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🇰🇷 South Korea investigates two additional documents found on VirusTotal. The Foreign Ministry confirmed it is examining the origins of a suspected ministry document concerning an International Court of Justice meeting request and another concerning an embassy visa authorisation. The authenticity of both documents remains under investigation. Separately, Hankook Ilbo reported that investigators identified at least one government employee potentially connected to the original presidential passenger list disclosure, citing government sources. That attribution remains preliminary. #SouthKorea #CyberSecurity #PresidentialSecurity 🔗 Newsis Publication: newsis.com/view/NISX20261104… 🔗 Hankook Ilbo Publication: hankookilbo.com/news/article…

🇰🇷 South Korea conducts an actual satellite avoidance manoeuvre during a joint civilian and military exercise. The Korea AeroSpace Administration said its November 2nd through November 4th exercise with the Joint Chiefs of Staff rehearsed an adversary satellite approaching a South Korean satellite. Participants combined military and civilian radar and optical observations, assessed orbital risk and executed an actual satellite manoeuvre. Follow up observations were conducted to verify the result. The adversary satellite approach was a training scenario. #SouthKorea #SpaceSecurity #Satellites 🔗 Korea AeroSpace Administration via Korea Policy Briefing Publication: m.korea.kr/briefing/pressRel…

🇯🇵 Japan proposes measures to expand wartime defence production. Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi called for reserve production capacity backed by financial support and government owned facilities operated by contractors during a meeting with industry representatives. He also advocated equipment development geared toward exports. Japan is targeting completion of its defence industry strategy by the end of 2026 and preparing a new implementation agency. The measures remain proposals. #Japan #DefenceIndustry #MilitaryProduction 🔗 Kyodo via Livedoor News Publication: news.livedoor.com/article/de… 🔗 TV Asahi Publication: news.tv-asahi.co.jp/news_pol… 🔗 TBS News Dig Publication: newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-…

🇮🇷 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 🇸🇦 🇾🇪 🇮🇶 An IRGC adviser threatens retaliation beyond U.S. bases. Hamid Reza Moghaddamfar warned the UAE, Bahrain and other countries that allowing U.S. attacks from their territory would bring wider strikes. He also threatened to kill opposing leaders and officials if Iranian counterparts were targeted. An unnamed Israeli security source told N12 they knew of no Iranian chemical attack capability. A senior defense source separately told Ynet that Iran currently had no chemical capability threatening Israel and that civilians would be informed if necessary. Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani said allied commanders had received the Khamenei directive for unrestricted confrontation and pledged allegiance. Iraqi outlets quoted him describing written pledges and implementation. No specific new operation was identified. Saudi Civil Defense issued two warnings in Najran and one in Jazan, followed by notices that the danger had passed. The cause was undisclosed. The alerts do not establish an attack or interception. In Yemen, Al Jazeera quoted a military source reporting eight recruits killed and more than 15 wounded in the Al Dhale training camp strike, updating earlier reports of seven dead. The wounded total remains disputed. In Lahj, Sawt Al Asima reported two people killed in a Houthi missile strike on a prison near the iron factory in Al Rajaa. Yemen Future separately quoted a government prisoner negotiation team member reporting injuries among Houthi prisoners. No official casualty total was verified. Iraqi military intelligence said its Umm Qasr naval unit intercepted two suspected fuel smuggling boats in Iraqi territorial waters, found petroleum products aboard one and arrested both crews. #Iran #Israel #MiddleEast 🔗 Iran International Publication: iranintl.com/ar/202611042540 🔗 N12 Publication: mako.co.il/news-world/2026_q… 🔗 Ynet Publication: ynet.co.il/news/article/sy8m… 🔗 Al Jazeera Publication: ajnet.me/news/liveblog/2026/… 🔗 Alssaa Publication: alssaa.com/post/show/67439-%… 🔗 Anadolu Publication: aa.com.tr/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8… 🔗 Ajel Publication: ajel.sa/local/145r2tm77 🔗 Sabq Publication: sabq.org/article/cgodmc8 🔗 Al Jazeera Publication: aljazeera.net/news/liveblog/… 🔗 Sawt Al Asima Publication: sawt-alasima.net/news/125824 🔗 Yemen Future Publication: yemenfuture.net/news/42320 🔗 964 Publication: 964media.com/732974/

🇹🇷 A Bayraktar TB2 released Skydagger FPV drones during reported firing tests. Turkish reporting says the drones were carried beneath its wings before release and subsequently struck targets. İhlas attributes the test footage to Selçuk Bayraktar. Defensehere also reports the release and firing tests. This is a test disclosure. No operational deployment was announced. #Türkiye #BayraktarTB2 #DroneWarfare 🔗 İhlas via Kent44 Publication: kent44.tr/haber/bayraktar-tb… 🔗 Defensehere Publication: defensehere.com/tr/bayraktar…

