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Taiwan’s leader urges calm in the face of military threats from Beijing

The Wall Street Journal

Five months ago, China greeted the inauguration of Taiwan President Lai Ching-te with combat exercises around the island and the threat of more exercises. When Lai gave a major speech on Oct. 10, Beijing and Washington listened to how forcefully he would address Taiwan’s relationship with China, which claims the self-ruled island. Lai reiterated his stance on Taiwan’s sovereignty and said Beijing has no right to represent it, but his comments aimed at China were also a call for calm.

NATO will launch an annual nuclear exercise as Russia threatens Ukraine’s Western backers

The Associated Press

NATO will hold a long-planned major nuclear exercise next week, the alliance’s chief said on October 10, just weeks after President Vladimir Putin announced changes to Russia’s nuclear doctrine to deter Ukraine’s Western allies from attacking his country to support.

According to sources, North Koreans are stationed in Ukraine alongside Russian troops

The Guardian

North Korean military engineers have been sent to help Russia attack Ukraine with ballistic missiles, and fighters operating in occupied areas of the country have already been killed, senior officials in Kiev and Seoul said.

22 dead in deadliest attack in central Beirut since war began

The Washington Post

Israeli attacks hit central Beirut on October 10. According to local health authorities, 22 people were killed and 117 injured. This was the deadliest attack on the city since October 8, 2023, when Hezbollah launched its first rocket attacks on northern Israel.

Electronic Warfare: The Invisible Battlespace

Aerospace Force Magazine

Although electronic warfare is not visible to the naked eye, its importance to modern combat is clear. Learn more about how the Department of the Air Force is improving its EW capabilities, from space to flight, in orbit and aboard fighter aircraft.

Preparatory courses and policy changes contributed significantly to the military’s recruiting success in 2024

Military.com

After years of negative recruiting news and headlines, all branches of the military managed to achieve victories and meet their recruiting goals this year, largely thanks to new programs and policies that allowed them to recruit recruits who would have been disqualified in previous years.

The US Space Force is using commercial satellites for disaster relief after Hurricane Helene

SpaceNews

The US Space Force’s Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tracking (TacSRT) program provides satellite imagery and data analysis to support emergency response operations in the southeastern United States following Hurricane Helene. TacSRT provided U.S. Northern Command with detailed analysis of road closures, conditions and bridge conditions along key routes between Knoxville, Tennessee, and Asheville, North Carolina, the service said Oct. 10.

DIA’s AI-powered Intel repository will be fully operational about a year late

Defense One

An AI-powered replacement for the intelligence database on foreign militaries is on its way to the Pentagon’s secret network, where it will help advance new security techniques and be fully operational about a year later than planned, officials said.

OPINION: To deter Iran, the US must rethink its military bases in the Middle East

Defense News

“Geography is fate, but when it comes to US bases in the Middle East, it doesn’t have to be that way. Our current base structure compromises our ability to deter Iran – the primary threat – by reducing our ability to fight effectively in a high-intensity scenario. We must overcome the tyranny of geography,” writes retired Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., former chief of U.S. Central Command.

Marines receive new Bolt Kamikaze drones from Anduril

DefenseScoop

Anduril plans to deliver its newly unveiled loitering munition, called Bolt-M, to the Marine Corps in the coming months for the Organic Precision Fires-Light (OPF-L) program.

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US military explores industry for “low-cost” missile defense technology

Aviation Week

The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is looking for more cost-effective ways to shoot down a variety of missile types with a kinetic interceptor. A market survey released by the MDA on October 10 is asking the industry to submit ideas for “low-cost interceptors.”

ARRW hypersonic missile program receives new funding despite signs of cancellation

The war zone

Lockheed Martin has received more than $13 million in additional funding for the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) hypersonic missile program. The deal could be part of an effort to curb the effort, but is also the latest in a series of developments that have raised questions about the current status.

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Air Force is testing autonomous mobility options, starting with old tankers

Interior defense

The Air Force Research Laboratory is beginning to plan a path to unmanned aerial refueling and transport aircraft, Lt. Col. Jonathan Gilbert, AFWERX Prime division chief, said last week, creating potential future options the service can use to quickly automate its fleet. “When you think about how to make better use of existing resources, including people, automating an aircraft will make sense,” Gilbert told Inside Defense.

Secret X-37B spaceplane tests “first” orbit-shifting maneuver of its kind

Break defense

The Space Force’s experimental X-37B spacecraft will soon begin a series of “novel maneuvers” to safely dispose of its service module carrying additional payloads, the service said Oct. 10 in a rare public statement about the mystery’s activities Space-known aircraft.

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VIDEO: Redneck Air Force helps people in rural Western North Carolina get much-needed supplies

WRAL

A group of volunteer helicopter pilots is helping to provide aid to some of North Carolina’s most remote storm victims.

Daily report | Aerospace Force Magazine

Taiwan’s leader urges calm in the face of military threats from Beijing

NATO will launch an annual nuclear exercise as Russia threatens Ukraine’s Western backers

According to sources, North Koreans are stationed in Ukraine alongside Russian troops

22 dead in deadliest attack in central Beirut since war began

Electronic Warfare: The Invisible Battlespace

Preparatory courses and policy changes contributed significantly to the military’s recruiting success in 2024

The US Space Force is using commercial satellites for disaster relief after Hurricane Helene

DIA’s AI-powered Intel repository will be fully operational about a year late

OPINION: To deter Iran, the US must rethink its military bases in the Middle East

Marines receive new Bolt Kamikaze drones from Anduril

US military explores industry for “low-cost” missile defense technology

ARRW hypersonic missile program receives new funding despite signs of cancellation

Air Force is testing autonomous mobility options, starting with old tankers

Secret X-37B spaceplane tests “first” orbit-shifting maneuver of its kind

VIDEO: Redneck Air Force helps people in rural Western North Carolina get much-needed supplies

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According to sources, North Koreans are stationed in Ukraine alongside Russian troops

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Marines receive new Bolt Kamikaze drones from Anduril

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