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Russian forces have destroyed what Russian security officials described as a major temporary deployment site for Colombian fighters serving with Ukraine’s National Guard, which was reportedly located in Dergachi, a town north of Kharkov. The facility housed Colombian personnel assigned to Ukraine’s 23rd Separate Assault Regiment. A Russian security official told state media outlet TASS hat the personnel had previously been transferred from Kiev before the facility was struck.

Iranian attacks on U.S. military positions in Kuwait launched in response to American attacks on its territory have exposed significant vulnerabilities in the infrastructure supporting U.S. forces in the Middle East. Newly released footage and eyewitness accounts indicate that Iranian missiles and drones repeatedly threatened U.S. installations, forcing personnel to seek shelter and prompting the relocation of troops from exposed positions.

Two more service members have died in the Middle East as part of the Iran war than previously acknowledged, according to the Department of Defense. The revised death toll was revealed in updates to the Pentagon’s casualty database late on Friday. The Oct. 9 numbers on the Defense Casualty Analysis System were the first update since Sept. 29. The changes include a National Guard officer whose death had been acknowledged but not counted in the Iran war and an enlisted sailor who died last month. Both were non-hostile deaths, according to DCAS.

The US military is sending personnel, aircraft and humanitarian supplies to Panama after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit the country on Friday.
In a statement Saturday, U.S. Southern Command said that it is organizing and deploying military personnel to join a relief effort in Panama, starting with aircraft and units already in Latin America.

The Army activated its fourth multi-domain task force this week, as part of the wider restructuring the force.
The new 4th Multi-Domain Task Force was stood up at Fort Carson, Colorado on Oct. 8. It comprises 2,100 soldiers tasked with coordinating cyber warfare, long-range missiles and other capabilities in support of the wider Army. Like some of the Army’s other similar units, this new task force is focused on the Pacific theater, the Army said.
“While we build this formation to deter aggression and preserve peace, if war comes, we must be prepared to fight and win,” Col. Hugh W. A.

South Korea has conducted the first test launch of an indigenously developed hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV), with President Lee Jae Myung observing the trial before inspecting the country’s Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile. The October 8 test was intended to verify key technologies required for a manoeuvrable hypersonic weapon, including high-temperature protection, guidance and control, and the ability to change trajectory at low altitude.

As a U.S. history teacher, I have learned something over the years: sometimes the stories that are not in the curriculum are the stories that make students want to learn the curriculum. Every teacher knows the feeling. You can spend hours building a carefully structured lesson, aligning it to standards, finding primary sources, creating activities, and preparing the perfect presentation.

The Iran War’s High Cost: Video obtained by CBS News shows the aftermath of an Iranian strike on a U.S. military base, Camp Buehring, in Kuwait. According to CBS, citing service members who were at the base during the Iranian attack, Camp Buehring was struck by drones, ballistic missiles — and, incredibly, by Iranian F-5 fighter jets too.

According to the service members who spoke to CBS News — on the condition of anonymity, given the extremely tight restrictions placed on service members’ ability to speak to the press — the base experienced a shortage of .

With the ongoing war in Iran in its seventh month, the costs of the conflict have been added up, and the costs have been in the billions — the tens of billions. A recent report by the Department of Defense inspector general has shed light on the expenditures on platforms and munitions incurred during the fighting. One of the report’s most significant conclusions? The United States faces a potentially dangerous munitions shortage.

The Bombs and Missiles Running Low from Iran War  

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Morocco and Israel are reportedly holding advanced discussions over a potential Moroccan acquisition of the David’s Sling long range air and missile defence system, which is designed to intercept tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, medium- to long-range rockets and unmanned aerial vehicles. The negotiations concern the possible integration of the Israeli-developed system into the existing Moroccan air defence network, which is built around NATO-standard systems including the U.S. MIM-104 Patriot, and will soon be strengthened with deliveries of F-16 Block 72 fighters.