"...Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a missile attack Wednesday morning that targeted the Mossad headquarters, the national intelligence agency of Israel, in Tel Aviv.
The Lebanese paramilitary organization touted its use of a “Qader 1” ballistic missile..."
"...North Korea continued a series of provocative maneuvers early Wednesday when, for the second time since Thursday, it fired a second round of short range ballistic missiles – a move experts say could be linked to the isolated country's suspected illicit supplying of arms to Russia ..."
Reference: www.france24.com .
"...In a series of coordinated attacks, Hezbollah launched rockets into Israel's Jezreel Valley early Sunday, targeting multiple locations, including Haifa, Ramat David air base, Nazareth, Afula and the lower Galilee. "Another barrage of Hezbollah rockets at Nazareth. The hometown of Jesus, a town which is 70% Muslim & 30% Christian and almost entirely Arab," noted American Evangelical leader Johnnie Moore, president of the Congress of Christian Leaders, on social media. "For months Hezbollah has been targeting the Galilee, the geographic heart of Jesus' ministry."..."
Reference: www.christianpost.com .
"...The Joint Standoff Weapon, already used by the U.S. Air Force and Navy and a number of allies, can hit targets over 70 miles away, giving Ukraine a major upgrade to the weapons it’s using to strike Russian forces and allowing them to do it at safer distances. The package, which is still being finalized according to two U.S. officials...State Department official declined to comment on a pending arms transfer. "
Reference: www.politico.com .
"...Hezbollah launched over 60 rockets into northern Israel, according to the group's affiliated Al-Mayadeen. ...Israel Police later confirmed that there were several fallen rockets in the northern district which has resulted in several fires being ignited. Israel's Fire and Rescue services are currently tackling the flames."
Reference: www.jpost.com .
"...MANILA, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The Philippines hopes to procure mid-range capability missiles in future and wants to utilise a U.S.-deployed Typhon system for its military training, with no immediate plan for it to be returned, a top security official said on Friday. ..."
Reference: www.reuters.com .
"...Last week Ukraine's F-16s flew in combat, defending against a massive Russian aerial attack. But one of them crashed and killed its pilot, underscoring how even the missions initially thought to be of relatively lower risk are still dangerous.
"Flying fighters is a dangerous pursuit even in any situation," Vincent Aiello, a former US naval aviator who, in addition to flying F/A-18s, also flew the F-16 during his military career, told Business Insider.
Ukraine debut its F-16s to the world in early August ..."
"TEL AVIV—A new Houthi ballistic missile breached Israeli airspace on Sept. 15 before breaking up or perhaps being intercepted near Tel Aviv’s airport, revealing a new long-range threat from the Yemen-based movement aligned with Iran. ...Israeli military officials are disturbed that several interception attempts made by the long-range Arrow and short-range Iron Dome defensive systems failed to shoot-down the Houthi missile. “The whole incident is being investigated,” the IDF said. ..."
Reference: aviationweek.com .
"...Unveiled Sept. 16 at the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference, the missile features a “significant increase” in the range compared to the AGM-158D Joint Air to Surface Missile-Extended Range and the AGM-158C3 Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile, though the specific distance could not be provided.
Michael Rothstein, the vice president of strategy and requirements for air weapons and sensors at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control..."
"...the PLA’s concern over US-supplied MANPADS (Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems), which are viewed as a major threat if China proceeds with its dangerous plan to invade Taiwan. ..."
Reference: www.eurasiantimes.com .
"...The missile – claimed by the Houthis as an advanced surface-to-surface hypersonic missile – triggered air sirens across the country at about 6.30am, and local media aired footage of people racing to shelters at Ben Gurion international airport south-east of Tel Aviv. According to reports, it hit an open area in the Ben Shemen forest, causing a fire near Kfar Daniel. There were no reports of casualties or damage. The Israeli military is investigating whether the fire was the result of falling fragments caused by the interceptor missiles launched at the projectile, or if it successfully penetrated Israeli air defences as the Houthis have claimed. ..."
Reference: www.theguardian.com .
"...Hezbollah Strikes Israel | A Hezbollah missile attack from Lebanon wounded an Israeli reservist amid a barrage of over 100 rockets striking northern Israel. The reservist, part of Kibbutz Dan's security team, was seriously injured and taken to Haifa’s Rambam Hospital. While rockets caused damage in areas like Abirim and Kfar Szold..."
Reference: www.youtube.com .
"NASA will now use SpaceX to bring back astronauts stranded in space for over two months after Boeing's Starliner capsule experienced critical malfunctions. ...“We've had so many embarrassments lately; we're under a microscope. This just made it, like, 100 times worse,” the employee told the publication.
“We hate SpaceX,” the employee added. “We talk trash about them all the time, and now they’re bailing us out. It’s shameful. I’m embarrassed; I’m horrified.”
The employee also claimed that morale at Boeing is "in the toilet," with the company shifting the blame onto NASA...."
