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The Skyborg artificial intelligence system for unmanned wingmen has taken to the sky for the second time — this time on the Avenger jet unmanned aerial vehicle. According to the US Air Force Research Laboratory, the flight lasted two and a half hours.

The British-American company ZeroAvia has started developing a 19-seat hydrogen aircraft. According to the company's website, it uses two Dornier 228 twin-engine aircraft for this purpose. Their engines will be replaced with power plants with a capacity of 600 kilowatts.

The Director General of the Military Staff of the European Union, Herve Blejan, is trying to convince the authorities of the Central African Republic (CAR) to refuse the help of Russian instructors in favor of Western ones.

The countries related to the situation in Libya are convinced that one of the conditions for stabilizing the situation there should be the withdrawal of any foreign forces from Libya, including those belonging to the Russian Federation and Turkey, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told Repubblica.

In the United States, when preparing for future conflicts, we should pay attention to modern technologies that will significantly affect the pace of hostilities. It is clear that we are talking about a military strategy to confront, first of all, Russia and China.

Air strikes by the US armed forces on June 27 were carried out in Iraq and Syria on objects associated with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. This was announced by the press secretary of the US Department of Defense, John Kirby. A video of the briefing was published on the page of the US military department on Twitter.

Military personnel of the special purpose compound of the Central Military District (CVO), with the support of snipers, destroyed a field node of a potential enemy in the Novosibirsk region. The event took place within the framework of special tactical exercises, as reported by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense on Wednesday, June 30.

CNN reports that about 1 thousand American soldiers will remain in Afghanistan. The military will guard the airport and the US Embassy in Kabul, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The withdrawal of the main forces should be completed in the coming days. As previously reported by the Associated Press, the airport will be transferred to the protection of Turkish soldiers in September. However, now the Pentagon's plans can change at any time. American troops have been in Afghanistan since October 2001.

The provocation of the United States and Great Britain in Russian territorial waters could not lead to a third world war, since the West understands that it will not be able to emerge victorious from it, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday during a direct line.

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) last week published a "joint opinion" on the "Proposal on the regulation of artificial intelligence based on the European Approach"released in April.

The US military in Syria was subjected to rocket fire, said the representative of the US coalition, Colonel Wayne Marotto.

On Tuesday, two-day exercises of the air forces of NATO countries and their partners Ramstein Alloy started in the airspace of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the main purpose of which is to test the security of the Baltic airspace.

According to the estimates of the US Air Force command, one of the components of the US strategic nuclear shield – the Minuteman III land-based ICBM needs to be replaced, since many of them have already passed half a century, and their service life is already expiring. After all, they were adopted back in 1970.

The South Korean Defense Procurement Authority (DAPA) decided to create its own air defense system, similar to the Israeli "Iron Dome". According to Yonhap, the development will begin next year and will be completed around 2035.

The Russian Armed Forces see the development of strategic nuclear forces and robotic equipment as their priority.

Financing of the supply of weapons and equipment within the framework of the State Defense Order to the army and navy is proceeding at a faster pace. This was stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, speaking at the board of the military department. Shoigu said that already now the rate of placement of the state defense order is higher than last year and is 95 percent.

The United States Air Force conducted airstrikes against Iranian-backed rebel targets on the border of Iraq and Syria, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said in a statement on June 27.

Romania supports an increase in the number of US and coalition troops to "contain" Russia in the Black Sea region, Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu said.

The US airstrikes against pro-Iranian forces in the border area of Iraq and Syria are illegitimate and are an act of aggression against these states, said Deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense Yuri Shvytkin.

The largest exercise "Lightning Strike 2021" took place in the mountains in the south-west of Serbia with the key participation of military equipment purchased in the Russian Federation, or received under the agreement on military cooperation between Moscow and Belgrade, RIA Novosti reports.

Ankara's missions within the framework of NATO are not limited to Afghanistan, a columnist of the opposition Turkish newspaper "Jumhuriyet" is sure. In his opinion, the United States is creating an anti-Russian front, which begins with the Baltic States. In this regard, Erdogan's actions in the Crimea and the Caucasus are not just tactical tasks, they are connected with the front on which Turkey is positioned strategically.