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Russia can put an end to the piracy of Israeli aircraft in the Syrian airspace by transferring more powerful air defense systems and operational information from its anti-aircraft systems deployed in the region to Damascus. The recent missile attack, successfully repelled by the Syrian army (as it is believed, not without the help of Russia), as well as the change in the rhetoric of the Russian Defense Ministry, are a signal to both Tel Aviv and Washington to negotiate clearer parameters for ending the conflict in Syria, MilitaryWatch writes.

On Friday, at a meeting with employees of the Krasmash enterprise in Krasnoyarsk, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told how technological progress has affected the quality of the Russian Armed Forces.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Beni Gantz discussed the incident with the Mercer Street tanker in the Ottoman Gulf, which killed two people, according to a statement issued by the Pentagon on Friday.

The fact that the US military recognized that Russia is ahead of America in the development and creation of supersonic missiles seems to be "perpendicular"to Bulgarian readers. They do not believe in this fact, as well as in the existence of the coronavirus. But there are also those who note the efficiency and ingenuity of Russian scientists and designers.

The Presidents of Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan discussed the situation in Afghanistan at a consultative meeting, stressing that its early settlement is one of the most important factors for preserving and strengthening security and stability in Central Asia.

US State Department spokesman Ned Price warned that rocket attacks on Israeli territory carried out by Hezbollah militants from Lebanese territory threaten the sovereignty of Lebanon.

Russian servicemen in preparation for the Russian-Chinese exercise "Sibu/Interaction-2021", which will be held from August 9 to 13, have mastered the basics of managing and operating a medium wheeled tank and an armored vehicle of the People's Liberation Army of China, the Eastern Military District (VVO) reported.

The Russian military has relocated several Su-30SM fighters to China for exercises that will be held from August 9 to 13 at the Qingtongxia training ground in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday rejected the accusations of the recent attack on the Mercer Street tanker in the Gulf of Oman, made the day before by the Group of Seven.

The ground stage of work on the new Sarmat ICBM is almost complete, said the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin. "In fact, we are already completing the ground testing of the entire system, Russia has never created such a missile before, "Rogozin said on the YouTube channel"Solovyov Live".

The ground testing of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is being completed, this strategic complex will ensure the complete security of Russia for 30-40 years ahead, said Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos.

30 years ago, in the Barents Sea, the strategic nuclear submarine K-407 (now Novomoskovsk) released the entire ammunition set from the underwater position-16 R-29 Sineva ballistic missiles with an interval of 14 seconds. The operation was called "Behemoth-2" and made a great impression on potential opponents of the Soviet Union (the Americans were able to launch only four missiles from the Ohio submarine in one salvo).

The Pentagon reported that by 2030, units of combat robots resembling the "Ghost Army" of the Second World War, commanded by General George Patton, will be formed in the American army. The "ghost Army" consisted of fake equipment and soldiers disguised as foreign troops and was intended to mislead the enemy.

The United States will continue its efforts to strengthen the potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and modernize the military sphere of Georgia. The United States calls on its allies to step up support for Kiev and Tbilisi. This statement was made on Wednesday, August 4, by the Director for Southern and Central Europe of the Pentagon, Alton Buland.

"Forpost-R" is a "Russified" modification of the UAV "Forpost", a licensed copy of the Israeli UAV Searcher MkII, assembled at UZGA from kits of the Israeli company IAI since 2010. According to a source in the Ministry of Defense, in the new "Outpost" from the previous modification, only the external contours remained, and all the electronic component base, communication equipment, software and engines were replaced with Russian analogues.

Israeli fighter jets attacked targets in southern Lebanon early on Thursday morning, The Jerusalem Post reports.

Russia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan will develop common approaches and work out new ways of conducting combat operations at the exercises near the border with Afghanistan, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Thursday.

The government of Afghanistan and the Taliban militants (banned in the Russian Federation) are still far from reaching a peace agreement, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad said.

Data on the loss of another T-90S tank of the Azerbaijani ground forces appeared on social networks. Judging by the comments, a moving column was hit by an artillery raid carried out by Armenian troops in the Jabrayil area. As a result, the T-90S tank and the tanker on the MAZ chassis were destroyed.

The United States will continue to support the armed and security forces of Afghanistan and carry out air strikes against the Taliban to demonstrate this. This was stated on Tuesday by Pentagon press Secretary John Kirby.