A South Korean defense research body has recommended reducing production of domestically produced KF-21 fighter jets.
Concerns over price competitiveness and uncertainties surrounding the South Korean KF-21 Boramae project have led the Korea Institute for Defense Analysis to recommend reducing initial production volume.
The original plan called for the production of 120 KF-21 fighters by 2032, but this could now be reduced.
Launched in 2015 with a budget of 8.9 trillion won (about $6.

The Indian Navy has retired the last of its Ilyushin Il-38 ‘Sea Dragon’ maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) after more than four decades in service.
The deactivation of India’s last Il-38s took place at INS Hansa near Goa on October 31, according to the country’s Defense Ministry.
“With its unique capabilities, striking power and extended range covering the vast Indian Ocean region, the Il-38 SD has proven over the years to be a formidable force multiplier,” the ministry says.
The model has been in service with the Indian Navy since 1977, serving with 315 Sqn.

The first training sortie for the reformed 42 Squadron was flown on 26 September. (Crown Copyright)
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has reformed 42 Squadron as a joint operational conversion unit (OCU) for its Boeing 737-based aircraft, it announced on 1 November.
Most latterly the former OCU for the BAC Nimrod MR2 maritime patrol aircraft before its disbandment in 2010, 42 Sqn was stood up at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland on 21 September.

Washington, over the past 20 years, has not focused on monitoring Hamas but has relied on information from Israel, causing Hamas’ raids to cause damage to the two countries, according to US media.

US intelligence has almost stopped tracking Hamas and other Palestinian Muslim organizations since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to free up resources to hunt for senior members of al-Qaeda, the perpetrators of the attack. Attack, and the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS), WSJ, on November 1, quoted unnamed US officials as saying.

One of the two embarked F-35Bs from VX-23 completes an SRVL recovery to HMS
Prince of Wales
during DT-3 testing. The SRVL manoeuvre is designed to significantly increase bring-back payload.
( Kyra Helwick/DVIDS)
The UK Royal Navy (RN) and the US F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF) are progressing new trials of the shipborne rolling vertical landing (SRVL) recovery manoeuvre onboard the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales.

Our youth face the consequences for their socialist/democrat votes
Gen-Zers are making it clear they will not fight any wars for the military-industrial complex. 
Besides war, he said, “We [Gen-Z] have things to do nowadays, like work and be bisexual.” 
They never learned the wise man’s words — ‘Respect your elders, and learn from them.’

Your #GenZ nugget for the night. Prepare accordingly. 😆 pic.twitter.

South Korean intelligence believes that North Korea, in the past three months, has transferred more than a million artillery shells to Russia for use in the conflict with Ukraine.

After a congressional hearing with intelligence agencies, Congressman Yoo Sang-bum said on October 1 that South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) believes that North Korea transferred the above artillery shells to Russia by trains and other means of transport since August. This amount of ammunition is enough for the Russian army to use for two months on the battlefield in Ukraine.
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The US detonated a Minuteman III missile without a warhead over the Pacific Ocean because the projectile encountered problems after leaving the launch pad.

“Delta 30 unit safely destroyed an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Minuteman III without a warhead in the Pacific Ocean in the early morning of November 1, due to an unusual incident after launching from the space base. Vandenberg headquarters in California,” the US Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) said.

Israeli intelligence claims to use AI technology to quickly and accurately identify targets in the campaign against Hamas.

The General Directorate of Military Intelligence of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on November 2 that hundreds of soldiers in this country are “making efforts to identify new targets on a large scale.” One senior official said that the adversary’s actions during the war “created new opportunities” for intelligence.

Officials have stated the US has the ability to sustain support to both Ukraine and Israel as each engages in respective combat operations.
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Leidos reported a net loss of £396m in their Q3 results, attributed to non-cash impairments from its Security Enterprise Solutions unit.
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It is time to clarify some crucial points: the term “refugee camp,” which is often associated with Gaza, has its origin in 1948, in a context where Gaza was part of Egyptian territory since the consolidation of Egypt as a state in 1922.
Refugee camps, designed as provisional solutions after forced displacement, seek to facilitate the eventual resettlement of those affected. However, war brings territorial and demographic changes that sometimes complicate this process.

The beginning of November brought news from the Ministry of Defense, announcing a significant agreement between  Norway,  Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace  (KDA) and the American firm  Raytheon to advance the development of the  NASAMS missile system.
Norway and the US Strengthen Defense Cooperation  Bjørn Arild Gram [Sp], the Minister of Defense, highlighted in a recent press conference that this new agreement between KDA and  Raytheon marks the beginning of a promising era for the NASAMS  defense system, enhancing its ability to counter emerging threats.

