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DefenceReport: Wires Brief — 55 episodes

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US Space Force confirms weapons in orbit; Sabotage on Netherlands’ rail lines

2

UK government to delay submarine decision until 2028; Houthi rebels strengthen control over Bab el-Mandeb Strait

3

25th Anniversary of 9/11 attacks; Houthis take Perim Island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait

4

Houthi rebels take port city of Mokha; Generative AI is being used in the Malian Conflict

5

Iranian and North Korean nuclear developments; Israel to close British consulate and expel representatives

6

Russia burning through rubles every hour in war effort; Al-Assad regime was building reactor for nuclear weapons

7

UK cuts training to save money; Suspicious device found again at German grid — 3rd time this week

8

Trump might rename the Strait of Hormuz the Trump Strait; Israel planned to remove all persons from the Gaza Strip

9

Germans blame Russia for Leipzig drone incident; Russia supplying Iran with supersonic cruise missile technology

10

Improvised rocket attack on German coal plant; Bombshells at G20 and Shanghai Cooperation summits

11

12 million Ukrainian school books destroyed in Russian attack; More commanders defy Taliban rule in Badakhshan

12

Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic to receive state funeral; Trial set for 9/11 mastermind

13

Iran running out of gasoline; IDF supporting anti-Hamas Palestinian militias

14

SDF announces mission complete and disillusionment; India transfers missile production to private sector

15

US C-17 Globemaster lands in Moscow mysteriously; US wants to expand arms embargo in Sudan

16

IRGC broadcasts video suggesting bounty on Barron Trump; Ukraine hits another Russian online retailer;

17

Iranian president calls for end of war while at position of strength; AFC/M23 rebels restrict movement due to Ebola outbreak

18

Trump wants to meet Kim Jong-un this year; Hundreds of RSF defect to Sudanese military

19

Ousted Defence Minister Fedorov calls for wartime elections in Ukraine; IAEA discovers tons of nuclear material in Syria

20

Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan taken to hospital from prison; Raytheon wins $22.9 billion Tomahawk contract

21

Trump orders the scale back of US-South Korean military drills; Fateh’s forces surrender to Taliban

22

US lost at least 49 Reaper drones since Iran war began; Trump signs memorandum permitting limited foreign shipbuilding for US Navy

23

Ukraine needs 5% of US Patriot missiles for the winter; Taliban deploys drones and helicopters to Badakhshan

24

DNA match in Leipzig/Halle drone incident; Dissident Taliban commander calls for his fighters to fight the Taliban

25

Russian missile output exceeds targets; Drone attack destroys Iraqi tank ammo storage

26

Russia aims to recruit 409,000 in 2026; Houthi rebels fire at Yemen & Saudi Arabia

27

Lithuania warns of Russian false flag operation; Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan form defence pact

28

Trump-class battleships to cost more than $275 billion; Espionage and drones in Germany

29

North Korea to deploy missile unit to Russia; Kurdish Women's Protection Units (YPJ) to join Syria as a counter-terrorism force

30

US Army stockpile of ground-to-ground missiles depleted; Further cuts to Canadian peacekeeping contributions

31

US CENTCOM asking for Iran ideas; Nigeria busts Mexican cartel meth lab

32

Possible renewed Saudi ground offensive in Yemen; Hamas agrees to Gaza ceasefire roadmap

33

Russian cruise missile crashes in Poland; Taliban preparing large-scale operation

34

US & Saudi Arabia strike Iraqi militias; First bilateral AI task force announced

35

Israeli generals urge Trump to pressure Netanyahu to cease West Bank operations; Russia cutting corners in ICBM development

36

Saudi Arabia & Houthis exchange fire; Nigeria to expand its army to counter jihadist and bandit threat

37

Opposition fighters seize ground and repel Taliban in Badakhshan; US forces on high alert for Iran war escalation

38

US-Saudi nuclear deal signed; Houthis attack tankers in Red Sea

39

Drapatyi is Ukraine's new Commander-in-Chief; Iran war costs $37.5 billion and rising

40

US claims Cuba infiltrated the highest levels of US government; Houthi rebels impose a Saudi maritime blockade in Bab al-Mandab Strait

41

Wires Brief: Ukraine hits Russia's Amazon; Fifty Malian soldiers killed in ambush

42

Taliban opponents briefly take control of Yaftali Sufla district; Canada to procure additional Armoured Combat Support Vehicles

43

Ukrainians take to the streets after defence minister dismissed; Boko Haram and ISIS using AI Chatbots for operational planning

44

Israeli High Court intervenes on ultra-Orthodox enlistment; US soldiers to leave Iraq by 30 September

45

Trump wants 20% toll on Strait of Hormuz; France grants Ukraine production licenses for SCALP and air defence missiles

46

US targets Iranian assets along Strait of Hormuz; Russia claims it foiled a Ukrainian drone plot

47

Putin rejects ceasefire call from advisors; Malian army retakes key northern town

48

Ukraine to receive US Patriot missile package; Iran conflict escalates

49

NATO Summit News; Trump believes Iran ceasefire is over

50

Pakistan mediating between Libyan sides; Suspected Monaco bomber found dead near Kyiv

51

TKMS to win Canadian submarine bid; Russian aircraft dropped sonorbouys close to HMS Prince of Wales

52

IRGC special forces deployed to identify ships going through Oman side of Hormuz; Sudan shoots down Chinese-made strategic drone

53

New UN report outlines AFC/M23 strength & Rwandan presence; Russia offers thousands of Ukrainians for North Korean POWs

54

New Russian troops live between 20-35 minutes in assault operations; Possible Canadian solution - old kit to mobilized forces

55

Britain to spend almost £300 billion on defence modernization; Ukrainian oligarch targeted in bomb attack in Monaco