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INSIDERThe Navy SEAL unit that killed Osama bin Laden is busy preparing for a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan, report says
Navy SEAL Team 6 has been planning and training for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan for the past year, the Financial Times said.
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Ukraine says it shot down a $50M Su-30 Russian fighter jet, sending it crashing into the Black Sea
The Russian Su-30 disappeared from radar around 5am on Wednesday, after being shot down by a Ukrainian antiaircraft missile, per reports.
- The Hill
US tanks weren’t ready for Russian attacks. Ukraine has a fix
The American-made M1 Abrams is considered one of the world’s premier tanks, yet has still proven vulnerable to Russian drones and explosives on the battlefield in Ukraine, which had sidelined the armored behemoth. But Ukraine has now improved the Abrams, better protecting it through a relatively simple method: steel cages wrapped around the frame. Ukrainian…
- CNN
Russia will be ‘at war’ with NATO if Ukraine long-range missile restrictions lifted, Putin warns
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that NATO allowing Ukraine to use longer-range missiles to strike inside his country would be seen by Moscow as the bloc’s direct entry into the war.
- Reuters
Taiwan hopes delayed F-16s start arriving by end of this year
Taiwan's defence ministry said on Friday it was aiming for delivery of the first new F-16V fighter jets by the end of this year, blaming "acute fluctuations" in the international situation for delays in the island receiving them. The United States in 2019 approved an $8 billion sale of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan, a deal that would take the island's F-16 fleet to more than 200 jets, the largest in Asia, to strengthen its defences in the face of a stepped up threat from China, which views Taiwan as its own. Taiwan has been converting 141 F-16A/B jets into the F-16V type and has ordered 66 new F-16Vs, which have advanced avionics, weapons and radar systems to better face down the Chinese air force, including its J-20 stealth fighter.
- AFP News
Japan scrambles jets as Russia aircraft circle country
Japan scrambled fighter jets after Russian aircraft flew around the archipelago for the first time in five years, Tokyo said Friday.Japan also scrambled fighter jets in late August when a Chinese military aircraft "violated" its airspace, according to the defence ministry.
- The Telegraph
US Navy Seal unit that killed Osama bin Laden training to help Taiwan in case of China invasion
The United States’ elite Seal Team 6 has reportedly been training for missions to assist Taiwan if it is invaded by China.
- AFP News
China defence minister calls for 'negotiation' to end Ukraine, Gaza wars
Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun said Friday that "negotiation" was the only solution to conflicts such as the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, as he addressed a global gathering of military officials in Beijing.Dong told the opening ceremony: "To resolve hotspot issues such as the crisis in Ukraine and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, promoting peace and negotiation is the only way out."
- Euronews
Starmer says Putin started Ukraine war and can 'end this conflict straight away'
Starmer's comments come a day after it emerged that the US and UK had made the decision to allow Ukraine to use partly British-made Storm Shadow missiles to strike targets deeper inside Russia.
- INSIDER
Russia and China's anti-US alliance is growing even more threatening
China and Russia have long railed against what they claim is the malign influence of US power. Now they're sending a clear signal to the West.
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Newly released photos capture British commandos and American forces hunting down a narco-sub carrying $209 million of cocaine in the Caribbean
Newly released photos show the UK and US forces intercepting the narco-sub, a low-profile vessel used for smuggling drugs, in the Caribbean.
- CNN
Israeli intelligence commander to resign after being accused of failing to prevent October 7
He was the commander of Israel’s elite 8200 intelligence unit, which critics say played a pivotal role in failing to prevent the October 7 attacks.
- Associated Press
Nearly $6 billion in funding for Ukraine will expire if Congress doesn't act by the end of the month
Nearly $6 billion in U.S. funding for aid to Ukraine will expire at the end of the month unless Congress acts to extend the Pentagon's authority to send weapons from its stockpile to Kyiv, according to U.S. officials. U.S. officials said the Biden administration has asked Congress to include the funding authority in any continuing resolution lawmakers may manage to pass before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30 in order to fund the federal government and prevent a shutdown.
- Reuters
North Korea shows first photos of banned uranium enrichment site
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea for the first time showed images on Friday of the centrifuges that produce fuel for its nuclear bombs, as leader Kim Jong Un visited a uranium enrichment facility and called for more weapons-grade material to boost the arsenal. The state media report on Kim's visit to the Nuclear Weapons Institute and a production base for weapon-grade nuclear materials was accompanied by the first photos of the centrifuges, providing a rare look inside North Korea's nuclear programme, which is banned under multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions.
- The Telegraph
British forces shadowed Russian warships and planes in past week
Britain’s Armed Forces have shadowed Russian warships and planes in the past week, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has revealed.
- The Guardian
Myanmar journalists facing ‘terror campaign’ in deadliest year for media since coup
In 2024 four journalists have been killed, with others jailed, as they report on human rights abuses by the military junta
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Photo hints a big US Air Force Reaper drone competition was focused on one of China's fake islands in the South China Sea
A photo from the recent exercise reveals a map of Mischief Reef, an artificial island that China has militarized.
- Associated Press
Australia strips medals from military commanders over Afghanistan war crime allegations
Several serving and former Australian military commanders have been stripped of medals over allegations of war crimes committed during the Afghanistan war, Defense Minister Richard Marles said Thursday. Holding commanders to account for alleged misconduct of Australian special forces between 2005 and 2016 was recommended by Maj. Gen. Paul Brereton in his war crime investigation.
- The Telegraph
Biden resists calls to let Ukraine fire US missiles in Russia despite Storm Shadows plan
Joe Biden is resisting pressure to allow American long-range missiles to be used inside Russian territory, despite plans to let Ukraine fire Britain’s Storm Shadows.
- The Guardian
Friday briefing: Why Biden and Starmer are preparing to let Ukraine use western missiles deep inside Russia
In today’s newsletter: A green light for the use of the Storm Shadow missile has been billed as a defining moment in the war – and Vladimir Putin has threatened that its use “would mean that Nato countries … are at war with Russia”. Is it a risk worth taking?