2023 • Page 85 of 419 • The Defense Post

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19 October

Europe

Inder Singh Bisht

Sweden Commissions $316M Leopard Tank Upgrades

Sweden has contracted Krauss-Maffei Wegmann to upgrade 44 Leopard 2 tanks of the Swedish Armed Forces.

19 October

Air

Staff Writer With AFP

Israel Strikes Syrian Govt Position in South: NGO

The Israeli government struck a Syrian military position in the war-torn country's south, a war monitoring NGO said.

19 October

Asia Pacific

Ship-board firing test of Japan's railgun

Joe Saballa

Japan Test-Fires Shipboard Railgun Counter-Hypersonic Weapon for First Time

Japan has successfully conducted the first-ever shipboard firing trial of its developmental railgun counter-hypersonic weapon.

19 October

Africa

A military truck of the Nigerien security forces, part of an escort to a French Army military convoy crosses the Lazaret district in Niamey

Staff Writer With AFP

First French Convoy Withdrawing From Niger Arrives in Chad: Military

The first French road convoy containing troops withdrawing from Niger following the overthrow of its president has arrived in Chad.

19 October

Air

Prototype designs for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft

Rojoef Manuel

US Army Accepts Engines of Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft

The US Army has accepted the first T901-GE-900 flight test engines that will power the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft.

19 October

Cyber

Rojoef Manuel

More Than 20,000 Brits Approached Online by Chinese Spies: MI5

The UK’s MI5 has revealed in a Five Eyes meeting the discovery of cyberattacks from alleged Chinese spies on over 20,000 British citizens.

19 October

Air

Rojoef Manuel

Thales to Supply Pilot Helmets for Polish FA-50 Fighting Jets

Korea Aerospace Industries has awarded Thales a contract to provide pilot helmets for the Poland's future FA-50 Fighting Eagle combat jets.

19 October

Africa

The French Navy amphibious assault ship FS Mistral

Staff Writer With AFP

French Navy Carrier Patrols Gulf of Guinea

France deployed a warship to the Gulf of Guinea to help curb piracy and drug trafficking, but the timing amid tensions over a coup in Niger has sparked speculation.

19 October

Air

US soldiers stand at the Qayyarah Air Base, where US-led troops in 2017 helped Iraqis plan out the fight against the Islamic State in nearby Mosul

Staff Writer With AFP

US Shoots Down Drones in Iraq, Allied Forces Wounded

US forces shot down two drones and damaged a third in Iraq over the past 24 hours, with allied troops suffering "minor injuries" in one incident, CENTCOM said.

19 October

War