🇩🇪 Helsing delivered the first version of MissionOSBw to Germany’s procurement agency BAAINBw. ESUT reports that the handover included complete source code, technical documentation and a software development kit. The German state owns the code, allowing further development through different suppliers. The delivery is a milestone within the CFSN experimental air combat programme. Development and testing continue. #Germany #DefenceTechnology 🔗 ESUT Publication: esut.de/2026/11/meldungen/76… 🔗 ITIKO Publication: itiko.de/artikel/2283902/sof…

🇮🇳 🇨🇦 India and Canada held a virtual Defence Dialogue on November 3rd. Officials discussed capacity building, military technical exchanges and defence industrial cooperation, according to India’s government broadcaster. Joint Secretary Amit Telang and Canadian Assistant Deputy Minister Scott Millar cochaired the talks. No procurement agreement, deployment or specific joint project was announced. #India #Canada #Defence 🔗 Akashvani News Publication: newsonair.gov.in/india-and-c…

🇱🇹 Lithuania’s defence minister hopes delayed HIMARS systems will arrive in early 2027. Robertas Kaunas declined to provide a firm date, saying delivery depends on the supplier. The delay was already public. His statement provides an updated delivery outlook, rather than a confirmed schedule. #Lithuania #HIMARS 🔗 BNS via LRT Publication: lrt.lt/naujienos/lietuvoje/2…

🇱🇹 Lithuania tasked its armed forces with assessing cyber roles for conscripts with IT skills. Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas told BNS that the review could include participation by people medically unsuitable for conventional military service. He wants an assessment within roughly two months, around early 2027. No recruitment scheme or implementation date has been approved. #Lithuania #CyberDefence 🔗 BNS via LRT Publication: lrt.lt/naujienos/lietuvoje/2…

🇹🇼 Taiwan’s NCSIST detailed plans to integrate Taiwanese communications waveforms with DTC platforms. Applications include drones, vehicle communications and other defence systems. DTC will also offer preferential product pricing to manufacturers participating in NCSIST’s programme covering five drone types. Local sourcing, assembly, testing and series production arrangements remain under study. This updates an existing partnership. Taiwan based radio production was already publicly discussed in June, and today’s reporting announces no new production contract, quantities or confirmed manufacturing start. #Taiwan #DefenceTechnology 🔗 Central News Agency Publication: cna.com.tw/news/aipl/2026110… 🔗 Youth Daily News Publication: ydn.com.tw/tw/news/ugC_News_… 🔗 Taiwan News Publication: taiwannews.com.tw/news/63755…

🇮🇳 India’s cabinet approved longer retention for Agniveers. Chief of Defence Staff General N. S. Raja Subramani announced that the 75% previously due to leave after four years will be offered an additional two year engagement. After the extension, willing personnel can enter regular service subject to objective selection criteria. Permanent absorption remains conditional. #India #Agnipath #Defence 🔗 ANI via The News Mill Publication: thenewsmill.com/2026/11/cds-…

🇹🇼 🇺🇦 Taiwan’s AerosoarX and Ukraine’s UFORCE signed their unmanned systems supply chain cooperation framework. CNA confirmed completion of the previously announced signing. The companies will explore alternative component suppliers using Taiwan’s semiconductor, electronics, communications and precision manufacturing capabilities. No production order, quantity or delivery commitment was announced. #Taiwan #Ukraine #DefenceIndustry 🔗 Focus Taiwan Publication: focustaiwan.tw/sci-tech/2026…

🇹🇼 Taiwan’s legislative defence committee approved releasing 54 frozen budget items. These include NT$200 million for M1A2T spare parts, NT$200 million for M60A3 replacement engines and NT$80 million for Mk48 torpedoes. Those figures represent frozen portions of funding, rather than total procurement values. The 54 items still require plenary authorization. Another 20 items conditioned on submission of reports cleared their requirements. A further 89 items, including domestic submarine funding, remain pending. #Taiwan #DefenceFunding 🔗 United Daily News Publication: udn.com/news/story/10930/985… 🔗 TaiSounds Publication: dev.taisounds.news/news/cont…

🇫🇷 France reported a successful SyLEx sounding rocket flight supporting development of the M51.4 strategic missile. DGA said the overnight launch from Biscarrosse conducted experiments essential to the future missile. ArianeGroup identifies this as the second SyLEx launch and its first operational flight, using a single stage carrying an experimental payload. This was a sounding rocket experiment supporting missile development. No M51.4 missile launch or operational deployment was announced. #France #M51 #NuclearDeterrence 🔗 DGA via LinkedIn Publication: ec.linkedin.com/company/dire… 🔗 ArianeGroup Publication: press.ariane.group/deuxieme-…

🇱🇹 🇫🇮 Lithuania signed a contract for Finnish BLOCKER naval mine systems. The Defence Ministry announced that its Defence Resources Agency contracted with Forcit under the existing initiative led by Finland, Naval Mines Cooperation. Contract value, quantities and delivery dates were not disclosed. The announcement does not establish operational deployment. #Lithuania #Finland #NavalDefence 🔗 Lithuanian Defence Ministry Publication: kam.lt/pasirasyta-sutartis-d… 🔗 LRT Publication: lrt.lt/naujienos/lietuvoje/2…

