BREAKING – Training of Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets in EU countries may start in a couple of weeks - White House

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BREAKING – Israel: The IDF announced the start of a new military exercise in the occupied Golan Heights.

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Israel Quietly Embeds Al Systems in Deadly Military Operations

Selecting targets for air strikes and executing raids can now be conducted with unprecedented speed, according to army officials.

The Israel Defense Forces have started using artificial intelligence to select targets for air strikes and organize wartime logistics as tensions escalate in the occupied territories and with arch-rival Iran.

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USA – National security advisor Jake Sullivan said that F-16 training for Ukrainian pilots can start in a couple of weeks. Earlier, EU countries were waiting approval as the White House was still reviewing the formal request.

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Russia receives Western components for its missiles to circumvent sanctions, - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Components from Germany and other NATO countries were found in Russian "Kynzhal" and "Iskander" missiles. The list of spare parts suppliers includes 16 German companies.

🔗 Lew Anno

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BREAKING – Russia's Navy Parade has no nuclear powered naval submarines

This is their first absence since 2017

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The Italian Armed Forces signed a contract with the Israeli Rafael Advanced Defense Systems for the purchase of Spike-LR2 anti-tank missiles in the amount of 143 million euros. Deliveries will be made from 2023 to 2030.

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The Greek Navy was showing interest in purchasing four "littoral" LCS ships being decommissioned by the US fleet.

Opposition to buying ships with very high operating costs is also strong.

On July 19, the leadership of the Greek fleet will give an official recommendation for the acquisition of LCS. The total purchase price of the four ships is estimated at $600 million.

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MAP UPDATE – About the ongoing counter-terrorist operation of the Turkish Armed Forces

Yesterday started the counter-terrorist operation regime for 15 days in the border regions of Shirnak province with Iraq and Syria.

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ISRAEL – The new 155/52 caliber Elbit Roem wheeled howitzer have entered IDF artillery forces.

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The war in Ukraine has not reached a stalemate, but it is going hard against Russia - Jake Sullivan, US national security advisor

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UKRAINE WAR – Video shows the soldiers of the Odesa 28th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in battle against Russian army in Kurdyumivka, Bakhmut axis, Donbas region.

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BREAKING – Turkish President Erdogan called Turkey's withdrawal from northern Syria unacceptable, as Ankara is fighting terrorism in this region.

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Ukrainian forces have taken back nearly 18 square km (7 square miles) of territory in the east and the south in the past week in their counteroffensive against Russian forces, a senior defence official said on Monday - Reuters

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An analogue of the Israeli Iron Dome air defense system is presented in China

The launcher is placed on a wheeled chassis and is equipped with 48 interceptor missiles.

Israel fears that Chinese hackers gained access to secret documents of the Israeli complex more than a year ago.

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Germany is confident it will have the best equipped army division amongst European NATO allies in 2025, Army Chief Alfons Mais told Reuters, as countries are scrambling to gear up their troops in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

At the moment, Berlin does not have a single combat-ready division, a military unit comprising more than 20,000 troops. It aims to have the first of three divisions operational by 2025, with the second to follow in 2027.

🔗 Reuters

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SYRIA – The Turkish army targeted a Syrian army base near Ayn Issa in north of Raqqa this morning; two Syrian soldiers wounded

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The NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defense System is being tested in Lithuania

Ground air defense / missile defense systems of the German, Spanish and Lithuanian Armed Forces worked out defensive measures with fighters from Finland, France, Belgium, Great Britain and Germany. Target designation was provided by long-range radar detection and control aircraft, refueling was provided by air tankers.

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A naval flotilla belonging to China set off to join Russia’s air and naval forces in the Sea of Japan

China sent out a total of five warships as well as four ship-borne helicopters to join the Russian military. The codename for the combined operations is North/Interaction-2023.

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BREAKING – Belarus has ratified an agreement with Russia on creating and operating combat training centers for the joint training of military personnel of the armed forces. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed the relevant law - BELATA

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