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• Probe Finds U.S. Drone Strike That Killed 10 Afghan Civilians Caused By Errors, Not Misconduct RFE/RL Gandhara 04 Nov 2021 -- A U.S. drone strike that killed innocent civilians in Afghanistan in the final days of the U.S. withdrawal from the country was a tragic mistake but did not violate any laws, a Pentagon inspector-general said on November 3 after an investigation.
• Pentagon review concludes no misconduct in US drone attack that killed 10 civilians in Kabul Press TV 04 Nov 2021 -- A Pentagon investigation claims that the US drone strike that killed 10 civilians, including seven children, in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul in late August did not violate any laws, including the laws of war, and was not caused by misconduct or negligence.

Defense Policy / Programs

• DOD Efforts Showcased in Climate Adaptation Companion Document DoD News 04 Nov 2021 -- From increased wildfires and flooding to new requirements for equipment and training, climate change impacts all Defense Department activities. This demands new missions and alters the operational environment.
• Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds An Off-Camera Press Briefing DoD 04 Nov 2021
• Reward Offers for Information to Bring DarkSide Ransomware Variant Co-Conspirators to Justice US Dept. of State 04 Nov 2021 -- The U.S. Department of State announces a reward offer of up to $10,000,000 for information leading to the identification or location of any individual(s) who hold(s) a key leadership position in the DarkSide ransomware variant transnational organized crime group.
• Defense Business Board Meets for First Time Following Zero-Based Review DoD 04 Nov 2021 -- The Defense Business Board met Wednesday, November 3rd, and Thursday, November 4th, for the first time since the completion of Secretary Austin's zero-based review process, reinforcing the department's commitment to becoming a more efficient and modern institution.
• Readout of Performing the Duties of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Mara Karlin Meeting With Lebanese Chief of Defense Gen. Joseph Aoun DoD 04 Nov 2021
• CSAF delivers new C-37B to JB Andrews US Air Force 04 Nov 2021 -- The Air Force's top military leader flew the first of two new C-37B aircraft from Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, delivering it to Joint Base Andrews, Nov. 3.
• USS America, JS Ise Lead Integrated Training with Sasebo-Based JMSDF Ships US Navy 04 Nov 2021 -- America, Ise, and six other JMSDF ships conducted precision maneuvering and integrated surface warfare training.
• Japan-Based Logistics Center Accommodates Ronald Reagan's Return US Navy 04 Nov 2021 -- Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Yokosuka welcomed USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) back to its homeport by providing products and services to support the crew's quality-of-life, maintenance needs, transportation, hazardous material (HAZMAT) management, delivery of mail and more.
• Russia navy to get hypersonic missiles in 2022: Putin Press TV 04 Nov 2021 -- President Vladimir Putin says Russia's navy is to begin taking delivery of the country's trademark Zircon hypersonic missiles, whose tests are nearing completion, in 2022.
• China sets 2027 military modernization goals to compel Taipei to talk: Pentagon CNA 04 Nov 2021 -- The People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China has set a goal of modernizing its warfare capabilities by 2027 and developing military capacities to counter that of the U.S. in the Indo-Pacific region, with the aim of forcing Taiwan into negotiations by then, according to a Pentagon report released on Wednesday.
• New Pentagon report hypes 'Chinese nuclear threat' to serve US hegemonic goals Global Times 04 Nov 2021 -- The US Defense Department on Wednesday released its annual report on China's military development, which again hyped the "China threat theory," and discussed China's nuclear arsenal, claiming that the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) is expanding its nuclear force much faster than the US had predicted, and that it may have 1,000 nuclear warheads by the end of the decade and surpass US global influence by the middle of the 21st century.
• US report on China's nuclear arsenal 'full of prejudice:' Beijing Press TV 04 Nov 2021 -- The Chinese government has lambasted as being "full of prejudice" a new report by the United States that claims China is quickly expanding its nuclear arsenal, saying Washington is hyping the so-called "nuclear threat" from the Asian country.
• Australia's Loyal Wingman surges ahead Australia DOD 04 Nov 2021 -- The world-class development of Australia's Boeing Loyal Wingman program recently achieved several major milestones, with two aircraft successfully completing flight missions at the Woomera Range Complex, South Australia.
• Loyal Wingman project achieves milestones Australia DOD 04 Nov 2021 -- The landing gear of a Loyal Wingman unmanned aircraft has been raised and engaged for the first time during a flight mission at Woomera in South Australia.
• Chinese FM urges Australia to correct irresponsible moves, fulfill its nuclear non-proliferation obligations Global Times 04 Nov 2021 -- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Thursday commented on Australia's signing of the AUKUS deal with the US and the UK, saying it is an "extremely irresponsible" move that create risks and undermine regional peace and stability, urging Australia to abandon the Cold War mentality and fulfill its international nuclear non-proliferation obligations.
• Taiwan's first F-16V combat squadron to be commissioned Nov. 18 CNA 04 Nov 2021 -- Taiwan's first F-16V combat squadron will be officially commissioned in a ceremony at the Air Force's Chiayi Base on Nov. 18, which will be presided over by President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), a military source told CNA on Thursday.
• Saudi Arabia - AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) DSCA 04 Nov 2021 -- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and related equipment for an estimated cost of $650 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.
• Saudi gets first major arms deal under Biden with air-to-air missiles Press TV 04 Nov 2021 -- The US State Department has approved its first major arms sale to Saudi Arabia under US President Joe Biden with the sale of 280 air-to-air missiles valued at as much as $650 million.
• UK hosts international military urban exercise UK MOD 04 Nov 2021 -- Scientists at Dstl have led a unique urban military experiment, known as the Contested Urban Environment exercise (CUE2021).
• Ukrainian Lawmakers Approve Reznikov As New Defense Minister RFE/RL 04 Nov 2021 -- The Ukrainian parliament has approved the appointment of the former deputy prime minister, Oleksiy Reznikov, to the post of defense minister.
• 'Build Back Better World': Biden's Counter to China's Belt and Road VOA 04 Nov 2021 -- U.S. President Joe Biden used the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, to push his vision for a green, collaborative global infrastructure initiative that he said will set a "sustainable path to net-zero emissions by 2050." The plan may provide an alternative to China's massive Belt and Road Initiative.
• Press Briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre The White House 04 Nov 2021
• Department Press Briefing – November 04, 2021 US Dept. of State 04 Nov 2021

