China’s growing assertiveness toward Taiwan has triggered a public push by Japanese leaders to plan for a possible conflict, which could potentially lead to closer cooperation with the U.S. military

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Japan-Taiwan ruling party talks yield agreement on coastguard drills

In their first security dialogue, the ruling parties of  Taiwan  and Japan have agreed to push for cooperation between their coastguards, including holding joint drills.

In the landmark online meeting on Friday, representatives from Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party and Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party discussed the possibility of military exchanges between Japan and the self-ruled island, which Beijing sees as its territory.

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Update: As expected China not happy with talks between Japan and Taiwan...

DPP ‘talks nonsense’with Japan, to cut own throat in seeking external support for secessionist agenda: experts

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🇺🇸⚡ US President Joe Biden has once again expressed his readiness to restore the ammunition of the Tamir interceptor missiles of the Israeli Iron Dome air defense systems, which was largely used up during and before Operation Wall Guard.

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BREAKING – Israel’s channel 12 News: "The Chief of Staff is instructing the IDF these days to prepare a new attack plan on Iran."

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URGENT – 🇺🇸⚓US Navy P-8 Poseidon [AE686C] Currently over the South China Sea

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⚠️ IMPORTANT – German forces have completed the mission in Afghanistan and returned back home.

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CHINA: Video showing a composite brigade of the PLA Tibet Military Region army training in light and mobile infantry fire.

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🇦🇫⚡ AFGHANISTAN – Fighters of the Taliban special forces "Badri 313" at the Kabul airport, part of which has already been transferred under their control.

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🇦🇫⚡ AFGHANISTAN – The Taliban continue aerial patrols in Herat with Mi-17 helicopters.

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RUSSIA – The Admiralty Shipyards (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) have completed state tests of a large diesel-electric submarine of Project 636 Magadan.

The third submarine of the series for the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Federation returned from the stage of state tests. During the week, the company's specialists checked the operation of all ship devices, mechanisms and equipment, including hydroacoustic and navigation systems.

"Magadan" - the third submarine of the series for the Pacific Fleet, launched on March 26 this year in a high, 91%, degree of readiness. The ship was laid down on November 1, 2019 and will be transferred to the Russian Navy by November 10, 2021.

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WATCH 📹 – Russian airborne forces which for the first time carried out the parachuting of the men, materials and supplies necessary for the establishment of a field hospital.

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CHINA – Social media video showing anti-aircraft training of PLA troops with a 35mm ype 90 anti-aircraft gun and HN-5 MANPADS.

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🇺🇸⚓ U.S. Navy: Watch as Sailors assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Chicago (SSN 721) coordinated the launch of a harpoon and a torpedo to sink the decommissioned frigate Ingraham during Large Scale Exercise 2021.

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🇵🇱 POLAND – F-16 fighters of the Turkish Air Force, involved in the enhanced mission of the NATO air police in the Baltic countries, took part in a photo shoot for the media, officially called patrolling.

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SYRIA – The Russian Aerospace Forces, for the second day in a row, launched airstrikes against Hayat Tahrir al Sham targets in Al-Bara, Idlib governorate.

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WATCH – Once again, Russian airstrikes in the vicinity of the town of Al-Bara in southern Idlib, Syria

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