Weekend Briefing (26-30 September)

Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue, we cover a multitude of topics including the North Korean missile launches, Ukraine downgrading its diplomatic relations with Iran over drone deliveries to Russia, SAAB Carl Gustav production in India, and much more. You can check out the complete list of articles down below.

Philippine Navy Drone Squadron Deploys For The First Time

Japan Will Stop Accepting Military Students from Myanmar

USAF Greenlights KC-46 Tanker Aircraft For All Operations

Agreement Allowing Qatari Military Aircraft To Be Stationed in Turkey Goes Into Effect

North Korea Launches Missile Into the Sea of Japan as Kamala Harris Visits Tokyo and Seoul

Indian Navy Looks To Lease DSRV Mothership, Two Diving Support Craft Launched

Philippine Army Deploys Brand New Self-Propelled Guns For The First Time To Mindanao

Israel Successfully Tests The ‘Gabriel V’ Anti-Ship Missile

DRDO Tests VSHORADS Missiles, System To Fulfill Indian Army Requirements

Ukraine Downgrades Ties With Iran In Response To Iran Supplying Drones to Russia

Iran Unveils A New Surface-to-Surface Ballistic Missile During Sacred Defense Week

Japan Accuses Russia of Blindfolding, Restraining and Forcibly Interrogating Top Diplomat

Saab To Manufacture Carl Gustaf M4 In India By 2024

Poland Planning to Add 20,000 New Soldiers in 2023

DEARSAN Begins Construction Of Offshore Patrol Vessels For The Nigerian Navy

US Fighter Shoots Down Iranian Drone Over Iraq

Armenia Signs Contract With India To Procure Pinaka MLRS And Ammunition

Indonesia Reiterates Commitment To KF-21 Fighter Amidst Progress With Testing

US Activates New Multi Domain Task Force in the Pacific

Nigerian Police Force Receive Unknown Number of SONGAR Armed Drone Systems From Turkey

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