Afghanistan: Taliban warned against targeting former security forces

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-59536522



Afghan judges in Brazil still fear the Taliban

https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-asia-brazil-taliban-jair-bolsonaro-25ea02d39a091f7e7b43389b600a6f12



In Afghanistan, ‘Who Has the Guns Gets the Land’

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/03/world/asia/afghanistan-land-ownership-taliban.html



Protected And Respected In Afghanistan

https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htwin/articles/20211204.aspx









Iran reneges on previous concessions in nuclear talks, U.S. official says

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iran-reneges-on-previous-concessions-in-nuclear-talks-u-s-official-says/ar-AARtdsX



Iran fires missile near uranium facility in Natanz after nuclear talks in Vienna

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/12/04/iran-iran-fires-missile-near-uranium-facility-natanz-nuclear-talks/8281638653276/









ISIS attack on Kurds raises alarm in Iraq

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/isis-attack-on-kurds-raises-alarm-in-iraq-687808



US success in Iraq not possible without Kurds: Former CIA officer

https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/26477-US-success-in-Iraq-not-possible-without-Kurds:-Former-CIA-officer









US military launches investigation after possible civilian casualties in Syria strike targeting al Qaeda leader

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/03/politics/syria-drone-strike-investigation-central-command/index.html



Rockets target American base in eastern Syria - report

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/rockets-target-american-base-in-eastern-syria-report-687850



Assad’s tightening grip

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/assad-syria-business-government/









We know who is attacking us and we know how to get even, says Israel's cyber defense chief

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/04/middleeast/israel-cyberattack-intl-cmd/index.html









Egypt to Build Naval Combatants, Offshore Patrol Vessels

https://www.defenseworld.net/news/30928/Egypt_to_Build_Naval_Combatants__Offshore_Patrol_Vessels#.Yax11bqIZPY




Suspected jihadists kill dozens in attack on vehicle in central Mali

https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20211204-suspected-jihadists-kill-dozens-in-attack-on-vehicle-in-central-mali









Russia Bolsters Supply Lines, Deploys Medical Units Near Ukraine As Invasion Fears Grow: Report

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43371/russia-bolsters-supply-lines-deploys-medical-units-near-ukraine-as-invasion-fears-grow-report



US intelligence estimates Russian troop levels on Ukraine border could reach 175,000

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/04/politics/russia-ukraine-troops-border-us-intelligence-reports/index.html



US Intelligence Says Russia Planning for a Ukraine Invasion With 100 Battalions, Artillery

https://www.newsweek.com/us-intelligence-says-russia-planning-ukraine-invasion-100-battalions-artillery-1656059



Ukraine Angers Russia by Buying Turkish Drones and Wants To Get Its Hands On More

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-03/ukraine-buys-more-armed-drones-from-turkey-than-disclosed-and-angers-russia



No shortage of sanction options if Russia invades Ukraine

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-ukraine-united-states-vladimir-putin-e8de961cd5150a959d110e9191725db7





Draken Doubles Its Fleet Of Private Aggressor F-16s With A Dozen Surplus Jets From Norway

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43379/draken-doubles-its-fleet-of-private-aggressor-f-16s-with-a-dozen-surplus-jets-from-norway




Bomb Squad Called to Hospital After Man 'Slipped and Fell' on WW2 Munition

https://www.newsweek.com/bomb-squad-called-hospital-after-man-slipped-fell-ww2-munition-1655974









China Using ‘World’s Largest Antenna’ For Submarine Operations That Is ‘Five Times The Size Of New York City’

https://eurasiantimes.com/china-is-using-worlds-largest-antenna-for-submarine-operations/



Pentagon chief says China ops near Taiwan resemble 'rehearsals'

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211204-pentagon-chief-says-china-ops-near-taiwan-resemble-rehearsals





Taiwan’s first home-made submarine may be ready a year ahead of schedule

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3158473/taiwans-first-home-made-submarine-may-be-ready-year-ahead





