RARE FOOTAGE – Russian and Algerian servicemen firing AK-12 Kalashnikov assault rifles as part of an exercise in North Ossetia.

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UZBEKISTAN – The leadership of Uzbekistan will not allow the deployment of US troops on its territory, the Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Uzbekistan Sadyk Safayev said.

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⚠️ Hezbollah operatives trained in Iran deploy suicide drones in Syria fighting.

This enables Hezbollah to acquire valuable field experience for drone warfare vs. Israel in future conflict, report says.

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Chinese Strategic SSBN of Project 094 of the PLA Navy in the South China Sea.

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Estonia signed a contract with Singaporean-Israeli company Proteus Advanced Systems for the purchase of Blue Spear 5G coastal shore-to-ship defense rockets, Oct. 6, 2021.

The mobile coastal defense system is set to cover Estonia's entire coastline.

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Venezuela for the first time officially showed the use of Russian reconnaissance UAVs "Orlan-10" (1:03)

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CHINA – Meeting at sea by Chinese UDC "Hainan", the lead ship of the "Type 075" project.

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Kurds document the passage of a Turkish T129 ATAK attack helicopter over their positions in northern Iraq.

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BREAKING – CIA announced the formation of a new China Mission Center (CMC) to "address the global challenge posed by the People’s Republic of China."

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SYRIA – The Russian Aerospace Forces launched an airstrike on the object of pro-Turkish militants in the Syrian province of Aleppo (Zone of Operation "Euphrates Shield").

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US officials have acknowledged that there are Special Operations Forces and Marines in Taiwan who are training Taiwanese. The training course will take at least a year.

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The dynamics of the number of incursions into the air defense zone of Taiwan by PLA Air Force aircraft in 2020-2021 (as of early May).

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SYRIA – N. Aleppo : Russian warplanes fired air to ground missiles near Marea but it's not clear what their target was.

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BREAKING – Saudi defenses intercept and destroy a ballistic missile and a booby-trapped drone launched towards Khamis Mushait.

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Amid ongoing Syrian army military operation against militants in Idlib, nearly 130 Turkish-backed Syrian mercenaries leave from Syria to Turkey.

Preparations for sending new batch to Libya.

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🇺🇸⚓ U.S. Navy Seawolf-class SSN, USS Connecticut struck an object while submerged in international waters of Western Pacific on 2nd Oct.

Submarine in a safe and stable conditions with no life-threatening injuries. Extent of damage bing assessed.

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IN ADDITION – The US Air Force RC-135U Combat Sent airborne reconnaissance aircraft made a very interesting flight today along the Libyan coast.

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