India issues a notification for a no fly zone over the Arabian Sea for a Naval Air Wing Firing Exercise

Dates | 08-27 May 2023

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France, as part of a new military assistance package, plans to transfer to Kyiv up to 12 CAESAR self-propelled artillery mounts, as well as (together with Italy) SAMP-T air defense systems.

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UKRAINE – Russian most modern working tank T-90M gets destroyed by grenade drop. By the 5th brigade of Ukraine.

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PLA buzzes Taiwan as US arms makers eye the island

The PLA has deployed at least 57 warplanes, 19 naval vessels and a military drone to the Taiwan Strait in a fresh eruption of anger over reports the United States is seeking to produce weapons on Taiwan.

https://asiatimes.com/2023/05/pla-buzzes-taiwan-as-us-arms-makers-eye-the-island/

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FRANCE – A rare guest was seen in Toulon - the French foreign intelligence diving support vessel A645 Alize

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Iranian Air Defense system Bawar 373 will be delivered to Syria after Raisi visit.

Not yet confirmed officially, for now rumors.

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UKRAINE – About 15 American M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles were spotted in an unknown unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Nigeria: Troops Kill 65 Terrorists, Arrest 63, Rescue 135 Captives - DHQ

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said troops operating in the North-East and North-West have killed 65 terrorists, arrested 63 logistics suppliers and informants while 135 civilians were rescued from terrorists' den in two weeks.

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Successful interception of Russian "hypersonic" Kh-47 "Kynzhal" missile by the Armed Forces of Ukraine around 02:40 on May 4 in the sky over Kyiv is claimed. As claimed, presumably by Patriot air defense system.

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NEW – Egypt and Iran are planning to move to the process of normalization of relations with the mediation of Iraq. Negotiations will begin next month in Cairo.

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Russian T-80 tanks in the battles at the front near Bakhmut, Ukraine: destruction of Ukrainian positions

The crew of the tank requested the coordinates of the fortification of the Ukrainian military and with accurate fire from a 125-mm cannon destroyed the target. The militants did not have time to leave the shelter and remained under the rubble of the building.

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The delivery of 18 extra HIMARS rocket systems Taiwan ordered, will be completed in 2026, two years earlier than initially assumed.

An Earlier order of 11 platforms to arrive in 2024, 2025.

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According to the New York Times, Biden has decided who will replace Mark Milley as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The new chairman will be Air Force General Charles Brown Jr. Millie's term ends this fall.

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NORWAY – The US destroyer "Scott Austin" arrived in Grøtsund on Thursday morning.

The destroyer coming in from the north had the AIS switched on. The ship is part of the large naval exercise that starts on Monday.

13 nations will practice together. Some of the ships will be moored in Tromsø ahead of the exercise Formidable Shield 23

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In mid-May, the first US-made M142 HIMARS launchers will go to the Polish Armed Forces. The deliveries of other elements for the first squadron fire module, including combat assets, are also successively carried out. Also, the crews have already completed training in the USA.

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Russian forces continue to dig in across occupied regions of Ukraine. This trench line near the city of Donetsk is one of several constructed or expanded in the past few months.

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Chinese unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have encircled Taiwan twice in a one-week period.

The flights suggest that the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) is expanding the scope of its incursions into Taiwan's air-defence identification zone (ADIZ).

The PLA has earlier conducted encircling flights around Taiwan, using XAC H-6 bombers, according to the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense (MND). However, the latest UAV flights are unique. They are the first recorded PLA circumnavigation flights since the MND began disclosing ADIZ incursions in September 2020. They are also the first to involve UAVs.

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UKRAINE – Russian occupation regime in Zaporizhzhia announced the forced relocation:

Tokmak, Vasilivka, Enerhodar, Pologi, Timoshivka, Smyrnove, Tarasivka, Orlinivskr, Molochansk, Kaminka, Prishib, Malo Bilozerka, Velyka Belozerka, Dniprorudne, Mikhailivka, Kamenka-Dniprovska, Rozivka

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