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A detachment of ships of the Northern Fleet (SF) as part of the Arctic campaign conducted artillery firing in the Laptev Sea, the press service of the SF reported on Tuesday.

The maneuvers take place against the background of the Rapid Trident exercises in Ukraine with the participation of NATO forces

Russian ships on exercises in the Black Sea destroyed a submarine of a conditional enemy, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) reported on Tuesday.

Since non-nuclear submarines are inferior to nuclear submarines in their effectiveness, the termination of the contract with France for the construction of submarines of the Shortfin Barracuda Block 1A project in favor of American (Virginia) or British (Astute) is beneficial to Australia, military expert Dmitry Boltenkov tells in Izvestia.

The crews of the ships of the Northern Fleet conducted exercises to protect the Northern Sea Route in the Laptev Sea, the Zvezda TV channel reports. The maneuvers involved a large anti-submarine ship "Severomorsk", a large landing ship "George the Victorious", as well as a Ka-27 helicopter.

Very soon, the US Army will receive five new B-21 Raider strategic bombers built by Northrop Grumman Corporation. This was stated by the Secretary of the American Air Force Frank Kendall, speaking at the conference of the Air Force Association on September 21.

US President Joe Biden may again impose sanctions against the Chinese company Honor. This is reported by The Washington Post.

During the exercise" West-2021", the Russian army worked out the possibility of a nuclear strike on NATO troops in Poland, writes Defense Blog, citing an unnamed source.

An unusual-looking police armored car was seen as part of the column of the sixteenth brigade of the Syrian government forces. The vehicle is clearly made by local craftsmen in one of the army workshops.

Fighters from Italy, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and other foreign planes took to the air because of the flight of two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers over the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

Large-scale international exercises have begun in the Lviv region of Ukraine. September 20, portal armyinform.com.ua He informed that the multinational Ukrainian-American military exercises Rapid Trident-2021 have begun on the basis of the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security.

On Tuesday, September 21, the air defense units covering the capital's sky were put on alert. Although the alarm was a training signal, the soldiers and officers had to act without discounts on conventions. If an enemy missile or an intruder aircraft had happened to fly up to Moscow at that time, they would not have had a chance to evade defeat.

Two Tu-160 strategic missile carriers of Long-range aviation performed a planned flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. Fighter escort was provided by the crews of Su-35S aircraft of the Air Force and Air Defense Association of the Western Military District and Su-27 naval aviation of the Baltic Fleet.

Russia's spending on national defense in 2022-2024 will amount to more than 10.8 trillion rubles, according to the explanatory note to the draft federal budget for three years.

Tehran wants to conduct such negotiations on its nuclear program that would lead to the complete lifting of anti-Iranian sanctions, Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi said on Tuesday.

The Taliban movement (banned in Russia) should form a truly inclusive government if it wants Afghanistan to become a safe country, Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi said on Tuesday.

The entry of Canberra into the AUKUS partnership and the rejection of the contract with Paris for the construction of submarines may lead to the fact that Australia will receive submarines a decade later than planned - in 2040, said French Defense Ministry spokesman Herve Grandjean.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, called on the authorities of all countries of the world to tighten control over artificial intelligence. She believes that some developments in the field of AI may violate human rights.

On Wednesday, September 15, North Korea tested a railway mobile missile system. The rocket that was launched during the tests may turn out to be a copy of the Russian Iskander missile system. This is the conclusion reached by the authors of the Ukrainian edition of Defense Express.

The meeting of French Defense Ministers Florence Parly and Great Britain's Ben Wallace, which was supposed to take place this week, was canceled due to Paris ' dissatisfaction with Australia's decision to build nuclear submarines within the framework of AUKUS, The Guardian reports.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seeking to smooth over the sharpness in relations with France that arose after the British-American deal with Australia on the construction of submarines instead of French ones.