🇮🇷 🇮🇶 🇾🇪 🇸🇦 Iranian Kurdish opposition group Komala reported two explosive drones struck its headquarters in the Alana Valley northeast of Erbil on November 4th. It reported property damage and no casualties, blaming Iran’s IRGC. Iranian responsibility remains the group’s allegation, with no Iranian acknowledgement or verified connection to recent US strikes. In Yemen, local reports attributed a missile strike on the National Shield training camp at Al ‘Alalah, Qa‘tabah district, Al Dhale, to the Houthis. Al Jazeera reported dozens of recruits killed or wounded. An unnamed medical source told Crater Sky seven were killed and 50 wounded, with critical patients transferred to Aden. The toll remains provisional without official confirmation. Unnamed field sources reported government forces capturing unspecified positions in Al Duhaydhah and Mulayfiyah, eastern Al Jawf. Exact positions, control boundaries and casualties remain unverified. Aden Al Ghad cited unnamed field sources claiming government troops ambushed a Houthi infiltration group in Wadi Hummah, between Kuhlan and Dubbah west of Taiz, killing or wounding several and forcing survivors back. No numerical toll or independent confirmation was provided. A local report also described airstrikes on alleged Houthi positions in Al Silw district, Taiz. The aircraft operator, precise targets and damage were unspecified. The account rests on an unnamed field source. Iraq’s Counter Terrorism Service announced the arrest in Kirkuk of an ISIS suspect it described as a high value target, under an existing judicial warrant. Identity, alleged role and precise arrest location were undisclosed. Houthi controlled SABA alleged four Saudi airstrikes on ‘Allaf, Sahar district, Saada, killed a child and wounded a man. It separately alleged a strike damaged homes and property in Al Mu‘aytib village, Al Shirman, Mawiyah district, Taiz, without reporting casualties there. Both accounts cite unnamed local sources and remain independently unverified. #Iran #Iraq #Yemen #SaudiArabia 🔗 Rudaw Publication: rudaw.net/english/categories… 🔗 The New Region Publication: thenewregion.com/posts/7011 🔗 Al Jazeera Publication: aljazeera.net/news/2026/11/4… 🔗 Crater Sky Publication: cratersky.org/posts/242710 🔗 Crater Sky Publication: cratersky.org/posts/242714 🔗 Aden Al Ghad Publication: adngad.net/news/895097 🔗 Crater Sky Publication: cratersky.org/posts/242706 🔗 Aden Al Ghad Publication: adngad.net/news/895110 🔗 Ahdath Al Aalm Publication: ahdathalaalm.net/news/67294 🔗 Observer Iraq Publication: observeriraq.net/%D8%A7%D9%8… 🔗 Shafaqna Publication: iraq.shafaqna.com/AR/669078/ 🔗 Houthi controlled SABA News Agency Publication: saba.ye/ar/news3826603.htm 🔗 Houthi controlled SABA News Agency Publication: saba.ye/ar/news3826623.htm

🇻🇳 Vietnam’s Government Cipher Committee and Viettel signed an agreement covering security chip production and development. Its scope includes planned series production of VGC v1.0 chips, development of a multicore security chip platform, specialist training and testing before operational use. Intended applications include secure equipment used by the committee. The new development is the signed agreement and its scope. The chip was disclosed earlier, and production commencement, quantities and delivery dates were not announced. #Vietnam #SecureChips #CyberSecurity 🔗 Government Cipher Committee Publication: bcy.gov.vn/tin-tuc-su-kien/b… 🔗 Vietnam Government News Publication: baochinhphu.vn/ra-mat-chip-v…

🇮🇳 India’s government broadcaster corroborated reporting of a successful Pralay missile test at Chandipur. Akashvani reports that the test launched from Launch Complex 3 and struck two simulated targets approximately 500 km away. The report strengthens the earlier provisional account of the same test. A direct DRDO or Defence Ministry technical release remains unlocated, so the missile identification and reported outcome remain attributed to the broadcaster. #India #Pralay #MissileTest 🔗 Akashvani News Publication: newsonair.gov.in/hi/defence-…

🇰🇵 🇺🇸 Kim Yo Jong said dialogue remains an option for peace while rejecting talks under Washington’s current approach. She explicitly rejected sitting down with people she described as untrustworthy and hostile. She cited US cyber accusations, denuclearization demands and joint military exercises as evidence of Washington’s hostile policy, and said dialogue should not be equated with North Korea’s national interests. This is a separate statement from her earlier Binance denial. No talks were announced. #NorthKorea #UnitedStates 🔗 Yonhap News Agency Publication: en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2026110… 🔗 Dailian Publication: dailian.co.kr/news/view/1707…

🇫🇷 Roctool announced a €6.5 million manufacturing equipment order for aerospace and defence applications. The order covers heating and cooling systems and molding equipment for rapid production of composite parts, with delivery scheduled for 2027. The customer and specific aircraft or weapons programme remain undisclosed. This is a separate order from the same customer’s December 2025 purchase. #France #DefenceIndustry 🔗 Roctool via Webdisclosure Publication: webdisclosure.com/press-rele…