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Army Chief Calls for Afghanistan Review: ‘Let the Cards Fall Where They Fall’

https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/09/army-chief-calls-afghanistan-review-let-cards-fall-where-they-fall/185249/



Flight takes about 200, including Americans, out of Kabul

https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-afghanistan-qatar-kabul-taliban-171fa64b4ed5514b44834257b4d5d457



Washington Defends Not Allowing Vetted Charter Flights From Afghanistan

https://sofrep.com/news/washington-defends-not-allowing-vetted-charter-flights-from-afghanistan/



Afghan Women At Forefront Of Nonviolent Resistance To Taliban

https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/women-resistance-afghanistan/31454337.html



Alleged rape, torture, murder and corruption by Afghan leaders that the US ignored was a 'big factor' in the country's fall, human rights expert says

https://www.businessinsider.com/corruption-and-abuse-contributed-to-afghanistan-collapse-expert-2021-9



U.N. calls on Taliban to ‘immediately cease’ beating protesters

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/10/taliban-crackdown-protests-united-nations/



UK spy chief warns Taliban takeover could fuel terror plots

https://apnews.com/article/europe-afghanistan-taliban-terrorism-al-qaida-c2c9cab3488ac9352229da6439d860b9



Video: How Kabul Is Changing Under Taliban Rule

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/video-how-kabul-is-changing-under-taliban-rule/vi-AAOi8zH



UK would be prepared to launch Afghanistan drone strikes, says Wallace

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/sep/09/uk-would-be-prepared-to-launch-afghanistan-drone-strikes-says-wallace



How Equipment Left In Afghanistan Will Expose US Secrets

https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2021/09/how-equipment-left-afghanistan-will-expose-us-secrets/185264/



Afghanistan Expected to Reach 98 Percent Poverty Rate by Mid-2022, U.N. Says

https://www.newsweek.com/afghanistan-expected-reach-98-percent-poverty-rate-mid-2022-un-says-1627854



What Is Happening in Panjshir? Conflicting Reports in Last Holdout to Taliban

https://coffeeordie.com/panjshir-taliban/



List Of Aircraft And Helicopters Captured by Taliban Forces At Kabul Airport

https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2021/09/list-of-aircraft-and-helicopters.html



Wars are not Won by Evacuations

https://www.thecipherbrief.com/article/afghanistan/wars-are-not-won-by-evacuations



‘We Never Got It. Not Even Close’: Afghanistan Veterans Reflect on 20 Years of War

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/09/10/politico-mag-afghan-vets-roundtable-506989



US Afghanistan Withdrawal Becomes Ammo For Disinformation Attacks

https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/09/failed-us-afghanistan-withdrawal-ammo-disinformation-attacks/185229/



Low Finance In High Places

https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htpeace/articles/20210910.aspx



Pakistan minister says they can send people to Kabul. To help in various affairs

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/pakistan-minister-says-they-can-send-people-to-kabul-to-run-various-affairs-101631204545514.html



America's Longest War: How Pakistan Won in Afghanistan

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-09/america-s-longest-war-how-pakistan-won-in-afghanistan



Guided Deterrence: Pakistan’s Fatah MRLs

https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2021/09/guided-deterrence-pakistans-fatah-mrl.html



Lifting The Veil - Pakistan’s Chinese UCAVs

https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2021/09/lifting-veil-pakistans-chinese-ucavs.html










Air defence boost: Indian Air Force gets first Indo-Israeli missile

https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/air-defence-boost-indian-air-force-gets-first-indo-israeli-missile-121091000050_1.html



Chinese influence operations in India: Expert panel reveals worrisome details

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/ChanakyaCode/chinese-influence-operations-in-india-expert-panel-reveals-worrisome-details/



INS Dhruv: India gets its first nuclear missile tracking ship today. Details here

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ins-dhruv-india-gets-its-first-nuclear-missile-tracking-ship-today-details-here-101631233967587.html









Iran-Afghanistan water dispute to test Tehran's ties to Taliban

https://www.dw.com/en/iran-afghanistan-water-dispute-to-test-tehrans-ties-to-taliban/a-59112469



West to decide on Iran censure after damning UN nuclear watchdog report

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/10/west-faces-iran-censure-decision-after-damning-un-nuclear-watchdog-report



Iran's Guards target Kurdish rebels in Iraqi Kurdistan -report

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-guards-target-kurdish-rebels-iraqi-kurdistan-report-2021-09-09/



Iranian Loitering Munitions Used Against Militants In Iraqi Kurdistan #Shorts

https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2021/09/iranian-loitering-munitions-used.html









Yemen: Defeat Is Not An Option

https://www.strategypage.com/qnd/yemen/articles/20210910.aspx



New UN envoy: Yemen is stuck in `indefinite state of war’

https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-united-nations-yemen-civil-wars-european-union-04c36c27d42726fd19f38d408b9ded20









Russian serviceman killed in Syria's Homs province

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/russian-serviceman-killed-in-syrias-homs-province-679101



What does the Deraa surrender mean for Iran and Russia in Syria?

