Watch as Rheinmetall’s Lynx IFV armoured fighting vehicle is engaging targets downrange with pin-point accuracy in an undisclosed location.

Demonstrating its delay-free killer-killer capability, both 30mm Mk30-2 machine cannon and Main Sensor Slaved Armament (MSSA) with a .50 heavy machine gun are providing effect simultaneously on independent targets.

🔗 Rheinmetall

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SYRIA – Deir Ezzor: A convoy of the US-led international Coalition heading towards the US military base in the Koniko oil field, north of Deir ez-Zor to the brigades of the Military Council of the Kurdish SDF forces in the city of Al-Busira and Al-Kasra.

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B-52H strategic bomber takeoff 🛫 from the Yokota Air Base, Japan on July 12, 2023

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NEW MAP 🗺️ showing possible air defense coverage of advanced systems that Ukraine is expected to receive:

17x NASAMS 🔵
8x IRIS-T 🟢
5x HAWK 🔴
2x Patriot and 1x SAMP/T 🟠

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South Korea has announced the successful development of the Hyunmoo-V ballistic missile to be fitted on the country’s future arsenal ship.

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The Leopard 2A4 tank lit up as part of the Czech army. According to reports, the Czech army was supposed to receive an unnamed number of these vehicles to replace the T-72 transferred to Ukraine starting in December last year.

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BREAKING – Deliveries of F-16s to Ukraine could begin before year-end, but unlikely to change course of conflict - White House

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The rumored 6th gen jet.

🔗 Aviation

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Time to reveal this stuff!
Symbol & Paint on F-22A Raptor
with some details you might not know.

🔗 DollyPlusHQ

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SYRIA – The Syrian army conducted yesterday massive military exercises with participation of both, the Syrian Air Force and the Russian Air Force in in the Wadi al-Ahmar area for one day, east of the city of Palmyra - the exercises extended to the Al-Talila Reserve.

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The US Marines conducted a test launch of the NMESIS (Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System) anti-ship missile from a ground launcher.

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TAIWAN – 26 Chinese PLA aircraft and 7 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m.(UTC+8) today.

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BREAKING – The Turkish army launched a special military operation from the settlements of Metis and Ghara in northern Iraq, where the PKK camps are located - Turkish media

The operation involves 15 thousand soldiers from three brigades.

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UPDATE – Three F-35I Adir fighter jets landed yesterday at the Israeli air base in Nebatim. With their arrival, the number of fighters of this type in the IDF increased to 39.

The Israeli Air Force F-35I's cumulative flight time recently exceeded 20,000 flight hours in training and combat activities.

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BREAKING – Clashes are now taking place in Al-Obeid between RSF forces and government troops, after heavy aerial bombardment this morning

📝 El-Obeid also romanized as Al-Ubayyid, is the capital of the state of North Kurdufan, in Sudan.

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GERMANY – Armin Papperger, CEO of the arms concern Rheinmetall, has responded to Russian authorities that threatened to view the concern's future plant in Ukraine a "legitimate target". He said Rheinmetall will defend the plant with their own air defense systems.

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