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JUST IN โ€“ Heightened Security measures in Germany as Ukrainian president Zelensky arrived at the Ramstein air base to take part in a meeting of the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine.

Zelensky will call on his partners to deliver more air defense systems & other weapons that they previously promised, as well as to allow long-range strikes on Russian territory.

Zelensky will also hold talks with German Chancellor Scholz and meet with the US and German defense ministers.


โšก๏ธThe ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช German Eurofighter Typhoon fighter escorts the plane with president ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Zelensky on its way to Ramstein Air Base - MilitaryNewsUA

โ€˜We have president Zelensky here todayโ€™ โ€“ Pentagon chief Austin introduces Ukrainian president at Rammstein meeting - ivan_8848

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BREAKING โ€“ Germany plans to transfer another 77 Leopard 1a5 tanks to Ukraine in cooperation with Denmark and the Netherlands โ€” German Defense Minister Pistorius

All 1a5 tanks will be demilitarized, scrapped or sold under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe


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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš“๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Happening now โ€” US & South Korea conduct large-scale amphibious exercises

โ€ข 13,000+ personnel, 40+ ships, 30+ aircraft
โ€ข Joint, combined division-sized landing force
โ€ข Rare look @ 4x big deck amphibious warships, including the lead ships from both deployed U.S. Navy ARGs
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๐Ÿ”— Ian Ellis
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The British Royal Navy fleet, mostly inactive - another falling empire

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BREAKING ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ชโšก๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Yemeni Houthis have shot down another US MQ-9 drone in the airspace of Marib province.

โš ๏ธ This is the eighth MQ-9 drone shot
down since October 7.


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URGENT โ€“ Taiwan: Overall 18 Chinese PLA aircraft in various types were detected from 0820hr today. Out of which, 15 crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered the northern, central and southwestern ADIZ, according to the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of ROC (Taiwan)

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ US$19 billion and counting: An order of US-made torpedoes to Taiwan is the latest example of weapons sales facing a delay in delivery.

๐Ÿ”— Taiwan Plus News
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Chinese PLA incursions into Taiwanโ€™s air defense zone (ADIZ) reached new highs in August โ€” eclipsing the year-end totals from 2022 & 2023.

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๐Ÿšจ URGENT โ€“ Various attempts to invade Japan's airspace from various directions between August 6-8 in the East China Sea & the Sea of Japan.

Fighter jets from Japan's Northern Air Defense Force of the Air Self-Defense Force and others were scrambled to respond.


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โšกJUST IN ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณโš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia: Soldiers of the PLA along with command staff arrived on September 8 to take part in the exercise "North Interaction - 2024"

Also arrived; Chinese PLA Air Force Jian-10, Jian-16 fighters, and Zhi-20 helicopters, along with the Yun-20 military aircraft.


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UPDATE โ€“ Unusual Statement by the Chinese Defense Ministry:

According to the annual plan, the Russian Armed Forces and the People's Liberation Army will hold the joint exercise "North. Interaction - 2024" in the waters of the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk.

The exercise aims to raise the level of strategic cooperation between the armed forces of the two countries and their readiness to jointly respond to security threats.

In addition, the Russian Navy and the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy will conduct the fifth joint patrol in the Pacific Ocean, and the Chinese side will participate in the Russian strategic exercise Ocean-2024.


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โšก๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan's Ground Self-Defense Forces (JGSDF) is training the population to use a bazooka

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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎโš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง The Finnish Air Force will deploy six F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets to the Cobra Warrior 24-2 exercise in the United Kingdom from 16 September to 4 October 2024.

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US Marines, assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct a live fire exercise on the flight deck of the USS Wasp (LHD-1) in the Mediterranean Sea.

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The Polish paratroopers slightly missed the landing zone and flew into a village, where they broke through several roofs and tore down wires.

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exercise "North. Interaction - 2024" in the waters of the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk.
โš“๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณโšก๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Chinese PLA Navy Dongdiao-class intelligence gathering warship crossed the Tsushima Strait towards the Sea of Japan on Sept 7th, possibly for the upcoming ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บโš“๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ naval exercises in the Sea of Japan.

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