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Exercises of the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) began on Tuesday in the Sverdlovsk region. The equipment involved in the exercises was evaluated in the United States. The advantages of the YARS missile systems determine their survivability, writes The National Interest.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the acquisition of S-400 air defense systems from Russia was due to the refusal of the United States to supply it with Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs).

The United States is negotiating with countries bordering Afghanistan on the use of their military facilities, including Russian military bases, for counterterrorism operations, Politico reports, citing U.S. senators.

US Assistant Secretary of Defense for China Affairs Michael Chase and Deputy Head of the Office for International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Council of the People's Republic of China Huang Xueping held another round of talks on defense policy in a videoconference format on September 28-29, the Pentagon said.

The basic scenario of Russia's offensive on Poland and Lithuania involves the early introduction of Russian troops into Belarus, which was worked out by Moscow and Minsk during the rear part of the joint exercises "WEST-2021", says the Polish edition of Defence24.

The US army lost the war in Afghanistan due to a number of wrong decisions, although it managed to fulfill some of the tasks it faced. The corresponding statement at the Senate hearing was made by the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, Mark Milli, writes the Washington Post on September 30.

At the Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. On September 28, Ulsan hosted the launching ceremony of the cHang Bogo-3 class (KSS-3 Batch-1) with a displacement of 3,000 tons, which has the capabilities of launching a SLBM.

France continues to increase defense spending, which will reach $40.9 billion in 2022. euro (about $48 billion), which is 1.7 billion. euro more than in 2021 f.g.

American intelligence agencies are carefully studying data on the tests of a hypersonic missile in the DPRK, these weapons do not pose an immediate threat to the United States. This was announced on September 30 by the head of the Northern Command of the US Armed Forces, General Glen Van Herk.

Russia's position on the unacceptability of the possible US use of Russian military bases in Central Asia has not changed, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday.

The US military does not believe that hypersonic weapons being developed by Pyongyang pose a threat to the United States, the head of the North American Joint Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), US Air Force General Glen Van Herk, said at a briefing at the Pentagon after reports of a hypersonic missile test in the DPRK. His words are quoted by Interfax.

The number of cyberattacks on the information resources of the Far East, including enterprises of the military-industrial complex and healthcare, has doubled in a year, said the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev.

The Afghan radical Islamic movement "Taliban" (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) accused the United States of violating the airspace of Afghanistan.

The large-scale Strategic Missile Forces exercises that began in the Urals differ from previous maneuvers in that all attention is focused on YARS ballistic missiles. Earlier, different types of missiles were used during the maneuvers. Thanks to mobile launchers, "yArsa" is more difficult to detect, track and aim missiles at them, writes The National Interest.

The Russian side has referred a number of questions to Washington in connection with the creation of a new AUKUS security partnership, and plans to address questions also to colleagues from Australia and the UK, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday.

The overwhelming majority of Russians (86%) are confident that an armed conflict with the use of nuclear weapons should not be expected in the near future, according to a VTsIOM survey released on Wednesday.

Russia is tracking information about North Korea's missile launches. The situation around the launches affects the prospects for a dialogue on nuclear disarmament of the peninsula. This was announced to journalists on September 29 by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.

Russia and Pakistan have confirmed their readiness to further strengthen cooperation in the military field, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said following a meeting of the Russian-Pakistani military advisory committee on defense and security issues held in Islamabad on Wednesday.

The Russian-Turkish Ceasefire Control Center on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is a serious guarantee of stability in this region, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

On Wednesday, September 29, a meeting of the Russian-Pakistani military advisory committee on defense and security issues was held in Islamabad. Our military department was represented there by Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin.