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08 September 2024 Military News

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  • Sept 8 U.S. Central Command Update CENTCOM 08 Sep 2024 -- In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command forces successfully destroyed three Iranian-backed Houthi uncrewed aerial vehicles and two missile systems in a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen.
  • American, British warplanes pound Yemen again IRNA 08 Sep 2024 -- The United States and Britain have carried out yet another aggression against Yemen, with their warplanes bombing the center of Arab country thrice overnight.
  • Yemeni forces down another American drone in fresh pro-Palestinian, anti-US operation Press TV 08 Sep 2024 -- The Yemeni Armed Forces shoot down another advanced American drone in support of Palestinians, who have come under a US-enabled Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip, and in protest at Washington's aggression against Yemen.
  • Houthis Shot Down Eighth US Drone MQ-9 Reaper Sputnik 08 Sep 2024 -- Shiite movement Ansar Allah (the Houthis) ruling northern Yemen s shot down US reconnaissance drone MQ-9 Reaper in northwestern Yemen, which was carrying out reconnaissance over Marib province, the eighth since last fall, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saria said on Saturday.
  • US-British coalition conducts three airstrikes on Yemen's Ibb Press TV 08 Sep 2024 -- The United States and British warplanes have launched a series of airstrikes on various targets in Yemen's southwestern province of Ibb, amid the ongoing maritime operations by Yemeni naval units against vessels linked to Israel in the Red Sea.

Defense Policy / Programs

  • Iran says it has never been part of Russia-Ukraine conflict IRNA 08 Sep 2024 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani says his country has never been part of the conflict in Ukraine and has always supported a political solution to end the war there.
  • Iran says it has never been part of Russia-Ukraine war Press TV 08 Sep 2024 -- Iran says it has played no role in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, reiterating its call for dialogue to bring an end to the conflict.

  • National Armed Forces investigate a case of UAV fragments Latvia MOD 08 Sep 2024 -- On Saturday, 7 September, a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crashed in Rēzekne municipality, Latvia.
  • NATO Members Romania, Latvia Accuse Russia Of Violating Airspace With Military Drones RFE/RL 08 Sep 2024 -- Romania and Latvia, both members of NATO, on September 8 accused Russia of violating their countries' airspace with military drones, escalating tensions between Moscow and the West.

  • China holds intensive naval interactions with ASEAN members Global Times 08 Sep 2024 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently held intensive naval interactions including joint exercises and warship visits with several ASEAN member states, a move experts said on Sunday has enhanced regional security cooperation amid tensions stirred up by the Philippines.

  • Taiwan's 7 indigenous submarines to be built in updated 2-3-2 sequence CNA 08 Sep 2024 -- Taiwan's seven planned submarines based on the domestically-built Narwhal (海鯤號) prototype will be built in three batches of "two then three then two," a source close to the military said Sunday.

  • Exercise Kakadu begins in Darwin Australia DOD 08 Sep 2024 -- Warships and personnel from over thirty nations will descend on Darwin this week for Australia's premier maritime warfare activity, Exercise Kakadu.

  • Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects Defence Industrial Enterprise KCNA 08 Sep 2024 -- Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, visited a defence industrial enterprise under the Second Economy Commission to learn about the production of military hardware.
  • Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Tours Site for New Naval Base KCNA 08 Sep 2024 -- In order to thoroughly implement the powerful-army-building line and policy of the Workers' Party of Korea, which has set it as an urgent task to bolster up the Juche-based naval force as required by the historic turning point in building up the country's defence capabilities and army, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un made a field survey for the construction of a modern naval base and clarified the orientation and ways for the construction.
  • Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects O Jin U Artillery Academy KCNA 08 Sep 2024 -- Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on September 6 inspected O Jin U Artillery Academy, a pedigree establishment for training the backbone of the artillery force in the country.
  • Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Guides Shipbuilding KCNA 08 Sep 2024 -- Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, guided the shipbuilding on the spot.

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