A scale model of the ADE Abhyas at ADMS 2023. (Janes/Akshara Parakala)
Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) – an agency under the state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) – revealed an updated configuration of the Abhyas High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) at the eighth Aerospace & Defence Manufacturing Show (ADMS) 2023 held in Bangalore on 26 and 27 October.
The original configuration of Abhyas was launched in 2013 and featured twin underslung boosters.

Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska and Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa nominated 61 generals for promotion late Tuesday night, drawing individual objections to each from Sen. Tommy Tuberville, center, who has held up close to 400 promotions since February. Video captures from C-Span.
Two Republican Senators with military backgrounds took direct public aim at Sen. Tommy Tuberville Tuesday night, aiming barbed and even mocking comments at the Alabama lawmaker while forcing him to stand on the Senate floor 61 times to publicly objectto the promotions of generals and admirals.

Defense Minister Shoigu said that Russian air defense only needed 20 days to take down all the F-16 fighters that the West pledged to transfer to Ukraine.

“Over the past month, air defense units intercepted more than 1,400 weapons and air attack vehicles of the Ukrainian armed forces, including 37 aircraft and 6 US-made ATACMS tactical missiles,” Minister Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said at a meeting on November 1.
According to Mr. Shoigu, 37 Ukrainian fighter jets were downed, “nearly twice the number of fighter jets pledged to be transferred to Ukraine.

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A scale model of the ADE Archer (SRUAV-W) pictured at ADMS 2023. (Janes/Akshara Parakala)
India’s Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) – an agency under the state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) – has disclosed new details about the development and testing of its new Short-Range Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Weaponised (SRUAV-W) – also known as ‘Archer’.

MBDA Deutschland is offering more applications for the Enforcer missile system, including anti-tank, air-launched, and V/SHORAD versions. (MBDA)
MBDA Deutschland presented international journalists visiting the company on 27 October with more applications for the Enforcer missile system being procured by the Bundeswehr for its Leichtes Wirkmittel 1800+ requirement for a lightweight, day/night, precision-guided, shoulder-launched 89 mm weapon with a range of more than 1,800 m. The new applications are anti-tank, air-launched, and very short- and short-range air defence (V/SHORAD).

Denmark is now the third country in Europe after Norway and the Netherlands to acquire the Thales Ground Master 200 Multi Mission Compact radar. (Thales)
Denmark will acquire five new Thales Ground Master 200 Multi Mission Compact (GM200 MM/C) radars under a government-to-government deal with the Netherlands.

The shock of Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault continues to reverberate around the world amidst fears it will be the catalyst for a wider regional war. Many observers are comparing it to the 1973 Yom Kippur war, arguing that Israel repeated many of the same mistakes in failing to anticipate the attack. But this was more than an intelligence failure. It was failure of imagination. Israel grew comfortable managing its relationship with Hamas in Gaza, keeping rocket attacks and suicide bombings to a relatively low level for almost a decade.

USAF
The U.S. Air Force says an unarmed LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was “safely terminated” over the Pacific Ocean after an unspecified “anomaly” occured during a routine test launch overnight. A delegation from South Korea also observed this particular test, in line with a new bilateral strategic cooperation agreement the country signed with the United States earlier this year.
The most recent LGM-30G missile test flight came to an end at approximately 12:06 AM PST, according to a press release from Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC).

NASAMS, or the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, is the world’s first Network-Centric short-to-medium-range ground-based air defense system. It features numerous simultaneous engagements and Beyond Visual Range capabilities that are tightly integrated and tailored to a nation’s integrated air and missile defense.
NASAMS’ network widens the protected area and improves the Armed Forces‘ overall combat capacity. It has been evolving continuously since its inception in Norway.

U.S. Green Berets and elite Marine special operators are learning languages that aren’t always useful on deployments and missions abroad, a Government Accountability Office report found.
And those elite troops often let their skills in those languages lapse as their careers go on.
The new report sites examples like Special Forces soldiers who learn French as their assigned language, but find it useless in most European assignments, especially since the U.S. trains directly with French forces less often than many other allies in the region.

Marine Corps Gen. Eric M. Smith salutes during a Relinquishment of Office ceremony at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C. on July 10, 2023. (Staff Sgt. Kelsey Dornfeld/U.S. Marine Corps).
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith was listed in stable condition on Tuesday following a medical emergency over the weekend, Corps officials have announced.
Smith was admitted to a local hospital on Oct. 29 after experiencing the emergency near the Home of the Commandants at Marine Corps Barracks Washington, a Corps news release says.

USN
The U.S. Navy has released pictures that offer an unusually good look at a tethered communications buoy found on its Ohio class ballistic missile submarines. This is a critical piece of equipment that is designed specifically to help ensure these boats can receive nuclear strike orders. Communicating with submerged submarines, especially those that have gone very deep to avoid detection, can be a very challenging proposition.
The Trident Refit Facility (TRF) in Kings Bay, Georgia, posted the pictures of USS Tennessee undergoing a so-called “bouy fly” on its Facebook page.

