The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) is formation during Maritime Counter Special Operations Exercise in the Yellow Sea.

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An interesting statement was made by the president of the Turkish defense industry, Ismail Demir:

“I will express my personal opinion, even if the United States will beg us, I am no longer a supporter of the purchase of the F-35. The KAAN fighter will be better than the F-35"


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URGENT – The Armenian Defense Ministry reports that units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces are firing at their positions in the Kut and Sotk directions from heavy machine guns and mortars.

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The Russian Ministry of Defence has reported that two pilots were killed in a Mi-28 attack helicopter crash in Russian-occupied Crimea.

Details: According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, the helicopter crashed during a "scheduled training flight" in Crimea’s Dzhankoi district.

The ministry’s report indicates that the accident was caused by equipment failure.

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Ukrainian forces NW of Bakhmut have successfully pushed Russian forces away from the O0506 all the way to the Berkhivs'ke Reservoir, the attack from Bohdanivka direction threatened their flank causing them to retreat 2km.

Russian positions are now being hit heavily by artillery.

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French Navy Barracuda-class nuclear-powered attack submarine FS Suffren (S635) leaving Toulon, France - May 12, 2023

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Very curious: Finnish minelayer Hameenmaa arrived in French Brest.

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RUSSIANS ON THE RUN

"Today, the regular troops of the Russian Federation abandoned another very significant piece of territory; their escape is a waste.”

- Prigozhin, Founder of Wagner

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Russia: The UK’s decision to supply long-range Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine is “another extremely hostile step by London, aimed at further pumping up Ukraine with weapons and leading to a serious escalation of the situation in the zone of the special military operation.”

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Germany to announce tomorrow a new military aid package for Ukraine — the biggest yet. € 2.7 billion

4 more IRIS-T SLM
20 more Marder IFVs
30 more Leo1
18 RCH 155 Haubitze
More Gepard AA
100 armored vehicles APCs
100 support vehicles
Surveillance drones
A lot of shells

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GERMANY – President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during his visit to Germany visited the training base for Ukrainian crews of German self-propelled guns PzH 2000.

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UPDATE – "We will not let go of our support, Germany is providing a new military support package totaling 2.7 billion euros, including additional Leopard 2 tanks, Marder infantry fighting vehicles and IRIS-T missile systems ," the federal German Chancellor Olaf Scholz

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For the second day in a row, an American air spy RC-135S has been operating in the airspace over the Yellow Sea from the position of Japanese Okinawa.

Apparently, the American GRU knows something about the planned missile launches of North Korea and, possibly, China.

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May 13 at Key West Base, Florida, USA. The official acceptance ceremony for the next missile destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee DDG123 was held in the series.

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The joint statement of France and Ukraine: Paris will send dozens of armored vehicles and light tanks to Kiev in the coming weeks.

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Germany to send four additional IRIS-T air defense systems to Kyiv as part of a new assistance package — German Defense Ministry

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Poland has received the first batch of High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, known as HIMARS, to deploy near the Russian border, Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak announced Monday. - CNN

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The Pentagon has announced that 31 M1A1/A2 Abrams tanks have just arrived at the Grafevor test site in Germany to begin familiarization and combat training of Ukrainian tank crews for their formation by the end of 2023.

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USA – Multi-purpose nuclear submarine of the Los Angeles type goes to sea from Norfolk, 05/16/2023

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The fist time Iran itself releases data on the Shahed-136:

- 2500km range
- 50kg warhead
Combined with the CRPA GNSS navigation system & low IR/RF signature

➡️ It might qualify as the most efficient precision strike weapon ever developed

➡️ Giving a "mini-strategic" capability

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MiG-23ML fighters and MiG-23BN fighter-bombers of the Ethiopian Air Force, as well as decommissioned An-12BK military transport aircraft.

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