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☆ Russian naval ships struck by exploding drone boats in the night sank to the bottom of the Black Sea, Ukraine says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Jake Epstein | Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ukraine says its sea drones hit and sank two Russian Black Sea Fleet landing ships. Ukraine has relied on its fleet of explosive drone boats to trouble Russian ships in the Black Sea. AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine's explosive sea drones have struck again, and this time, Kyiv says they struck and sank two ships belonging to Russia's Black Sea Fleet (BSF). The hit has again raised questions about Russia's ability to protect its Black Sea Fleet from Ukraine. Elsewhere in the Black Sea this week, a Russian anti-radar missile slammed into a Liberian-flagged cargo ship, killing one person and injuring four more.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, Fleet, Defense Ministry, Sig, Security Service, Ukraine Telegram, Russian, Institute for, Liberian Locations: Ukraine, Crimea, Kyiv, Russian, Crimean, Novorossiysk, Kerch, Russia, Ukrainian, Washington, Moscow

☆ Israel used a weapon it never has before to stop a missile as its enemies put every layer of its air-defense system to the test
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Israel has confirmed the first operational use of its Arrow-3 system to intercept an enemy missile. AdvertisementAdvertisementIsrael has confirmed the first operational use of its Arrow-3 system to stop an inbound missile as the country's adversaries test the layers of its sophisticated air-defense network. An "Arrow 3" ballistic missile interceptor is seen during its test launch near Ashdod December 10, 2015. "The Arrow-3 system's capabilities enable longer range, higher altitude (exo-atmospheric), and more precise ballistic missile engagements," it adds. "For the first time, all the aerial defense systems are working simultaneously," the IDF said on Thursday.

Persons: Israel, —, Amir Cohen, It's Organizations: Service, Israel, Israel Defense Forces, Hamas, Center for Strategic, International Studies, REUTERS, Arrow, Patriot, IDF Locations: Iran, Yemen, Israel, Gaza, Washington, Ashdod, Lebanon

☆ Crashed, harassed, and shot down: It's been a rough year for the MQ-9 Reaper, America's workhorse combat drone
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

It's been a tough year for US military's MQ-9 Reaper workhorse combat and surveillance drone. The aircraft has been crashed into, harassed, and shot down by US adversaries around the world. AdvertisementAdvertisementIt's been an annoying year for the US military's go-to drone for combat and reconnaissance: the MQ-9 Reaper. Over the course of the year, America's adversaries have run into and crashed, harassed, and now — as of this week — shot down the aircraft. An MQ-9 Reaper drone at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Kanoya Air Base on November 5, 2022.

Persons: It's, —, Christopher Broome, Alex Grynkewich Organizations: Service, US, US Air Force, Islamic, Japan, Self, Kanoya, Base, Staff, ISIS, US Air Forces Central Command, US Central Command, Airmen, Squadron, Nevada, Air, Bomb, Victoria, US Navy, Hamas, Pentagon Locations: Europe, Russian, Washington, Moscow, Ukraine, Syria, Islamic State, Russia, Yemen, Iran, Israel, Gaza

☆ American forces in the Middle East are constantly under attack, but they aren't really retaliating. Here's why the US holds its fire.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Iran-backed groups have launched dozens of attacks on US forces in Iraq and Syria since October 17. Middle East security experts say there are a number of reasons why the US is holding its fire. Attacks on US forces by Iran-backed groups in the region are not a new phenomenon. The Pentagon has only publicly confirmed a single incident of retaliation against the Iran-backed militias. Right now, US officials stress that deterrence — signaled by the massive movement of American combat power into the region — is working, and the Iran-backed attacks on American forces have been unsuccessful.

