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Current Operations

• April 8 Red Sea Update CENTCOM 08 Apr 2024 -- Between approximately 12:15 p.m. and 2:40 p.m. (Sanaa time) on April 8, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully engaged and destroyed an air defense system with two missiles ready to launch, a ground control station in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, and one unmanned aerial system launched by Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists from Yemen over the Red Sea. There were no injuries or damage reported by U.S., coalition, or commercial ships.
• Yemeni missiles hit Israeli Ships in Indian ocean: Yemeni Army ISNA 08 Apr 2024 -- In support of the oppressed Palestinian people and retaliation to the American-British aggression against Yemen, the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out five military operations during the past 72 hours, according to a statement read by the military spokesman General Yahya Saree.
• Red Sea: Remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell at the press conference on EUNAVFOR ASPIDES European External Action Service (EEAS) 08 Apr 2024 -- Check against delivery!
• April 8 USCENTCOM Conducts Humanitarian Airdrop into Gaza CENTCOM 08 Apr 2024 -- United States Central Command conducted an airdrop of humanitarian assistance into Northern Gaza on April 8, 2024, at 12:12 p.m. (Gaza time) to provide essential relief to civilians affected by the ongoing conflict. The joint operation included one C-130 U.S. Air Force aircraft and U.S. Army Soldiers specialized in aerial delivery of U.S humanitarian assistance supplies.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh Holds an Off-Camera, On-the-Record Press Briefing DoD 08 Apr 2024
• CNO: Investing in Industrial Base, Growing the Fleet Are Top Priorities DoD News 08 Apr 2024 -- Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti today said that investing in the defense industrial base to increase the size of the Navy's fleet in coming years is a top priority for the Department of the Navy.
• US, Canadian Special Forces Forge Partnerships in Jamaica Army News 08 Apr 2024 -- The District of Columbia Army National Guard joined forces with elite U.S. and Canadian Special Operations Forces for a subject matter expert exchange in Jamaica.
• Air Force leaders focus on ACE during Kadena AB visit US Air Force 08 Apr 2024 -- Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin, and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David Flosi visited Kadena Air Base April 6, to observe Kadena AB's unique capabilities and ongoing efforts to reoptimize for great power competition.
• DAF calls for AFMC changes to support service's readiness, agility against great power adversaries US Air Force 08 Apr 2024 -- As part of the Department of the Air Force's sweeping efforts to deter and, if needed, prevail in an era of Great Power Competition, DAF senior leaders announced four organizational changes to Air Force Materiel Command during an opening speech Feb. 12 at the Air and Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colorado.
• NRL Charters Navy's Quantum Inertial Navigation Path To Reduce Drift US Navy Press Release 08 Apr 2024 -- U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) researchers have developed a patent-pending Continuous 3D-Cooled Atom Beam Interferometer derived from a patented cold and continuous beam of atoms to explore atom-interferometry-based inertial measurement systems as a path to reduce drift in Naval navigation systems.
• USS Leyte Gulf Takes Down Semi-Submersible Vessel US Navy Press Release 08 Apr 2024 -- The Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), with an embarked U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), has made multiple drug interdictions in the U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) area of operations (AOR).
• National Guard employs AI to battle wildfires, improve disaster response Army News 08 Apr 2024 -- Inside the bustling confines of an operations center, National Guard members quickly assemble information from multiple sources, piecing together the "big picture" from ground and air personnel as they fight a devastating wildfire threatening lives and property.
• CMF's Combined Task Force 150 Seizes Nearly 400 Kilograms in Illegal Narcotics in the Arabian Sea US Navy 08 Apr 2024 -- A U.S. Coast Guard cutter, working in direct support of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 of Combined Maritime Forces, seized nearly 400 kilograms of illegal drugs from a dhow in the Arabian Sea, April 4.
• Secretary General welcomes NATO's partnership with Bosnia and Herzegovina, calls for unity and continued reforms NATO 08 Apr 2024 -- Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denis Bećirović, to NATO Headquarters on Monday (8 April 2024) to discuss regional security issues and furthering the country's partnership with NATO.
• M577 armored personnel carriers transferred to Ukraine Lithuania MND 08 Apr 2024 -- Lithuania continues rendering military assistance to Ukraine: M577 armored personnel carriers were delivered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine on April 5.
• Ukraine says to agree on military aid from U.S. as loan People's Daily 08 Apr 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country would agree to receive a new military aid loan package from the United States, the Ukrayinska Pravda media outlet reported Saturday.
• Albanese Government boosts key projects at HMAS Stirling Australia DOD 08 Apr 2024 -- The Albanese Government is investing over $83 million to deliver vital Defence infrastructure upgrades at HMAS Stirling in Western Australia.
• AUKUS Defense Ministers' Joint Statement DoD 08 Apr 2024
• AUKUS Partners Consider Cooperation With Japan DoD News 08 Apr 2024 -- The U.S., Australia and the United Kingdom, members of the AUKUS partnership, are considering cooperation with Japan on advanced capabilities projects.
• AUKUS partnership to consult with other nations including Japan on military capability collaboration UK MOD 08 Apr 2024 -- Consultations between AUKUS partners and other nations to begin this year.
• Our North, Strong and Free: A Renewed Vision for Canada's Defence Canada 08 Apr 2024 -- Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Defence Minister Bill Blair released Our North, Strong and Free - a defence policy update that responds to the significant global shifts we have witnessed since Canada's comprehensive defence policy, Strong, Secure, Engaged, was announced in 2017. It is an investment in Canada, Canadians and our shared values, security, and sovereignty.
• Our North, Strong and Free: A Renewed Vision for Canada's Defence Prime Minister of Canada 08 Apr 2024 -- We live in an increasingly complex world, and the security threats faced by Canada are rapidly changing. Growing challenges to the international order that has long protected Canada's prosperity and security, the rising impact of climate change, and the rapid pace of technological change is all affecting Canada's national interests. These trends are also having real and tangible impacts on the daily lives of Canadians.
• Japan can aid lagging US defense industrial base: diplomat Radio Free Asia 08 Apr 2024 -- The addition of Japan to an effort by the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia to create a single defense industrial base across their countries will help alleviate military production backlogs, the U.S. ambassador to Japan said in Washington on Monday.
• First German Brigade members arrived in Lithuania Lithuania MND 08 Apr 2024 -- Today, April 8, the first troops of the initial command element of the 45th German Brigade were welcomed to Lithuania at Vilnius International Airport.
• Data on interceptions of aircraft completed near the Baltic States' borders on April 1-7, 2024 Lithuania MND 08 Apr 2024