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/what-does-the-deraa-surrender-mean-for-iran-and-russia-in-syria-679086




Biden clears $47 million for Lebanese forces, but that doesn’t mean they’ll receive it

https://www.defensenews.com/global/mideast-africa/2021/09/10/biden-clears-47-million-for-lebanese-forces-but-that-doesnt-mean-theyll-receive-it/









Israel: New AI system fills rifle sights with extensive, easy-to-digest info

https://www.c4isrnet.com/artificial-intelligence/2021/09/07/new-ai-system-fills-rifle-sights-with-extensive-easy-to-digest-info/



Israel and U.S. To Develop New Arrow 4 Missile to Defeat Hypersonic Weapons

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/israel-and-us-develop-new-arrow-4-missile-defeat-hypersonic-weapons-192669









Tunisian president plans to change political system, suspend constitution -adviser

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/tunisian-president-plans-change-political-system-suspend-constitution-adviser-2021-09-09/




List Of Aircraft Losses Of The Tigray War (2020-2021)

https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2021/09/list-of-aircraft-losses-of-tigray-war.html



Made In China: Ethiopia’s Fleet Of Chinese UAVs

https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2021/09/made-in-china-ethiopias-fleet-of.html



From Friend To Foe: Ethiopia’s Chinese AR2 MRLs

https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2021/09/from-friend-to-foe-ethiopias-chinese.html









Ukrainian president says war with Russia a worst-case possibility

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-president-says-war-with-russia-is-worst-case-possibility-2021-09-10/



Ukraine lured suspected Russian war criminals out of the country with fake, $5,000-a-month jobs to try and arrest them, report says

https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-lured-suspected-russian-war-criminals-fake-jobs-report-2021-9



Russian army tests Typhoon-PVO vehicle for MANPADS operators

https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_september_2021_global_security_army_industry/russian_army_tests_typhoon-pvo_vehicle_for_manpads_operators.html



Russia Influences Hackers but Stops Short of Directing Them, Report Says

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/us/politics/russia-ransomware-hackers.html



With NATO Forces Gone, Russia Looks South to Afghanistan, Warily

https://www.voanews.com/europe/nato-forces-gone-russia-looks-south-afghanistan-warily



Russia-Led CSTO Starts Military Drills In Kyrgyzstan Due To Situation In Afghanistan

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-military-drills-kyrgyzstan-afghanistan/31447751.html



Russia, Belarus launch massive war games – worrying NATO

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20210909-russia-belarus-launch-massive-war-games-%E2%80%93-worrying-nato



Russia and Belarus Inch Closer to a Full-Blown Merger

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/world/europe/russia-belarus-putin-lukashenko.html





Belarus tests new radars during exercise at Ashuluk range

https://airrecognition.com/index.php/news/defense-aviation-news/2021/september/7650-belarus-tests-new-radars-during-exercise-at-ashuluk-range.html




NATO advances next-generation helicopter project as NGRC team grows to seven nations

https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/nato-advances-next-generation-helicopter-project-as-ngrc-team-grows-to-seven-nations/145415.article




Spain arrests Venezuelan spymaster wanted on US drug charges

https://apnews.com/article/europe-venezuela-caribbean-arrests-spain-27f9c219820c9911513327eaa48ac10c




French jail term confirmed for uncle of Syria's Assad

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20210909-french-jail-term-confirmed-for-uncle-of-syria-s-assad




British Army soldiers receive health checks after operating Ajax vehicles

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/land-forces/latest/british-army-soldiers-receive-health-checks-after-operating-ajax-vehicles



£5.5bn Ajax armoured vehicle project on ‘end-of-life watch’

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/5-5bn-ajax-armoured-vehicle-project-on-end-of-life-watch/



UK MOD Has Just Published a Sales Brochure With The First RAF Aircraft Up For Grabs Following Defence Review

https://theaviationist.com/2021/09/09/desa-brochure/



Royal Air Force next-generation Remotely Piloted Aircraft takes to UK skies

https://airrecognition.com/index.php/news/defense-aviation-news/2021/september/7647-royal-air-force-next-generation-remotely-piloted-aircraft-takes-to-uk-skies.html



Royal Marine Commandos looking for stealthy naval drone

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/royal-marine-commandos-looking-for-stealthy-naval-drone/




Hackers Steal U.N. Data That Could Be Used for Future Government Cyberattacks

https://www.newsweek.com/hackers-steal-un-data-that-could-used-future-government-cyberattacks-1627648









New Study Says China Using Investments To Buy Political Influence In Central, Eastern Europe

https://www.rferl.org/a/chinese-investments-central-eastern-europe/31452615.html



South China Sea: Beijing ramps up drills and tests its ability to seize an island

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3148186/south-china-sea-beijing-ramps-drills-and-tests-its-ability



Civilian Shipping: Ferrying the People’s Liberation Army Ashore

https://cimsec.org/civilian-shipping-ferrying-the-peoples-liberation-army-ashore/





