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The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reports on the continuation of the Azerbaijani-Turkish tactical flight exercises "Falcon TurAz-2021", taking place in the Turkish Konya.

The Russian " torpedo of the apocalypse — - a nuclear underwater drone "Poseidon" - changes the idea of a nuclear threat, since it represents a new category of strategic weapons, says the Norwegian publication Resett.

A ballistic missile was launched for the first time from the board of the newest South Korean submarine Dosan An Chan-ho. Earlier, similar tests were conducted by Seoul's northern neighbor, using old Soviet technologies.

Russia will most likely not automatically recognize the government of Afghanistan formed by the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation), it must demonstrate that it is ready to follow the civilized path of the country's development, First Deputy head of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Vladimir Jabarov told Interfax.

A two-day large-scale rescue and response exercises to various emergencies in low and extremely low temperatures have begun in the Arctic. New rescue technologies and new equipment specially developed for the Arctic will be tested.

The signing of an agreement on military cooperation between Russia and Saudi Arabia, which took place in August during the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021", indicates the readiness of Riyadh to diversify its relations in the defense sphere and go beyond the long-standing focus on Washington, the American edition of Breaking Defense writes.

The United States condemns the Houthi missile strike on Saudi Arabia, which injured two children, the State Department said.

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths promised that the world organization will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, said the representative of the Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation) Suheil Shaheen.

Units manned by reservists have been transferred to the Kaliningrad Region, where the Zapad-2021 exercises will soon take place, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The Russian Defense Ministry has decided to increase the number of reservists in the army. This was reported on Monday, September 6, by the press service of the defense ministry.

The gunners of the Russian military base in Tajikistan, against the background of the situation in Afghanistan, conducted a live-firing exercise at the Sambuli mountain range (Tajikistan), the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Monday.

The US authorities will be forced to increase cooperation with Russia, China and Pakistan in collecting intelligence data concerning what is happening in Afghanistan and possible terrorist threats.

The small combat radius of the F-18 Super Hornet carrier-based fighters sharply reduced the effectiveness of American aircraft carriers. This was acceptable after the end of the cold War, but it is a wake-up call now, against the background of the growing capabilities of Russia and China, writes MilitaryWatch.

More than four thousand military motorized rifle and tank regiments of the South of Russia have started exercises in the Rostov region.

The ships of the Baltic Fleet and the marines of the Northern Fleet will conduct maneuvers in the Baltic Sea in preparation for the Russian-Belarusian strategic exercise "West-2021", the Baltic Fleet said on Monday.

Chinese aviation continues to "probe" the Taiwanese air defense. On September 5, the Ministry of Defense of Taiwan reported a massive violation of the Taiwanese air borders by Chinese Air Force aircraft. Chinese aviation flights were recorded in the control zone of Taiwan's air defense systems located on the Pratas Islands

Washington continues to seek dialogue or interaction with China on the topic of arms control and is looking for opportunities to do so, despite the fact that it does not see a similar desire in Beijing, US Deputy Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie Jenkins said on Monday.

In the Military Harbor of Baltiysk, the marines of the Northern Fleet loaded military equipment onto landing ships for going to sea and landing at the Baltic Fleet training ground "Khmelevka".

Chinese VT-4 tanks, which are in service with Pakistan, may become a threat to the Russian T-90 of the Indian armed forces. The ammunition of Chinese vehicles will be able to fight with Russian tanks. A similar opinion was expressed by the authors of the portal The Military Watch.

The crews of a detachment of ships and vessels of the Northern Fleet in the Barents Sea took part in an exercise to ensure the safety of objects of economic activity of the Russian Federation and to resolve crisis situations in case of their occurrence. The combat training event was held in the area of the frost-resistant ice stationary platform "Prirazlomnaya" in the Barents Sea.