China's suspension of individual leisure trips to Taiwan could hit the island's economy, as mainland Chinese visitors account for about a quarter of total tourism arrivals https://t.co/yMDihbE6g4 @WSJ

5 days from now, the GFS model has #Invest96L (1) still to the southeast of a 595DM (2) 500MB (mid-level) ridge. Will be interesting to see what the Euro has later on tonight #FixedIt

@IntelCrab Taiwan patrol boat PP-10053

South Korea warns Japan that removing Seoul from its preferential list could affect security cooperation https://t.co/Yr2ZcJfHJE

USAF RC-135S 61-2662 RONIN80 departed Kadena at 1750Z - Sea of Japan mission

USAF Boeing OC-135B Open Skies OSY12F tracking near #Moscow #Russia

First images of #NorthKorea’s new unidentified MLRS disseminated via KCTV slideshow (no KCNA images) this time. Screenshots below. Note the extensive efforts to conceal the launcher.

This is a picture for ants, but the rocket itself resembles the KN09 (control surfaces on the nose).

An Israeli officer was moderately wounded and two other soldiers lightly hurt after a #Gaza militant breached the security fence in the southern Gaza Strip and opened fire at IDF troops in a pre-dawn attack. IDF responded by shelling a #Hamas outpost adjacent…

🇬🇧Royal Air Force Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint ZZ665 RRR7298 🇺🇸United States Air Force Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14846 COMBO40* #Kaliningrad

🇮🇳🇵🇰 #LineOfControl #India #Pakistan News reports over the last few days have shared details of large scale ARTY/ROCKET attacks by both sides injuring numerous civilians/soldiers Sat images show data of posts in the #LeepaValley area which might be involved…

#BREAKING: Syrians reporting Israeli strike in Qunetria #Syria #Israel

"At 2AM last night, a Hamas terrorist—armed with a Kalashnikov and grenades—infiltrated into Israel from Gaza and tried to carry out an attack in an Israeli community a mile away. Emphasis on the "tried". We neutralized the terrorist."-@IDF

North Korean TV only now carried pics of Wednesday's missile test, having left them out of state media this morning

Odd. Very odd, but it also concludes one thing.. not good at all. North Korea's version of the HIMARS? https://t.co/NKAAT2z49K

First images of #NorthKorea’s new unidentified MLRS disseminated via KCTV slideshow (no KCNA images) this time. Screenshots below. Note the extensive efforts to conceal the launcher.

There’s enough here to make out that this is is maybe (?) a 2x2 tube arrangement on top of a tracked chassis similar to the KN19 (Kumsong-3 CDCM). Appears to be in a forest camo, perhaps.

For UNSCR purposes, a “rocket artillery” system like the one #NorthKorea just tested is also a “ballistic missile” (USIC calls sub-300 km systems close-range ballistic missiles, or CRBMs). This is still a violation.

US Air Force F-15Es have been flying "Surface Combat Air Patrols" armed with cluster ammunition over the Persian Gulf for weeks https://t.co/VqpvOrtQnd via @FranticGoat #Iran

Iran Revolutionary Guards: Any US attack against Iran will be answered all across the region https://t.co/KqmKfxAIRN via @aawsat_News #Iran

Breaking: Israeli Forces attack Syrian Army at Tal Bariqa in western Quneitra