Sunday, October 29, 2023

10 Nigerian Navy warships conclude military exercise in Gulf of Guinea

"10 Nigerian Navy warships have returned to base after a military exercise in the nation’s
waters and the Gulf of Guinea (GoG).
The warships are
Nigeria Navy Ship (NNS) Sagbama, NNS Nwamba, NNS Ibeno, NNS Dorina, NNS Gongola, NNS Ikene, NNS Badagry, NNS Oji, NNS Ose and NNS Okpoku....after the warships berthed in Onne, Rivers, the Flag Officer Commanding Central Naval Command (CNC), Rear Adm. Umar Chugali said the operation code-named ‘Exercise Sea Guardian’ was a huge success." YSV

Airport closed in southern Russia after people pour onto runway

"An airport in the southern
Russian city of Makhachkala was closed after a group of people poured onto the runway, the Russian aviation authority Rosaviatsia said.
Media reports from the area said demonstrators denouncing Israel's actions in Gaza had thronged the airport." MS

Canadian special forces members on the ground in Israel

"Canadian special forces members are in Israel helping Canada's embassy there with
"contingency planning,"......Defense Minister Bill Blair said 300 CAF members are now in the region."
CBC

IDF strikes Hezbollah as rockets launched toward northern Israel

"IDF struck several Hezbollah terrorist cells and infrastructure in southern Lebanon on Sunday
after a number of rockets were fired toward northern
Israel throughout the day.... three rockets were fired from 
Lebanotoward Rosh Pina and nearby areas, just east of Safed." MS

Hamas ambush Israel from tunnels near Gaza border

"Hamas gunmen ambushed Israeli troops from tunnels near the Gaza border after ground
forces entered the strip....several
Hamas terrorists had been killed and others were wounded after they launched an attack from a tunnel near Erez in the northern Gaza Strip." MS

Fighter jets scramble to intercept aircraft flying too close to Joe Biden's Delaware home

"Aerospace Defense Command fighter craft and helicopter sprung into action when a civilian
aircraft flew into restricted airspace over
President Joe Biden's Delaware home.
The president is staying there this weekend as he takes time out away from Washington.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) jets shot flares to flag down the craft which may have been visible to those on the ground.
The Secret Service said the response was simply "a precaution."
In a statement, it said: "Assets were scrambled to intercept and the civilian aircraft safely landed at a nearby airport.
"There were no impacts to the protectee's movements as a result of this incident and agents from the US Secret Service are investigating in coordination with the FAA." MS

Ukraine's military destroys convoy as Russians try breaking through defences near Krasnohorivka

"Ground Forces of Ukraine's Armed Forces have released a video of how they destroyed a
column of the
Russians trying to break through the Ukrainian defenses in Donetsk Oblast." MS

Russian Troops Thwart Assaults, Eliminating 14 Drones and Key Artillery

"Russian troops fend off multiple incursions, taking down 14 drones. Astafyev elaborated that
their
Russian contingents countered three major offensives by opposing assault teams, inflicting significant personnel and equipment losses in regions such as Krasnoye, Kurdyumovka, and Kleshcheyevka. Moreover, the group neutralized 14 enemy drones near Vesyoloye and Spornoye, along with eight HIMARS MLRS projectiles." MS

Ukraine’s plan to build an army of killer robots to defeat Russia

"Ukraine’s youngest government minister is building an army of killer robots and hopes to
find his country’s answer to
English engineer Barnes Wallis to help defeat Russia. “You know war starts with one level of technology and ends with a totally different level of technology,” he told the Sunday Telegraph from his office in Kyiv.
While Wallis helped Britain produce weapons like the bouncing bomb during the Second World War, Mr Federov isn’t pinning his hopes on the creation of a wonder weapon. The latest of his projects is the creation of an “Army of Robots” to carry out tasks that Ukrainian soldiers would often have to risk their lives to do." MS

Ukraine reports nearly 70 combat clashes in past day

"Over the past 24 hours, nearly about 70 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defense
Forces and
Russian invaders were reported in different directions of the front line." Ukrin

Russian partisans reveal coordinates of new plant producing missiles in Russia

"Atesh resistance movement have reported that they have discovered a missile production facility in the city of Chelyabinsk in
Russia, and also provided coordinates. The number of employees at the plant has increased from 10,000 to 17,000." Pravada

Russia launches overnight missile attack on Poltava Oblast

"This is not the first time the
Russian army has attacked the town of Myrhorod." UVNY