German Gepard SPAAG, over a dozen of which are headed to Ukraine. Good fast-reaction anti-aircraft system. Performance against small RCS targets like drones is supposedly decent. Way better to spend 35mm cartridges on those than a MANPADS/SAM.

🔗 Tyler Rogoway (@Aviation\_Intel)

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🇪🇦 Spain orders 20 Eurofighter jets under landmark contract to
modernise its combat aircraft fleet.

This new order will see the Spanish Eurofighter fleet grow to 90 aircraft.

With the first delivery due in 2026, these new aircraft will enhance and position the Spanish Air Force fighter fleet among its NATO allies with the most modern fighter jet developed in Europe.

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Volley launch of three Ukrainian tactical missiles "Tochka-U" at once.

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UKRAINE – Russian officially confirmed the transition of the settlements of Zolote and Gorskoe under the control of the allied forces.

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Failed launch of a Russian air defence system missile from Luhansk Oblast.

The missile makes a dramatic U-turn, possibly damaging the air defence system itself.

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UKRAINE – ⚡️A car was blown up in Kherson

According to preliminary information, the target of the attack was the director of the youth policy department Dmitry Slavuchenko.

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#NATO #OpSeaGuardian working with Maritime Patrol Aircraft from 🇪🇸🇨🇦🇵🇹. The focused patrol works towards the strengthening of interoperability & the mutual exchange of tactics, techniques & procedures, led by flagship 🇪🇸 ESPS Reina Sofia.

🔗 NATO Maritime Command (@NATO\_MARCOM)

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US and Japan held a bilateral Extended Deterrence Dialogue (EDD) at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia from June 21-22. As part of the EDD, the delegations visited US Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Maryland (SSBN-738).

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Two US Air Force B-1B Lancers fly in formation over Pacific Ocean while one releases flares during a Bomber Task Force mission on June 20. They are assigned to 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.

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RUSSIA – "The Irkutsk nuclear submarine of project 949AM will return after modernization(~48 Onyx and Kalibr-PL cruise missiles) to the Pacific Fleet at the end of 2023. The submarine is currently undergoing factory sea trials."-TASS.

UKRAINE – Some of the latest images of the fight in Severodonestk.

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CHINA – Attack helicopters assigned to an army aviation brigade under the PLA Xinjiang Military Command fire missiles at mock targets during a live-fire training exercise in the hinterland of the Karakoram Rangeat an altitude of 5200 meters recently.

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Russian media: Russia should order warships from China. If it happens, which type of Chinese warship should Russia buy?

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IRAQ – Unidentified assailants fired several rockets at the Khor Mor gas field in Kirkuk province, where the United Arab Emirates-based Dana Gas operates.

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RUSSIA – Arrival of Steregushchiy class corvette Mercury in Baltiysk, Kaliningrad last June 21, 2022.

Its pennant number suggest that it is a Baltic Fleet attached corvette (53X/5XX). But this might be temporary for transient vessels with their final homeport not in Baltiysk.

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So much for the “successful withdrawal” of Ukrainian troops from the Hirske & Zolote cauldron.
Russia claims it took 1000 🇺🇦 POWs. Real number might be far lower, but still another painful defeat for the Ukrainian army, eleven weeks after “turning the tide”. We cheered too early.

🔗 Julian Röpcke🇺🇦 (@JulianRoepcke)

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🇩🇪 Germany wants to transfer more self-propelled howitzers PzH 2000 to Ukraine

Negotiations are currently underway with the Netherlands and another European partner.

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