Weekend Briefing (18-22 October)
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important news. As October continues, this week we’ve covered a variety of interesting news stories including the USAF’s announcement that Alaska’s Eielson air force base to be the home of the first micro nuclear reactor, Russian suspension of mission to NATO, the Taliban’s delegation to Turkey, Japan launched a second Taigei-class attack submarine and much more! Check out these stories and more more below.
French Intelligence Vessel Transits The Taiwan Strait
Precision Strike Missile Exceeds “Maximum Threshold” In Record-Setting Flight
Russia And Serbia Conduct Joint “BARS-2021” And “Slavic Shield” Exercises
Saab Hosts Grand Opening Of Indiana T-7A Assembly Facility
Malabar 2021 Concludes; US, India Reaffirm Military Cooperation
Second Taigei-class Attack Submarine JS Hakugei Launched
French & Canadian Aircraft Arrive in Japan for DPRK Sanctions Enforcement
Japan’s Ruling Party Pledges Doubled Defense Budget Ahead Of Elections
Editorial: South Korea’s Noncommitment in the Sino-American Rivalry
Report: Taiwan Seeks Accelerated Delivery Of New-Build F-16Vs
Russia To Suspend Mission To NATO Following Spying Accusations
A Taliban Delegation Visits Turkey To Meet With Turkish Officials
New Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Report Assesses North Korean Capabilities
FPDA Marks Golden Jubilee With Flypast And Naval Vessel Display
Philippine Navy Completes Surface-To-Air Missile Training
Indian Mirage 2000 Crashes, Pilot Ejects Safely
Eielson Air Force Base To Host USAF’s First Micro Nuclear Reactor
The First Aksungur UAV Is Delivered To The Turkish Navy
Former German Soldiers Arrested For Attempting To Form Mercenary Company
Angola Plans To Buy UAVs and Armored Vehicles From Turkey
US Navy Announces Three Successful Hypersonic Flight Tests
US Base In Southern Syria Attacked By Drones, Artillery Fire
First of Six Evolved Cape Class Patrol Boats Launched by Austal
SECDEF Austin: Alliances Like NATO “Our Greatest Strengths” In Countering China
Former Air Force Chief Software Officer: I Never Said We Lost The AI War
Hypersonic Booster Stack Failure Scuttles US Missile Test
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