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25.10.2024 16:41 The following statement can be attributed to Ms. Madeline Mortelmans who is currently performing the duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Capabilities. Her office is lead for both pillars of AUKUS within the department and is in close partnership with all of the DOD stakeholders.

25.10.2024 16:41 In a significant development for maritime security, the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom have completed successful tests of several autonomous and networked systems during a three-week maritime experimentation called Autonomous Warrior 24 in Australia.

25.10.2024 16:41 This month Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. — all members of the AUKUS trilateral partnership — participated in "Maritime Big Play," a series of integrated experiments and exercises held in the Indo-Pacific region, meant to enhance capability development and improve interoperability between the partners.

25.10.2024 16:41 "Syrians need today the urgent protection provided by de-escalation and the support needed to face crises upon crisis," the UN's senior mediator told the Security Council today, underscoring the need for a restoration of the country's sovereignty and a resumption of the long-stalled UN-facilitated political process, amid a spiralling of regional tensions and conflicts.

25.10.2024 16:41 Vladimir Putin had a meeting with Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed.

25.10.2024 16:41 A detachment of the Pacific Fleet's ships comprising the corvettes Gromky, Rezky, Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov and the medium sea tanker Pechenga left the port of Thilawa for the Andaman Sea.

25.10.2024 16:41 U.S. Army Col. Jason Baker, the NATO-led Kosovo Force Regional Command East commander, relinquished command to U.S. Army Col. Peter Helzer during a transfer of authority ceremony Oct. 22.

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25.10.2024 16:41 As Namibia prepares to hold a general election next month, the country's main opposition party has objected to the South African company hired to print the ballots.

25.10.2024 16:41 More than 300 Marines and Sailors with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked aboard USS Harpers Ferry , returned home to San Diego, Oct. 16, 2024, after completing a seven-month deployment in the U.S. 7th and 3rd Fleet areas of operation.

24.10.2024 15:30 The Group of Seven leading industrialized nations are moving ahead with a $50 billion loan package for Ukraine, and the U.S. contribution of $20 billion will be split between economic and military support, a White House official said on October 23.

24.10.2024 15:30 Russia on October 23 launched another series of intense drone and missile strikes on Ukraine, even as Britain announced that it had completed the training of 200 Ukrainian pilots who will fly F-16 fighter jets provided by Kyiv's Western allies in order to beef up the protection of the embattled country's skies.

24.10.2024 15:30 Russia will pay North Korean troops about US$2,000 per month each, South Korea's spy agency said on Wednesday, as the United States announced there was evidence that the troops were in Russia.

24.10.2024 15:30 The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Poland of F-16 Viper Midlife Upgrade and related elements of logistics and program support for an estimated cost of $7.30 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.

24.10.2024 15:30 The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has confirmed the martyrdom of the head of its Executive Council, Sayyed Hashem Safieddine.