At least 1,000 military personnel, 12 German Patriot systems, NASAMS air defense systems from Spain and French self-propelled howitzers Caesar are now protecting NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.

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UKRAINE –;Captured ammunition for the HE D20 152mm howitzer, originally produced and supplied by Iran to Russia in 2023.

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CHINA – PLA 122mm Munition of Gen III Mengshi MLRS from Light Mobile Brigade.

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Autonomous Kurdistan in Iraq: Kurds held a review of special anti-terrorism units.

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Chinese media claims that the PLA is mass producing the reconnaissance drones for use in the border region and says these drones have the ability to drop an 82mm mortar shell from a height on enemy position.

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BREAKING – Sudan: Heavy clashes reported between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces in the Kalakla area, south of Khartoum.

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BREAKING – Russia: Explosions reported in Kerch and Rostov. Locals report that air defense is active in both areas.

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BREAKING – Traffic on the Crimean bridge is temporarily stopped in both directions.

According to Russian channels, this is due to an attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to attack a part of it near Kerch.

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The Polish Army had sent several of its retired Mi-24D heavy attack helicopters (ex-German) to Ukraine which will be operated by Ukrainian Army Aviation after their repair and restoration.

Army Aviation of Poland has only nine Mi-24Ds and 13 Mi-24Vs left in its use.

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ISRAEL – The Ministry of Defense and the IDF say the Israeli Air Force successfully completed a recent series of tests with the David's Sling medium-range air defense system, "which expand the system's capability and significantly improve the air defense layers of the State of Israel."

🔗 Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian

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The Ukrainian Da Vinci Wolves Battalion released what can be considered a rare footage of the work of a captured TOS-1A Solntsepek 220mm thermobaric rocket launcher against Russian positions.

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BREAKING – US Central Command announced that an ISIS leader in eastern Syria, Usamah al-Muhajir, was killed in a US drone strike on Friday.

According to the statement, the strike was conducted by the same MQ-9s that had, earlier in the day, been harassed by Russian fighter jets over Syria.

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BELARUS – Report about the recent exercises of the air defense forces of the Republic of Belarus, which Russian received anti-aircraft missile systems S-400 "Triumph".

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BREAKING – Somalia: Pentagon says it launched airstrike overnight, killing 10 al-Shabaab fighters.

Announcement made over an hour after news of a U.S. drone strike in Syria killing an ISIS leader.

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CHINA – Chinese armed police forces equipped with interceptor quadcopters to deal with quadcopters

Considering today's wars, having such a weapon is very useful even for modern military forces in some environments (such as urban areas).

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Israeli and US Air Force launch joint exercise to simulate strategic strikes deep in enemy territory; fighter jets and refueling aircraft mobilized, drill to continue for a week.

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North Korea on Monday accused U.S. spy aircraft of intruding in its airspace recently, warning that there is no guarantee that such aircraft will not be shot down, state media reported.

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NEW – Iran will soon send 30,000 Shahid-136 suicide drones to China.

This is part of the order of 50,000 Shahid-136 drones from Iran, which will be delivered to Beijing soon.

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