18 nations and approximately 8,000 personnel will participate in African Lion 2023, U.S. Africa Command's largest annual combined, joint exercise that will take place in Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia from May 13-June 18, 2023.

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China's Shandong aircraft carrier spotted in the South China Sea on May 26 as it made its way towards the Taiwan Strait.

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According to the Pentagon, the first group of about 400 Ukrainian soldiers has started training in Germany on how to operate and maintain American M1 Abrams tanks.

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China expressed caution Friday at Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's attendance at a NATO summit scheduled for July, saying Tokyo should not do anything that damages mutual trust between regional countries.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a press conference in Beijing that NATO's eastward foray into the Asia-Pacific "undermines regional peace and stability" and countries in the area "should be on high alert."

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NEW – A very rare guest came to Southampton today - the non-nuclear submarine S803 Zeeleeuw of the Netherlands Navy

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The U.S. fleet in the Middle East has stepped up its activity in the Gulf of Hormuz after heavy pressure from the United Arab Emirates on the U.S. to step up offensive activity against Iran following the seizure of two foreign tankers in recent weeks, the Wall Street Journal reports.

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The USA will provide $300 million in additional aid to Ukraine tomorrow, which will include:

— ammunition for the "Patriot" air defense system;
— ammunition for artillery and HIMARS;
— "Zuni" aviation missiles
— SAM "Avenger";
— MANPADS "Stinger".

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Ukraine has already received about 60 Leopard 2 tanks from the allies, - Defense Minister of Ukraine Reznikov

The coalition includes:
🇩🇪Germany
🇵🇱Poland
🇳🇱Netherlands
🇸🇪Sweden
🇵🇹Portugal
🇪🇸Spain
🇨🇦Canada.

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BREAKING – Poland announces it has signed a deal with the U.S. to buy 800 Hellfire missiles

They will be used by the 32 multirole AW149 helicopters and 96 AH-64 Apache attack helicopters that Poland is also buying.

128 helicopters that can turn Russian tanks into dust.

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JUST IN – South Korea's military says it has located and is salvaging a suspected part of a North Korean spy satellite that crashed into the sea shortly after launch due to a rocket failure. Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff says.

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NATO’s 31 member countries are attending an informal meeting in Oslo today. Sweden’s foreign minister will also take part as an invitee. The meeting is in preparation for the NATO summit in Vilnius in July.

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Soldiers from Bulgaria, France, Italy, North Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Romania & the U.S. attended the "Saber Guardian 23" exercise, opening ceremony in Romania.

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The Pentagon signed a contract with Global Military Products for the supply of Gepard anti-aircraft guns to Ukraine. The contract is valued at $118 million, the number of Gepard systems is unknown. An estimated completion date May 30, 2024

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Turkish non-nuclear submarine S330 Piri Reis type 214TN first entered the Aegean Sea.

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Finnish F/A-18s, USAFE F-15s and Swedish JAS Gripens flying in close formation over the Arctic skies at joint training exercise ACE23.

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China will send warships to a multilateral naval exercise hosted in June by Indonesia, which has also invited countries such as North Korea, Russia, South Korea and the United States, amid rising tension in the Asia-Pacific region.

China’s navy will send its destroyer Zhanjiang and frigate Xuchang, both equipped with guided missiles, to the 2023 Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo, the defence ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

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Defense ministers of the Philippines, Japan, the US and Australia will hold the 1st quadrilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Shangri-La dialogue next month.

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BREAKING – Netherlands wants to buy dozens more Leopard 1 tanks for Ukraine, sources say - ANP

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