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23 October

Germany Plans Israeli Rocket Artillery to Replace MARS MLRS Sent to Ukraine

The German military is planning to replace its five MARS II Multiple Launch Rocket Systems sent to Ukraine with the Israeli Precise and Universal Launching System.

23 October

Inder Singh Bisht

Pentagon to Restock Arms Depots for Israel Initially Meant for Ukraine

The Pentagon has agreed to an Israeli request to restock its arms depots in Israel as the country gears up for a ground invasion in Gaza.

23 October

Members of the Warehouses Service Agency operate a forklift to deliver a generator to its holding area at the Central Region Storage Facility in Sanem, Luxembourg, Oct. 12, 2021. During Afghanistan evacuation operations, the CRSF and Warehouses Services Agency volunteered to go into 24/7 operations for the first time in 10 years to support Operation Allies Welcome. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Slater)

Rojoef Manuel

US, Luxembourg Break Ground on Military Depot Extension

The US and Luxembourg have conducted a ground-breaking ceremony to expand the Warehouses Service Agency complex in Sanem.

23 October

Rojoef Manuel

British Army to Facilitate National Infrastructure Defense Training for Ukraine

The British Army has introduced a training program to aid Ukraine in protecting its critical national infrastructure this winter from Russia.

23 October

China's aircraft carrier the Liaoning sails with other ships

Joe Saballa

US Identifies Six Scenarios That Could Prompt China to Invade Taiwan

The US Department of Defense has outlined six scenarios that could prompt China to take large-scale military action against Taiwan.

23 October

Test participants from the Reconnaissance (RECCE) Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, launch a Small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) to conduct remote detection of biological warfare agents, while conducting stand-off scanning with the Sensor Suite Upgrade (SSU) on an M1135 variant Stryker — the Army’s high-speed, high-mobility, armored carrier. (U.S. Army photo by Tad Browning)

Rojoef Manuel

US Army Trials New CBRN Sensor on M1135 Stryker Recon Vehicle

The US Army has tested a new Sensor Suite Upgrade on the M1135 Stryker Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle in Washington.

23 October

Staff Writer With AFP

Israel Says Hamas War Could Last Months, Vows It Would Be ‘Last’

Israel's defense minister said the war against Hamas could take "months" but insisted it would be the last against the Gaza militant group.

20 October

Aerial view of SM-1 nuclear reactor and plant circa the 1960s. SM-1 was the first nuclear power plant to successfully provide power to the commercial grid when it came online in April 1957. While SM-1’s reactor was initially deactivated in 1973, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the process of planning for the reactor’s decommissioning and dismantlement of the facility.

Rojoef Manuel

Amentum, Aptim to Decommission US Army Nuclear Facility in Alaska

The US Army has awarded Amentum and Aptim a contract to decommission and dismantle the SM-1A Reactor Facility in Fort Greely, Alaska.

20 October

Israeli troops patrol at an undisclosed location along the border with the Gaza Strip

Staff Writer With AFP

Israel Rallies Troops for Invasion

Trucks stuffed with aid for Gaza should be rolling "in the next day or so," the UN said, with Palestinians desperate for supplies after relentless bombing from Israel.

20 October