Mysterious F-35 crash in the U.S.

A US Marine Corps (USMC) F-35B fighter jet crashed & the pilot managed to eject from the plane.

BUT the aircraft can’t be found as the F-35B was put on autopilot prior to the ejection.

A new record for Chinese military activity around Taiwan

103 aircraft and nine ships were seen around the island today, with 40 aircraft crossing the strait median line.

Ukrainian Military Intelligence (GUR) head Budanov:

Ukraine is working on a "deterrence and retaliation" strategy in case of renewed attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure in winter.

“Let them begin. They will also receive an answer.”

The war in Ukraine will not end with a parade of the Armed Forces in Moscow.

Ukrainian forces may still have time to cut the Russian land corridor to the occupied Crimea before the onset of winter.

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr:

Russia will not lose this war. It would be like we lost the war to Mexico.

They won't lose the war. Look what Russia did in Stalingrad to preserve its territorial integrity.

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (Hindu):

I would make a deal that would end the war in Ukraine. Freeze current control lines. Yes, this means the transfer of part of Donbas to Russia. I would make a firm commitment that NATO will never accept Ukraine.

Zelensky:

Ukraine is going to powerfully break through Russian defenses. I know where we are going to do this.

You can't take a break at the front. Even despite the bad weather. We must not give Putin a rest.

Forget about the weather, etc. In places where armored vehicles can't go, we fly. If we don't know how to fly, we'll send drones.

We must free our territory as much as possible and move forward, even if it is less than (half a mile) or (hundred) meters, we must do it.

Zelensky admits that progress in the counteroffensive is slow, but, he says, the troops continue to move forward.

Trump ‘won’t say’ if he would provide military support to Taiwan against an invasion from China.

If re-elected, former President Trump told he won’t take the option of sending American troops to Taiwan “off the table”.

India has ordered an additional 12 x Russian Su-30 fighter jets.

12 x Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jets will be produced domestically with a price tag of $1.3 billion.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will begin partial production at its facility in India. Currently, the company manufactures about 60% of the elements of Su-30MKI.

The IAF had inducted 272 of these jets since 1998. Around 10 Su-30s have crashed since 2010.

Polish Minister of Agriculture Robert Telus:

Poland will block Ukraine’s accession to the EU if the issue of grain exports is not resolved.

Strange incident in Iran.

While reports claimed a drone has crashed in the city of Gorgan, north of Iran, it appears that tens of small munitions exploded around the city due to possible technical failure of ballistic missile launch.

Parts of the missile fell on residential buildings, streets. Heavy damage reported.

German-supplied Ukrainian IRIS-T SLM air defense system launching missiles during a night missile strike by the Russian Armed Forces.

The Ukrainian government has dismissed all deputy ministers of defense and the department's secretary of state.

Top U.S. General Mark Milley:

Militarily, if China tries to attack and capture the island of Taiwan, it will make a serious strategic mistake.

By the way, this is not the only option. But there is a very, very high risk of attacking and seizing Taiwan.

This is the most complex of all operations. Frankly, at this moment, China's military capabilities may not be sufficient to do this. In a publicly unclassified speech, President Xi asked the People's Liberation Army Navy and Air Force to years to develop this capability by 2027.

It used to be in the 2030s, and then he changed it to 2027. It doesn't mean that he decided to do it, but it means that he wanted them to have the ability to do it.

And it also means that at this time, they He doesn’t have this ability at the moment. At least that’s how he sees it.

Reports claim China has stopped supplying drones to Russia.

From September 1, it’s been prohibited to import drones from China weighing more than 4 kg or a maximum take-off weight of 7 kg with a flight duration of more than 30 minutes into Russia.

Also subject to the ban were UAVs capable of “carrying a load with a release function or with the ability to attach such a device.”

In addition, China has limited the supply of a number of important components for drones.

Erdogan-Elon Musk meeting in New York

During the meeting, Turkish President Erdogan stated that Türkiye is one of the most important producer countries in high technology and cited the success achieved in UAVs as an example.

In response, Elon Musk stated that he believes that the wars of the future will be fought between advanced UCAVs, and that they are aware of the world's interest in Bayraktar UAVs.

USMC’s F-35B, a 5th generation fighter jet costing around $135 million per aircraft, cannot be found because “the jet's transponder was not working at the time of the incident.”

In an appeal posted to social media, Joint Base Charleston asked the public to contact the base if anyone had information about the aircraft’s whereabouts following the “mishap” on Sunday."

“Please call the JB Charleston Base Defense Operations Center at 843-963-3600.”