Defense Industry

• Contracts For Nov. 4, 2021
• Google pursuing Pentagon contract despite employee concerns: NYT Press TV 04 Nov 2021 -- Google is reportedly pursuing a cloud computing contract with the Defense Department to provide its technology to the military, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.

Other Conflicts

• 4 November 2021 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 04 Nov 2021
• As Taliban Attempts To Transform From Insurgency To Government, Suicide Bombers Remain Key To Its Strategy RFE/RL Gandhara 04 Nov 2021 -- During its 20-year insurgency, the Taliban employed suicide bombers as a lethal tool to kill foreign and Afghan government troops and terrorize the civilian population.
• Ordinary Afghans 'broke and broken', warns UN migration agency chief UN News 04 Nov 2021 -- A stark warning for the people of Afghanistan has been issued by UN migration agency chief António Vitorino who on Thursday said that ongoing conflict, grinding poverty and climate-related emergencies, have pushed the country to the brink of collapse.
• Restrictions on Women Impair Afghan Aid Delivery, Rights Group Says VOA 04 Nov 2021 -- Taliban-imposed limits on women working as aid workers are holding up the delivery of badly needed assistance in much of Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch says.
• Algeria accuses Morocco of deadly airstrike in disputed region Press TV 04 Nov 2021 -- Algeria says Morocco has carried out an airstrike in the border area between Mauritania and the disputed territory of Western Sahara, killing three Algerians.
• China forces young Tibetans out of monasteries in Qinghai Radio Free Asia 04 Nov 2021 -- Authorities in northwestern China's Qinghai province are forcing young Tibetan monks to leave their monasteries, sending them back to their family homes in a drive that threatens their connection to Tibet's traditional religion and culture, sources say.
• Study Traces Ukrainian Separatists' Arms To Russia RFE/RL 04 Nov 2021 -- Most of the ammunition and nearly all the weapons used by Ukrainian separatist forces was produced in what is today Russia, according to a detailed weapons-tracing study.
• The Urgent Need to End the Conflict in Ethiopia US Dept. of State 04 Nov 2021 -- As the conflict in Ethiopia marks a full year, Ethiopian leaders - both inside and outside government and from across the country - face an urgent need to act immediately and alleviate the suffering of the Ethiopian people.
• Ethiopian Government Claims Victory is Near in Northern Tigray Region VOA 04 Nov 2021 -- The Ethiopian government marked the one-year anniversary of fighting between its forces and rebels in the northern Tigray region by suggesting its military is nearing victory.
• After Year of Fighting, Tigrayan Forces Say They Are Advancing on Addis Ababa VOA 04 Nov 2021 -- Ethiopia Thursday marks the one-year anniversary of brutal fighting between government forces and regional Amhara militiamen aligned with Eritrean forces against rebels in the northern Tigray region. Now, Tigrayan forces say they are advancing on the capital, Addis Ababa, and that it could fall within months or even weeks.
• UN Security Council Extends Bosnian Peacekeeping Force After Russia, China Appeased RFE/RL 04 Nov 2021 -- The UN Security Council extended a peacekeeping force in Bosnia-Herzegovina in a unanimous vote on November 3 that came after any mention of the office of an international peace envoy was removed from the text of the resolution to win support from Russia and China.