Persons: there's, —, Jonathan Lord, Joe Biden's, Biden, Thaier, Sabrina Singh, What's, Lloyd Austin, Singh, it's, you've, we'd, Michael Knights, Baderkhan Ahmad, Weirdly, we're, Knights, doesn't, Washington isn't, Antony Blinken, Mohammed Shia, Al Sudani, Jonathan Ernst, Lord Organizations: Service, Pentagon, US Central Command, Hamas, Israel, US, Washington Institute for Near East, Institute for, REUTERS, Defense, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Militia, Washington Institute, Syrian Democratic Forces, AP, Knights, Middle East Security, Center, New, New American Security, Islamic, ISIS Locations: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Israel, Washington, Gaza, Baghdad, East, Deir Ezzor, Yemen, Iranian, New American, Islamic State

☆ Ukraine appears to be gunning for a top Russian battlefield commander who has had an unusual run as a military leader
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Ukraine appears to be gunning for him as Kyiv's military makes pushes in his area of control. According to several prominent Russian military bloggers and independent Russian media reporting, the Ukrainian military fired long-range missiles last week at the Dnepr battlegroup's headquarters. Astra, the independent Russian publication, reported that Ukrainian missiles hit command posts belonging to the Dnepr group in Strilkove that same day. As the Russian military bloggers noted, the timing of the strikes fall in line with an uptick in Ukrainian assaults around the Dnipro. "Teplinsky's appointment is likely an indication of increased pressure on Russian forces defending the area," Britain's defense ministry said in late October.

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☆ Ukraine's strike on a brand-new missile carrier could force Russian shipbuilders further away from the war, UK intel says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine's strike on a Crimean shipyard poses a problem for Russia's fleet, UK intel said Monday. Ukraine said the Askold, a brand-new cruise missile carrier, was badly damaged in the attack. The strike may force Russia to move its shipbuilding to safer waters, the UK MOD said. A spokesperson for Ukraine's air force, Yuriy Ihnat, named the damaged ship as the Askold, one of Russia's most advanced corvettes. A Ukrainian air force commander hinted that it was struck by a French-supplied SCALP missile, also known as a Storm Shadow missile .

Persons: —, Saturday's, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Yuriy Ihnat, Ihnat Organizations: intel, MOD, Service, UK's Ministry of Defence, Zaliv Shipbuilding Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Crimea, Ukrainian, Crimea's Kerch, Zaliv, Kerch

☆ An aide to Ukraine's top general was killed by an explosive hidden in a birthday gift, Zaluzhnyi says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An assistant and friend of Ukraine's top general was killed in an explosive incident. Valerii Zaluzhnyi said an explosive device hidden in a birthday gift killed Maj. Hennadii Chastiakov. The commander-in-chief said Chastiakov's death caused "unspeakable pain and heavy loss." AdvertisementAdvertisementThe top Ukrainian general said on Monday that one of his aides was killed by an explosive device hidden inside a birthday gift. Zaluzhnyi said Chastiakov's death caused "unspeakable pain" and is a "heavy loss" not only for himself but for the military as well.

Persons: Ukraine's, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Hennadii, —, Maj, Hennadii Chastiakov, Zaluzhnyi, Chastiakov, Chastiakov's, Ukrainska Organizations: Service, Ukraine's Armed Forces, Ukrainska Pravda Locations: Ukraine

☆ When Israel needs to fight Hamas in its tunnels, it turns to an elite band of commandos called the Yahalom unit
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Clearing out the Hamas tunnels is one assignment for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) amid its ongoing ground invasion of Gaza, now a little more than a week old. To effectively carry out this task, the military has a elite band of commandos who are trained for underground warfare and other subterranean operations known as the Yahalom unit. The unit was created in 1995 and doubled in size after the 2014 Gaza War — known in Israel as Operation Protective Edge — to deal with the growing threat posed by Hamas' tunnels. On Friday, for example, the IDF said Yahalom soldiers working in tandem with other units destroyed Hamas tunnels during "special operations" inside the strip. "Hamas views warfare underground just as it would aboveground, utilizing defense, offense, and retreat," he remarked.

Persons: —, Nir Elias, Krav Maga, Israel, they're, Yaron Beit, Yahalom, John Spencer, Spencer Organizations: IDF, Service, Israel Defense Forces, Combat Engineering Corps, REUTERS, Yahalom Foundation, Military, Telegram, West, Institute, US Locations: Gaza, Israel, Tel Aviv, Beit Hanoun

☆ I tested the game-changing F-35 stealth fighter, an incredible jet that demands more than just great flying skills from its pilots
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Billie Flynn spent years as a pilot in the testing program for the F-35 stealth fighter jet. I was involved with the F-35 program for essentially 20 years after coming over to Lockheed Martin from the Eurofighter Typhoon program. AdvertisementAdvertisementA Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jet performs its flight display at Le Bourget on June 20, 2017 during the International Paris Air Show. So there really are pilots who are better than others, but as a test pilot, that flying skill is what keeps us alive. And I think that's thanks to incredible engineers, incredible designers and incredible military fighter pilots who were instrumental in developing the airplane.

