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To ensure its leadership, Russia needs a powerful national weapon, writes Baijiahao. According to the author of the article, one of the latest artillery developments of the Tornado MLRS can be called such. This "king of missiles" is capable of destroying an aircraft carrier in one strike.

The Hill: The US urged Biden to "give in" to Russia on the issue of Ukraine

Biden should not even think about a forceful response to the "nuclear blackmail from Putin" invented by him, according to the American edition of Hill. This is certain death for everyone, the author writes, regretting the damage from such a concession — the reduction of Ukraine in size. But the country would have remained intact if the United States had said to itself "stop" back in 2014.

Military historian Miroslav Morozov — about the lessons of strategic bombing campaigns of the past for the wars of the present and the future

The increasingly widespread use of high-precision aviation ammunition, long-range ballistic missiles and attack drones has reawakened interest in the far from new concept of "contactless" wars. Is it possible now with a campaign of strategic bombing with modern weapons to undermine the defense capability and bring the enemy state to its knees?

German Defense Minister Lambrecht: Germany will be able to supply Ukraine with the remaining IRIS-T air defenses only in 2023

Germany recently delivered the first IRIS-T SLM air defense system to Ukraine. The other three, promised to Kiev, will arrive only next year. This was announced on Monday by Defense Minister Kristine Lambrecht.

According to Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Arvydas Anushauskas following the results of the US-led meeting in Brussels on October 12 in the Ramstein format, Lithuania will continue to provide military assistance to Ukraine.

Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin understand that the nuclear option is not a way out of the current situation in Ukraine, writes TAC. It is encouraging that the topic of nuclear war is being inflated by the media, the author of the article notes. There is no need to find out who will blink first in the confrontation between the United States and Russia.

The greatest losses in manpower were recorded in the Kupyansk and Krasnolimansk directions, follows from TASS calculations based on data from daily briefings by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov.

According to the acting head of the DPR, Ukrainian troops are striking at civilian and critical infrastructure, therefore, the number of air defense systems is currently increasing in the republic

Western countries supply outdated weapons to Kiev, but due to its quantity in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), it is necessary to rebuild the air defense system. This was announced on Thursday on the air of the Rossiya-24 TV channel by the acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.

China increases arms exports to the Middle East and North Africa

China is expanding the export of weapons and military equipment to the Middle East and North Africa, taking advantage of the fact that Russia is focused on conducting a special military operation in Ukraine, and the bans of the US Congress restrict the export of American weapons to some countries in the Middle East region.

Weapons of the middle of the last century are becoming relevant again

This fall, news is increasingly coming from the zone of the special military operation (SVO) about the next strikes on equipment and facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) using kamikaze drones "Geran-2", made according to the type of Iranian "Shahid 135" and "Shahid 136".

The Russian command has expanded the range of targets being hit in Ukraine

The Aerospace Forces, Navy and Missile Forces of Russia continue to carry out massive strikes on military and infrastructure facilities of Ukraine. On the morning of October 11, the Ladyzhinskaya Heat and Power Plant (CHP) suffered a fire defeat in the Vinnytsia region, electrical distribution equipment went out of order.

Airborne Forces calculations used kamikaze UAVs in the Krasnolimansky direction

The armed forces of the Russian Federation and units of the Union republics liberated the villages of Opytne and Ivangrad in the suburbs of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), the headquarters of the DPR defense Ministry said on October 13.

Immediately, a number of European countries responded to the call of the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, to increase the supply of weapons and ammunition, primarily to perform air defense tasks.

According to a source in the military-industrial complex, almost all products successfully hit the set targets

The air-to-RADAR aircraft missile manufactured by Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) during a special military operation in Ukraine showed an efficiency exceeding 98%. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

Ben Wallace noted that this statement "reveals the cards" of the French president

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace made a critical remark to French President Emmanuel Macron, who said that his country's military doctrine does not provide for the possibility of a nuclear response to the use of tactical nuclear weapons (NWS) in Ukraine. This was reported on Thursday evening on its website by The Daily Telegraph newspaper .

The command and staff exercises with the Yoshkar-Ola Missile compound are being completed in the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN). In total, more than 3,000 military personnel and about 300 pieces of equipment are involved in the exercise, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday, October 14.

Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov: The US does not want to take into account Russia's security concerns

The United States today, as during the Caribbean crisis, does not want to take into account Russia's concerns related to direct threats to its security, demonstrating non-negotiability, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told RIA Novosti.

Calculations of operational-tactical missile systems (OTRK) "Iskander" continue to strike at the military infrastructure of the Ukrainian military in the zone of the special operation to protect Donbass. During the execution of the next task, the Russian military destroyed the HIMARS MLRS of American production, as well as ammunition and enemy manpower. This was told by the military correspondent of Izvestia Kirill Olkov.

North Korea fired about 170 artillery rounds at the sea "buffer zones" established in accordance with the inter-Korean agreement on reducing military tensions in 2018, the South Korean military said.

During the Eurosatory 2022 international arms exhibition held in Paris in June this year, MBDA Deutschland presented a new concept of a missile system for joint fire support (Joint Fire Support-Missile, JFS-M). As reported, the concept offers a solution capable of meeting the requirements of the German Ground Forces regarding promising long-range artillery systems (300 km +).