The US isn't the only country that can use GPS satellites to drop bombs precisely onto targets: Russia has been converting gravity bombs, JDAM-style, into precision-guided weapons. They’ve had an astounding effect during the special operation in Ukraine, as combatants on both sides have said, an expert told Sputnik.

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🇷🇺 Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to make international trips in the fall, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.

"They [trips] are planned, yes. They are planned in the fall, we will also inform you in due time," Peskov told reporters.

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🗣 Substantive agreements on possible perspectives of a trilateral grain deal between Russia, Turkiye and Qatar do not exist at the moment but various discussions are ongoing, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.

"Various options for interaction with the participation of Qatar — at the moment there are no substantive agreements on this matter. But, of course, various discussions continue in different formats," Peskov told reporters when asked if presidents of Russia and Turkiye plan to discuss the grain deal option with Doha’s participation.

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Renowned astrophysicist, author, and TV host Neil deGrasse Tyson recently acknowledged that the US government lacks the ability to effectively conceal the existence of extraterrestrial life.

Tyson's remarks were prompted by a question from a US tabloid reporter at Los Angeles International Airport. When asked whether the government should be more transparent about extraterrestrials, Tyson humorously responded, "Do you think the government is that competent, that they can actually keep such a secret? Oh, my gosh, when did you get that much confidence in the US government?"

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🇨🇳 China’s support for its equities market and the Federal Reserve’s intent to raise interest rates again have added to Asian stocks being on the rise, with the US dollar weakening against most Group-of-10 currencies, an American news agency has reported.

The benchmark CSI 300 Index, listed on the Shanghai Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, was “on course for the biggest gains in more than a month,” while the Shanghai Composite Index “looked poised to rise the most since November,” according to the report.

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🌍 Experts advise BRICS against reinforcing an anti-US and anti-West axis to prevent more antagonistic and challenging times which would split up the world again.

"Believing that the Cold War days are not something we want to go back to, any effort that might potentially lead to the world to be split up again should be cautioned [against]," Nelson Wong, the president of the Shanghai Centre for RimPac Strategic and International Studies, told Sputnik.

Pankaj Jha from India's Jindal Global University echoes the need for collaboration and warns against one-country domination, advocating for BRICS as an inclusive platform for global agendas.

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Rafael Advanced Defense Systems chairman Yuval Steinitz revealed on Sunday that Israel will have partial laser defenses this time next year.

"One year from now – Israel will be the first country to have partial laser protection. In two years there may be complete protection – against missiles, shells, rockets, or anything else. This will protect us both in the South and in the North," said Steinitz.

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A Ukrainian attempt to carry out a terrorist attack within Russia using two fixed-wing UAVs has been thwarted this morning

The unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down by active air defense systems in Russian airspace over Tula Region.

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📹 Destruction of the military echelon of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR

▪️ A reconnaissance unit of the Russian armed forces revealed the arrival of a military echelon with artillery ammunition at an unloading station.

▪️ The coordinates of the target were promptly transferred to the crew of the ground-based missile system, which delivered a high-precision strike.

▪️ As a result of the defeat of the military echelon of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, freight cars loaded with artillery ammunition, about 30 servicemen and up to 10 pieces of equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.

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🇰🇵 North Korea’s navy would become an integral part of the country's nuclear deterrence forces, Kim Jong Un said

Units of various services will be equipped with new weapons in accordance with the policy of expanding operations with tactical nuclear weapons, the report said, citing the North Korean leader, who paid a visit to the command of the navy and delivered a congratulatory speech on the occasion of the Navy Day.

Kim Jong Un noted that the waters of the Korean Peninsula, due to the actions of the United States and its allies, became the most unstable waters with the danger of nuclear war, Pyongyang-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.

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Artillery never sleeps

📹 Russia’s Grad MLRS crews have been taking out enemy positions in the zone of the special military op near Kupyansk since early morning

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💬 "We cannot maintain Japan's security with our current capabilities"

🇯🇵 The Japanese Self-Defense Forces cannot ensure the country's security in the face of regional and global challenges, Chief of Staff of the Japanese Joint Staff Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida said

He noted that in order to boost the country’s armed forces, the Japanese government approved three defense documents, confirming its plans to increase military spending to 2% of GDP by 2027, among other things.

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📹 Artillerymen of the Russian special forces detachment "Viking" eliminated Armed Forces of Ukraine troops who were trying to counterattack in the zone of the special military op near Artemovsk (Bakhmut)

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