Military & Defense
Venezuela’s army reportedly strikes an ELN camp near the Colombian border, killing at least 19
At least 19 people were reportedly killed in a Venezuelan army attack on an ELN camp in Apure state. A…
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Drones
Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital offers Neros a $450 million conditional loan to build Archer drones in the US
The Office of Strategic Capital announced a conditional loan commitment of up to $450 million to Neros, maker of the…
Asia-Pacific
Taiwan holds live-fire drill on Kinmen, while Pratas faces “pressure without invasion”
Taiwanese forces held a live-fire exercise on Kinmen before dawn on November 3, with simulated threats from sea and air.…
Asia-Pacific
South Korea launches the submarine Seo Hui, the second 3,600-tonne Jangbogo-III Batch-II boat
South Korea’s Navy launched the submarine Seo Hui (SS-088) at Hanwha Ocean’s Okpo shipyard on November 3. It combines AIP…
Europe
US to ask NATO allies for more money for PURL, with a gap of about $2 billion in approved weapons packages
Washington is preparing to ask NATO allies for fresh funding for PURL, the mechanism through which Europeans and others pay…
Drones
Latvia: second drone alert in two days, in the Balvi and Ludza municipalities near the Russian border
Latvia sounded a drone alert for the second time in two days, in the eastern municipalities of Balvi and Ludza,…
Europe
Poland deploys counter-terrorism units on the Kaliningrad border after sabotage warnings
Poland has sent extra police and counter-terrorism units to the border zone with Kaliningrad after warnings of possible sabotage in…
Europe
Coalition of the Willing: first major exercise in Poland, Koalicja, with 2,800 troops from 11 countries
Britain and France announced that the exercise Koalicja will take place in Poland from November 9 to 22, the first…
Military & Defense
Kharkiv: strike on a medical facility hours after Zelensky’s warning of a new mass attack, 62 injured and patients evacuated
A combined Russian ballistic-missile and guided-bomb attack hit Kharkiv before dawn on November 3, striking a medical facility. The injured…
Military & Defense
Komyshuvakha: double strike with FAB-3000 bombs on a humanitarian aid centre, at least 31 dead and almost 50 missing
Two successive Russian guided-bomb strikes on a former school and its shelter in Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region, killed at least 31…
Land Forces
Russia and Azerbaijan: new military-technical programme and Pantsir-S1 sales push after Aliyev’s absence from Ankara
Russia and Azerbaijan have signed a programme to build and modernise repair facilities for Azerbaijan’s armoured vehicles, while Moscow also…
Greece
Greek Chief of Defence General Houpis in Saudi Arabia: two-day visit to Riyadh and Yanbu, home of the Greek Patriot battery
Greek Chief of the Defence General Staff Dimitrios Houpis completed a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, meeting his counterpart in…