Defense Industry

• Contracts For April 8, 2024

Other Conflicts

Ukraine Conflict News


• 8 April 2024 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 08 Apr 2024

Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• Statement by PM Netanyahu Israel - Prime Minister 08 Apr 2024
• Coordinator for the Hostages and the Missing Brig.-Gen. (Res.) Gal Hirsch Meets with US Counterpart Israel - Prime Minister 08 Apr 2024
• Palestinian request for UN membership moves on to specialized committee UN News 08 Apr 2024 -- The Security Council on Monday referred the application of the observer State of Palestine for full UN membership to the specialized committee set up to vet new members.
• Security Council urged to 'end the bloodshed' in Gaza UN News 08 Apr 2024 -- The President of the UN General Assembly appealed on Monday for "all those with leverage" to use their power to bring an end to the six-month-long war in Gaza.
• Palestinian request for UN membership in spotlight amid fears for Rafah invasion UN News 08 Apr 2024 -- The Security Council prepared to convene on Monday to consider a Palestinian request for United Nations membership as humanitarians expressed deep concerns about Israel's planned invasion of Rafah and the desperate lack of aid reaching Gaza.
• Security Council Refers Renewed Consideration of State of Palestine Application for United Nations Membership to Committee on Admissions UN Security Council 08 Apr 2024 -- The Security Council today decided to refer a renewed consideration of the State of Palestine's 2011 application for United Nations membership to its Committee on the Admission of New Members, which would then meet at 3 p.m.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call with Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant DoD 08 Apr 2024
• We need to focus on the vital elements for a lasting peace in Gaza: UK statement at the UN General Assembly UK FCDO 08 Apr 2024 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN General Assembly debate on Gaza.

