Additional info, must seen in context. News from March 29, 2021 | Chinese PLA Air Force attempted to infiltrate Japan's AIDZ in the East China Sea.

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Philippines says Chinese 'militia' swarm has spread in disputed waters

Hundreds of Chinese vessels believed to be manned by militias in the South China Sea have spread to a wider area, the Philippines said on Wednesday, defying its demand for the flotilla to be withdrawn immediately.
The Philippines has described the presence of the boats inside its 200-mile exclusive economic zone at Whitsun Reef as “swarming and threatening”, while Canada, Australia, the United States, Japan and others have voiced concern about China’s intentions, prompting rebukes by Beijing.

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Russian Navy Project 22870 rescue tug Professor Nikolay Muru northbound in the Bosphorus Strait - March 31, 2021

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⚓🇺🇸 US Navy: USS San Antonio (LPD 17) San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock leaving Norfolk, Virginia for deployment - March 31, 2021

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Microsoft lands $21 billion contract to arm US soldiers with futuristic augmented-reality headsets, that would be backed by the tech firm's Azure cloud computing services, which was compromised by hackers last year.

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Hong Kong shouldn’t get special status as Beijing has slashed freedoms; US State Department releases its annual Hong Kong Policy Act Report, that includes a determination on whether the city is autonomous enough from the mainland to justify preferential economic relations.

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China says it will stand with Middle East against foreign interference;

“We oppose imposing ideology on others, and using human rights to interfere in other nations’ affairs” Chinese FM Wang Yi says after trip to six Middle Eastern countries.

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#China: Ave.956 Sarych
Video of exercises of 3rd Squadron of destroyers of Eastern Fleet of #PLA, consisting of new destroyer Suzhou project 052D (board no. 132), modernized destroyer Ave.956-E Hangzhou (board no. 136) & destroyer project 956-EM Taizhou (board no. 138) March 2021

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🇼🇸 Taiwan has decided to buy an upgraded version of Lockheed Martin Corp’s Patriot surface-to-air missile, the air force said on Wednesday, as the island bolsters its forces to guard against a rising threat from China.

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🇰🇷 South Korea’s arms procurement agency said on Wednesday that it will invest about $6.19 billion to build 3 more Aegis destroyers and buy 36 American-made attack helicopters, as part of a long-term initiative to bolster its military capabilities.

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After Russia deployed 28 battalions to Donbass and Crimea, Nord Stream 2 project has been the target of Poland & the US. While Russia aims to complete the project by its National day, the constructing company of the project said its ships were harassed by submarines and warships.

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🇬🇧The composition of the British Navy aircraft carrier strike group, which will be deployed by May 2021.

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Donetsk separatists received some new machine gun mounted pickups 🛻

#Ukraine #Russia

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Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to shell the outskirts of Donetsk, which began early this morning.

#Donbass

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RUSSIA – Over 50 battalion tactical groups to fight enemy drones in southern Russia drills

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Russian Navy Pacific fleet ships out of Vladivostok 01-04-2021 as reported by OSINT

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🇹🇷 Turkey conducted Sea Shield-21 exercises in the west of the Black Sea.

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🇷🇺 🇸🇾 Russian Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters are supporting ground units of the Russian Armed Forces and the Syrian Arab Army during the ongoing operation against IS terrorists in the Badia desert.

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Video of a relatively large airborne operation with 300 servicemen from the Pacific Fleet's 40th Naval Infantry Brigade in Kamchatka who jumped from An-12 and An-26 aircraft to seize and hold an important infrastructure object.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33A0RWXRY-M

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