UPDATE – 1,142 Israeli Air Force Reserve personnel, including hundreds of pilots, wrote a collective letter declaring their readiness to leave the service if the government begins judicial reform. (Source)

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Russia's navy claimed it conducted a live fire exercise in the Black Sea after trading threats with Ukraine, warning that either side could target any ships heading to the other's ports.

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BREAKING – German Defense Minister Pistorius: NATO will stand with Poland
in the face of any threats from Russia.

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UPDATE – South Korea: U.S. Navy's USS Kentucky SSBN (737) left today the port of Busan, where he had been visiting since Tuesday, and continued his covert missions in the Pacific Ocean, - South Korean media

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Germany has pledged to defend Poland in case of a possible attack by Wagner mercenaries from Belarus, German DM Pistorius.

Pistorius added that he can say with certainty that the two NATO allies are ready for an attack.

🔗 Slava Ukraini

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On July 15, US and Colombian special forces, together with the crew of the USS Psadena SSN752 submarine off the coast of Colombia, worked out a number of joint activities according to the plan of one of the episodes of the UNITAS 2023 exercise.

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By the end of this year, Poland will receive 8 AH-64 Apache attack helicopters from the US Army stocks to organize the training process for pilots and technicians. Starting next year, deliveries of 96 attack helicopters will begin. This was stated by Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak and US Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski at the presentation of the AH-64 Apache helicopter.

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TAIWAN – 37 Chinese PLA aircraft and 7 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m.(UTC+8) today. R.O.C. Armed Forces have monitored the situation and tasked CAP aircraft, Navy vessels, and land-based missile systems to respond these activities.

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A slow-mo montage of Raytheon Coyote taking down drones! Coyote 2 is US Army's interim counter-UAV system.

🔗 Air Power

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Russia has reportedly deployed tactical - nuclear weapons to Belarus (part of Union State with the RF) for the purpose of storage & deployment, according to Senior Officials at the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, which said they have “No Reason to Doubt” the recent claims made by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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BREAKING – North Korea has launched four strategic cruise missiles, type - "Hwasal-1" and "Hwasal-2" into the Yellow Sea on Saturday at about 4:00 a.m (local time) from the southern Hamgyong Province, according to North's state media with reference to the Yonhap News Agency

🔗 ISC Research

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As reference: U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urges Bejing to take steps against the nuclear program of North Korea otherwise, Washington will take steps to strengthen the defenses of Japan and South Korea.

🔗 ISC Research

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UKRAINE – A new batch of recruits of Russian Volunteers (RDK) have reportedly entered the Ukraine, coming from Russia with a bus on their way to Kiev.

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During the ongoing Talisman Sabre exercise in Australia, Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) test-fired a Type-12 anti-ship missile with a range of 200-kilometer-range on Saturday - Japan Times

To better defend its remote southwestern islands, Japan is currently working on an improved variant of the ground-launched Type-12 system, with a shipborne, extended range — between 200 km and 1,000 km — variant of the weapon expected to enter service by 2026.

📝 Japan's GSDF increasing the defense capacities amid growing tensions with
China in the Okinawa prefecture.

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"The USA conducted successful tests of a drone that spies from the stratosphere", — BILD

The PHASA-35 reconnaissance drone was developed by the British corporation BAE Systems.

The launch took place in the desert of the state of New Mexico: the "bird" rose to a height of 20 km, where it flew for 24 hours. The developers assure that the UAV will be able to stay in the air for a year thanks to power from solar batteries.

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