Chinese survey ship escorted by coast guard ships have entered Malaysia’s exclusive economic zone at Luconia Shoals.
📝 The Luconia Shoals have large gas fields, that's the target. China wants to disrupt any Malaysian drilling for gas.
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📝 The Luconia Shoals have large gas fields, that's the target. China wants to disrupt any Malaysian drilling for gas.
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Chinese survey ship escorted by coast guard ships have entered Malaysia’s exclusive economic zone at Luconia Shoals. 📝 The Luconia Shoals have large gas fields, that's the target. China wants to disrupt any Malaysian drilling for gas. Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
China's Haiyang Dizhi 8 survey vessel is approaching the HAKURYU 5 drilling rig in Malaysia's EEZ in the South China Sea.
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This is how German Taurus cruise missiles are used to destroy bridges. Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
🔄 UPDATE – Russian media showed the fragments of a Storm Shadow missile which, as they claim, performed a strike on Chonhar bridge.
📸 The car bridge in Chonhar, connecting Kherson with Crimea took some damage.
📝 Russian media report a strike on Chonhar bridge that connects Crimea with mainland Ukraine.
🗺️ It is an important logistical point for Russians to transport military supplies to the temporarily occupied part of Ukraine.
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📸 The car bridge in Chonhar, connecting Kherson with Crimea took some damage.
📝 Russian media report a strike on Chonhar bridge that connects Crimea with mainland Ukraine.
🗺️ It is an important logistical point for Russians to transport military supplies to the temporarily occupied part of Ukraine.
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SCOTLAND – Royal Dutch Navy, Walrus class submarine heading up the Clyde river this morning.
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CHINA – PLA Air Force H-6K bomber launching the YJ-12 supersonic anti-ship missile.
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CHINA – Footage from an air defense exercise in Guangdong province of the air defense unit of the 74th Army of the Ground Forces of the PLA Southern Command.
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NEW – South Korea plans to test its "Hycore" hypersonic cruise missile by the end of the year / early 2024
📌 Land and air (KF-21) based variants.
📌 Hypersonic glider vehicle to be shown soon.
📌 Two-stage rocket booster - Dual-mode scramjet
📌 Max speed of Mach 6++
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📌 Land and air (KF-21) based variants.
📌 Hypersonic glider vehicle to be shown soon.
📌 Two-stage rocket booster - Dual-mode scramjet
📌 Max speed of Mach 6++
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JUST IN – The Spanish Army's NASAMS SAM battery will be deployed to secure the NATO summit in Vilnius on July 11-12.
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NEW – Germany has awarded Diehl Defence a contract for 6 IRIS-T SLM batteries
Contract value was previously estimated at 950 million € and will see the first deliver in as early as Q3 2024.
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Contract value was previously estimated at 950 million € and will see the first deliver in as early as Q3 2024.
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ISRAEL – Against the background of talk about export of Merkava tanks, the IDF today introduced a new heavy infantry fighting vehicle Tiger 1500.
The machine is equipped with a new 1500 hp engine, touch screens, increased mobility and speed.
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The machine is equipped with a new 1500 hp engine, touch screens, increased mobility and speed.
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BREAKING – US House passes amendment to equip Kurdistan's Peshmerga with US air defense systems, following Iran strikes.
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US Coast Guard’s cutter Stratton Jun 20 transited the Taiwan Strait after weeks of operating in South China Sea. This is the 4th time the US sent ships through the strait in 2023 & the 1st coast guard cutter to do so.
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JUST IN – Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs just confirmed that the US aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan is expected to make a port visit to Da Nang from June 25th to 30th.
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The Israeli concern IAI presented a new reconnaissance aircraft IAI Golfstream Mars2 IAI concern been partner of the Gulfstream company for many years, and all the business jets class G250/280/300 are completely developed in Israel, and produced at one of the IAI plants.
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BREAKING – China: Official Weibo account of the PLA have hinted, the aircraft carrier Fujian will begin sea trails soon.
⚠️ China will enter the 3 carrier era.
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⚠️ China will enter the 3 carrier era.
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US Coast Guard’s cutter Stratton Jun 20 transited the Taiwan Strait after weeks of operating in South China Sea. This is the 4th time the US sent ships through the strait in 2023 & the 1st coast guard cutter to do so. Subscribe to @DefenseBlog
Satellites have recorded the passage of the aircraft carrier strike group of the Chinese Navy along the "median line" of the Taiwan Strait - the unofficial border between China and the island state.
Chinese ships "border" did not cross. Passed right along it. The ships of the Taiwanese Navy followed a parallel course.
The combat aviation of the PLA regularly crosses the "median line".
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Chinese ships "border" did not cross. Passed right along it. The ships of the Taiwanese Navy followed a parallel course.
The combat aviation of the PLA regularly crosses the "median line".
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Pro-Syrian Army sources: The terrorists based in Idlib and its suburbs will soon face a harsh response from the Syrian Arab Army and will pay a heavy price for their crimes.
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