Persons: Billie Flynn, —, Lockheed Martin, It's, CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT, Yuriko Nakao Organizations: Service, Royal Canadian Air Force, Lockheed, Eurofighter, International Paris Air, Getty, Le, Paris Air Locations: Le Bourget, AFP, Paris, France

☆ A video shows the IDF's elite helicopter search and rescue unit evacuating some of Israel's 260 soldiers wounded battling Hamas in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The IDF released a video showing injured troops being evacuated from Gaza in helicopters. —Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) November 3, 2023The faces of the soldiers are blurred out in the video. They are highly trained ground soldiers who also have medical training. Israeli forces appear to have encircled the coastal enclave's main city, Insider's Jake Epstein reported. He said Israeli troops are "advancing in battles," destroying Hamas infrastructure, and killing militants, as well as eliminating tunnels belonging to the group.

Persons: —, Israel, Insider's Jake Epstein, Daniel Hagari Organizations: IDF, Service, Israel Defense Forces, Israeli Air Force Locations: Gaza, Israel, Gaza City

☆ It took a bloody fight against traps, hidden enemies, and more for Israel to surround Gaza City, and it could get even worse as its forces move in
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Israeli forces appear to have encircled Gaza City, a week after expanding ground operations. A major urban fight inside Gaza City, which appears imminent, could be a lot more costly. AdvertisementAdvertisementAfter a week of expanded ground operations inside the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces appear to have encircled the coastal enclave's main city. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) "are encircling Gaza City from the air, the land, and the sea," Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said at a press briefing on Friday. With Gaza City now effectively encircled and a deeper assault on it appearing imminent, the casualty figures could continue to rise.

Persons: —, Daniel Hagari, Herzi Halevi, Jack Guez, Benjamin Netanyahu, John Kirby, Pat Ryder, Israel Organizations: IDF, Service, Israel Defense Forces, Institute for, Telegram Hamas, Hamas, Islamic, Getty, National Security, Pentagon Press, Air Force, Pentagon Locations: Gaza City, Gaza, Washington, Israel, Islamic State, Sderot, AFP, Iran, Yemen, Iraq, Syria

☆ Video shows a US Navy drone boat firing off its own exploding drone in the Middle East, a first for the unmanned vessels
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The US Navy said its drone boats fired lethal weaponry for the first time in the Middle East. Footage of one of the engagements shows Navy personnel operating the drone boat in the open waters. The USV then fires one of the munitions, which includes a first-person view of its trajectory into the simulated target, causing it to detonate on impact. Navy officials said the exercise was designed to advance the lethality and combat potential of drone boats, and future events could broaden the arsenal of these unmanned systems. Beyond drone boats, the Pentagon has taken other measures in recent months to boost deterrence in the region like dispatching an assortment of fighter jets and warships to the area.

Persons: —, Ray USV, Devil Ray, NAVCENT, Brad Cooper, Cmdr, Dre Johnson, Jonathan Nye, Justin Stumberg Organizations: US Navy, Navy, Service, US Naval Forces Central Command, . Naval Forces Central Command’s, Digital, Missile System, U.S . Naval Forces Central Command’s, Mass, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, Pentagon Locations: Arabian, U.S, Hormuz, Gulf of Oman, Persian, Iran, American

☆ Russia's going to have to make hard choices now that Ukraine has deadly ATACMS cluster missiles, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Moscow will have to weigh how to best protect its vulnerable targets without limiting their usage. "If these helicopters are now pulled out of ATACMS range entirely, this will significantly limit the amount of time they can be deployed in front line action," he said. Alternatively, as it has done in other situations, Moscow may push vulnerable assets to locations beyond the range of Ukraine's ATACMS. In any capacity, advocates have asserted that the deadly missiles can help Ukraine put even more pressure on Russia's valuable targets in the rear. Ukraine is going to one-by-one take out all the high-value Russian targets in occupied Ukraine."

