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• April 10 Red Sea Update CENTCOM 10 Apr 2024 -- Between approximately 4:15 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. (Sanaa time) on April 10, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully engaged three unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) launched from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. Two UAVs were launched over the Gulf of Aden and one UAV was launched over the Red Sea. There were no injuries or damage reported by U.S., coalition, or commercial ships.
• April 10 USCENTCOM Conducts Humanitarian Airdrops into Gaza CENTCOM 10 Apr 2024 -- U.S. Central Command conducted an air drop of humanitarian assistance into Northern Gaza on April 10, 2024, at 1:08 p.m. (Gaza time) to provide essential relief to civilians affected by the ongoing conflict.

Defense Policy / Programs

• ASD Space Policy Keynote Address for the 2024 Space Policy Symposium (As prepared) DoD 10 Apr 2024
• U.S. Commander in Europe Says Russia Is a 'Chronic Threat' to World DoD News 10 Apr 2024 -- Russia poses "a chronic threat" to the world and further aid to Ukraine to repulse the Russian invasion of that country is crucial, said Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli, the commander of U.S. European Command.
• Army announces additional aviation safety training US Army 10 Apr 2024 -- The Department of the Army announced today additional safety training for rotary-wing pilots and maintainers across all components effective immediately.
• Saber Strike 24 kicks off with tactical road march in Germany Army News 10 Apr 2024 -- The Dynamic Employment of Forces to Europe for NATO Deterrence and Enhanced Readiness 2024 exercise, known as DEFENDER 24, kicked off with the start of Saber Strike 24 on April 9, 2024.
• 379th AEW modernizes force structure in preparation for AFFOGREN CENTCOM 10 Apr 2024 -- The 379th Air Expeditionary Wing held an activation ceremony for the 379th Expeditionary Air Base Group, Apr. 2, 2024.
• Department of Defense Enhances Technology Transitions Through New Advisory Group DoD 10 Apr 2024 -- In a move to streamline technology transitions, Heidi Shyu, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, has inaugurated the Transition Tracking Action Group (TTAG).
• Secretary Del Toro Releases Science and Technology Strategy, Offers Path for Sustained Innovation US Navy 10 Apr 2024 -- To empower U.S. Sailors and Marines to operate amid today's security, economic and geopolitical challenges, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro released the 2024 Naval Science and Technology (S&T) Strategy.
• USS Carney (DDG 64) continues deployment in 6th Fleet AOR/STRAITS OF MESSINA/PALERMO PORT VISIT US Navy 10 Apr 2024 -- After a safe Suez Canal transit, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) transited the Straits of Messina and arrived in Palermo, Italy, for a regularly scheduled port visit, April 9, 2024.
• U.S., Australian, and French Naval Forces Conduct Trilateral Operations US Navy 10 Apr 2024 -- The U.S. Navy, Royal Australian Navy (RAN), and French Navy (FN) joined forces to conduct trilateral operations in the South China Sea, April 9.
• 31st Shipbuilding Quadrilateral Meeting to Foster Collaboration and Innovation Among Allied Navies US Navy Press Release 10 Apr 2024 -- The United States Navy is pleased to announce the 31st Shipbuilding Quadrilateral (QUADLAT) meeting, taking place in Washington, D.C. from April 10th to 11th, 2024.
• Top Cyber Official Credits Foreign Surveillance Tool With Keeping Americans Safe DoD News 10 Apr 2024 -- The Defense Department's top cyber official credited a key provision of the amended Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act with keeping Americans and the DOD safe from foreign adversaries during testimony at a Senate Armed Services Committee posture hearing today.
• NATO Secretary General: Finland takes security and defence seriously NATO 10 Apr 2024 -- Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Finnish President Alexander Stubb to NATO Headquarters on Wednesday (10 April 2024), just days after Finland celebrated the first anniversary of its accession to the Alliance.
• Support to Ukraine Also Serves U.S. Interests, Wallander Tells Congress DoD News 10 Apr 2024 -- Ukraine is battling for its life as Russia continues its unprovoked war on the nation, and it is in U.S. international interests that Russia does not succeed, Celeste Wallander, the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, told the House Armed Services Committee today.
