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INSIDERThe US Navy figured out how to reload its missile ships at sea, preparing for possible conflict with China
The system allows warships to be reloaded at sea, which is crucial to any future conflict in the Pacific, US Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said.
- CNN
Army general who oversaw Afghanistan withdrawal promoted to four-star officer after GOP senator drops hold
An Army general who oversaw the US withdrawal from Afghanistan was promoted to a four-star officer after a Republican senator dropped a hold on his nomination, according to a Senate aide.
- CNN
‘Unlimited’ enemy troops, no sleep: Ukrainian soldiers fight to hold on to Russia’s Kursk region
“I have this impression that (the Russians) have unlimited people,” said Oleksandr, a Ukrainian unit commander. “The next Russians, it seems, do not know what happened to the previous Russians. They go there, into the unknown. No one tells them anything about it, and no one comes back.”
- The Telegraph
Russian troops fighting behind established Ukrainian defences, MoD warns
Russian forces are attacking “behind established Ukrainian defences”, the UK Ministry of Defence has said.
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Putin makes it official: Russia is all in on defense spending
A top Russian banker said last week that he expects Russia's economic growth to slow next year.
- The Telegraph
Why South Korea declared martial law and what happens next
Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s president, declared martial law on Tuesday, vowing to eliminate “anti-state forces” that he said threatened to “ruin” the nation.
- Sky News
South Korea president to lift martial law order after parliament voted to block it
Yoon Suk Yeol's decision comes after parliament voted to block the order, with the speaker of the National Assembly, Woo Won Shik, declaring it "invalid" and saying politicians would "protect democracy with the people". The president, who appears likely to be impeached over his actions, had said in a TV address on Tuesday night he was putting the military in temporary charge to defend the constitutional order and "eradicate the despicable pro-North Korean anti-state forces".
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Philippine president says Russian submarine 'worrisome'
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on Monday described as "very worrisome" the presence of a Russian attack submarine off the country's coast in the disputed South China Sea.Roy Vincent Trinidad, spokesman for the navy in the South China Sea, said the incident is "not alarming".
- Reuters
Germany's Scholz pledges new military aid to Ukraine during rare Kyiv trip
KYIV (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced new military aid for Ukraine during a rare visit on Monday that he said sent a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin that Berlin would stand by Kyiv for as long as needed in the war. The visit, his first to Kyiv since the early months of Russia's 2022 invasion, comes ahead of Donald Trump's return to the White House and weeks after Scholz's governing coalition in Berlin collapsed, threatening his future as chancellor. The political upheaval in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, adds to a growing sense of uncertainty in Ukraine, with Russian troops advancing ever faster in the east.
- Reuters
Hamas says 33 hostages killed in course of war in Gaza
Hamas said on Monday that 33 hostages in Gaza had been killed during the almost 14-month-old war between the Palestinian militant group and Israel in the enclave, without giving their nationalities. Hamas added that other hostages had gone missing. Hamas shortly afterward published a video it said detailed when and how the hostages had been killed, blaming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for their fate.
- The Hill
Democrats press Biden to limit Trump’s ability to use military domestically
Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) sent a letter to President Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin this week calling for a policy directive that would prevent the misuse of armed forces in the country after raising concerns about President-elect Trump’s vague threats to potentially use the military on domestic enemies. The…
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Japan dispatches a plane and navy ship after spotting a Russian submarine
Japan’s military said it dispatched a surveillance plane and a navy ship Tuesday after spotting a Russian submarine off the coast of a southwestern island near Taiwan. The Russian Kilo-class submarine was sighted just 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Yonaguni Island, Japan’s westernmost territory just east of Taiwan, the Japanese Joint Staff said in a statement. The submarine, accompanied by a Russian naval ship, was moving northeast between Yonaguni and the nearby island of Iriomote.
- BBC
Why these Israeli men volunteered to fight - but now refuse to return to Gaza
Why men who reported for duty after October 7 are now refusing to fight
- The Telegraph
Russia fires hypersonic missile in Mediterranean Sea
Russian forces test fired an advanced nuclear-capable hypersonic cruise missile during navy and air force drills in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday.
- The Independent
Fresh tensions as Russian attack submarine shadowed in waters off Philippines
Manila has downplayed presence of the Russian submarine in international waters
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Former defense minister accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing in northern Gaza
A highly decorated former Israeli defense minister has caused a firestorm by accusing Israel of carrying out ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in northern Gaza.
- The Telegraph
US Navy will get re-arm at sea capability to give it edge in China conflict
The US Navy is trialling a new system for reloading warships at sea because of the increasing threat posed by China.
- The Telegraph
MoD to ‘wargame’ how military will maintain weapon supplies during war
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to war game how the military will maintain weapon supplies during a conflict.
- Associated Press
Philippine navy shadows Russian submarine in the South China Sea
The Philippine military deployed a navy ship and air force planes to shadow a Russian submarine, which passed through the South China Sea off the country’s western coast last week, a security official said Monday. The Russian submarine identified itself in response to a Philippine navy two-way radio inquiry, saying it was en route home to Russia’s eastern city of Vladivostok after joining an exercise with the Malaysian navy, Jonathan Malaya, assistant director-general of the National Security Council, said. The submarine, like other foreign ships, has the right of “innocent passage” in the country’s exclusive economic zone but it still sparked concern when it was spotted on Thursday about 80 nautical miles (148 kilometers) off the Philippine province of Mindoro, Malaya said.
- Associated Press
Middle East latest: Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital wound 3, Netanyahu vows 'iron fist' in Lebanon
Israeli drone strikes hit Kamal Adwan Hospital on Tuesday, wounding three medical staff at one of the few hospitals still partially operating in the northernmost part of Gaza, the facility’s director said. Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya said the drones were dropping bombs, spraying shrapnel at the hospital. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.