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Estonia's defense budget for 2022 will amount to a record 748 million euros or 2.31% of the projected gross domestic product of the republic, Defense Minister Kalle Laanet said.

At the same time, Maris Riekstins urged to be vigilant

Russia's various military maneuvers currently do not pose a direct threat to Latvia, but we need to remain vigilant. This position was stated on Thursday by the Ambassador of the Baltic Republic in Moscow, Maris Riekstins.

In Libya, after a long break, the former Soviet four-axle BTR-60PB were again seen. Armored vehicles in the amount of five units were demonstrated during a visit by the commander-in-chief of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, to one of the infantry units subordinate to him.

Warsaw, which is preparing for destabilization on the eastern border for one well-known reason, announced plans to deploy up to 250 of the latest Abrams tanks there. The United States intends to start supplying combat vehicles to Poland in 2022.

The moon is an excellent base, including a military one. Flights there, as well as to Mars, are the next obvious steps that humanity should take for space exploration. Nevertheless, neither Russia nor other countries have any real opportunities for this yet. This is the opinion in a conversation with " Lenta.ru " was expressed by Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko.

The Russian Defense Ministry has denied the information of the Estonian authorities about the violation of the Estonian airspace by a Russian A-50 aircraft during a flight from the Kaliningrad region.

Relations between Turkey and the United States are currently experiencing difficult times, including due to problems with Ankara's acquisition of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems from the Russian Federation, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters.

On September 22, a meeting of the OSCE Security Cooperation Forum (FSB) "Modern Risks and Challenges of Military Security"was held in Vienna (Austria).

The head of the Northern Command of the US Armed Forces (NORAD), General Glen Vanherk, believes that Russia remains the main military threat to the United States.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Mukhriddin, speaking in New York as part of the High-level Dialogue on Ensuring the Security of the People of Afghanistan, drew the attention of the international community to the crimes of militants of the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) in Panjshir province.

Exercises to stop a terrorist attack on one of the gas production platforms in the Black Sea were held in Crimea, the press service of the Crimean border department of the FSB of the Russian Federation reports.

Lugar's laboratory in Georgia poses very high risks for Russia. This was stated on the air of the NTV channel by the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova.

The special services of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries will hold anti-drug exercises "Thunder-2021" in Armenia from September 24 to 28, Press Secretary Vladimir Zainetdinov said.

A Russian military base in Tajikistan conducted sniper training using new rifles at a mountain training ground, the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Wednesday.

Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov and Chairman of the Committee of Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces Mark Milley held a meeting in Finland on Wednesday, where, in particular, they discussed reducing the risks of incidents during military activities, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

The Lithuanian Defense Ministry recommended that citizens of the country refuse to buy smartphones from the Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi, and those who have already bought them, throw away the gadgets as soon as possible.

A Russian matryoshka satellite capable of destroying American spacecraft is in near-Earth orbit, RIA Novosti reports a statement by the head of the US Space Command, General John Raymond.

In the conflicts of the near future, the US armed forces may face difficulties due to the growing arsenals of neighboring countries. To eliminate the risk of losing most of their forces in a single strike, American pilots learn to disperse their forces. Practicing take-off and landing from the highway is a preparation for war with Russia and China, according to the authors of Business Insider.

About 120 units of weapons, military and special equipment were involved in the exercises

More than 500 specialists of radiation, chemical and biological protection (RCBZ) of the Western Military District (ZVO) worked out tasks, including aerial reconnaissance of the RCB situation as part of a control check after the joint strategic Russian-Belarusian exercises "West-2021" at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region, the press service of the district reported on Wednesday.

The EU, against the background of the situation with the refusal of Australia from the contract with France for the creation of submarines, needs to make more efforts to strengthen its own defense potential, the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, told reporters at the UN on Monday.