⚠️ URGENT – 3 Chinese PLA Air Force aircraft [1 Y-8 ASW and 2 helicopters Z-8] entered the ADIZ southwest of Taiwan on the morning of August 27, 2021.
🇹🇼 Taiwan's Air Force (ROCAF) has deployed patrol aircraft & air defense missile systems to monitor activity.
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🇹🇼 Taiwan's Air Force (ROCAF) has deployed patrol aircraft & air defense missile systems to monitor activity.
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JUST IN – Today, China Coast Guard 5305 spotted about two nautical miles from Clyde Boudreaux drilling rig in Indonesia's Tuna block in the South China Sea. Indonesia deployed KRI Bung Tomo (357) corvette to the area.
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NIGERIA – The Nigerian Air Force has received Federal Government approval for the acquisition of 24 M-346FA fighter attack aircrafts.
Contract agreement for 12 aircrafts has been signed and deliveries will commence this.
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Contract agreement for 12 aircrafts has been signed and deliveries will commence this.
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🇮🇳⚓ Indian Navy & 🇩🇪⚓ German Navy exercise in Gulf of Aden yesterday. Ships involved are INS Trikand with German frigate Bayern.
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Taiwan, Japan ruling parties discuss China & military cooperation
The talks focused on areas including semiconductors, China's nearby military activities and possible cooperation between Taiwan, Japan and the United States
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The talks focused on areas including semiconductors, China's nearby military activities and possible cooperation between Taiwan, Japan and the United States
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The Economic Times
Taiwan, Japan ruling parties discuss China, military cooperation
Tsai said military exchanges were also brought up, but that as it was highly sensitive he could not disclose details. Possible cooperations for Coast Guards on both sides were also discussed, he said.
As Kabul burns, we need to talk about Pakistan
The Taliban is a wing of Pakistan’s deep state. The jihadi network that took over Afghanistan, led by the Taliban & the Haqqani Network is just the latest version of Pakistan’s jihad project in Afghanistan
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The Taliban is a wing of Pakistan’s deep state. The jihadi network that took over Afghanistan, led by the Taliban & the Haqqani Network is just the latest version of Pakistan’s jihad project in Afghanistan
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UnHerd
As Kabul burns, we need to talk about Pakistan
The suicide bombings at the Kabul airport are almost certainly the work of the Islamic State’s “Khorasan Province” (ISKP), the branch of the organisation in Afghanistan and Pakistan that was officially recognised by Islamic State (ISIS) “Centre” in 2015.…
🇺🇸 US STRATCOM: China’s Pursuit of Nuclear & Hypersonic Weapons Adds Urgency to US Deterrence
"The US has never before “faced 2 peer opponents” with extensive nuclear weapons arsenals & high-tech systems that can operate across multiple domains."
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"The US has never before “faced 2 peer opponents” with extensive nuclear weapons arsenals & high-tech systems that can operate across multiple domains."
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USNI News
STRATCOM: China's Pursuit of Nuclear and Hypersonic Weapons Adds Urgency to U.S. Deterrence - USNI News
China’s recent full-speed-ahead breakout in nuclear forces, space and cyber efforts, and hypersonic systems adds new urgency to America’s need to ensure its deterrence systems are holding, U.S. Strategic Command’s top officer said Thursday. Adm. Charles Richard…
China’s growing assertiveness toward Taiwan has triggered a public push by Japanese leaders to plan for a possible conflict, which could potentially lead to closer cooperation with the U.S. military
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WSJ
As China-Taiwan Tensions Rise, Japan Begins Preparing for Possible Conflict
China’s growing assertiveness toward Taiwan has triggered a public push by Japanese leaders to plan for a possible conflict, a shift that could lead to closer cooperation with the U.S. military.
Japan-Taiwan ruling party talks yield agreement on coastguard drills
In their first security dialogue, the ruling parties of Taiwan and Japan have agreed to push for cooperation between their coastguards, including holding joint drills.
In the landmark online meeting on Friday, representatives from Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party and Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party discussed the possibility of military exchanges between Japan and the self-ruled island, which Beijing sees as its territory.
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In their first security dialogue, the ruling parties of Taiwan and Japan have agreed to push for cooperation between their coastguards, including holding joint drills.
In the landmark online meeting on Friday, representatives from Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party and Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party discussed the possibility of military exchanges between Japan and the self-ruled island, which Beijing sees as its territory.
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South China Morning Post
Japan-Taiwan ruling party talks yield agreement on coastguard drills
In their first security dialogue, DPP and LDP representatives raise the possibility of military exchanges.
Update: As expected China not happy with talks between Japan and Taiwan...
DPP ‘talks nonsense’with Japan, to cut own throat in seeking external support for secessionist agenda: experts
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DPP ‘talks nonsense’with Japan, to cut own throat in seeking external support for secessionist agenda: experts
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www.globaltimes.cn
China lodges firm representations with Japan over its security dialogue with DPP of Taiwan, whose illusion into external support…
The ruling parties of Japan and the Taiwan region on Friday held their first-ever security talks, discussing the
🇺🇸⚡ US President Joe Biden has once again expressed his readiness to restore the ammunition of the Tamir interceptor missiles of the Israeli Iron Dome air defense systems, which was largely used up during and before Operation Wall Guard.
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