Other Conflicts

• Philippines, US and allies join show of force in South China Sea Radio Free Asia 08 Apr 2024 -- Ships and aircraft from the Philippines, the United States, Japan and Australia conducted a large-scale joint exercise in the South China Sea on Sunday, just a few days ahead of an unprecedented summit in Washington D.C.
• Joint statement by Special Envoys and representatives on Sudan Government of Norway 08 Apr 2024 -- Special Envoys and representatives from France, Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the European Union have concluded a meeting in Oslo, where they discussed the war in Sudan and what must be done to avoid further civilian suffering.
• Joint press release: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement urges support for conflict victims: "We cannot let Sudan become another forgotten crisis" ICRC 08 Apr 2024 -- One year of conflict in Sudan is taking a devastating human toll. Over 8 million people have been displaced, and tens of thousands have been killed or wounded. The acute shortages of essential resources such as food, water and fuel, along with a seriously degraded healthcare system, are just some of the terrible consequences of the fighting.

News Reports

• Idaho Man Arrested for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS US Dept. of Justice 08 Apr 2024 -- Alexander Scott Mercurio, 18, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, was arrested Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Coeur d'Alene for attempting to provide material support and resources to ISIS.
• Rebels push over 600 junta personnel out of Myanmar-Thailand border town Radio Free Asia 08 Apr 2024 -- Myanmar junta forces, pushed out by rebel groups at Kayin state's border township of Myawaddy, have requested to be evacuated with their family members through a Thai border town, Thailand's foreign ministry said on Monday.
• Myanmar guerrilla group launches attack on military office Radio Free Asia 08 Apr 2024 -- An urban guerrilla group attacked a major administrative office in Myanmar's largest city, an official from the rebel organization told Radio Free Asia on Monday.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on April 8, 2024 PRC MofA 08 Apr 2024
• China promotes 'no decoupling' message amid US criticism Radio Free Asia 08 Apr 2024 -- Beijing says the United States has reiterated that both sides do not "seek to decouple" even as the Biden administration intensified criticism of the Chinese for flooding markets with renewable energy products under a policy to stimulate flagging growth.
• Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen at a Press Conference in Beijing, the People's Republic of China US Treasury 08 Apr 2024
• Travel first, then apply: UK further relaxes Hong Kong visa rules Radio Free Asia 08 Apr 2024 -- Britain has further relaxed immigration rules for Hong Kongers seeking to resettle there in the wake of the Article 23 national security law that has intensified a crackdown on any kind of dissent.
• Ex-President Ma highlights '92 consensus in meeting with CCP official CNA 08 Apr 2024 -- Former President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) on Monday highlighted the "1992 consensus" as the political cornerstone for Taiwan and mainland China to put aside their differences while seeking to bring benefit to the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.
• Former Taiwan president 'to meet with Xi Jinping' during China trip Radio Free Asia 08 Apr 2024 -- Former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou, who is currently on a controversial tour of China in a bid to ease tensions across the Taiwan Strait, could meet with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping this week, according to a person familiar with the situation.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Apr. 8, 2024 ROC MND 08 Apr 2024
• KCNA Report on Fulfillment of National Economic Plan for First Quarter KCNA 08 Apr 2024 -- The Korean Central News Agency on April 7 released a report on the fulfillment of the first quarterly national economic plan for attaining 12 major goals in the new year.
• PM call with President Macron of France: 8 April 2024 Gov.UK 08 Apr 2024
• PM call with Prime Minister Orpo of Finland: 8 April 2024 Gov.UK 08 Apr 2024
• Press release on a meeting with Ambassador of Ecuador to Russia Juan Fernando Holguín Flores Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 08 Apr 2024
• Ecuador's former VP hospitalized after capture from Mexican embassy in Ecuador VOA 08 Apr 2024 -- Jorge Glas, Ecuador's former vice president, who was arrested Friday in a raid on Mexico's embassy in Quito, fell ill Monday and was hospitalized after refusing to eat prison food for a 24-hour period.
• World News in Brief: Haiti aid response, strikes across Lebanon's Blue Line, UNEP welcomes Iran prisoner release, healthcare for the displaced UN News 08 Apr 2024 -- UN humanitarians on Monday made clear the emergency response in Haiti's capital continues despite ongoing insecurity caused by months of gang-led violence there.