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Former US President Donald Trump has accused the current US administration that the military equipment left in Afghanistan will be used by Russia and China to create their own analogues.

Kalashnikov assault rifle and RPG-7 hand grenade launcher were among the five deadliest weapons systems in the world, compiled by 19fortyfive. They were accompanied by the first machine gun, a bomber of the Second World War and a drone.

Iranian specialists now have at their disposal more than 120 kg of uranium enriched to a level of 20%, said Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.

Also, the press secretary of the service, Valeria Reshetnikova, reported that military-technical cooperation with Afghanistan is not being carried out at the moment

The Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation is not engaged in copying any American equipment, including those left by US forces in Afghanistan. This was announced to TASS on Sunday by the press secretary of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) of Russia, Valeria Reshetnikova.

On Wednesday, October 6, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his generals summed up the results of the largest Russian-Belarusian strategic exercise "WEST-2021" this year. According to Shoigu, the maneuvers demonstrated the increased training of troops, the ability of the created interspecific groups of the two states to effectively carry out tasks to ensure regional security. "I consider the objectives of the exercise to have been achieved, the training issues have been worked out in full," the Defense Minister concluded.

The joint exercises of Russia and Belarus "WEST-2021" have officially ended, leaving behind the "main question" to the Russian army, Breaking Defense writes.

Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani said that Georgia should always be ready to join NATO and believes that a political decision on Georgia's accession to the alliance will mature in NATO very soon.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation plans to conduct another test launch of the newest hypersonic missile "Zircon" by the end of the year. Most likely, for the first time, a volley firing of "ZIRCONS" will be carried out from the frigate Admiral Nakhimov.

Special forces of Russia and Pakistan seized buildings held by a conditional enemy during the joint exercises "Friendship-2021" in the Kuban. This was reported on Thursday, October 7, by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The United States has transferred two B-1B Lancer strategic bombers to the forward Fairford base in the UK, the US European Command reported.

The UN member states are implementing a policy of deploying weapons in outer space, building up the potential of forceful influence (both kinetic and non-kinetic) on space objects, the Foreign Ministry stressed.

Russian military scientists have proposed to defend against potential US naval landings with the help of joint actions of manned aircraft and a swarm of small attack drones, the method is presented in the journal "Aerospace Forces. Theory and Practice", published by the Military Educational and Scientific Center of the Air Force.

The corvette and submarines of the Pacific Fleet are accompanied by the rescue and towing vessel "Captain Guryev"

A detachment of ships and submarines of the Pacific Fleet (TOF), performing an inter-fleet transition from the Baltic to permanent bases, has entered the Indian Ocean. This was reported to TASS on Thursday on the margins of the Sevastopol Naval Salon by a source close to the power structures of the Crimea.

The flagship of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Federation, the vAryag cruiser and the large anti-submarine ship Admiral Tributs, left Vladivostok for the Sea of Japan to conduct air defense exercises, the press service of the fleet reported on Thursday.

The creation of another fleet in the structure of the Russian Armed Forces, which would operate on the Northern Sea Route, would help unload the Northern Fleet, which recently became the fifth military District, Admiral Viktor Kravchenko, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Navy (1998-2005), told RIA Novosti.

The NATO leadership has stripped the accreditation of 8 members of the Russian mission, accusing them of espionage, writes Le Figaro.

And it will be impossible to appoint new people to these posts, so only 10 people remain to represent Russia at the alliance.

A new association of the Navy - the Arctic Fleet - can be created in Russia to ensure the safety of the Northern Sea Route.

The creation of the Arctic association of the Navy will allow the Northern and Pacific Fleets to focus on solving combat tasks for their intended purpose.

NATO's decision to reduce the Russian mission almost completely undermines the prospects for normalization of relations between Russia and the alliance, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

Ukraine stated that the energy security of this country is an integral component of the protection of the Euro-Atlantic region from the notorious "Russian hybrid threat". In particular, the head of the Ukrainian GTS Operator called on NATO to get Moscow to maintain gas transit through the "Nezalezhnaya" in the amount of at least 45 billion cubic meters per year.

Russia has allowed the creation of a new Arctic fleet as part of the Navy (Navy), TASS reports, citing a source in the naval sphere.