Persons: Ukraine's, —, It's, Mykola Bielieskov, Bielieskov, Gwadera, Timothy Wright, Wright, Dan Rice Organizations: Service, MGM, Tactical Missile Systems, Russia, Ukraine's National Institute for Strategic Studies, Atlantic Council, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Army Tactical Missile, South Korea Defense Ministry, AP, Artillery Rocket Systems, Fleet, American University Kyiv Locations: Russia, Moscow, Ukraine, Washington, Russian, British, South Korea, Europe

☆ New satellite images show the devastation Israel caused when it bombed a Gaza refugee camp while hunting Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Israeli forces said they targeted a Hamas commander in airstrikes on a Gaza refugee camp Tuesday. An overview of the Jabalia refugee camp captured on October 31. Overview of the Jabalia refugee camp captured after the explosion on November 1. A close-up view of the Jabalia refugee camp on November 1. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe IDF confirmed on Wednesday that its airstrikes hit the refugee camp for a second day in a row, as the military says it continues to target Hamas.

Persons: —, Martin Griffiths Organizations: Service, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, United Nations, Humanitarian Affairs, Maxar Technologies, Technologies, Human Rights, UN Locations: Gaza, Gaza's, Israel

☆ Israel's missile ships are joining US combat power in the Red Sea as more Iran-backed militants fire weapons its way
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Israel said it deployed missile ships to the Red Sea, where they'll join US Navy vessels in the area. AdvertisementAdvertisementAfter a series of attacks from Iran-backed militants, Israel has deployed several ships capable of launching missiles to the Red Sea, where they will join US Navy vessels already there. The IDF said "all aerial threats were intercepted outside of Israeli territory," with some of them downed by Israeli fighter jets around the Red Sea to the south. Israel Defense ForcesIsraeli Navy ship in the Red Sea. US Missile Defense AgencyThe Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) transits the Suez Canal, Oct. 18.

Persons: Israel, they'll, —, Yemen's, Carney, Arleigh Burke, we've, Pat Ryder, Aaron Lau, Hezbollah —, Lloyd Austin Organizations: US Navy, Service, Navy, Israel Defense Forces, US, IDF, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces Israeli Navy, IAF, Aerial Defense, Pentagon, Air Force, Interceptor, US Missile Defense Agency, Hezbollah, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, U.S Locations: Yemen, Israel, Iran, Israeli, Israel's, Eilat, Red Sea, Red, Suez, Saudi, Tehran, Iraq, Syria

☆ Ex-SOCOM head warns an Israeli invasion of Gaza will be harder than even the toughest battle against ISIS
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

More than two weeks after the Hamas terror attacks, the Israeli ground invasion is yet to begin. A ground fight in Gaza would likely feature brutal urban combat, including surprise and guerilla tactics. Current and former US military leaders warn it will be harder than the toughest battle against ISIS. AdvertisementAdvertisementCurrent and former US military leaders are warning that an Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, should the military go forward with it, will be more difficult than even the toughest battle against the Islamic State. There, in Gaza, Israeli soldiers could face a prolonged urban combat, brutal fighting which may feature heavy civilian casualties, booby traps, surprise attacks, and guerilla tactics.

Persons: —, Joseph Votel, Israel, Mostafa Alkharouf, Votel, ABC's Jonathan Karl, Lloyd Austin, we've, Austin, Hatem Ali Gaza, Biden, John Kirby Organizations: ISIS, Service, Islamic, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, Army, Operations Command, Associated Press, Getty, US Central Command, US, AP, National Security Locations: Gaza, Islamic State, Syrian, Raqqa, Iraqi, Mosul, Israel, Sderot, Anadolu, Austin, Rafah, Iran

☆ Ukraine can still badly bleed the Russian army through the winter even if its forces can't break through enemy lines, land warfare expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

A land warfare expert said even if Kyiv can't break enemy lines, it can still cause pain for Russian forces. But even if Kyiv's forces aren't necessarily able to break through the enemy lines, they could still inflict significant damage on Moscow's army throughout the winter, a land warfare expert says. The key could be drawing out Russian forces into the cold by pushing into opportunities rather than attempting to batter their defenses. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Kyiv must balance reconstitution with a need to keep up pressure on Russian forces," he said. AdvertisementAdvertisementOne area where Ukrainian forces have found recent success is with long-range strikes.