News Reports

• U.S. Indicts Analyst Behind Trump-Russia Dossier RFE/RL 04 Nov 2021 -- A Russian analyst who gathered information for the so-called Steele dossier alleging potential ties between Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia has been charged with lying to U.S. federal investigators.
• US blacklists Israeli spyware company NSO Group Press TV 04 Nov 2021 -- The United States has added Israel's NSO Group and Candiru to its trade blacklist after it determined the spyware makers have acted "contrary to the foreign policy and national security interests of the US."
• Top Hungarian Official Admits Government Bought Pegasus Spyware RFE/RL 04 Nov 2021 -- A top official in Hungary's governing party has confirmed for the first time that the government had bought spyware that was allegedly used to monitor journalists, lawyers, businesspeople, and opposition figures in dozens of countries around the world.
• Strategic Direction for Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program DoD 04 Nov 2021 -- "Today, the Department of Defense announced the strategic direction of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program, marking the completion of an internal program assessment led by senior leaders across the Department."
• Triple Threat? Russia Halts Coal Exports To Ukraine, Cancels Power Auction Amid Gas Crisis RFE/RL 04 Nov 2021 -- For months, critics have accused Russia of withholding additional natural-gas shipments to Europe via Ukraine in order to pressure Brussels to fast-track its new Baltic Sea export pipeline, Nord Stream 2.
• Russia Expels Dutch Journalist, Reduces Gas Supplies to Europe VOA 04 Nov 2021 -- Russia has ordered the expulsion of a Dutch journalist — the second deportation of a resident foreign correspondent in the past two months — and has reduced natural gas supplies to energy-starved Europe.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on November 4, 2021 PRC MofA 04 Nov 2021
• China slams US curbs on visiting scholars from military-linked institutions Radio Free Asia 04 Nov 2021 -- China's foreign ministry has hit out at Washington after U.S. officials refused entry to dozens of its overseas students and visiting fellows with valid visas.
• Former Hong Kong student pleads guilty to 'secession' charges Radio Free Asia 04 Nov 2021 -- A former student activist on Thursday pleaded guilty to charges of "secession" under Hong Kong's draconian national security law, while the city's highest court ruled that people can't be charged with "rioting" or "illegal assembly" if they weren't actually present at the scene of a protest.
• Europe is standing with Taiwan in defending freedom: EP delegation CNA 04 Nov 2021 -- The head of the first-ever official European Parliament (EP) delegation to come to Taiwan told President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Thursday that the visit is meant to send a clear message that Europe is standing by Taiwan in the defense of freedom.
• EU delegation calls for 'high-level' exchanges with Chinese Taipei Press TV 04 Nov 2021 -- A European Parliament delegation that is on an official visit to Chinese Taipei has called for more "high-level concrete steps" to strengthen relations between the European Union and the Chinese territory, defying Beijing's warnings against direct ties with the self-ruled island.
• Western politicians' 'roadshow' won't shake 'one-China principle' Global Times 04 Nov 2021 -- The Chinese Foreign Ministry defended China's sovereignty and territorial integrity vis-à-vis the Taiwan question, against the backdrop of a new anti-China roadshow from some Western politicians. Experts said the West's playing of the "Taiwan card" cannot shake the one-China framework and stop the reunification, and this shows the West only cares about its interests.
• Firm determination to safeguard natl sovereignty can't be underestimated, FM says, responding to US general's claims to 'defend Taiwan' Global Times 04 Nov 2021 -- Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday urged the US not to send any wrong signals to the Taiwan secessionists so as not to seriously damage the China-US relations and the peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits, in responding to the negative and false remarks from Mark Milley, chairman of US Joint Chiefs of Staff.
• Chinese mainland should keep 'strategic focus' despite token European politicians' visit Taiwan Global Times 04 Nov 2021 -- A 13-person delegation from the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes (INGE) of the European Parliament (EP) arrived in the island of Taiwan on Wednesday amid rising cross-Taiwan Straits tensions.
