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⚔️🇱🇹 Lithuania has begun deploying dragon's teeth (seen here) and other antitank obstacles along its border
with Russia and Belarus.


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🇺🇲⚔️🇺🇦 The most recent shipment of US munitions and weapons for Ukraine has arrived at the forward staging point in Poland.  Kalitta Air's N715CK using USTRANSCOM call sign CAMBER467 flew direct from Dover AFB, DE to Lublin.

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Norway cancels plans for purchase of US ships after seeing Trump admin turn off Ukraine's weapons abilities remotely, orders $13.5 billion in UK built ships.

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NATO would have collapsed if Germany had not increased defense spending, - German Chancellor Merz.

"I was at the NATO summit in The Hague. If we had not changed the Basic Law and we, the FRG, were not ready to spend 3.5% of GDP on defense and 1.5% on necessary infrastructure, then this NATO might have collapsed that very day. We prevented that," he said.

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Greece will not participate in providing military security guarantees to Kyiv

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Kyiv convenes an extraordinary meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council due to recent Russian attacks.

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France and Germany have announced a new initiative to develop a European early-warning system separate from those operated by NATO, NORAD, and the United States, dubbed JEWEL. The system will include space-based satellite missile early-warning and defense based on the “ODIN’S EYE l/II Project” as well as ground-based radars throughout Europe. Paris and Berlin have stated they are open to project participation from other countries in the European Union and NATO.

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⚔️🇯🇵 On August 29, Japan's Ministry of Defense announced the deployment locations of improved Type 12 surface-to-ship missiles, as well as their Hyper Velocity Glide Projectiles (HVGP). Below is a TSM map showcasing those locations and the maximum range…
U.S. Army Pacific has announced that its 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force (3rdMDTF) will deploy with its “Typhon” Strategic Mid-range Fires System (SMRF) to Japan for the first time during Resolute Dragon 25, scheduled from September 11-25. The deployment of Typhon to the Japanese Islands will put targets in China, North Korea, and Russia in range of its Tomahawk Land Attack Cruise Missiles (TLAM), with a range of over 1,000 miles, as well as its SM-6s, with a range of up to 300 miles. The announced deployment has sparked statements from both the Chinese and Russian Defense Ministries, who have called on Japan to uphold its “commitments to peace” made after World War ll.

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The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry announced that an extraordinary meeting of the NATO - Ukraine Council will be held in Brussels today, where "joint steps" regarding Russia will be discussed

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🇺🇲🇪🇺⚔️ 🇺🇦The US will continue to urge NATO allies to buy American weapons for Ukraine — US Permanent Representative to NATO Matthew Whitaker

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Ukraine should not become a member of NATO, but it can join the EU after meeting the relevant requirements, said Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.

"I emphasize, and I have said this from the very beginning, that Ukraine cannot become a member of NATO. This is my final decision. But as for joining the EU, we are ready to cooperate with Ukraine," he said at a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Beijing.


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🇲🇱🇨🇳 A new video of a military convoy has appeared on social networks, showing a large military convoy crossing Guinea into Mali.

Several armored vehicles under tarpaulins have been identified. Presumably Chinese military equipment

Earlier, a road accident sent a truck and several MRAPs into a ravine in Guinea Conakry, causing a traffic jam on the N1 in the Segueyah sector, resulting in at least 3 deaths.


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For the first time in 30 months, Turkish F-16s armed with air-to-air missiles violated Athens' air traffic regulations, - Greek City Times. 

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⚔️🇪🇺 EU defense spending reached a record €343 billion in 2024, setting a new record.

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👀🇺🇲 IMAGES of the USS IWO JIMA AMPHIBIOUS READY GROUP (ARG) Formation

The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (IWO ARG) sails in formation while deployed to the 4th Fleet area of responsibility.

The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) sails in formation with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (IWO ARG) while on a regularly scheduled deployment to the U.S.


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🇫🇮 #Finland starts construction of third Pohjanmaa-class corvette to reinforce
Baltic defense
, - Navy Recognition 📰

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🇺🇸 Carrier Strike Group 12 Spotted NW of the 🇳🇴 Lofoten Islands on 30 August 2025, CVN-78 can be seen operating with 1x Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer, - MT Anderson

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