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The US nuclear submarine USN-22 Connecticut, which was injured in a collision with an unknown object, returned to its base on the island of Guam.

An assessment of its damage has begun, but it has already been announced that the reactor was not damaged. The incident, as a result of which 11 sailors were injured, occurred during the largest international exercises in the Asia-Pacific region with the participation of four US aircraft carriers and their allies. 

The publication of the American edition 19FortyFive named the deadliest weapon of the US Air Force (Air Force). First on the list is the "mother of all bombs— - the almost ten-ton GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) heavy air blast munition, first used in 2003 in Afghanistan. The US Air Force has 15 GBU-43/B MOAB units.

Turkey intends to replenish and upgrade its fleet of F-16 fighters. Yesterday, on October 8, the Reuters news agency reported that Turkey had asked the United States for 40 new fighter jets.

The K-77M air-to-air missile of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter can provide Russia with an advantage over NATO countries in air combat, the American magazine Military Watch reports.

The US Army is invincible for five reasons, writes 19FortyFive. The American publication claims that the United States Army has "one of the deadliest arsenals in the world."

The Russian-Pakistani dRuzhba-2021 exercise has ended in the south of the Russian Federation.

A joint exercise of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and military personnel of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has ended in the Krasnodar Territory at the Molkino training ground, the press service of the Southern Military District reports. The

maneuvers took place from September 28 to October 9. 

The Russian-made Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and cannon system, which is in service with the Syrian air defense forces, destroyed eight Israeli missiles. This was told by the deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit.

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.