MDA Discusses Potential Aegis Ashore Options for Guam

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/12/mda-discusses-potential-aegis-ashore-options-for-guam/










Podcasters Are Scooping Established Journalists on UFOs

https://medium.com/on-the-trail-of-the-saucers/millennial-podcasters-are-scooping-journalists-on-ufos-cfdb4a24bba0



A Flock Of U.S. Military Business Jets Has Descended On Southern California

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43378/a-flock-of-u-s-military-business-jets-have-descended-on-southern-california



U.S. should expect cyberattacks in any struggle for Taiwan

https://www.c4isrnet.com/smr/reagan-defense-forum/2021/12/04/us-should-expect-cyberattacks-in-any-struggle-for-taiwan/



What happened aboard the Carl Vinson during Bin Laden’s burial at sea

https://www.wearethemighty.com/popular/bin-laden-burial-at-sea/



U.S. Space Force experimental satellite launch postponed to Monday

https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2021/12/03/Florida-rocket-launch-STP3-United-Launch-Alliance-Space-Force/8331638456026/?u3L=1



US Army orders new Spyglass 3D Radar by Liteye Systems

https://airrecognition.com/index.php/news/defense-aviation-news/2021/december/7925-us-army-orders-new-spyglass-3d-radar-by-liteye-systems.html



Marine Corps dismisses VH-92 comms deficiencies

https://verticalmag.com/news/marine-corps-dismisses-vh-92-comms-deficiencies/



CH-53K conducted first over-the-horizon heavy lift and troop transport ship-to-shore ops

http://alert5.com/2021/12/05/ch-53k-conducted-first-over-the-horizon-heavy-lift-and-troop-transport-ship-to-shore-ops/



Air Force’s new goal? Get rid of planes that don’t scare China

https://www.defensenews.com/smr/reagan-defense-forum/2021/12/04/air-forces-new-goal-get-rid-of-planes-that-dont-scare-china/



Delivery Of The U.S. Coast Guard's New Heavy Icebreaker Has Been Delayed Yet Again

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43376/delivery-of-the-u-s-coast-guards-new-heavy-icebreaker-has-been-delayed-yet-again

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US, EU and 20 nations condemn Taliban over ‘summary killings’

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/5/us-eu-and-20-nations-condemn-taliban-over-summary-killings



Pakistan conducts successful flight test of ballistic missile: Report

https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/pakistan-conducts-successful-flight-test-of-ballistic-missile-report-121112501525_1.html









Iran struggles with rumors of downed drone and air defense failure

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/iran-struggles-with-rumors-of-downed-drone-and-air-defense-failure-687938



Israel to urge US to act militarily against Iran amid stalled nuke talks — reports

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-to-urge-us-to-act-militarily-against-iran-amid-stalled-nuke-talks-reports/









Iraq: 'Islamic State' launch attacks in contested region

https://www.dw.com/en/iraq-islamic-state-launch-attacks-in-contested-region/a-60028724









US Air Force uses radar gun-like device at Al Dhafra Air Base in UAE

https://defence-blog.com/us-air-force-uses-radar-gun-like-device-at-al-dhafra-air-base-in-uae/



UAE defence ministry says French warplanes not a substitute for U.S. jets

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/uae-defence-ministry-says-french-warplanes-not-substitute-us-jets-2021-12-05/




Saudi coalition in Yemen increases strikes on Houthi rebels

https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-iran-yemen-sanaa-houthis-101a05cd435a436de9dbf832b92a9c2b









Explosions heard near Syria-Iraq border, rebels deny blasts in US base

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/explosions-heard-inside-us-military-base-on-syria-iraq-border-687876



On Syria’s Ruins, a Drug Empire Flourishes

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/world/middleeast/syria-drugs-captagon-assad.html









Egypt plans to upgrade its fleet of M1A1 Abrams tanks to standard M1A2

https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_december_2021_global_security_army_industry/egypt_plans_to_upgrade_its_fleet_of_m1a1_abrams_tanks_to_standard_m1a2.html




