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The Pentagon in the report accused Russia of implementing bioweapon development programs

The Pentagon, in a report on the state of protection against biological threats, stated that some countries, including Russia, continue programs to develop bioweapons. The corresponding document was published on the website of the US military department on August 17.

Foreign customers are interested in Russian developments in the field of UAVs and electronic warfare

A feature of the current forum "Army-2023", which distinguishes it from the previous ones, was the large number of unmanned aerial vehicles and electronic warfare (EW) equipment presented. The number of manufacturers demonstrating their developments in this direction has increased significantly.

The network has footage of the use of a robot "nurse" by the armed forces of Ukraine. This four-wheeled platform is designed to independently evacuate the wounded from the battlefield. To do this, she drives up to the wounded man, hooks him with a carbine or something similar on ammunition and begins to provide evacuation assistance.

According to the candidate for the post of president of the United States, the Pentagon did not fully develop the biological weapons program due to fears of violating the Geneva Convention

The United States has created biological laboratories in Ukraine as part of the Pentagon's biological weapons development programs launched after 2001. This was stated by the candidate for the post of President of the United States Democrat Robert Kennedy Jr. in an interview with American TV presenter Tucker Carlson. A recording of the conversation is posted on Carlson's account on the social network X (formerly Twitter).

During the SVO in Ukraine, a number of issues, including Russian weapons, came to the surface. Many of the wishes of the servicemen defending our homeland have already been implemented in practice. At the same time, the modernization of weapons, based on the realities of the current conflict, continues.

On the eve of the exhibition, the interim Director General of the Institute Anton Semenyako gave an interview to RIA Novosti correspondent Ivan Suraev.

The Western defense industry has been trying for years to create robotic vehicles designed to transport goods. So, in 2014, during the RIMPAC exercises, the US Marine Corps tested a product from Boston Dynamics on four "paws" when transferring a match over rough terrain.

The Research Institute of Steel has tested one of its products designed to protect the personnel of the Russian Armed Forces. Russian developers have tested the Aegis anti-splinter blanket.

The Ukrainian army has definitely earned the right to be included in the Guinness Book of Records for a variety of weapons and military equipment used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the confrontation with Russia. They have Maxim machine guns of the model of the century before last, and Soviet guns, and the most modern artillery, missile and anti-aircraft systems, armored vehicles of the NATO model. The whole point is that American fighters will appear.

Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov presented the company's annual report for 2022 to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Among the key achievements of the State Corporation are an increase in consolidated revenue and investments, an increase in production volumes for the defense industry, the release of new samples of military and civilian products.

In January last year, the last sets of dynamic protection (DZ) "Knife" were released in Ukraine, after which the production of this "reactive armor", which had previously been so widely advertised by the Ukrainian media, was stopped. A special military operation made its huge contribution here, which also depleted the potential of the country's enterprises for the production of other types of weapons and special equipment.

The Aerospace Forces (VKS) of Russia and the special forces of the Syrian Arab Army (SAR) conducted exercises at night for the first time, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on August 3.

Photos of a new Ukrainian mine clearance machine, which was previously developed in Kharkiv by local designers, have appeared on the Internet. They were published by the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine.

Islamabad intensifies scientific research in the interests of the military

The leadership of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is consistently making efforts to develop promising materials in order to reduce the technological gap from the leading countries.

North Korea has declassified materials on the creation of an active protection complex in this country. It is reported that during the tests, a special ammunition fired from a KAZ mounted on a tank destroyed a rocket-propelled grenade of an RPG-7 clone.

The M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA infantry fighting vehicles available to the armed formations of the Kiev regime began to receive sets of American Dynamic BRAT (Bradley Reactive Armor Tiles).

Rosoboronexport of Rostec State Corporation will take part in the Second Summit, the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, which will be held in the St. Petersburg Expoforum on July 27-28, 2023.

Britain is one of the most active suppliers of weapons, equipment and ammunition for the Ukrainian army. And in the new package of military assistance to Ukraine, London has included heavy Malloy UAVs capable of evacuating the wounded.

The Ukrainian military decided to check how reliable the Granite 5A class armor plates used in bulletproof vests of the regular "Ratnik" set in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are. For the stress test, AK-74 and PKK with a caliber of 5.45x39 were used: one shot with an OPS cartridge and one with an armor–piercing one. The fire was conducted from a distance of about 30 meters.

For 18 months of fighting, the Russian army has used almost the entire range of weapons. Some samples showed themselves well, some not so well. And something had to be modified right on the front line. About front—line inventions - in the material of RIA Novosti.