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MILITARYOct 6US military orders 2-day pause on Okinawa following Marine’s arrest for alleged murderAll U.S. military operations on the island will cease for 48 hours for a standards training period, followed by a 30-day reflection period.Military Times
MILITARYOct 6US firm to make battle-tested drones in Taiwan, boosting supply chain resilienceTwo combat-tested American drones could become part of Taiwan’s expanding unmanned arsenal as the island seeks to build a “drone shield” against the People’s Liberation Army. California-based defence technology company Aevex Aerospace is working with Taiwan’s Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation (CIRC) to produce its Vandal and Onyx drones locally, combining lessons drawn from the war in Ukraine with the island’s electronics and manufacturing capabilities. Both aircraft have been tested...South China Morning Post
MILITARYOct 6Philip Ingram sees Russia, China and Iran stepping up ‘gray zone’ activities across UK and EuropeFrançois Picard is pleased to welcome Philip Ingram, journalist and former British military intelligence officer. The events surrounding RAF Fairford are not an isolated incident, explains Ingram. It's part of a much wider security issue in which conventional military operations, intelligence activity and gray-zone tactics increasingly overlap.France 24 [en]
MILITARYOct 6Indonesia to take delivery of first Chinese J-10CE fighter jets in 6 months, report saysIndonesia is expected to receive its first Chengdu J-10CE fighter jets in six months, according to an Indonesian media report, which would make it the third international operator of the Chinese-made aircraft. Jakarta confirmed an order of 42 of the 4.5-generation fighter jets – known as Vigorous Dragons – last October, with an approved budget of US$9 billion. The first delivery is expected in April though it is not known how many aircraft will be delivered, Indonesian news outlet Republika...South China Morning Post
MILITARYOct 6EXCLUSIVE: Attack aircraft, military vehicles visible at new China-Laos base, satellite images show - ReutersEXCLUSIVE: Attack aircraft, military vehicles visible at new China-Laos base, satellite images show ReutersReuters World
MILITARYOct 6Okinawa, outraged after the arrest of a U.S. Marine for the murder of a womanUn soldado estadounidense es detenido en Okinawa por el asesinato de una mujer, generando rechazo a la presencia militar en la región. El gobernador Koja exige responsabilidad y medidas efectivas a Japón y EE.UU., mientras planea debatir la reducción de tropas con la primera ministra.Clarín
MILITARYOct 6Marine’s arrest for murder in Japan fuels anger over US military presenceThe alleged murder of an Okinawan woman by a US marine has put newly elected Governor Genta Koja under intense pressure, raising questions about whether the incident could deepen opposition against the American military presence just as Okinawa assumes greater importance in Japan’s regional security strategy. Koja only took office on September 30 after campaigning on economic issues rather than the dispute over American troops based in the prefecture, which has dominated local politics for...South China Morning Post
MILITARYOct 5US search for missing airmen in China gains new attention after Xi-Trump summitFor more than eight decades, the remains of US fighter pilot Morton Sher lay unrecovered in China. A photograph of a memorial to him in a Hunan village eventually helped investigators find where his plane crashed in 1943. Sher was buried in his hometown of Greenville, South Carolina, in December 2025, a homecoming that offers a rare example of what US-China cooperation can achieve for families of missing servicemen. That cooperation has now drawn fresh attention. After the recent summit between...South China Morning Post
MILITARYOct 5Murder in Okinawa: The US military’s history of alleged crime in JapanThe murder of 39-year-old Anna Yagi is the latest in a string of crimes involving US personnel on Okinawa.Al Jazeera [en]
MILITARYOct 5What China's new military foothold in Laos means for Southeast AsiaBeijing says its new Laos facility will train pilots. Analysts see a broader signal: China's growing military presence in mainland Southeast Asia.DW News [en]
MILITARYOct 5Can Japan Optimize Its Record Defense Budget?All nine priority areas require substantial spending, and the investment needs to be sustained over many years to come.The Diplomat
MILITARYOct 5Pyongyang’s Ukraine Gamble: What Kim Jong Un Bought With North Korean BloodFor a military that has not fought a large-scale war since 1953, experience on the Ukrainian front is tremendously valuable to North Korea.The Diplomat
MILITARYOct 5US Marine Corps anti-ship weaponry to see exercise action on remote Japan island near TaiwanThe U.S. Marine Corps will deploy its ground-based anti-ship and air-defense systems to Japan’s southwesternmost island for exercises this month.Defense News
MILITARYOct 5US Marine Corps anti-ship weaponry to see exercise action on remote Japan island near TaiwanThe U.S. Marine Corps will deploy its ground-based anti-ship and air-defense systems to Japan’s southwesternmost island for exercises this month.Military Times
MILITARYOct 5Growing outrage in Japan after US Marine arrested in woman’s killingThe 20-year-old soldier denies the charge as protests held on Okinawa and in Tokyo.Al Jazeera [en]
MILITARYOct 5Why the PLA’s Z-10 attack helicopter is taking a bigger role at seaSouth China Morning Post
MILITARYOct 5US defence experts to work inside Taiwan military HQ under reported pactSouth China Morning Post
MILITARYOct 5China is Watching Us. Is the U.S. Air Force Still Watching China?On Oct. 1, 2026, Beijing celebrated the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and the beginning of the end for the U.S. Air University’s China Aerospace Studies Institute. The institute was one of several centers of excellence established across the U.S. military’s professional military education programs, with the Army, Navy, and Air Force each running a center focused on its own service’s needs. The China Aerospace Studies Institute, however, was more than just a U.S. Air Force and Space Force research center that provided open-source insiWar on the Rocks
MILITARYOct 5South Korea Army units found guarding North Korea border with unloaded weaponskoreajoongangdaily_joins · south korea
MILITARYOct 5The case for pulling US military back from the first island chainLate last month, Japan’s defense ministry made an unsettling announcement. A U.S. ground-based missile system, known as the Typhon and capable of firing Tomahawk missiles, would not return to the United States after being deployed to Japan for military exercises. Instead, it would be stored at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, at least temporarily.Tokyo tried to downplay the move, noting that the decision was intended to support training, not warfighting, and that no U.S. Army units would deploy with the missile system. But the reassuring language is unlikely to forestall the negative consequences oResponsible Statecraft
MILITARYOct 4North Korea missile could put Guam in range as Kim rebuffs Trump outreach: expertFox News World
MILITARYOct 4U.S. Marine arrested for alleged murder of a woman in Okinawa, JapanJapanese police arrested a U.S. Marine in the alleged robbery and murder of a woman on Okinawa, officials said Sunday.headtopics · united states of america
MILITARYOct 4The brutal femicide of a Japanese woman reopens the controversy over the excesses of United States Marines abroadClarín
MILITARYOct 4U.S. Marine arrested for alleged murder of a woman in Okinawa, JapanJapanese police arrested a U.S. Marine in the alleged robbery and murder of a woman on Okinawa, officials said Sunday.NPR News
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