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URGENT โ€“ Taiwan: Overall 18 Chinese PLA aircraft in various types were detected from 0820hr today. Out of which, 15 crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered the northern, central and southwestern ADIZ, according to the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of ROC (Taiwan)

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ US$19 billion and counting: An order of US-made torpedoes to Taiwan is the latest example of weapons sales facing a delay in delivery.

๐Ÿ”— Taiwan Plus News
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Chinese PLA incursions into Taiwanโ€™s air defense zone (ADIZ) reached new highs in August โ€” eclipsing the year-end totals from 2022 & 2023.

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๐Ÿšจ URGENT โ€“ Various attempts to invade Japan's airspace from various directions between August 6-8 in the East China Sea & the Sea of Japan.

Fighter jets from Japan's Northern Air Defense Force of the Air Self-Defense Force and others were scrambled to respond.


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โšกJUST IN ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณโš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia: Soldiers of the PLA along with command staff arrived on September 8 to take part in the exercise "North Interaction - 2024"

Also arrived; Chinese PLA Air Force Jian-10, Jian-16 fighters, and Zhi-20 helicopters, along with the Yun-20 military aircraft.


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UPDATE โ€“ Unusual Statement by the Chinese Defense Ministry:

According to the annual plan, the Russian Armed Forces and the People's Liberation Army will hold the joint exercise "North. Interaction - 2024" in the waters of the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk.

The exercise aims to raise the level of strategic cooperation between the armed forces of the two countries and their readiness to jointly respond to security threats.

In addition, the Russian Navy and the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy will conduct the fifth joint patrol in the Pacific Ocean, and the Chinese side will participate in the Russian strategic exercise Ocean-2024.


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โšก๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan's Ground Self-Defense Forces (JGSDF) is training the population to use a bazooka

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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎโš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง The Finnish Air Force will deploy six F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets to the Cobra Warrior 24-2 exercise in the United Kingdom from 16 September to 4 October 2024.

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US Marines, assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct a live fire exercise on the flight deck of the USS Wasp (LHD-1) in the Mediterranean Sea.

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The Polish paratroopers slightly missed the landing zone and flew into a village, where they broke through several roofs and tore down wires.

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exercise "North. Interaction - 2024" in the waters of the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk.
โš“๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณโšก๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Chinese PLA Navy Dongdiao-class intelligence gathering warship crossed the Tsushima Strait towards the Sea of Japan on Sept 7th, possibly for the upcoming ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บโš“๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ naval exercises in the Sea of Japan.

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BOMBSHELL โ€“ Leaked Article from the Armed Forces of Argentina, referred to a possible military escalation between ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท and Chile, who have disputes over some terrorists.

SA Defensa wrote on X media;
In a now-deleted post by Ejercito Arg, the Argentinian Army released what was perhaps (?) sensitive war-gaming about a hypothetical conflict with Chile (๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ).

This was seemingly released by an accident, mirroring Lukashenko's leak of the Moldova invasion plans.


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URGENT โ€“ China has announced plans for military exercises in the South China Sea. These drills are scheduled to take place from Sept 10 to 14 in an area southeast of Hainan. The Shandong aircraft carrier was spotted near the exercise area on Sept 8.

๐Ÿ”— Duan Dang
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โš ๏ธ NEW โ€“ South Korean Army chief to visit Poland, Romania for talks on arms industry cooperation

๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ Yonahp News Agency wrote;
Gen. Park An-su embarked on the nine-day trip earlier in the day to first visit Poland for talks with Wieslaw Kukula, chief of the Polish General Staff, and other top military officials, according to the Army.


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๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทโš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต โ€“ ๐Ÿ“ฐ The Korean Herald: North Korea has sent more than 1,000 trash balloons to South Korea in past 5 days

North Korea has sent more than 1,000 trash balloons to South Korea over five consecutive days, ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Joint Chiefs of Staff on Sunday.


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Russian Navy begins Ocean-2024 exercises which will last until September 16. China is expected to participate.

โ€” The maneuvers will take place in the the Pacific and Arctic Oceans, the Mediterranean, Caspian and Baltic Seas, will involve more than 400 warships, submarines and auxiliary fleet support vessels, more than 120 aircraft and helicopters of the naval aviation of the Navy and the Aerospace Forces, about 7,000 units of weapons, military and special equipment, as well as more than 90,000 personnel.


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๐Ÿšจ BREAKING โ€“ Taiwan: Mirage 2000-5EI no. 2047 of the ROC Air Force crashed off the coast of Hsinchu on Tuesday night.

The pilot ejected. The Air Force and the Coast Guard Administration are responding, who have successfully recovered the pilot.


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