🇹🇼 Taiwan to equip 6 Kang Ding-class frigates with new missiles

The Navy will upgrade its six Kang Ding-class frigates to improve their air and missile defenses by installing new missile systems.

The program, costing a total of NT$43.15 billion (US$1.55 billion), was described in a 2022 budget document filed by the Ministry of National Defense at the Legislative Yuan Tuesday, CNA reported.

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🇺🇸⚓ U.S. Navy: various forces of the United States conducting forward expeditionary base operations in the Hawaiian Islands during full-scale exercise 2021.

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🌘🛰 SPACE – Timelapse video of Russian Roscosmos by cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky which shows the flyover of the International Space Station above the Earth during the day.

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BELARUS – Lukashenko: "By building a unionist state with Russia, we will avoid the shortcomings of the USSR and the EU." 🤦‍♂️

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A F-16, CN-235, E7-T AWACS and KC-135R aircraft from the Turkish Air Force Command and Eurofighter aircraft from the British Royal Air Force conducted the training flight over the Romanian airspace.

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HISTORY REPEATS ⁉️ 🇺🇸 Damaged USS Liberty by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats, on 8 June 1967.

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🇦🇫 AFGHANISTAN – The Northern Resistance Front successfully thwarted all Taliban attacks on the Panjshir Valley.

Salang district is now under control of Ahmad Massoud's troops.

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🇦🇫⚡ Partisan war started in Kapisa & Parvan provinces, talibs getting casualties in different areas.

NRF - monitoring and commanding theirs guerrilla fighters.

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🇾🇪 YEMEN – There are initial reports of violent clashes with weapons of various calibers taking place in the Al-Jawiya neighborhood of Sana'a.

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🇺🇦 The Ukrainian Army will receive new batch of Javelin ATGM as US assistance.

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CHINA – The Type 094 (simplified Chinese: 09-IV型核潜艇; traditional Chinese: 09-IV型核潛艇; Chinese designation: 09-IV; NATO reporting name: Jinclass) is a class of ballistic missile submarinedeveloped by China for the People's Liberation Army Navy Submarine Force. 

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CHINA – Type 003 carrier size comparison with other countries

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⚠️ Unusual presence of the police commander in the zero border area of ​​Iran and Baku region in Namin city, close to Azerbaijan.

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🇺🇸🤝🇯🇵 The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson CVN70, having completed a short-term stay in Japan, today left the port of Yokosuka and continued to carry out the tasks of its long voyage.

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How it's going: Syria: Russians raised their flag in Daraa today!

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