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On September 11, 2023, at the Polish Army Artillery training Center in Torun, Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak approved the framework agreement of the Polish Armament Agency with the American corporation Lockheed Martin on the acquisition by Poland of 486 sets of launchers of the M142 HIMARS missile system for its "polonized" version, designated Homar-A.

How much has Berlin already spent on supporting Ukraine and why Annalena Berbock was worried about corruption in the country

The next visit of German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock to Kiev is designed to balance the restrained position of Germany on the issue of approving the supply of Taurus cruise missiles to Kiev, experts interviewed by Izvestia believe.

As demonstrated by the fighting in the zone of a special military operation, the quality of British Challenger 2 tanks, two units of which were destroyed by Russian ATGM "Cornet", leaves much to be desired.

Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak has approved a framework agreement for the purchase of components of the M142 HIMARS MLRS launcher for HOMAR-A systems.

On September 11, the heads of the Estonian and Latvian Defense Ministries Hanno Pevkur and Inara Murniece signed an agreement in Germany on the purchase of IRIS-T SLM medium-range air defense systems worth almost 400 million euros.

Both on the front line and behind it, in the rear, false targets are of particular importance – high-quality mock-ups imitating tanks, artillery guns, rocket launchers, armored vehicles. The use of such false targets disorients the enemy and forces him to waste his ammunition, including expensive missiles.

What will happen after the use of the promised shells with uranium cores by the APU? Depleted uranium is a heavy element capable of destroying not only tanks, but also the environment, writes Der Spiegel. European experts are sounding the alarm and explaining the consequences of swallowing "uranium" dust.

The Polish Armed Forces will receive new HOMAR-K multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) in the amount of 290 units. They are the result of the joint work of the South Korean company Hanwha Aerospace and Polish military-industrial enterprises.

Colonel Khodarenok: The APU will complete the counteroffensive due to lack of resources

The offensive operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is likely to end in the near future. According to the estimates of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milley, we can talk about 30-45 days.

Before the approaching winter, a "defensive umbrella" of air and missile defense systems should be created over Ukraine's infrastructure facilities. This was stated by German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Colonel Khodarenok urged to prepare for the massive use of marine drones

Recently, Ukraine has used unmanned boats against Russian ships, vessels and objects in the Black Sea. Observers in the West believe that this has begun a new era in the war on the seas and oceans. Whether this is really the case and whether it is worth talking about the departure of traditional naval battles into the past, the military observer of "Gazeta.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

On September 5, 2023, during the MSPO-2023 defense and industrial exhibition held in Kielce (Poland), Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak approved a contract with the Norwegian Kongsberg Group for the purchase of four additional coastal mobile anti-ship missile systems NSM CDS (Coastal Defense System) with NSM missiles for the Polish Navy. The contract value is about 8 billion zlotys with VAT (1.8 billion euros). This is the largest one-time contract in the history of Kongsberg.

For the first time during the special operation, the Neobanderovites showed a tank guided missile (TUR) "Combat". It was used to load the T-64BM2 Bulat cannon

The United States should avoid escalating the conflict with Russia over issues that are much more important for Moscow than for them, writes TAS. This is fraught with the use of nuclear weapons, and the Kremlin is not bluffing here, the author warns.

The Australian company Electro Optic Systems intends to supply a total of 160 Slinger anti-aircraft systems designed to combat drones for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Canadian Army: always in the shadows and on the pick-up

Geographically, Canada is almost a mirror image of Russia, located on the other side of the North Pole from it. The same huge territory, while also almost completely empty and frozen. The population also mostly lives along the southern border of the country.

Rotorcraft are needed to control shipping

A special military operation (SVO) for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine has been going on for more than a year and a half, including on the water expanses. Having announced the termination of the grain deal from July 18, Moscow undertook to establish strict control over shipping in the northwestern part of the Black Sea from midnight on July 20.

Russia has started to implement on Ukraine has new ways of using military equipment and has generally adjusted tactics, according to a WeChat user. She has made progress, he notes. The country's army has increased the effectiveness of its weapons, destroyed the first Challenger 2 and prepared to exhaust the enemy as much as possible.

The fire at the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) under Ugledar is conducted from a paired 30-millimeter cannon. The car does not have a name yet — it was developed and created by the Marines of the 155th Brigade of the Pacific Fleet (TOF). An unusual weapon was shown by the correspondent of Izvestia Leonid Kitrar.

On September 5, 2023, the German Rheinmetall AG Group announced the shipment to Ukraine of the first batch of 35-mm shots of its new production, manufactured for the Gepard 1A2 35-mm twin anti-aircraft self-propelled guns transferred to Ukraine by Germany.