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US allies in Europe and the Pacific are trying to influence the White House and are calling on American leader Joe Biden not to change Washington's current nuclear policy, the Financial Times newspaper reports.

The Russian military is monitoring the actions of the USS Porter, which entered the Black Sea on Saturday, the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation reported.

The United States has made significant progress in increasing the power and accuracy of nuclear weapons, which have become significantly more reliable and effective than ever before, The Washington Post says, citing interviewed experts.

The crews of the large anti-submarine ships Admiral Panteleev and Admiral Tributs of the Pacific Fleet conducted air defense training at their base in Vladivostok, the press service of the fleet reported on Saturday.

The air defense of Damascus repelled a missile strike. This was announced on October 30 on its website by the SANA agency. Data on who is firing is not provided.

Russia and Brazil continue to discuss the possible purchase by the Latin American country of the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun systems (ZRPC). This was announced by Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) Anatoly Punchuk.

Mortars are becoming more dangerous and "smarter". Yesterday, October 30, the portal janes.com He reported that Saab Bofors Dynamics Switzerland (SBDS) has announced the completion of the development of the "smart" THOR artillery mine.

US President Joe Biden at a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Erdogan on Sunday expressed his desire to maintain constructive relations between the countries, while expressing concern that Ankara has acquired Russian S-400 air defense systems.

The winners of the competition among potential developers of a super-powerful combat laser announced by the US Army were General Atomics (GA) and Boeing. According to the plan of the command, in the future it will be able to destroy high-speed air targets, including hypersonic missiles.

Allies fear that the United States will reconsider its nuclear policy and move to the principle of a "single goal— - it implies that Washington uses nuclear weapons solely for deterrence or as a retaliatory measure

Russia has nuclear weapons capable of killing billions of people, says the American publication 19FortyFive.

Russia consistently supports the formation of a system of equal and indivisible security in the Asia-Pacific region (APR), as well as for strengthening cooperation based on the principles of international law, including respect for sovereignty, equality and consideration of each other's interests.

Units of the Southern Military District (SE) will receive new portable air defense missile systems (MANPADS) "Willow". As sources in the Ministry of Defense told Izvestia, a fundamental decision on the complete rearmament of the Southern Military District with new air defense systems has already been made. The main deliveries will fall on the current and next years.

Exercises were held on Sakhalin to protect the landing from a conditional enemy, drones and artillery were involved, and the experience of actions in Syria was also taken into account. This was reported on Thursday, October 28, by the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO).

The final inspection became a stage of preparation for the Vostok-2022 exercises, which will be held next year

T-80 tanks, drones and Hyacinth artillery installations were involved in exercises to defend the Sakhalin coast from the landing of a conditional enemy.

The new MTU-4 anti-aircraft gun was shown in Serbia. The development of the Military Technical Institute of the Ministry of Defense of Serbia can use anti-aircraft missiles of the Igla and Strela-2MA complexes. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

The United States announced the possibility of destroying Russia's Baltic Fleet and turning the Black Sea Fleet into a "shooting gallery". This is stated in an article by journalist David Axe, published on the Forbes website.

The destruction of the missile by the Iranian MiG-29 was shown on video.

A video was posted online where an Iranian MiG-29 is practicing the destruction of a missile launched by an F-5 Tiger II aircraft.

Servicemen of the helicopter regiment of the ZVO destroyed the targets of the "enemy" with rocket fire. Training flights took place at the training ground in the Leningrad region. You can watch the shooting on video.

The United States and Turkey held consultations on the F-35 program, from which Turkey was excluded for the purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the US Defense Ministry.