🇯🇵 JAPAN – MHI Just Launched The First Of The New Taigei-Class Submarines For JMSDF

Japan's newest submarine “Taigei” (previously known as 29SS) was launched today at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) shipyard in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture.

Taigei means “Great Whale” in Japanese and was once used as the name of a submarine tender of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) uses the names of submarines to refer to (1) things related to oceanographic phenomena, (2) legendary creatures and (3) underwater animals. This leaves three main classes of submarines to be operated by the JMSDF in the future: the Oyashio-class is named after underwater currents and tides, the Sōryū-class submarines are named after dragons, and it appears that the new Taigei-class will be named after whales or large fishes.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/10/mhi-just-launched-the-first-of-the-new-taigei-class-submarines-for-jmsdf/?s=09

🇨🇳🇹🇼 Taiwan F-16 fighter jet appeared to have a dogfight against one Su-30, just minutes after the F16 was on a mission to scatter the PLAAF warplane into the Taiwan ADIZ.

The Su-30 was said to intercept F-16 at first but was locked on and had to pull out and withdraw.

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🇯🇵 JAPAN – After the U.S. and UK have banned Chinese students from Universities, Japan boosts checks on Chinese students amid fears of campus spying

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/10/15/national/crime-legal/japan-chinese-students-campus-espionage/?s=09

🇯🇵 JAPAN – The Japanese government is looking into conducting research on the natural environment of East China Sea Senkaku Islands, claimed by China, using images captured by satellites

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1348398/japan-may-conduct-satellite-research-on-disputed-east-china-sea-islands/amp?s=09

🇦🇲 Armenian Defense Ministry says heavy clashes ongoing on the southern front.

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🇹🇷🇦🇿 Multiple F-16 fighter jets belonging to the Turkish Air Force has flown to Azerbaijan from Turkey through the airspace of Georgia, according to the Deputy Commander of the Armenian Air Defense Forces

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🇸🇾 SYRIA – A drone strike targeted a vehicle near the town of Arab Said, a stronghold of AQ's Horas al-Din, in the western Idlib countryside.

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France:

CHAMPIGNY-SUR-MARNE

Forty masked assailants armed with metal bars and fireworks attacked the police station in Champigny-sur-Marne.

The government nor the media will admit or mention the terminology "foreigners or refugees" are behind it.

🇨🇵 France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian: “It’s clear to us that Turkey is permanently carrying out provocative acts which are unacceptable.”

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BREAKING – U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo statement on Armenia: "We hope that Armenia can defend itself against Azerbaijan."

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#BREAKING: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will be subpoenaed to testify before Congress after censorship scandal.

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-to-appear-be-for-congress-after-censorship-scandal?s=09