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The mankind is moving towards destruction by leaps and bounds, as it does not rationally consume goods and resources, according to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, President of the Russian Geographical Society Sergei Shoigu.

On August 15, 22 military aircraft and 24 military helicopters of Afghanistan illegally crossed the airspace of Uzbekistan, carrying 585 armed servicemen of the neighboring country. The aircraft were forcibly landed at the international airport of Termez, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of Uzbekistan reported on Monday.

US allies using the fifth-generation multi-role fighter F-35 Lightning II will not have access to complete information about the aircraft.

The American UH-60 Black Hawk multi-purpose helicopter has been in service for more than 40 years. It is operated by the military of almost three dozen countries. During this time, a large number of different modifications have been created that can perform combat, search and rescue, sanitary, anti-submarine and other tasks.

The IAEA is sounding the alarm because of the rapid acceleration of Iran's uranium enrichment process. After reports emerged in April that Iran had raised its enrichment level to 60%, new data from the Natanz plant suggests that Tehran is on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon.

US NATO allies could not stay in Afghanistan after Washington decided to withdraw its contingent from this country, Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told CNN.

Artillery units of the armed forces of the Government of National Accord of Libya have adopted a wheeled self-propelled installation based on the Ural-4320 car. Such an ACS, armed with a D-30 howitzer, was recently lit up for the first time in one of the training centers during a visit to this facility by the leadership of the PNS.

US President Joe Biden said that he does not consider it right to send the American army to participate in long civil wars in other countries.

US President Joe Biden said on Monday that Washington had provided comprehensive support to the Afghan forces so that they could fight against the Taliban (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation).

Looking at the weapons available to the United States, their opponents should, when talking about a possible attack on the country, say to themselves: "Not today." The main goal of the Pentagon was named by the deputy chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of the United States, General John Hyten. This is reported by The National Interest.

Representatives of the European Parliament (EP) issued a statement on Monday expressing concern that Russia and China may take advantage of the events in Afghanistan.

Within the framework of the competition, participants will have three stages: "Obstacle course", "Survival Trail" and "Relay race"

Marines from China, Iran, Venezuela, Abkhazia and South Ossetia arrived in Vladivostok to take part in the final stage of the competition of the Army International Games ("ArMI-2021") "Marine landing". This was reported on Tuesday by the press service of the Pacific Fleet (TOPF).

The use of long-range Tu-22M3 bombers as a "long arm" will be Russia's response to the possible aggression of the Taliban against the CSTO countries, former Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Army General Yuri Baluyevsky, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The Minister of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan, Colonel-General of the Militia Ramazona Rahimzoda, met with representatives of the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China under the leadership of Liu Yunfeng, the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan reports.

The hypersonic missile "Zircon", which Russia will adopt in the coming years, will put the aircraft carrier strike groups of the US Navy at risk and make them ineffective, according to Mark Episkopos, a columnist for The National Interest.

The Integrated Operational Data Network (ODIN) has advantages over the Autonomous Logistics Information System (ALIS), Breaking Defense reports, referring to the Pentagon.

Twelve Ukrainian servicemen remained on the territory of the former US military base in Kabul, Afghanistan, after US representatives left the facility. This was announced on Tuesday, August 17, by the Ukrainian TV channel "24".

Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, said that he had discussed with his Iranian counterpart the prospects for resuming negotiations on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Last Monday, there were reports about the flight of 22 military aircraft and 24 helicopters of the National Air Corps of Afghanistan to Uzbekistan. There were more than five hundred military personnel on these aircraft. Currently, all this equipment is concentrated at the Termez border airfield.

The competent authorities of the CIS countries will work out issues of preventing terrorist attacks on the objects of marine infrastructure and the oil and gas industry, as well as their suppression during the exercises "Caspian-Antiterrorism 2021".