The United States has tested an air-breathing hypersonic weapon capable of speeds faster than five times the speed of sound, marking the first successful test of the class of weapon since 2013, the Pentagon said on Monday, Reuters

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NEW – The Czech Ministry of Defense announced that the country has purchased from Israel an air defense system developed by Rafael, worth about $ 630 million.

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INDIA – A new version of the Akash missile was successfully flight-tested on Monday from the integrated test range at Chandipur in Odisha. The missile -- 'Akash Prime' -- intercepted and destroyed an unmanned aerial target mimicking an enemy aircraft in its maiden flight test. The modified ground system of the existing Akash weapon system was for the flight test.

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has stressed that whole foreign troops corps are being deployed in Poland on the border with Belarus.

"It is clear that wherever you deploy troops in Poland it won’t be against Germany. Meanwhile, it is foreign troops, primarily US ones," he said on Monday as quoted by BelTA news agency.

"We see Lithuania getting into every crack to prove their loyalty to NATO and the US. But the saddest thing is Ukraine. We have a new front opening."

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RUSSIA – The Kremlin warned on Monday that any expansion of NATO military infrastructure in Ukraine would cross one of President Vladimir Putin's "red lines", and Belarus said it had agreed to take action with Moscow to counter growing NATO activity.

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🇹🇼 TAIWAN – 6 Chinese PLA aircraft entered Taiwan’s southwest ADIZ on September 27, 2021.

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🇺🇦 Ukrainian soldier participates in "Rapid Trident-2021" Exercise, which continues this week with over 6,200 personnel from NATO Allies and partners to support joint interoperability.

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🇺🇸 700 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters delivered to customers... 🌐

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JUST IN – Greece to buy three frigates from France as part of a deeper "strategic partnership" between the two countries to defend their shared interests in the Mediterranean, French President Macron announced Tuesday.

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Russian military inspectors are visiting an unspecified British military facility today in accordance with the Vienna Document of 2011 on Confidence and Security-Building Measures, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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RUSSIA – Il-38 anti-submarine aircraft and Ka-29 helicopters of the Pacific Fleet conducted exercises in Kamchatka.

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🇽🇰 KOSOVO – Combat art from the Kosovo Armed Forces

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🇩🇪 Germany has contracted five Boeing P-8A Poseidon base patrol aircraft, with the first aircraft to be delivered starting in 2024. Germany became the eighth customer of this aircraft.

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🇹🇼 TAIWAN – The government signed a contract with the United States worth US$50.48 million to maintain and repair ground facilities for its Patriot PAC-3 missiles, according to reports.

The deal came as China has been sending fighter jets to Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) almost daily for more than a year, while modernizing its air force, navy and missiles.

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A British warship has video and photographic evidence of possible North Korea sanctions violations:

-HMS Richmond gathered intel in the East China Sea
-Tracked ships not previously known to the U.N.
-U.K. defense ministry did not reveal specific details

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🇯🇵 JAPAN – 🇨🇵⚓French Navy reconnaissance ship Dupuy de Lome docks at Sasebo, Sep. 27.

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JUST IN – After the completion of the large-scale exercise Zapad-2021, the last echelon with the Russian military and equipment allegedly left the territory of Belarus.

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