Russian Ministry of Defense
The National Intelligence Service (NIS), the chief intelligence agency of South Korea, said in a briefing today that it assesses that North Korea has so far sent more than 10 shipments of munitions to Russia for use in the war against Ukraine. Arms supplied by Pyongyang to Moscow are said to include more than one million artillery rounds, according to the NIS.
There are meanwhile more reports emerging that Russia may have provided North Korea with satellite launch technology to help it pursue its burgeoning ambitions in space.

Since Israel activated the Iron Dome in 2011, the state-of-the-art rocket defense system has intercepted thousands of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. The system has given residents a sense of security, and Israelis can often be seen watching the projectiles fly through the skies and destroy their targets.
But the current war with Gaza’s Hamas militant group could be the toughest challenge yet. In just two weeks, Hamas has fired 7,000 rockets toward Israel, according to the Israeli military.

A critical flight test for the Army’s hypersonic missile program that was scheduled to launch on Oct. 26 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, did not go forward as planned, DefenseScoop has learned.
“The flight test did not occur,” Army spokesperson Ellen Lovett said in response to questions from DefenseScoop on Wednesday.
This marks the latest in a series of hiccups associated with the Army’s in-development Dark Eagle missile, which was previously known as the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW).

The US secretaries of state and defense on Tuesday urged Congress to maintain support for Ukraine. They warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to use the war between Israel and Hamas to reduce Western support for Kyiv.
President Joe Biden has combined military aid to Ukraine and Israel in a proposed $106 billion package, but a significant number of Republicans in Congress, among whom support for Ukraine’s fight against the Russian invasion wavers, are opposed to linking both.

IDF
With the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launching missiles and drones at Israel and promising more such attacks as they essentially declared war, the Israeli Navy has moved an unspecified number of Sa’ar 5 class missile corvettes into the Red Sea.
“In accordance with the assessment of the situation and as part of the strengthening of the defense effort in the area, missile ships of the Sea Arm arrived in the Red Sea area yesterday,” the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced Wednesday.

The Army issued multiple special notices this week to garner feedback from industry to inform its first AI program of record.
The service’s Project Linchpin aims to provide an artificial intelligence and machine learning development and delivery operational pipeline for intelligence, cyber and electronic warfare sensor systems.
An RFI posted Monday on Sam.gov seeks information about computer vision technology.

Ukrainian military officials and commanders admit that the country lacks not only Western weapons aid but also the manpower to operate them.

Some Ukrainian officials have complained that the country’s military has not been able to repel Russian forces because Western allies were slow to hand over weapons according to aid commitments. However, some of Ukraine’s armed forces face a shortage of personnel that is more serious than the problem of weapons and ammunition.

Ansar Allah’s video purportedly showing the weapons launched at Israel showed what appeared to be a Zulfiqar ballistic missile. (Ansar Allah)
The Iranian-backed Yemeni group Ansar Allah (Houthis) confirmed on 31 October that it has launched ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at Israel, warning that it would continue to do so for as long as the military operation against Hamas continues.

As it strives to become data- and AI-ready by 2025, the Department of the Air Force’s Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Office is focused on attracting, training and retaining the highly skilled workforce necessary to achieve its goal.
“It really comes down to your talent. We’re in a fierce competition for talent, we’re competing with all of our industry partners for great talent,” Department of the Air Force CDAO Eileen Vidrine said Wednesday during a keynote at Microsoft’s Federal Innovation Series, hosted by FedScoop.

USAF
A report on the controversial close air support-focused flyoff between the A-10C Warthog and F-35A Joint Strike Fighter that took place between 2018 and 2019 has finally emerged. The declassified review, which was only completed last year and has been essentially buried until now, is heavily redacted and raises more questions than it provides answers in many areas. However, it does still offer valuable details that have not previously been made public even as the U.S. Air Force looks to retire the last of the Warthogs no later than the end of the decade.

A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep on a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it. *** Last week, Chinese ships — a coast guard vessel and ships that are part of China’s notorious maritime militia — rammed a Philippine coast guard vessel and military-run supply ship off of Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea.

Special operations forces have long held the primary responsibility for irregular warfare within the U.S. military, but other Department of Defense components should now take on a larger role, according to a senior official.
“I actually push back on the notion that that [U.S. Special Operations Command] should be the lead for irregular warfare. I think we need the rest of the department to embrace it as well,” Chris Maier, assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict, said at the NDAI SO/LIC Symposium Tuesday.

