On this day in 1995 , as Serb forces entered the UN safe area of Srebrenica, they proceeded to murder over 8,372 Bosniak-Muslims in the course of a few days. Today we remember the innocent taken simply because of their ethnic and religious identity. We vow to never forget.

🇺🇸 RAF Lakenheath F-15s arrived in #Iceland last week in support of NATO air policing operations. Since 1961, NATO Allies have worked together to keep Allied skies safe 24/7/365, protecting all our citizens from possible threats. #60YearsAirPolicing

China’s military said it 'drove away' a US warship that it said illegally entered Chinese waters near the disputed Paracel Islands aje.io/kuuy4z

#Indonesia-n security forces killed two suspected militants with ties to the #IslamicState group who were believed to be connected to the killing of Christian farmers on Sulawesi island.

.HMS Queen Elizabeth and the UK CSG have met up with 🇺🇸USS Ronald Reagan CSG and 🇺🇸Iwo Jima ARG in the Gulf of Aden. #CSG21 Via @ellmart88

#Rwanda, not a member of the SADC, said it had started deploying a 1,000-strong force to #Mozambique to help the country combat an escalating #IslamicState-linked insurgency that threatens its stability.

Tonight the Defence and Security Circle will be debating defence think tanks in a hybrid session. U K Defence Forum will be there!

High tech and taxes...been wondering how much corporation tax the UK subsidiaries of multi national defence and security contractors pay these days....

China expresses shock and condemns the blast in NW Pakistan, which killed at least 12 people incl. 9 Chinese citizens, foreign ministry said Wed, urging Pakistan to thoroughly investigate the blast and ensure the safety of Chinese people, organizations and projects in Pakistan.

Chaos in South Africa as troops fail to quell unrest exacerbated by anger over hardship and inequality — in pictures aje.io/e3mxsu

House appropriators advance $706 billion defense spending bill trib.al/BqZw0x8

🇵🇰Pakistani frigate PNS Zulfiquar sails from Portsmouth this morning after short visit to resume tour of European ports. Via George Emmett

Police say overnight violence in South Africa spread to two more provinces, Mpumalanga, just east of Gauteng, and Northern Cape. 🔴 Follow our LIVE updates on South Africa's latest unrest: aje.io/cqp5vw

As #China begins the construction of the world’s first commercial small modular reactor, the country’s military has deployed electronic warning and surveillance aircraft, on two disputed islands in the #SouthChinaSea hindustantimes.com/world-news/chi…

The future cyber resilience of every state depends on the physical infrastructure underpinning the global internet. It is apparent that the US, its close allies and partners remain dominant. Find out more in the new IISS report ➡️ go.iiss.org/Cyber

#UK MI-5 cautioned the population to treat the threat of spying from #Russia & #China as vigilantly as terrorism, warning that foreign spies were seeking to pilfer technology, sow discord & attack infrastructure. 10,000 disguised approaches by foreign spies have been recorded.

Wagnerism - behind the covert weapon in Putin's armoury and other analyses and updates. defenceviewpoints.co.uk

Old mucker, during chat just now,had several MoD people tell him in early-2018 that there were these problems on the Ajax family, and that just putting on band track etc was unlikely to solve them! MoD line of, "we only learned of these in late-2019" looking pretty threadbare.

I will be speaking DESI in London's Docklands 1300 UK time Sept 13. Technology and security - are we relying too much on tech?