The USA has approved the potential sale of parts and services needed to upgrade 32 F-16 Mid-Life Update Block 10/15 to Romania.

The contract value is estimated at 105 million USD.

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ISRAEL – The large-scale combined-arms exercises "Crushing Fist" have been completed.

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RUSSIA – PAK-DA, the fifth-generation of Russian strategic bomber in the final stage of its development.

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USA – T-ARM's Universal Launch and Recovery enables autonomous launch and recovery of both RW/FW drones from any moving vehicle. This is currently being explored by T-ARM & USAF for the Arsenal Aircraft effort which is exploring using C17 & TULAR to support the Air Dominance missions.

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ISRAEL – The IDF fired toward Lebanese citizens who gathered to protest technical work along the border fence between the Lebanese town of Houla and the Israeli town of Menara on Sunday afternoon, according to Lebanese reports.

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BREAKING – A story aired on the state television of Azerbaijan, which actually speaks directly about the possibility of a new war in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

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ISRAEL – IDF will remove Hezbollah positions from Lebanon border enclave, even if this triggers several days of fighting.

Note: Hezbollah has established a military post with a tent and some fighters on Israeli territory.

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Israeli strikes on Palestinian Jenin camp in West Bank: A large-scale Israeli military operation is under way in the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

Video shows Israeli military reinforcements are heading to Jenin last night.

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South Korea's defense ministry renewed its commitment Monday to securing "overwhelming" capabilities to counter North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile threats amid lingering tensions caused by its provocative acts earlier this year - Yonhap

The ministry underscored that the South Korea-U.S. Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) will be a key tool to reinforce the credibility of America's extended deterrence commitment to using the full range of its military capabilities, including nuclear, to defend its ally.

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Chinese-Indian Border Dispute on the LAC - Himalayan region:

Reports coming in of hectic activity reported on both Indian & Chinese borders.

📌 India is building a black-topped road towards Finger 4, located on the North bank of Pangong Tso in Ladakh and wil build finishd by 2025, a 1400km key highway along LAC and advanced landing areas.

📌 Other side: China is building a bridge across glacial lake to connect Ladakh with Tibet.

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GREECE – The National Hellenic Air Force received another French fighter Rafale F3R with tail number 417, which will be part of the 332 Tesei squadron.

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Over the past week, the Ukrainian military liberated 9 square kilometers in the east.

The defense forces are moving in the Bakhmut direction, while Russia continues to advance in the Limansky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. In the south, the Ukrainian military continue their offensive in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions.
Over the past week, it was possible to release 28.4 sq. km. territories.

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UPDATE – Israel has launched the first large ground-based offensive against the West Bank in 20 years.

Battles are taking place in Jenin, where at least 7 have been killed on the Palestinian side, while an Israeli soldier has been wounded.

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The United States is looking for contractors to re-equip a number of Greek ports in order to transfer military equipment to the border with Russia, writes the Rizospastis newspaper, an organ of the Greek Communist Party.

Greece and the United States made changes in October 2019 to the agreement on mutual defense cooperation, which was concluded in 1990. The document refers to the expansion of the US naval base in Souda Bay on the island of Crete, the use of an air force base near the city of Larisa, an army aviation base in Stefanovikio (Magnisia region) and the port of Alexandroupolis in northeastern Greece.

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