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North Korea launched an unidentified ballistic missile that travelled about 1,100 km over the Sea of Japan, reaching an altitude of 100 km.
Following a missile attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on 18 December on the Russian enterprise Kamensky Combine in Rostov Region, which produces solid rocket fuel for ballistic missiles, critical damage was reported.
The Ukrainian Peklo cruise missile has gone into mass production: about 100 units have already been manufactured in three months.
The Times of Israel reports that a Russian military base is located near the ammunition depots, but it is not known whether it was one of the targets of the attack.
The Main Intelligence Directorate liquidated a designer of the Russian design bureau (KB) Mars, which developed the X-69 cruise missile, in the Moscow region.
As of September 2024, the Russian Aerospace Forces used an average of one hundred guided bombs per day against Ukraine. Researchers from Truth Hounds have studied the dynamics of these attacks and their consequences in detail.
Recently, the media reported that the Russian Federation is capable of producing up to 25 Oreshnik missiles per month, which is about 300 units per year. However, the Centre for Countering Disinformation (CCI) denied this information.
The US army has carried out air strikes on ISIS bases in Syria to prevent them from recovering from the fall of the Assad regime
A significant number of military aircraft, including Su-34 frontline bombers, were spotted at the Russian Engels-2 airbase, which may indicate changes in the deployment of Russian aviation due to the threat of long-range weapons, namely ATACMS missiles.
The Greek Ministry of Defence is awaiting approval by the country's parliament for the purchase of Israeli multiple launch rocket systems worth about €500 million.
The Ministry of Defence of Japan, together with the Ground Self-Defence Forces, tested a new cruise missile, the 12SSM-ER, which has a range of about 1,500 km.
The European company Helsing has officially announced a new HX-2 attack drone designed for modern combat operations. This model combines high autonomy, resistance to electronic warfare, and the ability to work as part of a swarm. On 18 November 2024, Bild wrote that Germany would provide Ukraine with 4,000 such drones, which Defence Minister Boris Pistorius called "mini-Tauruses".
France has begun to consider the possibility of creating its own medium-range ballistic missile to hit targets at a range of 1,000 km.
US President Joe Biden has preliminarily approved the sale of weapons, including JDAM bombs, to Israel for $680 million.
About a third of the ballistic missiles used by Russia to attack Ukraine in 2024 were KN-23 ballistic missiles manufactured by the DPRK.
