Asia-Pacific
US Navy commissions Seabee Training and Evaluation Unit 1 to certify Pacific construction forces
The new unit at Port Hueneme will train and validate Pacific Fleet Naval Construction Force commands before they deploy to…
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Ioannis M.
Ioannis is the founder and owner of NEMESIS HD, the independent Greek news outlet on defence and geopolitics that he started in 2014, and the publisher of Geopolitiki.com, its English-language edition. He writes about Greek and Cypriot defence, Greek-Turkish relations and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Land Forces
US Army activates 11th Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade (Arctic) in Alaska
The Army activated the 11th Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade (Arctic) at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on 16 October, with a new…
Greece
Turkey in uproar over Greece–Israel talks on LORA: Anadolu picks up our exclusive, Haber7 speaks of a “dirty plan”
Our exclusive on Greece–Israel talks to co-produce the LORA ballistic missile reached Turkish media. State agency Anadolu reported it and…
Asia-Pacific
South Korea: Two Hanwha laser weapons shot down all three target drones in an Army exercise – Cheongwang and a vehicle-mounted 30 kW laser
Two Hanwha Systems laser weapons, the fixed Cheongwang and a vehicle-mounted 30 kW-class laser, shot down all three target drones…
Middle East & North Africa
Iran: “If the US leaves the region, the Strait of Hormuz will open” – “If they don’t leave, we will drive them out”
Iranian Army spokesman Brig. Gen. Mohammad Akraminia said the Strait of Hormuz will open if US forces leave the region,…
Europe
Trump calls Ukraine’s refinery strikes a “disgrace”; Zelensky, in Brussels, answers: “Yesterday we had a thousand drones” – and asks the EU for €70 billion and 300 Patriot missiles
Trump said Ukraine’s renewed strikes on Russian refineries only raise oil prices and that Zelensky is harder to deal with…
Europe
Germany approves net-launcher counter-drone systems and new Patriot units to replace those sent to Ukraine
The Bundestag budget committee approved counter-drone net launchers, replacement Patriot fire units and repair containers, and new NH90 radios for…
Europe
UN monitors record 328 civilians killed in Ukraine in September, the highest for that month since the invasion
The UN human rights mission says 328 civilians were killed and 2,105 injured in September, 85% more than a year…
Africa
Sudan at the Security Council: UK urges tougher sanctions and a truce a year after El Fasher fell
At the Security Council on 16 October, the UK called for a stronger Sudan sanctions regime and a humanitarian truce,…
Drones
Merops: how the interceptor drone born in Ukraine became a US Army program of record in 142 days
The Merops counter-drone system became a US Army program of record in 142 days, against the 180 normally allowed, after…
Cyprus
Israel Allies Caucuses launched in the Greek and Cypriot parliaments, with a message to Ankara: “Turkey has no veto over our alliances”
The Israel Allies Foundation has set up caucuses of friends of Israel in the Hellenic Parliament and the Cypriot House…
Middle East & North Africa
Gaza ceasefire “exists in name only” along the Yellow Line, UN envoy Alakbarov tells the Security Council
After visiting Gaza on 11 and 12 October, the UN's Ramiz Alakbarov told the Security Council that the ceasefire is…