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Military observer Lavrov: Lancet drones are capable of destroying lightly armored vehicles and even tanks

The Russian Lancet drone is also deadly for lightly armored vehicles, and if successfully hit on board or in the stern, it can destroy even a tank, said military observer of Izvestia Anton Lavrov.

In Warsaw on October 19, Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak approved a framework agreement for the supply of Polish Armed Forces 288 MLRS K239 "Chunmoo" (Chunmoo).

Japan will be the first country in the world after the United States to deploy RIM-174 SM-6 ERAM (Standard Missile 6) anti-aircraft missiles. This is reported in the relevant notification of the US State Department. Tokyo is going to purchase missiles as part of an arms package worth $ 450 million.

According to the US Secretary of State, over the past few days Russia has inflicted "many strikes on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine," many of which are on the account of Iranian-made drones.

On October 19, 2022, in Warsaw, Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak approved the framework agreement signed on the same day by the Armaments Agency of the Ministry of National Defense of Poland with the Ministry of Defense of South Korea for the supply to the Polish Army of 288 modular multi-caliber multiple launch rocket systems K239 Chunmoo produced by the South Korean Hanwha group, as well as various missiles for them.

In South Korea, in Changwon on October 19, 2022, at the enterprises of South Korean companies Hyundai Rotem (as part of Hyundai Motor Group) and Hanwha Defense (as part of Hanwha Group), ceremonies were held for rolling out and presenting the first samples of military equipment under contracts concluded by the South Korean side with Poland on August 26, 2022 - the first ten of 180 K2 tanks ordered Black Panther and the first 24 of 212 ordered 155 mm/52 K9PL (K9A1) Thunder self-propelled howitzers.

Lockheed Martin plans to complete the preliminary preparation of the Canadian surface ship project by the end of this year, which, it is claimed, will be an important milestone in the shipbuilding program.

The Americans are preparing to open another front against Russia. The Senate said that global warming is turning the Arctic into a potential center of conflict with Moscow. Therefore, the Pentagon is strengthening its presence in the region. However, not without problems. About the new point of confrontation — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The Arctic is of increased strategic interest to almost all the leading countries of the world, even those that do not have direct access to the northern region. The United States and other NATO countries regularly conduct exercises in the northern latitudes. Experts predict that in the future it is the Arctic, where a huge amount of minerals is concentrated, that may become a zone of not only economic interest, but also a military conflict between Russia and Western countries that put forward claims to the development of this region.

Denis Shmygal said that Russia will use kamikaze drones, "which are difficult to shoot down"

Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal said that Kiev expects its Western partners to provide air defense systems and means of countering drones. He stated this in an interview published on Saturday with the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung .

The damage to Ukraine's energy system as a result of attacks by Russian kamikaze drones and precision-guided missiles on infrastructure facilities may become not only critical, but also irreversible. At the same time, the Ukrainian air defense system proved unable to protect strategic facilities even in large cities, including the capital. Then, as luck would have it, the missiles for the Soviet air defense systems, which are in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, began to run out, as Denis Smazhny, the head of the training of the Ukrainian air defense forces, admitted the day before.

Chinese military scientists have published a technique that allows massively disabling satellites over a given territory using a hydrogen bomb. Moreover, this method differs from the previously proposed or even tested methods of anti-satellite warfare with nuclear weapons in the selectivity of the striking action. According to the statements of its developers, a specially organized detonation of the charge should affect only vehicles on specific orbital planes.

How Xi Jinping's plans to modernize the PRC army will change the military situation

At the XX Congress of the Communist Party of China, Chairman of the Central Military Council of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping said that Beijing will "work faster" in the direction of modernization of "military theory, personnel and weapons." What is the current state of the Chinese armed forces and what are the immediate prospects for the military construction of the PLA - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

"Stupor", "Harpoon", "Alabuga": how electromagnetic weapons affect the course of a special operation

A source in the Ministry of Defense reported on the successful use of the latest hand-held electromagnetic guns "Harpoon-3" during the special operation. The Russian army also has other anti-drone weapons - for example, "Stupor". "Newspaper.Ru" - about the principle of operation of electromagnetic guns and their prospects.

China is seeking to speed up the timeline for establishing control over Taiwan until 2027, which raises concerns in Congress about the modernization of the US army, which is going too slowly. This is written on the portal of the US Naval Institute (USNI).

New faces are getting involved in the increasingly heavily exaggerated topic of Israeli arms supplies to Ukraine in the media. This time, the former head of the Israeli government, the leader of the Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu, expressed his opinion on this issue.

Hanwha Defense Company announced on October 19 the ceremony of rolling out and subsequent shipment to Poland of the first batch of 24 units of 155-mm self-propelled howitzers K9A1 "Thunder".

Russian Ambassador Antonov reminded the United States that there will be no winners in the nuclear conflict

Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov urged the United States not to "swing a nuclear baton" because there will be no victory in the nuclear conflict.

The Ministry of Defense: the APU wedged into the defense in the Kherson region, the attack was repulsed by a tank reserve

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) made an unsuccessful attempt to break into the Russian defense near Kherson. This was announced on Thursday, October 20, by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

According to Kai Kallas, this is necessary so that Ukraine "can use them in defense and avoid the destruction of the energy infrastructure"

Estonian Prime Minister Kaya Kallas called on NATO member countries to increase the supply of air defense systems to Ukraine. She made such a statement on Thursday upon arrival at the EU summit.