• Top U.S. General Tells Congress Ukraine 'Cannot Sustain Fight Against Russia Alone' RFE/RL 10 Apr 2024 -- The top U.S. general in Europe has warned that Ukraine cannot sustain its fight against Russia alone as a major spending bill languishes in the House of Representatives, blocked by a small number of Republicans who believe domestic matters should take priority.
• War in Ukraine - The arms and military equipment Germany is sending to Ukraine Germany - Federal Government 10 Apr 2024 -- Germany provides support for Ukraine by supplying equipment and weapons, these come from supplies of the Federal Arms Forces and from deliveries from industry financed from the Federal Government's funds for security capacity building. An overview.
• UK and Ukraine sign new defence pact UK MOD 10 Apr 2024 -- The UK and Ukraine sign a new defence agreement to encourage cooperation on defence and industrial issues.
• Minister of National Defence L. Kasčiūnas met with President of Ukraine V.Zelenksyy in Kyiv Lithuania MND 10 Apr 2024 -- Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas is on a visit in Kyiv. He met with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy with whom he discussed the challenge's Ukraine was facing on the battlefield, in energy and economy sectors.
• Deputy Secretary General: We will continue to build a bridge for Ukraine to join NATO NATO 10 Apr 2024 -- Speaking at the NATO Open Door Conference in Helsinki on Wednesday (10 April 2024), NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană welcomed Ukraine's readiness to join NATO and said that "NATO's door remains open" and "no violence or intimidation can stop that."
• Readout of Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks' Call With U.K. Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence David Williams DoD 10 Apr 2024
• AUKUS Partners Focus on Indo-Pacific Security in Shaping Joint Capabilities DoD News 10 Apr 2024 -- Maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific serves as the key factor driving the selection of advanced capabilities to pursue as part of the AUKUS security partnership between the U.S., U.K. and Australia, senior officials said yesterday.
• Landmark production contract signed for Boxer Heavy Weapon Carrier vehicle export to Germany Australia DOD 10 Apr 2024 -- Australia's largest ever defence export agreement has taken its next step today, with the signing of a production contract between the Australian Government and Rheinmetall Defence Australia.
• Readout of Assistant Secretary of Defense Ely Ratner's Meeting with Australian Deputy Secretary of Defence for Strategy, Policy, and Industry Hugh Jeffrey DoD 10 Apr 2024
• The European Union procures Modern Air Surveillance System for the Armed Forces of Moldova Estonia CDI 10 Apr 2024 -- Estonian Centre for Defence Investments (ECDI), as implementing actor under the European Peace Facility (EPF), has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defence of Moldova and the Czech defence company ERA for the procurement of a passive radar system. This will significantly improve Moldova's air defence and air surveillance capabilities.
• Defence Secretary presides over first steel cutting of Fleet Support Ships for Indian Navy at Hindustan Shipyard Ltd in Visakhapatnam India PIB 10 Apr 2024 -- Defence Secretary Shri Giridhar Aramane presided over the first steel cutting of the Fleet Support Ships (FSS) for the Indian Navy at Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) in Visakhapatnam on April 10, 2024
• STEEL CUTTING OF FIRST FLEET SUPPORT SHIP FOR INDIAN NAVY AT HINDUSTAN SHIPYARD LIMITED, VISAKHAPATNAM India PIB 10 Apr 2024 -- 'Steel Cutting' ceremony of first of the five Fleet Support Ships (FSS) was held at Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam on 10 Apr 24, in presence of Shri Giridhar Aramane, Defence Secretary
• With eyes on Beijing, US and Japan pledge stronger ties Radio Free Asia 10 Apr 2024 -- U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday they will establish stronger military ties in the face of China's expansive claims to Taiwan and the South China Sea.
• The Government approved draft Law on Defence and Security Industry Lithuania MND 10 Apr 2024 -- A the Wednesday sitting the Government approved the draft Law on Defence and Security Industry proposed by the Ministry of National Defence to expand the opportunities for industry growth in order to strengthen national security, defence technology advance and Lithuania's competitiveness in the international defence industry arena.
• A look at the Defence news 1 - 7 April Netherlands Ministry of Defence 10 Apr 2024

