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193: IDF Infantry Combat in Gaza + Netherlands to Provide $2.2 billion in Military Aid to Ukraine + USMC Activates the second Marine Littoral Regiment (12th MLR) + US Army Precision Strike Missile Close to Fielding + More Nov 18, 2023

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For review:
1. Excellent article on IDF infantry Combat in Gaza. Interview with IDF Infantry Battalion Commander by Emanuel Fabian- Times of Israel.
2. Netherlands to provide $2.2 billion in military aid to Ukraine.
3. EU to miss providing 1 million (155mm) artillery munitions to Ukraine as pledged last Spring and blames European defense industry.
Aerospace, Security, & Defense Industries Association of Europe provides (logical) rebuttal.
4. USAF LGM-35A Sentinel Nuclear Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) program is struggling. This program is designed to replace Minuteman III ICBMs and achieve Initial Operating Capability (IOC) by 2030.
5. Army Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) is close to fielding. PrSM will replace the MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS).
6. USMC activates a second Marine Littoral Regiment. The 12th Marine Regiment has transformed into the 12th Marine Littoral Regiment at Camp Hansen, Okinawa.
7. US Army and Lockheed Martin improve and test Q53 Radar System to detect drone threats.

192: US Navy Destroyer Downs Drone Over Red Sea + IDF Ground Operations Update + Germany to Procure Anti-Tank Mines + French Army Griffon Armored Vehicles + US Army Fixed Wing ISR Contract + More Nov 16, 2023

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For review:
1. Update on US Army MH-60 Black Hawk crash.
2. US Navy Destroyer, USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116), downs drone over the Red Sea.
3. US Defense Official confirms Hamas tunnels and and command/control node under Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza.
4. IDF enters Al-Shifi Hospital in Gaza.- finds weapons. Operations to locate Hamas assets will continue.
5. IDF provides estimation of disruption of Hamas Regional Brigades/Battalions.
6. UN Security Council Resolution 2712 adopted. Calls for extended humanitarian pauses, release of all hostages held by Hamas, and immediate humanitarian access. US/UK/Russia abstain.
7. French Army receive 16 more Griffon Armored Vehicles. Fleet increased to 533/887 total vehicles.
8. US Army selects Sierra Nevada Corporation to provide Fixed-wing ISR platform.
9. Germany to procure PARM directional, anti-tank mines. Will replace internal stocks provided to Ukraine.

191: IDF Ground Operations Update + US Army Delays Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon Fielding + Finland Purchases David's Sling Air Defense System + Chinese Carrier Strike Group Transits Taiwan Strait + More Nov 13, 2023

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For review:
1. US Department of Defense Release concerning helicopter crash in Mediterranean Sea.
2. IDF Ground Operations Update in Gaza. Actions in vicinity of Shifa Hospital.
3. Jerusalem Post Reporter visits IDF Intelligence Center.
4. Zoran Kusovac analysis on the potential of Hezbollah widening the war.
5. US Army delays fielding of the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon.
6. Israel to supply unnamed air defense system- to an unnamed customer- in a $1.2 billion deal.
7. Finland to procure David's Sling Air Defense System from Israel for $340 million.
8. Chinese Carrier Strike Ground- CNS Shandong (17)- transits the Taiwan Strait.

190: IDF Combat Engineers Find & Destroy Tunnels in Gaza + B21 Raider Makes First Flight Over California + USAF F15s Strike E. Syria + More ATACMS to Ukraine (Opinion Article) + More Nov 10, 2023

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For review:
1. Happy Birthday USMC- 248 years.
2. B21 Raider Bomber makes first flight over California.
3. US F15s strike targets in Eastern Syria.
4. Yemen Houthi Rebels down US MQ-9 Drone. Confirmed by US Official.
5. Israel begins formal humanitarian pauses in Gaza (roughly 4 hours daily for civilians to move south). No cease fire until all hostages released.
6. Analysis by Zoran Kusovac concerning tunnel warfare in Gaza.
7. Time sof Israel reported embedded with IDF Combat Engineers. Discuss discovering tunnels in Gaza.
8. US Foreign Military Sale to Romania- $2.5 billion- for 54 x M1A2 SEPv3 Tanks; 4 x M88A2 Hercules Recovery Vehicles; 4 x M1110 Joint Assault Bridges; 4 x M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicles; & 4 x Heavy Assault Scissor Bridges.
9. US Army to pay more than double (than estimated) for Maneuver Support Vessel-Light Watercraft. Estimated cost per unit: $27.8 million. Actual cost per unit: $63.1 million.
10. ATACMS/Ukraine Opinion Article from Breaking Defense (Hardie-Bowman).
Summary- the US should provide more ATACMS missiles- and in both warhead variants (anti-personnel/anti-materiel & unitary)- to Ukraine.