Estonian-based Milrem Robotics has partnered with Leonardo to develop the next generation of unmanned ground vehicles.
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A U.S. Marine assigned to Reconnaissance Company, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, rides an MMX motorcycle enroute to a raid site during the ground interoperability exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 25, 2023. (Cpl. Joseph Helms/U.S. Marine Corps).
A company of Recon Marines will have a new addition to their military kit when it deploys next year: Zero MMX electric dirt bikes.
All the Marines in Bravo Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion have been testing the electric motorcycles, said Capt. Jonathan Bender, Bravo Company commander.

Since 2014, We Are The Mighty has selected the best of the best to our MIGHTY 25 list and 2023 is no exception. This was a year of change, strong advocacy and undeniable courage. With endless challenges to force readiness, resource shifting and need — the MIGHTY 25 of 2023 answered the call to better the military community.
The WATM editorial team recognizes people working in the activity duty, veteran and military family space in partnership with the Military Influencer Conference. Those selected started from a list of over 100 individuals who are all exceptional at what they do.

Brittany Boccher waited in the wings for her Air Force Office of Special Investigations agent husband through multiple deployments and challenges. Once he retired, she found herself and brought everyone along with her. 
Raised in a loving home, tragedy struck at a young age. Boccher’s father was killed by a drunk driver when she was just a child. The impacts of his loss would reverberate through her life and forge a path of service. 
“I immediately went into becoming a victim advocate at 11 years old,” Boccher shared.

Cailin Crockett has spent her career dedicated to underserved communities and preventing violence against women. Now, she’s directing her passion for helping the military community, too. 
“I am really lucky to be the Director of Military Personnel Policy at the National Security Council and that means I am on the broader team of Joining Forces. We coordinate policy that is intended to improve quality of life and promote equity for military families,” Crockett explained.

Charles Moore was a military brat for the first part of his childhood and it left a deep impression. His experiences then – and after – led to a lifetime of service. 
Both parents served in the Army, though his mother got out to raise him and his sister. They traveled the world together as a family until the couple divorced. His mother brought the children to Fort Sill in Oklahoma.
“Even though she wasn’t in anymore, she had a lot of friends in the area. It goes back to that aspect of community that the military provides, even after your transition.

Ashley Gutermuth can turn just about anything into a joke and has spent the past few years helping the military community not only laugh, but heal. 
“My parents always said I was basically born 40,” she laughed. “I was never really into cartoons as a kid but chose Mel Brooks movies instead. Both of my parents were helicopter mechanics. The pilots and the flight nurses would go off and sleep in their own little room while the mechanics got all greasy and toiled away. My parents always told me to stay away from pilots and then I grew up and married one.

When Marine veteran Thomas Brennan had the idea to create The War Horse, the mission was simple. Ethical journalism steeped in integrity and an unwavering commitment to telling the stories of the military community without holding back. Seven extraordinary and award-winning years later, he’s just getting started. 
Every good story has a beginning. 
“My family and I joke that my Marine Corps career started or happened when my mom was rear-ended by a recruiter in a car accident,” he laughed.

Senior advisor to Joining Forces and attorney for the VA Elizabeth “Libby” Jamison used her platform to champion an executive order for military spouse employment – and she’s just getting started.
Understanding the challenges of military life is nothing new for Jamison. 
“I’m a Navy brat, my dad was a submariner and I grew up moving all over the place. My mom was a computer science graduate from the 70s and I watched her struggle balancing a career and us kids,” she explained. “It was hard back then and they’d go months without any communication.

Monica Bassett had a roadmap for her life before meeting her soldier and it certainly didn’t involve becoming a fierce advocate for the military community. Her early years laid the foundation of strength she’d lean on to stand up despite the challenges. 
“I grew up on the border of Mexico in Texas as the daughter of a Vietnam War Veteran and I am both Mexican and native Indian,” she shared. “Growing up as a minority with having blue-collar workers as parents wasn’t easy.

Serving in the military is a family business, according to Stacy Pearsall and for her, it became a lifetime of dedication. 
“I’ve had family members serving since all the way back to the Revolutionary War on one side and World War I on the other. My sister was the first woman to serve in our family because I dragged my feet a bit,” she laughed. “I enlisted in 1997 after graduating from high school in South Dakota when things were relatively calm. The plan was to see the world so I put all these overseas assignments down on my list and I ended up in Nebraska.

Nolan Peterson could have quietly left the service after serving in combat as a pilot with Special Operations in the Air Force. But, that’s not the way it went.
“Both of my grandparents served during World War II and that inspired me to apply to the Air Force Academy when I graduated high school in 2000. Initially, I wanted to see the world and look cool as a pilot,” he laughed. “That quickly changed when I sat in class watching the towers fall. My instructor had served in combat during Desert Storm and said ‘You guys are going to war.