Defense Industry

• Contracts For April 10, 2024

Other Conflicts

Ukraine Conflict News



Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• 3 Hamas Terrorist Operatives, Sons of Ismail Haniyeh, Eliminated in Gaza Israel Defense Forces 10 Apr 2024
• Six Months of the War on the Global Public Diplomacy Front: The National Public Diplomacy Directorate Presents its Activity in the International Arena after Six Months of the War Israel - Prime Minister 10 Apr 2024
• Israel's Netanyahu says no power could stop ground attack on Rafah People's Daily 10 Apr 2024 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel will launch an offensive against Hamas in Gaza's Rafah and "no power in the world" could prevent it.
• 3 Sons of Hamas leader Haniyeh Martyred in Israeli strike ISNA 10 Apr 2024 -- Three sons of the head of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, and a number of his grandchildren were martyred in an Israeli bombing in Gaza, according to Arab media outlets on Wednesday.
• Iran Leader: Israel made mistake, will be 'punished' for attack on Iran's consulate ISNA 10 Apr 2024 -- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the Israeli regime "must be punished and will be punished" for its deadly strike on the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital of Damascus.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Apr 2024

Other Conflicts

• Recent heightened tensions in South China Sea have a lot to do with US meddling: FM spokesperson Global Times 10 Apr 2024 -- China's maritime law enforcement measures are aimed at safeguarding its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and are justified and beyond reproach, said a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to recent remarks on the South China Sea by US Admiral John Aquilino. The spokesperson pointed out that the recent heightened tensions in the South China Sea have a lot to do with US meddling.
• Philippines' Marcos denies 'gentleman's agreement' with Beijing over South China Sea Radio Free Asia 10 Apr 2024 -- Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday denied the existence of a "gentleman's agreement" between his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, and China that Manila would not make repairs to a rusting military outpost in a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.
• At Least 5 Iranian Officers Dead In Clash With Militants In Restive Southeast RFE/RL 10 Apr 2024 -- At least five Iranian law enforcement officers were killed in clashes with the Jaish al-Adl militant group in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan amid a surge of violence across the restive region.
• Residents flee Myanmar into Thailand as fighting intensifies Radio Free Asia 10 Apr 2024 -- More than 1,000 residents on Myanmar's border have fled to neighboring Thailand since Wednesday morning amid escalating armed clashes and junta airstrikes near the important trade town of Myawaddy, residents told Radio Free Asia.
• Teacher, other villagers lead arson attack on Kachin village Radio Free Asia 10 Apr 2024 -- A female middle school teacher and other villagers who supported the Myanmar junta led troops and pro-junta militia in an arson attack on a Kachin state village that destroyed nearly 400 houses.