Persons: —, aren't, Jack Watling, there's, Libkos, Watling, Getty Images Watling, Wagner Organizations: Service, Royal United Services Institute, Kyiv, Storm, EG, MGM, Tactical Missile Systems, SPG, Getty Images, Dnipro, Wagner Group Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Bakhmut, Donetsk, Ukrainian, North Korea, Britain, France, Crimean, Russian

☆ Ukraine is turning to makeshift FrankenSAM-style air defenses to survive another winter of Russian barrages: official
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Jake Epstein | Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The US has outfitted Ukraine with AIM-9 missiles that it says are to be used for "air defense." A Ukrainian official said the Sidewinder missiles will be used in an improvised air-defense system. AdvertisementAdvertisementWith winter on the horizon, Kyiv is turning to its improvised air-defense systems to help get the country through an anticipated onslaught of Russian missile and drone barrages. A senior Ukrainian official said this involves tinkering with the primary job description of an American-made missile. The US official said that one system to come from the FrankenSAM program will be capable of launching the AIM-9 missiles.

Persons: —, Lloyd Austin Organizations: US, AIM, Pentagon, Service, Russian, Financial Times, Kyiv, Associated Press Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, American, Russia, Moscow, Washington, Kyiv

☆ 40 years after the Beirut barracks bombing, the US military is again at risk of clashing with the same forces behind it
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

On October 23, 1983, 241 US service members were killed in the Beirut barracks bombings. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn the wake of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, which took the lives of 241 US service members, then-President Ronald Reagan described the Middle East as a "powder keg." FILE - An Oct. 23, 1983 file photo shows the aftermath of a suicide truck bombing of the U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. Four times in the last 30 years, the Arabs and Israelis have gone to war," Reagan added. AdvertisementAdvertisementWith tensions boiling, Washington is warning Americans throughout the Middle East to exercise caution and remain vigilant.

Persons: Ronald Reagan, —, Hamas teetering, Reagan, Jim Bourdier, We've, Israel —, Lebanon Dorothy Shea Organizations: Service, Hamas, Corps, US, U.S, Marines, AP, United Nations, US Navy, Pentagon, U.S . Locations: Beirut, Israel, Iran, Lebanon's, Iwo Jima, Lebanon, Western Europe, Japan, Tehran, Gaza, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Palestinian, Washington

☆ The first Ukrainian F-16 pilots are finally moving from training on flight simulators to real combat aircraft: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The first Ukrainian F-16 pilots-in-training are in the process of moving from simulators to the real thing. Ukraine's Air Force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat announced this on Sunday, per local media. There's still a long path to getting the aircraft into Ukrainian skies in the war with Russia, however. AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine's F-16 pilots are in the process of moving from using flight simulators to training in real combat aircraft — another development in allowing the US-made fighter jets to be used against Russia's air force. "We're currently in the process of transitioning to combat aircraft," he added, per the outlet.

Persons: Yuriy Ihnat, —, We're, Chris Panella, Jake Epstein Organizations: Ukraine's Air Force, Service, Air Force, New, Reuters, US Air Force's, Politico Locations: Ukrainian, Russia, Ukraine, Denmark, Tucson , Arizona

☆ Where's the Su-57? The war in Ukraine is what fifth-generation fighter jets were made for, but Russia's Felon has largely been missing in action
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Russian state media has touted the Su-57 fighter jet as a formidable, fifth-generation aircraft. Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jets perform at the MAKS 2019 air show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia, August 27, 2019. Sukhoi Su-57 jet fighter performs during International military-technical forum "Army-2020" at Kubinka airbase in Moscow Region, Russia August 25, 2020. So why is it that the Su-57 isn't doing what a true fifth-generation stealth fighter should theoretically be able to do in Ukraine? AdvertisementAdvertisementSukhoi Su-57 fighter jets perform at the MAKS 2019 air show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia, August 27, 2019.

