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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RUSSIA – The opening ceremony of the joint Russian-Pakistani military exercise "Friendship-2021"

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RUSSIA – Joint actions of Russian and Mongolian units in the exercise "Selenga-2021"

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CHINA –Demonstration flight of the main Chinese attack UAV Wing Loong 2 at the exhibition in Zhuhai.

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⚠️ URGENT – Syria: Clashes between pro-Turkish militants took place in the Syrian city of Azaz today.

The reason was the detention of two women with forged documents. One of the groups ordered to release them. The "police" refused to do so.

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YEMEN – An agreement to exchange 210 prisoners from Hadi and Ansar Allah (Houthi) forces was concluded in southwest Taiz province today, Wednesday.

Military sources said the deal included 140 Hadi prisoners and detainees in exchange for 70 Houthi.

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PAKISTAN – A model of JF-17 aircraft of the Pakistani Air Force with HD-1A supersonic cruise missiles.

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The United States and Qatar took coordinated action on Wednesday targeting a Hezbollah financial network in the Arabian Peninsula, the US Treasury Department said in a statement

The Treasury said it designated individuals including Ali Reda Hassan al-Banai, Ali Reda al-Qassabi Lari and Abd al-Muayyid al-Banaiare for having provided financial or material support to Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based Shi'ite Islamist group that Washington has designated as a foreign terrorist organization.

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MILITARY PORN – Serbian state arms company Jugoimport SDPR tests a new sniper rifle

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CHINA – The future airborne early warning and control system (AWACS) will be unmanned and integrated for a future conflict.

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🇺🇸🤝🇵🇭 US changing position on 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty with Philippines

“We believe it's time to sit down with our US partners & revisit the terms of our alliance. We must clearly define our roles and responsibilities when the need arises to be joined in arms.

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MUST WATCH: Awesome Australian Navy video to recruit submarine personnel

Submariner Lifestyle: World-class training, memorable experiences & a sense of pride are just the start. Here's what a year in the life of a Submariner looks like.

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RUSSIA – The Project 20385 Gremyashchiy corvette, Equipped with the Kalibr-NK missile system, built at the Severnaya Verf shipyard to replenish the Pacific fleet, could stay to serve in Vladivostok & not go to Kamchatka, as previously planned.

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