USAF Cobra Ball 61-2662 as Stoic-89. Third straight day on the hunt for North Korean ballistic missile launches.

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German Defense Minister Pistorius said that Ukraine will receive dozens of Leopard 1A5 tanks from Germany and Denmark in the coming weeks.

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Taiwan military holds live fire drills on strategic southern coast

The drills on Monday, which included multiple missile launches from mobile platforms, were intended to simulate a response to an amphibious landing.

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UPDATE – The Israeli army destroys a Palestinian home in Jenin refugee camp, which has been besieged for over 24 hours.

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NEW – The last Ariane 5 rocket was hauled to the launch pad on Monday at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe’s South American spaceport. Ariane 5, which for years was the world’s leading commercial satellite launcher, is scheduled to make its final lift off on Tuesday, carrying a French military satellite and a communications technology testbed spacecraft for Germany.

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The Russian Armed Forces have captured another almost intact British made Storm Shadow Cruise missile launched by Ukraine Air Force's Su-24M/MRs.

It is said that Russia is sharing wreckage of the western captured weapons with Iran for research and studies in exchange for Iranian weapons.

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Taiwan plans to use the experience of military operations in Ukraine in the context of creating backup data transmission channels in case of a Chinese invasion.

This year, the Chinese military cut two underwater Internet cables that led to Taiwan, which was a serious test for the island.

In this regard, Taipei decided to develop a data transmission system similar to the American Starlink service.

Until the end of the year, up to 700 satellite Internet terminals are planned to be installed throughout the island as a backup communication and data transmission system.

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NEW – Switzerland wants to participate in the European Sky Shield air defence umbrella, the government said on Tuesday, a move which critics say is incompatible with the country's long-standing tradition of neutrality.

European Sky Shield is a common air defence scheme set up by Germany in 2022 to boost European air defence, an issue which has come into sharper focus since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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SYRIA – The Syrian and Russian armies today conducted exercises with the involvement of aircraft in the Hafsa area south of Manbij.

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UPDATE – West Bank: The displacement of more than 3,000 civilians from Jenin, in conjunction with the continuation of the Israeli military operation have been reported.

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NEW – Romania’s prime minister Marcel Ciolacu called on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to decide “as soon as possible” on potentially sending permanent troops to the Black Sea state to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank - Bloomberg

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JUST IN – Moscow and Damascus will hold military exercises tomorrow in Syria, which will last for 6 days - TASS

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Israel getting 25 F-35I for $3 Billion. The total Israeli F-35 Fleet reaching 75 after this.

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South Korean shipbuilder HHI held a steel cutting ceremony for the second ship of the KDX-III Batch-II program for the ROK Navy.

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