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Watch as U.S. forces work with their Japanese and Australian counterparts during humanitarian assistance training. #KnowYourMil

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RUSSIA – The first stage of the Aviadarts 2021 competition for air training of flight crews has started in the aviation units of the Southern Military District.

More than 100 crews of operational tactical, military transport and army aviation of formations and military units of the Southern Military District take part in the competition.

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URGENT UPDATE – Pentagon calls rocket attack vs al Asad Airbase in #Iraq "a troubling development"

Says US "won't shy away" from military response if warranted

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BREAKING – New US envoy to UN accuses Russia of seeking to 'block' efforts to hold Syria govt accountable for chemical weapons use.

#USA #Syria #Russia

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The Pentagon wants planes, ships, and ground units to share real-time threat data to better defend against incoming attacks.

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Tensions continue to simmer over Chinese island-building in the South China Sea

The Pentagon’s long-standing opposition to Chinese phony island-building, or “land reclamation,” in the South China Sea is based upon the definition of “island” as it is explained in the U.N. 

China has for many years now been building new island-like structures, adding airstrips, and placing weapons in and around highly disputed areas of the South China Sea. 

As of several years ago, China had already reclaimed over thousands of acres of the area throughout the region, a phony island-building process caught on video by U.S. Navy Poseidon spy planes years ago. 

#USA #SouthChinaSea #China

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IRAQ – Hezbollah affiliated Saraya Awliya’a al-Damm has published a statement saying they will cease military action in all its forms during the Pope's visit in the Middle East country.

Additionally, they praise the recent rocket attack against the Ayn al-Assad base.

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🇯🇵 JAPAN — On March 4th, the Japan Air Self-Defense Forces (JASDF’s) fighters scrambled to cope with a suspect of intrusion into Japan’s airspace over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea.

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#Marines assigned to 3d Battalion, 3d Marine Regiment carry out an air assault operation at Ie Shima, Japan. 3d Marine Division and @1stMAW_Marines continue to train to defeat any threat to regional peace and security in the @IIIMEF area of operations.

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The 🇺🇸 U.S. Department of Defense officials are outlining strategies to modernize hypersonic strike, defense and intelligence capabilities.

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US SEEKS ASIAN MISSILE NETWORK – The U.S. will bolster its conventional deterrence against China, including with a network of precision-strike missiles along the so-called first island chain.

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TURKEY – Yesterday, a armoured vehicle of Turkish ground forces carrying Turkish soldiers in Sirnak, Southeast Anatolia was overturned.

As result 11 soldiers were injured.

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SYRIA – U.S.-backed Kurdish SDF Counterterrorism units conducted coalition-supported operations targeting ISIS sleeper cell activity in areas of Euphrates, Jazeer and Deir Ezzor on March 2 and 3.

The operations resulted in arrest of 9 Daesh-linked individuals in vicinity of Tel Temir, Kobanî, Raqqa and Deir Ezzor. (File photo)

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Plot to hijack Iran Air plane flying 100 passengers from Ahwaz to Mashhad foiled, says Iran

A plot to hijack an Iran Air plane flying 100 passengers from Ahwaz to the holy city of Mashhad was foiled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) of the Iranian Armed Forces, Iran said on Friday.

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🇺🇸 The prototype of Sikorsky Boeing SB-1 Defiant multirole helicopter in comparison with the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk multirole helicopter.

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Russia and Iran Sign an Intelligence Pact

Last month, Iran and Russia, a close ally of the Islamic regime, signed a pact that should assist it as it attempts to reform its counterintelligence.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has an extensive and complex intelligence apparatus. Its two most important intelligence institutions are the Ministry of Intelligence (MOI) and the intelligence arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). A third key intelligence organization is the IRGC’s Intelligence Protection Organization, which operates independently of the Corps’s intelligence arm and deals in counterintelligence.

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FUTURE WARFARE – This self-driving robot tank can parachute out of a plane.

Estonia’s Type-X can still carry some heavy hardware.

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BLAST FROM THE PAST – This aircraft prototype of the USAF during WWII was able to transport tanks.

Taken from the rare Book:
Guderian - Achtung Panzer!

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The first F-35A for the Royal Danish Air Force has been given its paint scheme and markings, including the Dannebrog flag.

Unlike most other nations, the Danish F-35 feature a toned down version of the colored roundel and national flag.

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