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4 Chinese PLA Air Force aircraft (Y-8 ELINT, Y-8 ASW and H-6K*2) entered Taiwan’s southwest ADIZ in the morning of September 3, 2021. @DefenseBlog 🔰
⚠️ URGENT – 🇵🇭 PH Air Force scrambled FA-50 light fighters after an unidentified aircraft approached Philippine airspace last Sept. 2

Most likely Chinese PLA Air Force introduced into Philippines airspace.

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A convoy of US military vehicles provided to Afghan forces has been filmed heading for Tehran having been handed over to the Iranian authorities The loss of the military equipment to Iran, America’s arch-foe in the Middle East, is a further embarrassment…
Although Iran was not a participant in the Taliban-Afghan government battle, it also got hold of trophies.

So, the Iranians got the HMMWV armored vehicles, in which the Afghan security forces fled to Iran.

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🇺🇸 Launch of an SM-6 anti-aircraft missile by an unmanned vehicle USV "Ranger" from a Mk.41 standard container launcher.

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🇸🇬🇮🇳 28th edition of Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise was conducted from Sept 2 to Sept 4. Indian Navy was represented by Guided Missile Destroyer INS Ranvijay with a ship-borne helicopter, ASW Corvette INS Kiltan & INS Kora and one P8I Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft.

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🇮🇳 Indian Army orders 100 swarm drones in $15 million contract award to Indian startup

The Indian Army has just awarded Bengaluru-based startup Newspace Research & Technologies a $15 million contract to supply 100 swarm drone units. The contract was awarded under emergency procurement rules active since the India-China standoff in Ladakh began last year, forcing a slew of fast-track procurement initiatives.

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Russia and Japan have signed 1 agreement to create an analogue of the American Hubble Telescope, said Novosti Mikhail Sachkov, deputy director of the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The observatory will be launched on the Angara de Vostochny after 2025.

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JUST IN – Iraq: 🇺🇸 US Army De Havilland Canada RO-6A KDIAK76/16-00276 Airborne Reconnaissance Low platform active north of 🇮🇶 Baghdad.

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🇸🇾 SYRIA – In few minutes, Russian warplanes already carried out a dozen airstrikes on Jebal Zawiyah (South Idlib), striking areas of Kansafra & Al-Bara.

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🔄 IRAN – A three-coordinate radar Alborz was presented. It is stated that it has a range of up to 450 km and can simultaneously track up to 300 objects.

Judging by its appearance, it looks like this is a further development of the previously known Arash radar.

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