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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.

As promised in the Russian Defense Ministry, our ground units in Tajikistan are reinforced with modern armored vehicles. "A batch of 17 modernized BMP-2M infantry fighting vehicles has entered service at the 201st Russian military base stationed in Tajikistan. The new combat vehicles are designed to replace outdated models of equipment of motorized rifle units," the press service of the Central Military District reported yesterday.

The Times newspaper on Wednesday, August 4, named a high-ranking employee of the British Ministry of Defense who lost secret documents about the destroyer Defender near a bus stop in Kent.

The opening ceremony of the international exercise "Indra-2021" was held at the Prudoboy training ground in the Volgograd region, the head of the press service of the Southern Military District Vadim Astafyev told reporters.

Iran will be able to achieve a breakthrough in the development of nuclear weapons in 10 weeks, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Wednesday at a meeting with diplomats of states that are members of the UN Security Council.

Iran will be able to achieve a breakthrough in the development of nuclear weapons in 10 weeks, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said at a meeting with diplomats of states that are members of the UN Security Council.

According to the results of working out several scenarios of war games in order to check the combat readiness of the US army units by the Pentagon in October last year, the latter suffered a crushing defeat.

The commander of the Second Fleet of the US Navy, Vice Admiral Andrew Lewis, told RIA Novosti that he assesses cooperation with the Russian military as "adequate" and considers its development possible.

Canada condemns Iran's attack on the Mercer Street tanker and demands that Tehran be held accountable, the Canadian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Twitter.

The Russian military base in Tajikistan has received upgraded BMP-2M, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Tuesday.

The United States has launched the global integrated naval exercise LSE 2021 (Large Scale Exercise 2021) with the involvement of main warships and amphibious landing forces, the US Navy said.

The actions of the Russian strategic nuclear submarines of the Borey project in the Atlantic Ocean have caused fears in the Western media. The submarines were called "deadly", and the tasks they performed were "sinister".