189: Israeli Prime Minister Gives War Update + USS Florida Ballistic Missile Submarine in CENTCOM AOR + Netherlands Provides F16s for Ukraine Pilot Training (in Romania) + Poland & UK Collaborate on Next Gen Air Defense System + More Nov 07, 2023

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For review:
1. Netherlands provides F16s for Ukraine pilot training (in Romania).
2. Poland & UK Collaborate on Next Gen Air Defense System.
3. Poland set to acquire MQ-9B Sky-Guardian Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
4. US submarine in CENTCOM AOR identified as the ballistic missile submarine, USS Florida (SSGN-728).
5. Update on IDF Ground Operations.
6. Prime Minister of Israel (Benjamin Netanyahu) provides war update.
7. President Biden's funding request for military aid to Israel is $14 billion.
8. Details on US Army's return of Iron Dome Systems (2 each) to Israel.
9. US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) may remove the 105mm cannon form the AC-130J Gunship- potentially replace with addition of small-cruise missiles.

188: IDF Employs Latest Armored Fighting Vehicles (Eitan) and Armored D9R Dozers during Gaza Ground Operations + US Navy Deploys Ohio-Class Submarine to CENTCOM AOR + Russia Test Launches Bulava Ballistic Missile + More Nov 05, 2023

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For review:
1. If provided to Ukraine, the German Taurus air-launched cruise missile will require months to integrate into SU-24 Fighters and even longer for F16 warplanes.
2. Russia test-fires nuclear capable ballistic missile (Bulava) from submarine.
3. Defense News Opinion Article from Retired Army Major General John Ferrari. The US Army should donate an armored division's worth of vehicles and equipment to Ukraine.
4. Israel Prime Minister (Benjamin Netanyahu)- No cease fire without return of hostages.
5. Palestinian Authority (PA) President (Mahmoud Abbas) tells US Secretary of State (Antony Blinken) that PA is ready to assume control of Gaza after the war.
6. Analysis: IDF Ground Operations (2 x stories).
7. IDF combat vehicles employed during ground operations: Eitan Armored Fighting Vehicle & Armored D9R Dozer.
8. It was 20 years ago (2003)- last time 2 x US Carriers were in Eastern Mediterranean. Now (2023), it is the USS Gerald Ford (CVN-78) & the USS Dwight Eisenhower (CVN-69), in support of CENTCOM.
9. CENTCOM announces (X- Twitter)- Ohio-Class nuclear powered submarine arrived in AOR.

187: Israeli F35 Intercepts Cruise Missile + IDF Surrounds Gaza City - Engineers Destroy Tunnels + Latest Security Assistance Package to Ukraine + US Army to Mount Precision-Strike Missiles on JLTVs/ISVs + More Nov 04, 2023

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For Review:
1. Latest US Security Assistance Package to Ukraine.
2. US Secretary of State Blinken in Israel. No Humanitarian Pause or Cease Fire. On to Jordan for meeting with Arab Foreign Ministers.
3. Israel's Air Campaign Cost Analysis from Zoran Kusovac (Al Jazeera).
4. IDF surrounds Gaza City. IDF Engineers demolish tunnel systems.
5. Israeli F-35I Adir Fighter destroys cruise missile.
6. German Defense Arm looks at anti-tank hypersonic missiles to defeat advanced armor.
7. German Air Force looks to speed up drone development in support of Multi-National Future Combat Air System.
8. US Army to develop mobile long-range precision strike missile program. Will mount system on JLTVs/ISVs.

186: IDF Ground Operations Approach Gaza City + US Sec of State Back to Israel + Arrow ADA System Intercepts Ballistic Missile Over Red Sea + Switzerland to Procure Advanced Patriot System + More Nov 01, 2023

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For review:
1. US Foreign Military Sales: Japan- Rolling Airframe (Naval) Missiles; Latvia- M142 HIMARS.
2. Pentagon Press Brief Notes (31 Oct 23).
3. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returns to Israel. Will also visit Jordan.
4. Israel-Hamas war and foreign factors- Analysis by Zoran Kusovac.
5. IDF ground operations approach Gaza City.
6. IDF Arrow Air Defense System intercepts ballistic missile for the first time (over Red Sea).
7. Switzerland to procure advanced Patriot ADA system.
8. Russian Air Defense Systems challenge Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 Drones.
9. Canada's future surveillance plane program under scrutiny over perceived Boeing P8 Poseidon bias.
10. USMC Commandant hospitalized from medical emergency.
(hope the Commandant has a quick return to duty)

185: IDF Ground Incursions into Gaza (Analysis) + Poland Receives FA-50 Fighters + Sweden Receives New Armored Vehicles + Kuwait Receives Typhoon Warplanes + More Oct 30, 2023

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For review:
1. US Department of Defense Briefing (30 October 2023).
2. IDF Ground Incursions into Gaza- Analysis (Zoran Kusovac- Al-Jazeera).
3. IDF Ground Incursions into Gaza- Analysis (Yonah Jeremy Bob- Jerusalem Post).
4. US Department of Defense Factsheet- B61 Variant Nuclear Gravity Bomb.
5. US Navy ship deployments in the Red Sea in support of US Central Command.
6. Jordan requests Patriot Air Defense system against ballistic missile threats.
7. Kuwait continues to receive Eurofighter Typhoon warplanes.
8. Sweden receives first batch (20) of new armored troop transport vehicles- Patgb 300 (Patria).
9. Poland continues to receive FA-50 Light Combat Fighters.

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