Persons: it's, —, there's, Mike Dahm, Sukhoi Su, Aleksey Nikolskyi, haven't, They're, Assad, Sergei Shoigu, Maxim Shemetov There's, Su, Russia's, Justin Bronk, Bronk, Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Maxim Shemetov, Dahm, There's, that's Organizations: Aviation, intel, Service, NATO, US, Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, Sputnik, REUTERS, Russian, Ukraine, International, Army, Sukhoi, Royal United Services Institute, Aircraft Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Moscow, Zhukovsky, Kremlin, Syria, Kubinka, Moscow Region, Russian, Ukrainian, NATO

☆ Ukraine celebrates spectacular debut of ATACMS by playing Neil Diamond's 'Hello Again' over images of US missiles in action
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine posted a video of new US-supplied missiles in action over Neil Diamond's hit "Hello." The new missiles reportedly targeted Russian airfields and took out multiple enemy helicopters. Insider's Jake Epstein reported that Ukraine struck Russian airfields and took out enemy helicopters with their new ATACMS. Ukraine also posted a video of ATACMS being fired at Russians on Telegram. AdvertisementAdvertisementForeign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Ukraine is set to get more ATACMS that have a range of about 190 miles.

Persons: Neil Diamond's, —, Neil Diamond, Jake Epstein, Lockheed Martin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy, Joe Biden, Insider's Jake Epstein, Dmytro Kuleba Organizations: Service, The Ukrainian Centre, Strategic Communications, MGM, Tactical Missile, Lockheed, Ukrainian, Telegram, Pentagon Locations: Ukraine, Russia, America, Berdyansk, Luhansk, Russian

☆ Ukraine's first ATACMS strikes may leave a lasting impact on Russia's airpower and send it scrambling to pull bases back from the front lines, Western intel says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Ukraine revealed it has ATACMS this week after launching several strikes on Russian airbases. The attack destroyed multiple helicopters and other weaponry, Kyiv's defense ministry said. According to Western intelligence, this may cause lasting damage to Russian airpower and force a change in basing. On Tuesday, Ukraine's special operations forces used ATACMS to carry out strikes on Russian airfields in Berdyansk and Luhansk — two locations in Russian-occupied territory. —Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) October 18, 2023Russia has had to do this before in response to other Western weapons.

Persons: —, there's, wishlist, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Biden, Mykhailo Podolyak, Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, MGM, Tactical Missile Systems, —, Artillery Locations: Ukraine, Moscow, Berdyansk, Luhansk, Russia, Azov, Russian, France, Sevastopol, Washington, United States

☆ Combat video shows what Ukraine says are its special ops forces destroying enemy armor, capturing the cost of Russia's new assaults in the east
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The video captures Russian tank and vehicle losses near Avdiivka, Kyiv's special ops forces said. Avdiivka, in eastern Ukraine, is one area where Moscow recently launched a renewed assault. Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SSO) said it detected Russian armor heading toward Avdiivka, a small city in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region that's currently surrounded on three sides by Russian-occupied territory. It's one area where Moscow's forces recently launched a "renewed offensive," according to US officials. "These days, Russian losses are really impressive, and it is exactly the kind of losses of the occupier that Ukraine needs."

Persons: Avdiivka, —, John Kirby, Lyman, Vladimir Putin, Kirby, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, Ukraine's Special Operations Forces, Twitter, OF UKRAINE, National Security, Institute for, MGM, Tactical Missile Systems, Ukraine Locations: Avdiivka, Ukraine, Moscow, Ukraine's, Ukraine's Donetsk, that's, Russian, Russia, Washington, Ukrainian, Kyiv

☆ US Navy destroyer shoots down rebel missiles as Iran-backed militants stir up trouble and American forces come under fire
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A US Navy ship shot down missiles and drones launched by Iran-backed rebels on Thursday. AdvertisementAdvertisementA US Navy ship shot down several missiles and drones launched by an Iran-backed militant group on Thursday. AdvertisementAdvertisementEarly Wednesday morning local time, the al-Tanf garrison — a military base in southern Syria — was targeted by two drones, Ryder said. US and coalition troops destroyed one of the drones, while the other "impacted" the base and caused minor injuries to coalition forces. One of the incidents resulted in minor injuries to coalition forces.

Persons: —, Carney, Arleigh Burke, Pat Ryder, Syria —, Ryder, Israel Organizations: US Navy, American, Service, Pentagon Press, Air Force, Washington, United Nations Security, Command, Islamic, United, —, UN, US, Hamas Locations: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Israel, Yemen, Tehran, Saudi, harm's, Gaza, United Nations, Israeli

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