#Sudan 🇸🇩: Rapid Support Forces (#RSF) captured a storage along with artillery rockets from Sudanese Forces.

The rockets appear to be ~122mm fin-stabilized short-range HE rockets.
Judging by the crates, these were produced & exported by #China 🇨🇳

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1705614708466749487

🇹🇼🇨🇳 Taiwan expects to deploy two new submarines by 2027

Taiwan hopes to deploy at least two new, domestically developed submarines by 2027, and possibly equip later models with missiles, to strengthen deterrence against the Chinese navy and protect key supply lines.

President Tsai Ing-wen, who initiated the program when she took office in 2016, is expected to launch the first of eight new submarines on Thursday.

Admiral Huang Shu-kuang, Tsai's security adviser, who is leading the program, said a fleet of 10 submarines - which includes two Dutch-made submarines commissioned in the 1980s - will make it harder for the Chinese navy to project power into the Pacific.

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#Myanmar (#Burma) 🇲🇲: Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (#MNDAA) raided a military camp in Mong Ko in #Shan State (border with #China 🇨🇳).

As a result fighters captured two 122mm D-30M howitzers and at least one EE-9 'Cascavel' armored vehicle.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1722108357878636796

🇨🇳🇺🇸 CGTN: President Xi to meet Biden

Chinese state media CGTN reports that at the invitation of US President Joe Biden, Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit San Francisco from November 14 to 17 to hold a bilateral meeting with Biden and attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting.

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🇺🇸🇵🇭🇯🇵 About US military exercises with partner countries in the Pacific zone

Two weeks after the incident in the South China Sea, which prompted the Philippine government to distance itself from the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative, and with Joe Biden issuing a military threat to China, two large-scale exercises have commenced in the region.

🔻Yesterday, the Kamandag-7 exercise began on several Philippine islands and in the South China Sea, with the participation of American Marines, as well as military personnel from the Philippines, Japan, and the Republic of Korea. The primary objective is to test the joint combat capabilities of the navy and marines in the event of a regional escalation. Approximately 2,000 individuals and around 70 units of various equipment will take part in this event.

🔻Today, the Annualex-2023 exercise started off the east coast of Japan and will continue until November 20. It involves up to 6,000 people, 32 ships, and 35 aircraft from the US, Japanese, Australian, Canadian, and Philippine navies. This exercise is more comprehensive in terms of strength, with the involvement of an aircraft carrier strike group led by the Carl Vinson and the possibility of a flight of B-52H strategic bombers from Andersen Air Base on Guam.

🔻It is interesting to note that these simultaneous exercises near the border with China began immediately after the Chinese aircraft carrier group, led by the flagship Shandong, concluded its training in the Philippine Sea and sailed back to China through the Taiwan Strait with 16 warships. However, the US Armed Forces exercises are conducted annually, and there is no indication of any significant escalation. Nevertheless, the White House supports the narrative of the "Chinese threat," justifying the substantial costs of maintaining forces in the region while simultaneously demonstrating support for its allies.

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#Sudan 🇸🇩: Rapid Support Forces (#RSF) released a video of captured materials from Sudanese Forces in #Khartoum.

The fighters seemingly captured large quantity of 82mm MDR HE PP87 mortar bombs; which appear to be produced by #China 🇨🇳 noteably in 2023.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1725192609658737060

🇲🇲🇨🇳 Myanmar hands over to China thousands of telecom fraud suspects

Myanmar authorities have handed over 31000 telecom fraud suspects to China since law enforcement officers from both countries launched a crackdown on online scams in September.

The suspects included 63 "financiers" and ring-leaders of crime syndicates that have cheated Chinese citizens of large sums of money, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement.

Chinese police started to crack down on the fraud in September and this month, police launched what they said were "swift attacks" on crime gangs in Myanmar.

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