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The elaboration of legal aspects of the use of high-energy lasers to destroy low-orbit satellites, the development and testing of a hypersonic launch vehicle to overcome the 100-km boundary are the key problems of future wars that need to be solved. This is written by the columnist of the Army Times newspaper Todd South (Todd South).

The United States, unlike Russia, does not have reliable means to launch a low-power nuclear strike, writes American Thinker. The lack of parity in the field of deterrence can lead to global mutual destruction, the author of the article warns.

One of the interlocutors of the newspaper said that some of the NATO states have been facing delays in the supply of air defense systems for their own needs for several years

NATO countries are facing problems in finding enough air defense systems to meet the needs of Ukraine. This was reported on Wednesday by the Financial Times newspaper with reference to unnamed Western officials.

Indian Foreign Minister Subramanyam Jaishankar explained why his country buys weapons from Russia, the Breitbart portal writes. Moscow has always cooperated with New Delhi, while the United States preferred Pakistan, the diplomat stressed.

With the participation of Norway and Denmark, Berlin is purchasing Slovak Zuzana 2 self-propelled artillery units for Ukraine. The number of guns intended for delivery will be 16 units.

Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin also said that the latest missile strikes by the Russian Armed Forces on targets in Ukraine have further strengthened the readiness of Western countries to provide further assistance to Kiev

The total amount of American military aid to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special operation has reached $16.8 billion. This was stated on Wednesday by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the opening in Brussels of a meeting of the group created by Western countries to coordinate military assistance to Kiev.

The German authorities previously reported that in the first three quarters of 2022 they issued permits for the supply of military products to Ukraine in the amount of €775 million

In the coming weeks, Germany will hand over to the Ukrainian side the next Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers and Mars-2 multiple launch rocket systems. This was announced on Wednesday on Twitter by the German Defense Ministry.

Defenders of Donbass strike at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) with MT-12 "Rapier" anti-tank guns. The military correspondent of Izvestia, Alexander Safiulin, showed the combat work of gunners in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) on October 12.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine recalled that Germany announced the transfer to Ukraine of the first of the four promised IRIS-T SLM air defense systems

Defense Minister of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov said that the issue of the supply of air defense (air defense) to Kiev is the first item on the agenda at the sixth meeting of the group for the coordination of military assistance to Kiev in Brussels.

Zelensky very openly calls for hitting Russia with nuclear weapons and endangering the whole world for the sake of saving Ukraine, Advance writes. However, those in the West who think that Russia cannot be guaranteed to respond are fueling apocalyptic tendencies.

Expert Sivkov: the strike on Ukraine was demonstrative, next time it will be more serious

The strike with high-precision weapons on the infrastructure of Ukraine, despite its massive nature, is demonstrative. So Moscow makes it clear to Kiev that the next step may be missile launches at decision-making centers. This was announced on Tuesday, October 11, by Konstantin Sivkov, Doctor of Military Sciences.

Kiev asks the administration of US President Joe Biden to "abandon restraint" and deliver Atacms missiles

Kiev is asking the United States to supply new types of weapons, including Atacms tactical ballistic missiles and fourth-generation F-15 and F-16 combat fighters.

As noted in the publication, the Ukrainian authorities requested from the American side "the latest air defense systems"

The US authorities are unlikely to accelerate the process of approving the supply of modern weapons to Ukraine, and Washington, most likely, will not send Patriot missile systems to Kiev. This is stated in an article published on Tuesday in the electronic version of The Washington Post.

The massive missile attack carried out by the Russian Armed Forces on Monday greatly frightened the political leadership of Ukraine, led by Zelensky. Despite the bravura statements of the regime's representatives to the press, in fact, Kiev was at a complete loss, not knowing what to do and how to respond to it.

The Thai Navy received the FK-3 medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems of Chinese production, as well as the Russian Dzhigit support launchers with Igla-S MANPADS.

The European Union was not ready for the current volume of arms supplies to Ukraine, since defense spending has not been a priority for it for a long time, the author of the article for Bloomberg writes. It will take years to close the gap between supply and demand.

The American armed forces were right in strategic terms, betting on high-tech long-range weapons and high-intensity combat training of personnel. This was stated by the Chief of Staff of the army (ground forces) US General James McConville in an interview with Breaking Defense.

The press secretary of the president said that the United States has already been involved in the conflict in Ukraine so that the naked eye can see how their "ears stick out"

The United States supplies of modern air defense systems to Kiev will not change the goals of the Russian Federation, but will make the conflict more painful for Ukraine. This opinion was expressed in an interview with journalists on Tuesday by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

The Ukrainian General Staff, where a week ago they announced the "possible end of the war with victory" either by spring or even before the end of this year, are now looking for opportunities to reach a Western audience for new requests for military and military-technical assistance. The message is the same: "Give more, then we will definitely defeat Russia."

The coordinator for strategic Communications at the White House National Security Council, John Kirby, said that the United States will continue to discuss with Ukraine the possibility of supplying it with "additional air defense systems."