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• Operation Inherent Resolve - Targeted Operations Against ISIS Terrorists SOUTHWEST ASIA, Aug. 31, 2017 — Officials reported details of yesterday's strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. U.S. Central Command continues to work with partner nations to conduct targeted airstrikes in Iraq and Syria as part of the comprehensive strategy to degrade and defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.
• Compass Call dominates OIR with electronic warfare By Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Hehnly, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs / Published August 31, 2017 - 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs (AFNS) -- Often times when we think about how air power is used in the fight against ISIS, we think about cargo aircraft delivering critical supplies and personnel to the front lines or bombs being dropped on targets. What’s not often thought of is how the Air Force has the non-kinetic ability to disrupt enemy communications on the ground and therefore the ability to turn the tables on the battlefield.
• U.S. Defense Chief Signs Orders Sending More Troops To Afghanistan August 31, 2017 18:12 GMT U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says he has signed the orders to send additional troops to Afghanistan as part of President Donald Trump's new strategy to fight the 16-year war against the Taliban and other insurgents.

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• US' Test of Its New Nuclear Bomb 'Not a Confrontational Move' Sputnik News 21:36 31.08.2017 - The National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) flight tests of a modified B61-12 gravity nuclear bomb were neither a confrontational move nor a specific "message" to Russia, Michael O'Hanlon, Director of Research for the Foreign Policy program at Brookings Institution, told Radio Sputnik.
• U.S. Fifth-Generation Fighters, Strategic Bombers Conduct Show of Force with Allies in Response to North Korea Missile Launch By CDR David Benham | U.S. Pacific Command | August 31, 2017 - CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii – The United States’ newest and most advanced fighter, the U.S. Marine Corps’ F-35B Lightning II, joined U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers for the first time in a sequenced bilateral mission with Japan and Republic of Korea air forces in Northeast Asia August 30.
• Naval 'Leader': Russia to Fit Newest Destroyer With Nuclear Reactor Sputnik 12:43 31.08.2017(updated 14:39 31.08.2017) The Russian Defense Ministry has approved the initial design of the new Project 23560 Lider-class (Leader) destroyer, which will be equipped with a nuclear reactor to power the vessel, a source in Russia’s defense industry told Sputnik Thursday.
• India Wants 36 More French-Made Rafale Fighter Jets Sputnik News 00:34 31.08.2017(updated 03:14 31.08.2017) India is looking to place a follow-up order for 36 more fourth-generation Dassault Rafale multirole fighter jets for its Air Force.
• Japan requests record-high defense budget amid Korean Peninsula tensions Thu Aug 31, 2017 5:28PM Japan’s Defense Ministry has requested a record-high budget to boost its missile ranges amid increasing tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The ministry on Thursday put its spending estimate for the fiscal year beginning next April at a figure of about 5.26 trillion yen ($48 billion), a big chunk of which would go to the purchases of upgraded missile interceptors with expanded range, altitude and accuracy. The budget shows a 2.5-percent increase from the current year.
• Experts warn of North's rapid missile development While the international community focuses on North Korea's missile launch over Japan, a group of US experts has a warning about Pyongyang's missile development. They have given NHK an exclusive. They say based on analysis of a previous launch, the North could have the ability to strike the US mainland with an ICBM within months.
• S.Korea's 2018 defense budget to rise most in 9 years SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's defense budget in 2018 would rise the most in nine years to counter rising threats from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), financial ministry said Tuesday. According to the 2018 budget plan submitted by the Ministry of Strategy and Finance to the National Assembly, a total of 43.12 trillion won (38.3 billion U.S. dollars) was allotted to the defense budget next year. It was up 6.9 percent from the previous year, marking the fastest yearly increase since 2009.

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• Iraqi PM Abadi declares victory over ISIL in Tal Afar al Jazeera - 31 August 2017 - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has declared victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group in Tal Afar and the entire province of Nineveh.
• Battle to regain Raqqa must not be about defeating ISIL at all costs – Zeid GENEVA (31 August 2017) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Thursday stressed that the battle to regain Al-Raqqa and Deir-ez-Zor from ISIL must not be waged at the expense of the lives of civilians trapped and besieged in these areas.
• Myanmar: Worsening cycle of violence in Rakhine must be broken urgently, UN expert warns GENEVA (31 August 2017) – A United Nations human rights expert has expressed alarm at the deteriorating situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, affecting not just the Rakhine and Muslim populations but also other communities. Tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims are now reported to be fleeing towards Bangladesh.

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