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BREAKING โ€“ Biden to announce $225 million aid package for Ukraine - AP

According to the publication, it will include the Patriot air defense system
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โš ๏ธ NEW โ€“ Norway allocates $92.6 million to support Ukrainian air defense, - Prime Minister of the country

The funds will be used for the joint transfer with Germany of the IRIS-T SLM air defense system this fall.

Lithuania also delivered an aid package today, which included anti-drone rifles, 5.56x45 ammunition and folding beds for the military
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โšกBREAKING โ€“ Northrop Grumman becomes the first US company to build weapons inside Ukraine - Politico

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โš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผโšก๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ TAIWAN โ€“ The defense ministry has removed 800 Chinese-made dashcams from military vehicles.

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โš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ TAIWAN โ€“ Troops in the southern have conducted four days of exercises, with many of the drills taking place at night.

๐Ÿ”— Taiwan Plus News
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โš ๏ธ RARE โš“๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นโš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ โ€“ Australia: Italian Navy aircraft carrier ITS Cavour for some high-flying fun at Exercise Pitch Black 24

๐Ÿ”— Royal Australian Air Force

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Twenty-four countries signed the โ€œUkrainian Treatyโ€ at the NATO summit in Washington to accelerate and coordinate collective efforts to provide military support to Kyiv.

As part of this document, the parties undertake to โ€œprovide support to meet Ukraineโ€™s urgent needs in the field of defense and security, military training, and army modernization.โ€

The agreement was signed by the US, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK, as well as the heads of the European Council and the European Commission and Zelensky.


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โš“๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต In its latest defense white paper, the Japanese Ministry of Defense has unveiled the latest image of the Aegis system equipped vessel (ASEV)

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) plans to procure two ASEVs, which are alternatives to Japanโ€™s now-defunct land-based Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense (BMD) system. The first ASEV is scheduled to be commissioned by the end of March 2028, and the second by the end of March 2029.


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BOOM ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒโš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆโšก๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ’ฅ  The US has disclosed that Ukraine is the intended recipient of a new relatively low-cost precision-guided air-launched stand-off munition it is looking to start development which could have a range of up to 250 miles (400km).

๐Ÿ”— The War Zone
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POLAND ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ’ฅ โ€“ During a training flight at the airport of the 43rd Naval Aviation Base in Gdynia-Babich Doล‚y, there was a plane crash in which the pilot dies.

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โš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตโšก๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Japan's annual defense white paper names China as the primary threat to regional peace and security.

๐Ÿ”— Taiwan Plus News
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๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตโš”๏ธ๐ŸŒ Japan's Prime Minister Office published on X media:

"At the NATO summit, which I attended for the third consecutive year, I reiterated my understanding that the security of Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific is inseparable, concurring with each country including serious concerns for the recent moves to advance Russia-North Korea military cooperation. We concurred to further strengthen the Japan-NATO relationship, as well as cooperation on the flagship projects between IP4 and NATO."

๐Ÿ”— PM's Office of Japan

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Big U.S. Navy carrier news ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

- Theodore Roosevelt CSG chopped into U.S. 5th Fleet & steaming toward the Red Sea
- USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) reportedly departed on a scheduled deployment
- 4 aircraft carriers operating in U.S. 3rd Fleet
- USS George Washington (CVN 73) arrived in San Diego & will replace USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) as Americaโ€™s forward-deployed carrier in Japan
- Elements of the IKE CSG air wing started arriving home on the East Coast; ships chopped into U.S. 2nd Fleet & will soon follow
- Vinson CSG participating in RIMPAC near Hawaii (& closest carrier to the action in Asia)

The U.S. Navy is leaning heavily on deployed Amphibious Ready Groups, with Marine Expeditionary Units embarked, while the carriers rotate & reposition.


๐Ÿ”— Ian Ellis
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ CHINA โ€“ Taiwan's (ROC) defense ministry said on Saturday it was monitoring "waves" of missile tests taking place in China's far northern region of Inner Mongolia and that its air defense forces were on alert.

The ministry said that from 4 am it had detected "multiple waves of test launches" by China's Rocket Force in Inner Mongolia, which lies some 2,000 km from Taiwan (ROC).

Taiwan's (ROC) forces are continuously monitoring developments, and the air defense forces are on alert, the ministry said, without giving further details.


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NEW โ€“ Zelensky arrived in Ireland to meet with Prime Minister Harris

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๐ŸšจBREAKING ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บโšก๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช โ€“ Denmark: A Russian submarine has blocked a civil ferry between Bornholm and Germany.

A German Navy warship shadows the Russian submarine after the incident.

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BREAKING ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บโš“๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ โ€“ Russian warships in China

โ€” Warships from the Russia and Chinese PLA Navy assembled in southern China for joint naval drills announced after the end of the NATO summit in Washington, D.C.


๐Ÿ”— Taiwan Plus News
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UPDATE ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บโš“๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ The Russian fleet participating in the China-Russia "Joint Sea-2024" drill arrived at a military port in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province on Fri, and joined with the forces of the Chinese side. All Chinese and Russian forces that participate in this drill have been assembled.

๐Ÿ”— Global Times
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