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Oct- 2026 -

12 October

Taiwan Military Police to Defend Capital in Wartime Overhaul

Taiwan is increasing its Military Police Command from 5,600 to 11,000 troops, shifting its core mission from traditional policing to combat operations designed to protect the Greater Taipei Area against Chinese “decapitation strikes.”

9 October

Troops march on parade during an oath-of-allegiance ceremony, presided over by army chief Gen Narongpan Jitkaewthae, to mark Royal Thai Armed Forces Day on 18 January 2023 at the armys Cavalry Centre in Saraburi. Some 2,846 soldiers took part in the parade.

Rojoef Manuel

Thailand OKs Emergency Military Funding Amid Raised Border Vigilance

Thailand has approved $104.4 million in emergency defense funding to replenish military equipment, repair combat-damaged gear, and reinforce defenses along the Cambodian border.

9 October

Men sit and lie outside tents and shelters pitched at the Hasahisa secondary school on July 10, 2023, which has been made into a make-shift camp to house the internally displaced fleeing violence in war-torn Sudan

Giulia Bernacchi

UN Renews Darfur Arms Embargo as Sudan-Wide Expansion Stalls

The UN Security Council extended sanctions on Sudan’s Darfur region for two months after Russia and China opposed a nationwide arms embargo.

7 October

Soldiers, formation, parade, military parade of the Russian Army on Red Square in Moscow on May 9, 2025. Military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Russia's parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany. Photo: The Kremlin Moscow via (Photo by The Kremlin Moscow / The Kremlin Moscow / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP)

Rojoef Manuel

Russia Practiced Central Asian Incursion in Multinational War Games

Russia has rehearsed a cross-border counter-offensive and the launch of a foothold inside neighboring Central Asian territory during its quadrennial Center 2026 military exercise.

6 October

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Ukraine’s Historic ‘Spiderweb’ Drone Operation Added to Combat Simulator

Ukraine’s widely known “Spiderweb” drone operation has been added as a mission to the country’s combat simulator.

2 October

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Ukraine Confirms Total Destruction of Russian Drone Depot in Overnight Attack

The Armed Forces of Ukraine targeted several Russian military facilities in overnight operations on September 30, including sites supporting unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations.

Sep- 2026 -

28 September

Dive-LD unmanned underwater vehicle. Photo: Anduril Industries

Rojoef Manuel

Iran to Reverse-Engineer Seized US Drone Submarine

The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps plans to reverse-engineer a captured American unmanned underwater vehicle recovered near the Strait of Hormuz.

28 September

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Ukrainian Drones Airdrop 4 Tonnes of Aid Into Russian-Occupied Oleshky

Ukrainian forces have deployed drones to airdrop 4 tonnes (8,818 pounds) of food and other supplies across more than 100 locations in Russian-occupied Oleshky.

22 September

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Ukraine Pounds Moscow With ‘Largest’ Drone Barrage of the War

Ukraine has carried out its largest reported drone attack on Moscow and surrounding areas as Russia wrapped up its parliamentary elections.

18 September

Ten Ai-Petri electronic warfare systems prepared for delivery to Ukraine’s Armed Forces. Photo: Petro Poroshenko/Facebook

Samantha Alexa

Ukraine Gets 10 More Ai-Petri Systems to Counter Drones

Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has handed over 10 additional Ai-Petri electronic warfare systems to Ukraine’s Armed Forces for countering enemy drones.

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