South Korea says North Korea has launched a ballistic missile toward the North’s eastern waters
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has launched a ballistic missile toward the North’s eastern waters.
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The TelegraphRussian air strike ‘destroys five Ukrainian fighter jets’ at airbase
A Russian missile attack destroyed five warplanes at a Ukrainian airbase primed to receive F-16 fighter jets from Kyiv’s Nato allies.
- The Telegraph
Someone is standing up to Beijing’s ‘Nine Dash Line’ South China Sea land-grab
Scarborough Shoal is a ring of rocks and reefs 29 miles around that lies within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea west of Luzon, the Philippines’ biggest island. Unfortunately for the Philippines, the Shoal also lies within the so-called “Nine Dash Line” under which China attempts to claim that it owns more or less the entire South China Sea – in defiance of international law and international court judgement.
- INSIDER
Houthi bomb boats, including some not seen before, are threatening Red Sea ships while the US Navy's aircraft carriers are away
Houthi drone boat attacks and threatening behavior have been on the rise, continuing after a US carrier departed.
- INSIDER
Estonia says it could hold out against a Russian attack 'for a couple of weeks' before NATO arrives
Estonia has ramped up its defense spending and believes it could hold out for a couple of weeks before reinforcements came, if Russia attacked.
- INSIDER
Ukraine says it destroyed almost 60 Russian air defense systems in June, the second-highest number of monthly kills since the war began
War experts have suggested that Ukraine may be degrading Russian air defenses, possibly with the coming F-16s in mind.
- The Telegraph
Watch: Ukrainian forces take back Snake Island from Russian troops
Ukraine has released previously unseen footage from its mission to liberate Snake Island from Russia as the country marks the two-year anniversary of the counter-attack.
- Reuters
Russia says it destroys five Ukrainian SU-27 jet fighters at airfield
Russia said on Tuesday it had destroyed five Ukrainian SU-27 fighter jets with Iskander-M missiles and damaged two more at the Myrhorod airfield in Ukraine's central Poltava region. Ukraine said there had been a strike at the airfield but that Russia was exaggerating the damage caused. Ukraine did not detail exactly what had been damaged.
- CNN
How ready is China’s military? Dramatic downfall of two defense ministers raises questions
The downfall of two defense ministers over corruption allegations raises tough questions about the country’s combat readiness at a time of heightened tensions.
- INSIDER
Russian glide bombs' faulty guidance systems may have led to dozens being dropped on its own territory, military analysts say
Some of Russia's devastating glide bombs are falling on its own territory. One analyst said this was probably because of cheap guidance systems.
- The Telegraph
Ultra-orthodox Jews sprayed with ‘skunk water’ at military service protest
Jewish protesters campaigning against military service outside the Israeli supreme court have been washed out by security forces who sprayed the group with a crowd-control substance.
- CNN
‘We will not enlist:’ Ultra-Orthodox in Israel vow to defy orders to serve in the military
The protest highlighted the fault line in Israeli society between ultra-Orthodox Jews and other Israelis, many of whom believe that all Jewish citizens should serve in the military, especially during wartime.
- The Guardian
Israel risking disastrous war against Hezbollah for political reasons, says former US official
Harrison Mann, military expert who quit over Gaza, says ruinous war in Lebanon would pull US into regional conflict
- The Telegraph
Russian attack submarines carried out secret operations in Irish Sea
Russian submarines twice conducted unprecedented missions in the Irish Sea after Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, it has emerged.
- The Telegraph
Russian submariners can rest easier now my father is gone. They seldom even knew he was there
A cutting edge Russian nuclear powered submarine sails in the darkness from the Kola Peninsula in the Arctic on a classified mission into the Atlantic.
- Time
The Coming Russian Escalation With the West
Vladimir Putin has proved quite reluctant to strike directly at the West over its support of Ukraine. But that may not change.
- INSIDER
UK army is unprepared for war and would run out of ammo quickly, former defense official says
The UK military is ill-prepared for war and would run out of ammo in "any larger-scale operation," a former defense official told the Financial Times.
- The Telegraph
Israel to test Hamas-free ‘bubbles’ in Gaza
Israel will create Hamas-free “bubbles” in Gaza as part of a pilot scheme for how the territory could be ruled after the terror group is defeated.
- France 24
North Korea fires two short-range ballistic missiles, one launch fails
North Korea's launch of two ballistic missiles on Monday further escalated tensions with South Korea. The launch comes a day after Pyongyang denounced joint military exercises by South Korea, Japan and the United States. North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles but one launch failed, South Korea's military said Monday, a day after Pyongyang warned of "fatal consequences" following major joint exercises in the South.South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the military had detected tw
- The Telegraph
Eight ways to make the British Army more lethal
The new head of the British Army, General Sir Roly Walker, has declared in an opening salvo to whichever party wins next week’s election that he wants to double the military’s lethality.
- BBC
More wounded Palestinians tell BBC the Israeli army forced them on to jeep
Two more Palestinian men tell the BBC they were shot and forced on to the bonnet of an Israeli jeep.