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US senators decided to increase funding for the US armed forces. Yesterday, July 23, on the website of the Naval Institute of the US Navy, information appeared that the US Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) is increasing funding for the US Department of Defense by $25 billion.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and the head of the Tajik military department Sherali Mirzo discussed the situation on the Tajik-Afghan border, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported on July 24.

The Russian Defense Ministry has sent two An-124 Ruslan transport planes to Cuba with more than 88 tons of humanitarian aid, including more than 1 million medical masks, the Russian military department reported on Saturday.

The United States has reached a turning point in directed energy technologies that will bring many concepts of science fiction closer to reality, in particular, the protection of objects with the help of so-called force fields, The Drive claims, referring to the materials of the Research Laboratory of the United States Air Force (Air Force), located at Kirtland Air Base (New Mexico).

The national television of Afghanistan (RTA) showed footage of the Pakistani military, violating the state border, moving through the territory of Afghanistan in the territories controlled by the Taliban movement (banned in Russia) in the province of Kandahar.

The Russian Defense Ministry has delivered 250 thousand doses of the Russian Sputnik Light vaccine and 1 million tests for laboratory diagnostics of the coronavirus to Syria, the Russian military department told reporters.

The heads of the defense departments of Kazakhstan, Nurlan Yermekbayev and Tajikistan, Sherali Mirzo, discussed in a telephone conversation the issues of Kazakhstan's assistance to Tajikistan to counter the existing risks and challenges on the Tajik-Afghan border.

The situation in the Black Sea is "artificially inflated" by non-regional players, Moscow will closely monitor the implementation of the Montreux Convention, the Foreign Ministry told RIA Novosti.

The Ajax reconnaissance vehicle developed by General Dynamics for the British Army revealed serious technical problems that directly affect the health of the crew members.

Within the framework of the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2021, held in Zhukovsky near Moscow on July 20-25, agreements worth 265 billion rubles were signed. This was reported on July 25 in the Telegram channel of the event.

The VK-650V engine demonstrator developed by the Rostec United Engine Corporation JSC "UEC-Klimov" is at the second stage of the test program. For the first time, an exhibition sample of the engine was presented at the International Aerospace Salon MAKS-2021, the press service of the UEC reports.

The United Engine Corporation of Rostec at the MAKS-2021 air show presented the latest industrial engine PD-14GP-1/GP-2, created on the basis of the gas generator of the PD-14 aircraft engine. The development is designed for gas turbine power plants and gas transportation units, has a resource of up to 200 thousand hours and is up to 8% more economical than analogues.

A military specialist from the United States, Sebastian Roblin, on the 19FortyFive portal, called a threat to NATO in the event of a conflict with Russia.

During the military exercises in Tajikistan, all units of the armed forces and law enforcement agencies of the country numbering 100 thousand personnel, as well as more than 130 thousand reserve officers and soldiers were alerted and put on full combat readiness, Defense Minister of the Republic Sherali Mirzo said in his report to President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon said that there is no military solution to the Afghan problem, and a way out of the current situation should be found peacefully.

The Syrian air defense (air defense) repelled an Israeli attack in the sky over Homs, the Syrian state television channel Al-Ekhbariya reported.

The northern provinces of Afghanistan are rapidly turning into a new hot spot, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko.

Rosoboronexport has signed contracts worth over €1 billion within the framework of the MAKS-2021 air show. This was announced on July 22 by the head of the company, Alexander Mikheev.

The crews of Su-25SM attack aircraft of the joint Russian military base in Kyrgyzstan will be involved in the Russian-Uzbek exercise, which will be held from July 30 to August 10 in the Surkhandarya region of the republic, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Thursday.

Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov commented on the exercises on disconnecting the Runet from the global network, noting their relevance in connection with the growing cybercrime.