• US doomed to fail in playing 'Taiwan card' to contain China People's Daily 04 Nov 2021 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's recent clamor for Taiwan's "meaningful participation throughout the United Nations system" has severely violated the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques, breaking the previous promises Washington has made and constituting a gross breach of international norms.
• US 'absolutely' capable of defending Taipei against potential Chinese attack, Commander claims Press TV 04 Nov 2021 -- US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley says the country's military is "absolutely" capable of defending Chinese Taipei against a potential attack from China.
• Russia: All participants in Vienna talks seek 'result-oriented' negotiations Press TV 04 Nov 2021 -- Russia's ambassador to international organizations in the Austrian capital, Vienna, says all participants in the talks on the removal of sanctions on Iran want negotiations that would reach a decisive result.
• China, Russia urge 'flexible, pragmatic' attitude toward Vienna talks on sanctions removal Press TV 04 Nov 2021 -- Russia and China have called on all parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), to adopt a flexible and pragmatic attitude towards talks in Vienna on the removal of anti-Tehran sanctions and implementation of the landmark agreement.
• IRGC chief on failed piracy act: US used to taking blow after blow from Iran Press TV 04 Nov 2021 -- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)'s chief says the United States is accustomed to suffering defeat after defeat from Iran but has yet to learn a lesson, a day after the elite military force released details of a recent counter-piracy operation that foiled a US attempt to steal Iranian oil at sea.
• 35 OSCE Countries Demand Answers From Belarus On 'Serious' Rights Violations RFE/RL 04 Nov 2021 -- Dozens of member states of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have invoked the so-called Vienna Mechanism to request answers from Belarus on "serious human rights violations and abuses" taking place in the country following a disputed presidential election in August 2020.
• Putin, Lukashenka Agree To 28 Union State 'Programs' RFE/RL 04 Nov 2021 -- The Russian and Belarusian leaders have signed off on a series of road maps aimed at deepening the integration of the two neighbors as part of a decades-old plan to create a "Union State," state media reported on November 4, as Minsk faces growing international pressure following last year's disputed presidential election.
• Poland Says Belarusian Soldiers 'Threatened To Fire' On Border Troops RFE/RL 04 Nov 2021 -- Belarusian soldiers bringing illegal migrants to the border of Poland "threatened to open fire" on Polish troops, the Poland's Defense Ministry said on November 4, in what it described as the latest attempt by Minsk to escalate the situation at the frontier.
• Secretary Blinken's Call with Sudanese Sovereign Council Chair General Burhan US Dept. of State 04 Nov 2021
• Secretary Blinken's Call with Sudanese Prime Minister Hamdok US Dept. of State 04 Nov 2021
• Days after military takeover, Sudan's army leader says govt. formation 'imminent' Press TV 04 Nov 2021 -- Sudan's military chief and de facto leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan says the formation of a new government is "imminent", days after the military took over through a much-condemned coup.
• South Africa's Ruling Party Dealt Blow in Local Elections VOA 04 Nov 2021 -- Support for South Africa's ruling African National Congress party fell below 50% in local elections this week for the first time since the end of apartheid.
• Beirut port blast probe suspended again following legal challenges Press TV 04 Nov 2021 -- A probe into the Beirut port explosion has been suspended after two former ministers facing charges lodged a legal complaint against the lead investigator.
• Outspoken Lebanese minister reiterates he will not resign under Saudi pressure Press TV 04 Nov 2021 -- Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi has stressed that he will not step down as a result of the ongoing political row between Beirut and Riyadh, days after Saudi Arabia launched a campaign of pressure on Lebanon in response to his comments critical of the kingdom's devastating war on Yemen.