While in Malaysia - President Trump Oversees Peace Agreement Between Thailand & Cambodia; Next Stop Japan + Russia Tests Nuclear-Powered Skyfall Cruise Missile + Israel Allows Egyptian & Hamas Search Teams Access Beyond the Yellow Line + More
For review:1. While in Malaysia - President Trump Oversees Peace Agreement Between Thailand & Cambodia; Next Stop Japan.2. Israel Allows Egyptian & Hamas Search Teams Access Beyond the Yellow Line.3. Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy for investment and economic cooperation, said Friday that Russia, US, & Ukraine are “quite close” to reaching a diplomatic solution to end the war.4. Russia Tests Nuclear-Powered Skyfall (NATO) Cruise Missile. A video released by the Kremlin showed Russian President Putin receiving a report from Gen. Valery Gerasimov, Russia’s chief of general staff, who told the Russian leader that the Burevestnik Missile (NATO designation Skyfall) covered 14,000 kilometers (8,700 miles) in a key test Tuesday.5. The Chinese Communist Party has named a veteran (Zhang Shengmin) who has overseen anti-corruption efforts in the military to be the country's second highest ranking general, just days after nine generals were expelled in a major purge.6. On Friday, South Korea’s unification minister- Chung Dong-young- said he believed there was a “considerable” chance that President Trump will meet with N. Korean Leader Kim Jong Un, during his visit to the peninsula next week.7. Estonia inked a deal to purchase K239 Chunmoo rocket launchers, made by Hanwha Aerospace of South Korea, for its next tranche of launchers (press release). The release did not disclose how many Chunmoo systems Estonia will receive, nor how much the deal is worth.8. An F/A-18F Super Hornet and an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) crashed in the South China Sea on Sunday in two separate incidents in the Pacific.All crew are safe and in stable condition and the incidents are under investigation.
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US Secretary of State Visits Israel + Russia Exercises Nuclear Triad + IDF Strikes Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon + Latest in US Army Self-Propelled Howitzer Modernization
For review:1. US Secretary of State Visits Israel.2. IDF Strikes Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon.3. Russia Exercises Nuclear Triad.4. Latest in US Army Self-Propelled Howitzer Modernization.
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US Sanctions Russian Oil Companies; President Trump and Putin Meeting in Budapest Cancelled + US Secretary of State Travels to Israel; Far East + IDF Strikes Hezbollah Targets in S. Lebanon + More
For review:1. US Secretary of State Travels to Israel; Far East this week.2. United States Vice President JD Vance projected confidence on Tuesday that the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip was going to last as he paid a visit to a new US-Israel ceasefire coordination center in Kiryat Gat, southern Israel.3. There will be no Turkish troops in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office insisted Wednesday- as part of the planned International Stabilization Force (ISF).4. IDF Strikes Hezbollah Targets in S. Lebanon.5. US Sanctions Russian Oil Companies; President Trump and Putin Meeting in Budapest Cancelled. The US blacklisted Rosneft and Lukoil and issued other sanctions because Russia has failed to commit seriously to the peace process, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement. 6. Opinion Article in Defense News written by John Moore, a former British Ministry of Defense official: Should the US Army bring back the Pentomic Division?7. President Trump nominates LTG Christopher LaNeve to replace GEN James Mingus as US Army Vice Chief of Staff.
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Vice President Vance Travels to Israel to Shore Ceasefire Agreement + Ceasefire Status Returns After Two IDF Soldiers Killed in Rafah Leads to Israeli Retaliation + More
For review:1. Vice President Vance Travels to Israel to Shore Ceasefire Agreement.2. Ceasefire Status Returns After Two IDF Soldiers Killed in Rafah Leads to Israeli Retaliation.3. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday told US President Donald Trump to “keep dreaming” if he thinks US airstrikes in June destroyed Iran’s nuclear facilities.4. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he would honor the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and have him arrested if he traveled to Canada in an interview published on Friday.5. Ukrainian general Mykhailo Drapatyi has been named the commander of the Armed Forces' new Joint Forces Task Force, a new command structure responsible for the front line in and around Kharkiv Oblast, the force announced on Oct. 20.6. Germany and the Netherlands are set to receive hundreds of Jackal infantry fighting vehicles under a €3.4 billion ($4 billion) contract.The procurement is based on a split between 150 Jackal units for German armed forces and 72 for the Dutch military. A “call off” of up to an additional 248 units is also included.7. Poland's Defense officials have sent requests for information to six countries for submarine designs for the Polish Orka (Orca) submarine program.8. Azerbaijan and South Korea have held defense talks in Baku to expand cooperation on military development and regional security.9. President Donald Trump threw his support behind the trilateral AUKUS agreement today, even suggesting the US is moving more quickly to provide nuclear-powered subs to Australia.
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President Trump to Ukraine: No Tomahawks - At least For Now + Pakistan & Afghanistan Agree to Ceasefire + US Army Considers CCA Capability + More
For review:1. Pakistan & Afghanistan Agree to Ceasefire.Security issues are at the heart of the tensions, with Pakistan accusing Afghanistan of harboring militant groups led by the Pakistani Taliban on its soil- a claim Kabul denies.2. Hamas terror group transferred to Israel two caskets Saturday night which it said contained the remains of two dead hostages held in Gaza. If the bodies are confirmed to belong to hostages, it would mean that the number of bodies of dead captives still held in the Strip would go down to 16, after 28 were there at the start of the current ceasefire.3. Hamas intends to maintain security control in Gaza during an interim period, a senior Hamas official told Reuters, adding he could not commit to the terrorist group disarming.4. The White House is considering sending US Vice President JD Vance to Israel on Monday to hold meetings with top Israeli officials on implementing the next phases of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.5. A multinational team meant to help secure the Gaza Strip following the end of Israel’s war with Hamas will likely be headed up by Egypt, according to a report Saturday. Citing unnamed diplomats, The Guardian reported that Egypt would likely lead the stabilization force, although Cairo has not issued any statements on the matter.6. President Trump to Ukraine: No Tomahawks - At least For Now.7. Over the past three months, an Australian E-7A Wedgetail surveillance aircraft has been employed as part of NATO operations to monitor Russian activities near Ukraine.8. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG) transited the Singapore Strait on Friday and is now operating in the South China Sea following a three-month stint in the Middle East.9. The Army plans to expand its autonomous air capability portfolio with a CCA-like option.
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