Saif Gaddafi secretly visited Egypt for meeting with El-Sisi

https://www.libyanexpress.com/saif-gaddafi-secretly-visited-egypt-for-meeting-with-el-sisi/









With Russia on Multiple Fronts, DOD Team in Ukraine Assesses Air Defense Needs

https://www.airforcemag.com/with-russia-on-multiple-fronts-dod-team-in-ukraine-assesses-air-defense-needs/



Biden Says a Plan is ‘In Play’ To Deter Russian Aggression in Ukraine

https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/12/biden-says-plan-play-deter-russian-aggression-ukraine/187275/



Battlefield Test Against Russians

https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htweap/articles/20211205.aspx



Russian fighter jets escort American spy plane away from its borders over tense Black Sea amid new US intelligence claims that Putin plans to invade Ukraine in early 2022 with 175,000 troops

http://www.combataircraft.com/en/News/2021/12/05/Russian-fighter-jets-escort-American-spy-plane-away-from-its-borders-over-tense-Black-Sea-amid-new-US-intelligence-claims-that-Putin-plans-to-invade-Ukraine-in-early-2022-with-175,000-troops/



What’s Driving Putin’s Ukraine Brinkmanship?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/world/europe/putin-russia-ukraine-troops.html





Finnish armed forces settle for F-35 as their next fighter, report

https://defbrief.com/2021/12/05/finnish-armed-forces-settle-for-f-35-as-their-next-fighter-report/




UK takes part in huge French naval exercise to counter ‘emerging threats’

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/05/uk-and-france-take-part-in-huge-naval-exercise-to-counter-emerging-threats



Typhoon jets to deploy to Arctic for secret escort mission

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/typhoon-jets-to-deploy-to-arctic-for-secret-escort-mission/









FBI: Cuba ransomware group hit 49 critical infrastructure organizations

https://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-cuba-ransomware-hit-49-critical-infrastructure-organizations/









Xi Jinping Won’t Let His Communist Cadres Forget Soviet Humiliation

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/xi-jinping-won%E2%80%99t-let-his-communist-cadres-forget-soviet-humiliation-197484



Chinese researchers turn to artificial intelligence to build futuristic weapons

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3158522/chinese-researchers-turn-artificial-intelligence-build



U.S. Space Force general warns of China's growing military space potential

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/05/space-force-china-military-523769



Minimum Deterrent No More: Where China’s Nuclear Buildup Is Headed

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/minimum-deterrent-no-more-where-china%E2%80%99s-nuclear-buildup-headed-197386





How ‘poisonous shrimp’ Singapore became the US’ undeclared ally in Asia

https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3158328/how-poisonous-shrimp-singapore-became-us-undeclared-ally-asia










Former US senator and presidential candidate Bob Dole dies at age 98

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211205-former-us-senator-and-presidential-candidate-bob-dole-dies-at-age-98



US military has reportedly acted against ransomware groups

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/us-military-has-reportedly-acted-against-ransomware-groups/



US planning global push to restrict surveillance tools to authoritarian regimes

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/584134-us-planning-global-push-to-restrict-surveillance-tools-to-authoritarian



Veterans Are Being Recruited by Extremist Groups. How Do We Help Them Say No?

https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/12/veterans-are-being-recruited-extremist-groups-how-do-we-help-them-say-no/187293/



NASA Vs. China Space Race to Become Nuclear Competition! Here's What This Atomic Energy is Capable of

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/268959/20211205/nasa-vs-china-space-race-become-nuclear-competition-atomic-energy.htm



Army, Industry Have Faith in New Approach for Bradley Replacement

https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2021/12/3/army-industry-have-faith-in-new-approach-for-bradley-replacement



Marines test JAGM on maritime vessel

https://www.marines.mil/News/Press-Releases/Press-Release-Display/Article/2859897/marines-test-jagm-on-maritime-vessel/

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