almost the entire north of Ethiopia came under the control of the Oromo Liberation Army. This is now the name of the former forces of liberation of Tigray.

ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" anti-aircraft self-propelled guns during the maneuvers of the ground forces of the Jordanian army covered the units involved in training battles armed with Al-Hussein tanks and Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles.

A detachment of ships and vessels of the Northern Fleet led by the large anti-submarine ship (BOD) "Vice Admiral Kulakov" made a business call at the port of Praia - the capital of the island republic of Cape Verde, which is located in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa, the press service of the Northern Fleet reported.

China is protesting to the United States for inflating the "Chinese threat" and unjustified criticism about the build-up of nuclear power, said the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the People's Republic of China Wu Qian on Friday.

The counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported the exposure of a colonel of the country's armed forces, the commander of one of the units. The man is suspected of illegally collecting secret military documents, the press service of the SBU reported on November 5.

The US Navy ships that entered the Black Sea conducted joint exercises with the Bulgarian frigate "Gordi", the 6th Operational Fleet of the United States reported.

Statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russia plans to actively develop weapons using artificial intelligence technologies have alarmed the Pentagon.

The US Department of Defense is monitoring the "unusual" activity of Russian troops near the border with Ukraine. This was announced on Friday, November 5, by Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby.

The purpose of the visit of CIA Director William Burns to Moscow was to understand Russia's intentions towards Ukraine and warn about the attention that Washington pays to the movements of Russian wax near the Ukrainian border, CNN reported.