188: IDF Employs Latest Armored Fighting Vehicles (Eitan) and Armored D9R Dozers during Gaza Ground Operations + US Navy Deploys Ohio-Class Submarine to CENTCOM AOR + Russia Test Launches Bulava Ballistic Missile + More

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1. If provided to Ukraine, the German Taurus air-launched cruise missile will require months to integrate into SU-24 Fighters and even longer for F16 warplanes.
2. Russia test-fires nuclear capable ballistic missile (Bulava) from submarine.
3. Defense News Opinion Article from Retired Army Major General John Ferrari. The US Army should donate an armored division's worth of vehicles and equipment to Ukraine.
4. Israel Prime Minister (Benjamin Netanyahu)-  No cease fire without return of hostages.
5. Palestinian Authority (PA) President (Mahmoud Abbas) tells US Secretary of State (Antony Blinken) that  PA is ready to assume control of Gaza after the war.
6. Analysis: IDF Ground Operations (2 x stories).
7. IDF combat vehicles employed during ground operations: Eitan Armored Fighting Vehicle & Armored D9R Dozer.
8. It was 20 years ago (2003)- last time 2 x US Carriers were in Eastern Mediterranean. Now (2023),  it is the USS Gerald Ford (CVN-78) & the USS Dwight Eisenhower (CVN-69), in support of CENTCOM.
9. CENTCOM announces (X- Twitter)-  Ohio-Class nuclear powered submarine arrived in AOR.