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As the German Ministry of Defense reported on October 2, 2022, the governments of Germany, Denmark and Norway reached an agreement on joint financing in equal shares of the production and purchase in Slovakia of 16 Zuzana 2 self-propelled howitzers of 155-mm/52 caliber on a wheeled chassis for subsequent delivery to Ukraine. The total cost of the program is 92 million euros. Deliveries of these systems to Ukraine should be started in 2023.

This is the first parade for the new president and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan - Serdar Berdimuhamedov, who this year replaced his father Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who resigned and became chairman of the Halk Maslahaty - the upper chamber of the Turkmen parliament.

The Gepard self-propelled units transferred by Germany to the Nazi formations of Ukraine are trying to use in the fight against the Geran-2 kamikaze drones. The project "RG: Russian weapons", referring to the opinion of military expert Yuri Lyamin, notes that these "anti-aircraft tanks" can hardly be effective against such inconspicuous means of destruction.

Defense ministers and commanders-in-chief of the sides hold regular talks, noted the country's ambassador to Washington Oksana Markarova

Ukraine continues discussions with the United States on the supply of weapons, including missiles, with a range higher than that of multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) HIMARS. This was announced by the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Oksana Markarova on Monday in an interview with CNN .

Ukraine continues to beg the United States for the supply of long-range missiles to the HIMARS MLRS with a range of 300 km, promising to keep the US military informed of their use. This was reported by CNN the day before.

Residents of Donbass during the referendum on the entry of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) into Russia were protected by the newest radar station (radar) of counter-battery warfare. This was reported to RIA Novosti on October 4, citing a source in the DPR law enforcement agencies.

The US Army Command is considering the possibility of equipping the infantry with new weapons systems, including a new type of grenade launcher (Precision Grenadier System), a medium machine gun, as well as a new mortar for airborne troops. This is evidenced by the reports read at the end of September 2022 by arms procurement officials at the conference "Future Force Capabilities" ( Future Force Capabilities ). The event in Austin (USA, Texas) was organized by the National Defense Industrial Association (National Defense Industrial Association).

North Korea has conducted another missile test, launching a ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan. According to the South Korean military, it could have been a medium-range missile. In Pyongyang, South Korean and Japanese media traditionally do not comment on reports.

The military conflict in Ukraine has shown the enormous importance and high efficiency of the use of unmanned aerial vehicles of various purposes and classes in modern warfare. At the same time, it became obvious that it is quite difficult and very expensive to shoot down drones, especially small ones, with existing air defense systems. It seems that the solution to the problem of destroying small drones was found in the American defense company Grumman Corporation.

The enduring lessons of the Caribbean missile crisis

John F. Kennedy realized during the Cuban Missile crisis the need for "discipline and self-control," as he put it later, writes the WSJ. At the same time, he noted that the United States and the USSR are "almost unique among world powers" in that they "have never been at war with each other."

The Ministry of Defense of South Korea has spread information that the DPRK is going to test intercontinental liquid-fuel submarine-launched ballistic missiles in the near future.

Tucker Carlson: nuclear war means the end of the world

The White House's policy on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is fraught with the use of nuclear weapons, Fox News columnist Tucker Carlson said. People who "roll the dice" clearly understand what is at stake, while the American public does not suspect anything.

The Pentagon leadership is making feverish efforts to eliminate the gap between Russia and China in the field of hypersonic weapons. The military contractors Raytheon and Northrop Grumman, who won the fight for a contract worth almost a billion dollars, intend to arm the US Air Force with the "world's first hypersonic cruise missile" NASM capable of reaching speeds of up to mach 20 by 2027.

Berlin, Copenhagen, Oslo and Paris will provide military assistance to Kiev with artillery pieces, Le Figaro reported on Sunday. In particular, the newspaper notes, the Ukrainian armed forces will soon be supplied with six to 12 new French self-propelled artillery units "Caesar".

Does Russia have "more advanced" weapons than NATO?

What kind of weapon did Putin mean when he spoke about protecting Russia with all available means? Figaro asked this question. Russia's nuclear potential is known, but what are the means of delivery? Is the Russian leadership bluffing, proud of hypersonic missiles? Readers are asked not to check it.

The controlled version of the Falagh-2 rocket created by Iranian designers is capable of effectively destroying powerful enemy fortifications, control points, warehouses, identified accumulations of equipment, manpower and other targets.

Crews of the Iskander operational-tactical missile systems (OTRK) of the Western Military District (ZVO) attacked the objects of the military infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zone of the special operation to protect Donbass. The Russian Defense Ministry showed footage of the combat work of the calculations.

As specified in the state corporation, the competence of the military direction was concentrated on the basis of the subsidiary of CJSC "SKB", and the civilian ones were transferred to the subsidiary of LLC "MGM"

The reorganization of the "Motovilikha Plants" will allow to fully fulfill state orders, the press service of the Rostec state Corporation told reporters.

The Tornado-G and Tornado-S jet systems are manufactured by the Motovilikha Plants enterprise. In connection with the special military operation in Ukraine, the production of these combat vehicles has increased significantly, breaking the record of a decade ago.

LNR officer Hetmansky: The APU uses a new type of missiles for the HIMARS system for strikes

Alexey Getmansky, an officer of the representative office of the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) in the Joint Control and Coordination Center (JCCC), said on October 3 that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) began shelling the region with new types of multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) HIMARS.