🚨 BREAKING – The Sudanese army has launched a ground attack on positions of the Rapid Support Forces in the city of Khartoum Bahri at dawn today.

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NATO: WHO CAN TRANSFER F-16 FIGHTERS TO UKRAINE?

Turkey - 260 units
Greece - 154 units
Norway - 57 units
Belgium - 53 units
Denmark - 48 units
Poland - 48 units
Netherlands - 42 ed
Portugal - 30 units
Romania - 17 units
Slovakia - 14 units
Bulgaria - 12 units

TOTAL: 738 units

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UKRAINE – Footage showing a Russian 9K331 Tor-M1 surface-to-air missile system attempting to target and shoot down a Ukrainian drone and only missing by near Inches.

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JUST IN – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday (July 13) passed a defense spending bill that includes an amendment prohibiting the Pentagon from using any map depicting Taiwan as part of China.

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A U.S. Air Force B-52H bomber was forced to make a diversion to Yokota air base Japan, due to an in-flight maintenance issue, the service said on Jul. 12.

The bomber landed safely at 10:22 a.m. local time. The aircraft is assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base.

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CHINA – PLAN Type 728 Air Cushion Landing Ship:

📝 The Type 726 LCAC (with NATO reporting name Yuyi class) is a class of air-cushioned landing craft used by the People's Liberation Army Navy. Six Yuyi-class LCACs are believed to be in service with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), with the first one (3320) being seen at the end of 2007.

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China has reportedly built its own Soviet-style Zubr-class amphibious transport ships

Taiwan News – China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has reportedly taken possession of two new Zubr-class amphibious assault hovercraft (LCAC) in the past few months, which suggests that China is now capable of producing the vessels domestically and without foreign assistance.

The Zubr-class amphibious transport ships are of Soviet design, and according to recent reports, the PLAN is now in possession of six of the vessels, reported Naval News. The large amphibious transport ships, designated Type 728, could be instrumental in a potential invasion of Taiwan, especially for transporting heavy equipment.

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UPDATE – Taiwan: 30 PLA aircraft and 9 PLAN vessels were detected around the ROC by 6 a.m.(UTC+8) today.

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The military aid that was promised to Ukraine before and during the NATO summit.

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BREAKING – Wagner fighters are training Belarusian soldiers in Belarus - Reuters

Mercenary fighters from Russia's Wagner group are training Belarusian soldiers in Belarus, the Belarusian defence ministry said on Friday.

The ministry said the training was taking place near the town of Osipovichi, about 90 km (56 miles) south of the capital Minsk.

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🔄 UPDATE – Belarus: The first pictures from VoenTV of the training by Wagner instructors of the Belarusian military at the training ground near Osipovichi.

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🤩 US Navy destroyer USS Roosevelt DDG80 and the Swedish corvette HSwMS Härnösand K33 on July 12 somewhere in the Baltic Sea as part of the Neptune Strike 2023/2 event.

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BREAKING – "If we do what Zelensky asks [NATO membership], we will have a world war, immediate. That's all," - Hungarian PM Victor Orban

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INTEL – Brazil's has interest in the purchase of Russian loitering ammunition Lancet.

A large batch of such UAV will be ordered for the Brazilian military.

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UPDATE – North Korea: Kim Yo Jong warned on Friday that “very unkind things await the U.S.” if it does not withdraw its “hostile policy” toward North Korea, justifying the country’s latest long-range missile launch as in line with its “legitimate right to self-defense.”

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UPDATE– "There’s no greater challenge to common security with Japan and South Korea than ongoing threat from North Korea." - US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken

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🚨 BREAKING – Taiwan: 15 PLA aircraft and 16 Chinese warships were found around the island over the past 24 hours.

📝 This is the largest number of ships around the island in one day in recent years.

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BREAKING – Russian citizen Vadim Konoshchenko, accused of smuggling equipment for the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation, has been extradited from Estonia to the United States, according to the US prosecutor's office.

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URGENT – Syria: The US-led International Coalition have pushed unprecedented military reinforcements to the contact lines in Deir ez-Zor in the eastern part of the country.

📝 US forces have brought reinforcements from Raqqa and Hasakah to Deir ez-Zor.

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INTEL - Ukraine Russia War: The military conflict between Russia and Ukraine has reached a dead end, despite the ongoing counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said John Kirschhofer, a spokesman for the US Defense Intelligence Agency.

"Of course, we are in a stalemate," Kirschhofer said.

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UPDATE – Here's the article from Bloomberg which refers to the publication above.

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