"...In March, the Group of Seven (G7) warned that they would impose coordinated sanctions on Iran if it carried out a missile transfer to Russia. This warning was repeated at NATO summit in Washington DC in July.
However, it is unclear what actions that administration of U.S. President Joe Biden might take. While Biden has repeatedly warned Iran not to take actions that would escalate the conflict in the Middle East, he has also refused to take any punitive steps against Iran for ignoring those warnings. ..."
"...RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany—Ukraine is expected to make its case for the U.S. and its allies to remove restrictions barring it from using donated long-range weapons to strike targets in Russia ...a monthly meeting convened by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, which is also attended by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. The Sept. 6 meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group will “ensure that Ukraine has what it needs to defend its people from Russian aggression,” Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder said in a statement to Air & Space Forces Magazine. “Key focus areas will include bolstering Ukraine’s air defense capabilities, updates on UDCG capability coalitions—to include the Air Force Coalition, and the energizing of the defense industrial bases of Coalition nations to enable support to Ukraine for the long haul.” Kyiv has issued increasingly forceful and public calls to provide more help"
Reference: www.airandspaceforces.com .
"...The UK will send hundreds more short-range missiles to Ukraine, it was announced ahead of a summit where Volodymyr Zelensky asked for authorisation to strike targets deep inside Russia with Western-supplied weapons. ..."
Reference: www.bbc.com .
"..The Lebanese group, Hezbollah, announced Friday that it attacked several Israeli army sites and gatherings of soldiers in northern Israel as the army in Tel Aviv continued raids across southern Lebanon, Anadolu Agency reports. Hezbollah said fighters targeted spy equipment at the Israeli army’s Metula and Ruwaisat Al-Qarn sites with appropriate weapons. It also said it targeted Israeli soldiers in the Metula settlement and the army’s Zibdin barracks..."
Reference: www.middleeastmonitor.com .
"Iran recently transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia to use in the war ...provision of ballistic missiles marks a significant escalation of Iran’s support for Russia. Iran has already provided Russia with hundreds of drones that Russian forces have used in their war against Ukraine, and Russia has been building a drone-manufacturing facility in country with Iran’s help, CNN has reported. Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations denied the transfer had been carried out in statement to CNN. ..."
Reference: www.cnn.com .
"...Raytheon was awarded a $1.3 billion follow-on contract by the U.S. army for its Javelin missiles, which has played a major role in Ukraine's defense against Russia's invasion, Lockheed said on Thursday. This latest agreement is part of a larger contract awarded last year, which could reach up to $7.2 billion for an "indefinite quantity" of missiles between 2023 and 2026. Since then, the joint venture has been ramping up Javelin production, with plans to reach an annual manufacturing capacity of around 4,000 missiles by late 2026. ..."
Reference: www.reuters.com .
"...CHRISTCHURCH, News Zealand — Australia and the local subsidiary of Norway-based Kongsberg will establish a new missile production in the country, as the company joins other global munitions players in a multibillion-dollar, local push to ramp up munitions production. Construction of the new factory is slated to commence before year’s end, producing and servicing Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) and Joint Strike Missiles (JSM). ..."
Reference: www.defensenews.com .
"...Enhancing uranium from 60 percent to 90 percent can be done much more quickly than getting it to the 60 percent level. The IAEA has estimated Iran would be able to build several nuclear weapons with its current inventory of uranium, if it completed the enrichment process. Iran’s stockpile is 22.6 kilograms larger than it was in May, when the IAEA produced its previous report. Even the smaller stockpile in May was still 30 times larger than Iran agreed to maintain in its 2015 nuclear deal with former President Barack Obama. ..."
Reference: www.breitbart.com .
"...build an “Iron Dome” in the U.S. as he laid out his military plans during a Monday address.
Trump, speaking Monday at a National Guard Association of the U.S. conference in Detroit, touted the creation of the Space Force, the sixth branch of the U.S. military. It was established in 2019 to protect U.S. assets in space from threats from Russia and China.
“One of my proudest achievements in my first term was to create Space Force..."
"...Teledyne Brown Engineering, a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY). proudly announces the award of a $114 million Task Order under the Design, Development, Demonstration, and Integration (D3I) Domain 1 contract by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command. Under this contract, Teledyne Brown Engineering will..."
Reference: www.asdnews.com .
"Hezbollah bombarded Israel with 55 missiles ...Israeli military reported that 55 missiles were launched by the Lebanese militant group but added that no one was injured in the attack. Watch the video for more details."
Reference: timesofindia.indiatimes.com .
"...Boeing’s troubles do not end with its jet factory or its Starliner spacecraft.
Now, NASA’s internal watchdog group has issued a scathing report on the manufacturing process and those constructing future versions of the Space Launch System, another Boeing-made spacecraft that NASA procured to transport its astronauts back to the Moon.
NASA’s Inspector General found that Boeing’s quality management system at Marshall Space Flight Center’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans does not adhere to industry standards or NASA’s requirements, and the company has been, “largely non-responsive” and that’s just scratching the surface. ..."