The 1st upgraded Tuo Chiang-class corvette enters service for the Taiwanese Navy

https://navalpost.com/1st-upgraded-tuo-chiang-corvette/





North Korea Trades Missiles For Militias At Its Latest Parade

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42313/north-korea-trades-missiles-for-militias-at-its-latest-parade





Daewoo to Build South Korea’s Largest Submarine with Vertical Missile Launchers

https://www.defenseworld.net/news/30399/Daewoo_to_Build_South_Korea___s_Largest_Submarine_with_Vertical__Missile_Launchers



South Korea to develop micro-satellite reconnaissance system from 2022

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/air-platforms/latest/south-korea-to-develop-micro-satellite-reconnaissance-system-from-2022



South Korea Announces Stealth Drone Technology Breakthrough

https://www.thedefensepost.com/2021/09/10/south-korea-stealth-drone/



South Korean SLBMs Possibly Nuclear One Day

https://gentleseas.blogspot.com/2021/09/south-korean-slbms-possibly-nuclear-one.html





Philippine Coast Guard Cessna Caravan delivered

https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/philippine-coast-guard-cessna-caravan-delivered










They Created Our Post-9/11 World. Here’s What They Think They Got Wrong.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/09/10/9-11-attacks-20th-anniversary-reassessing-20-years-of-war-506924



'True turning point': Biden directs US agencies to declassify some documents from 9/11 probe

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/09/03/classified-sept-11-material-get-reviewed-possible-release/5716897001/



Troops driven to serve by 9/11 now lead a generation that doesn’t recall the attacks

https://warisboring.com/troops-driven-to-serve-by-9-11-now-lead-a-generation-that-doesnt-recall-the-attacks/



The Next 9/11 Could Be A Mass Drone Attack. Here’s How We Can Stop It.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2021/09/10/why-the-next-911-could-be-a-mass-drone-attack-and-how-we-can-stop-it/



NC3 Vulnerabilities Risk Nuclear War In Asia, APLN Study Finds

https://breakingdefense.com/2021/09/nc3-vulnerabilities-risk-nuclear-war-in-asia-apln-study-finds/



This Gonzo-Looking Regional Jet Just Put The F-16's New Radar To The Test

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42321/this-gonzo-looking-crj-testbed-jet-just-put-the-f-16s-new-radar-through-its-paces



Lawmakers set for battle over next-gen nuclear missile

https://www.defensenews.com/congress/budget/2021/09/09/lawmakers-set-for-battle-over-next-gen-nuclear-missile/



A Bipartisan Call To Stay The Course On US Homeland Missile Defense

https://breakingdefense.com/2021/09/staying-the-course-on-us-homeland-missile-defense/



Inside the secretive schools where US special operators learn to evade capture and survive behind enemy lines

https://www.businessinsider.com/sere-schools-where-us-troops-learn-to-survive-evade-capture-2021-9



Army accepting proposals for tactical drone to replace RQ-7B Shadow

https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2021/09/09/army-proposals-tactical-drone-replace-RQ-7B-Shadow/9411631211087/



CH-53K King Stallion first fleet mission was a tough operation to lift a MH-60S Knighthawk at 12,000 ft

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/ch-53k-king-stallion-first-fleet-mission-was-a-tough-operation-to-lift-a-mh-60s-knighthawk-at-12000-ft/



Prototype Could Enable Next-Gen Helo Capabilities

https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2021/9/10/prototype-could-enable-next-gen-helo-capabilities



New Unmanned Loyal Wingman Design Based On Stealthy “Son Of Ares" Jet Emerges

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42299/new-unmanned-loyal-wingman-design-based-on-stealthy-son-of-ares-jet-emerges



UAV Corp announces successful pre-flight testing of DATT MA 600 hybrid electric airship prototype under US Air Force AFWERX

https://airrecognition.com/index.php/news/defense-aviation-news/2021/september/7649-uav-corp-announces-successful-pre-flight-testing-of-datt-ma-600-hybrid-electric-airship-prototype-under-us-air-force-afwerx.html



Let’s Have Another Look At The B-2’s Air Data Ports And Astroinertial Navigation System

https://theaviationist.com/2021/09/10/lets-have-another-look-at-the-b-2s-air-data-ports-and-astroinertial-navigation-system/



Bell's Plan To Finally Realize A Rotorcraft That Flies Like A Jet But Hovers Like A Helicopter

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41997/bells-plan-to-finally-realize-a-rotorcraft-that-flies-like-a-jet-but-hovers-like-a-helicopter



A ‘persistent, proximate threat’: Why the Navy is preparing for a fight under the sea

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2021/09/10/a-persistent-proximate-threat-why-the-navy-is-preparing-for-a-fight-under-the-sea/



Navy Wants Last Zumwalt Destroyer in Mississippi to Finalize Combat System; Delivery Anticipated in 2024

https://news.usni.org/2021/09/09/navy-wants-last-zumwalt-destroyer-in-mississippi-to-finalize-combat-system-delivery-anticipated-in-2024



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