News Reports

• Principal Drug and Weapons Supplier for MS-13 in Honduras Arrested and Extradited for Racketeering, Narcotics, and Firearms Offenses US Dept. of Justice 10 Apr 2024 -- An indictment was unsealed today charging David Campbell, also known as Viejo Dan and Don David, 57, of Honduras, one of the principal narcotics and weapons suppliers to MS-13 in Honduras, with racketeering, narcotics, and firearms offenses.
• Foreign Ministry statement on personal sanctions on representatives of UK government agencies, IT sector and legal services market Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Apr 2024
• Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, April 10, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Apr 2024
• Russia: Speech by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell at the EP Plenary on Russia's presidential elections European External Action Service (EEAS) 10 Apr 2024 -- Check against delivery!
• Igor Girkin, Imprisoned Russian Nationalist, Plans To Join Troops Invading Ukraine RFE/RL 10 Apr 2024 -- Russian nationalist Igor Girkin (aka Strelkov), who was sentenced to four years in prison in January on a charge of making public calls for extremist activities, will apply to join Russian troops invading Ukraine, his lawyer told the RBK news agency on April 10.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's Regular Press Conference on April 10, 2024 PRC MofA 10 Apr 2024
• China In Eurasia Briefing: Looking At Beijing's Ukraine Shuttle Diplomacy RFE/RL 10 Apr 2024
• Hong Kong expels advocate who planned to monitor Jimmy Lai trial VOA 10 Apr 2024 -- A media watchdog said Wednesday that Hong Kong authorities expelled one of its officials who had arrived to cover the trial of pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai.
• In China, drones, social media monitor foreign journalists: report Radio Free Asia 10 Apr 2024 -- Chinese authorities use drones to monitor and follow foreign journalists as they report from the country, as well as detaining, harassing and threatening them with non-renewal of their work permits if they report on topics deemed sensitive by the government, according to a new report on journalists' working conditions.
• China refutes Fitch's credit outlook cut Global Times 10 Apr 2024 -- Chinese officials on Wednesday swiftly pushed back against US ratings agency Fitch's move to cut China's sovereign credit rating outlook to negative from stable, stressing that China's long-term growth prospects remain unchanged and the Chinese government has the ability and determination to maintain sound sovereign credit.
• Fitch's downgrade on China's sovereign credit outlook is 'disappointing': Ministry of Finance Global Times 10 Apr 2024 -- China's Ministry of Finance on Wednesday said it is disappointed with Fitch's decision to downgrade the outlook of China's sovereign credit rating, saying that the rating methodology fails to effectively reflect the positive effects of China's fiscal policy on promoting the economic growth and further stabilizing the macro leverage ratio.
• Fitch downgrades outlook on China to negative Radio Free Asia 10 Apr 2024 -- Fitch downgraded its outlook on China's sovereign credit rating to negative Wednesday, citing growing risks to public finances as the country shifts away from its reliance on the flagging real estate market to a supposedly more sustainable growth model.
• China's credit rating outlook downgraded VOA 10 Apr 2024 -- The credit ratings agency Fitch downgraded its outlook on China's credit rating Wednesday.
• China's Ministry of State Security reveals new case on leaking counter-espionage info Global Times 10 Apr 2024 -- China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) disclosed a new case on Wednesday concerning the manager of an express delivery company who was detained and fined for leaking counter-espionage case information.
• Former President Ma meets Xi Jinping in Beijing CNA 10 Apr 2024 -- Former President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) on Wednesday met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping (習近平) in Beijing, in a reprise of the pair's historic 2015 summit in Singapore.
• Xi stresses shared culture and history in meeting with Ma Global Times 10 Apr 2024 -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, met with Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing on Wednesday.
• No 'goodwill' seen as DPP authorities consistently obstruct cross-Straits exchanges: spokesperson Global Times 10 Apr 2024 -- The Chinese mainland continues to support cross-Straits exchanges and cooperation in various fields despite the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities consistently obstructing exchanges. Their so-called "goodwill" to enhance exchanges has not been seen, Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council told a press conference on Wednesday.
• DPP obstruction to mainland products unpopular: spokesperson People's Daily 10 Apr 2024 -- The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities' acts of setting obstacles to block popular mainland products from entering the market in Taiwan are unpopular, said a spokesperson on Wednesday.
• China's Xi Jinping meets former Taiwanese president Radio Free Asia 10 Apr 2024 -- President Xi Jinping on Wednesday reasserted China's territorial claim on democratic Taiwan, likening it to a "family reunion," in a meeting with former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou, who is currently on a controversial tour of China.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Apr. 10, 2024 ROC MND 10 Apr 2024
• Armenian Foreign Minister To Skip CIS Gathering RFE/RL 10 Apr 2024 -- Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will not attend an upcoming meeting of his counterparts from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a Foreign Ministry spokesperson has announced.