🔺Turkey leased Al Khums Port for 99 years to establish a military base in Libya

🔺Turkish Naval Forces will fight against terrorism, migration, smuggling & establish security in the Mediterranean.

🔺Turkey will also lease the Port of Sirte & clear terrorist forces in the region.

🔗 Kamran

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USA – Ingalls Shipbuilding division announced the successful launch of the Navy's third Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128), on August 18th

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North Korea's latest Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile its first ICBM to use solid rocket fuel has ignited new debate over a possible Russian role in the nuclear-armed state’s dramatic missile development.

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NEW – Moldova regrets the decision of the Russian Federation to impose a ban on a number of officials from Chisinau - the country's Foreign Ministry

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IRAQ – NATO mission: "Our mission in Iraq will expand to include strengthening the capabilities of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Interior and the Federal Police, at the request of the Iraqi side."

Sounds like something happens soon.

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BELARUS – On the eve of the Air Force Day of the Republic of Belarus, which is celebrated this year on August 20, Belarusian military aviators held an air parade over one of the airfields of the Republic of Belarus.

📅 August 18,2023.
📹 Alexander Sots
🔗 Massimo Frantarelli

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North Korea seems to be planning or preparing for something serious this time. The changes in its leadership and its military provocations are alarming. Seems like more than saber rattling lately.

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Turkey is completing the construction of the second ship for the Ukrainian Navy

The construction of the MILGEM type corvette is taking place at the shipyard in Istanbul. The first such ship was launched in October 2020.

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URGENT – The U.S. is considering the evacuating key military assets, including attack drones, from Niger in the event of an escalation.

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Large Scale Exercise 2023 Was Custom Built to Push Fleet to the Limit - USNI

Exercise planners have cranked up the realism by having the 25,000 sailors and Marines join the fight as they are – just like the crew of Ike – with very little preparation outside of normal training.

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BREAKING – Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu says that he hopes that 60% of Ukrainian grain will transit through Romania - Samuel Ramani

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SYRIA – The US-led International Coalition members with participation of the Kurdish SDF forces held a joint military training in Qamishli, eastern part of the country amid tensions with Iran in the region.

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BREAKING – The West African bloc, ECOWAS, decided on a "D-Day" for
military intervention in Niger.

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BREAKING – The US State Department approves a possible arms deal to Australia worth nearly a billion dollars

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NEW – The United States, Japan and South Korea declared their readiness to restore dialogue with North Korea without preconditions following the summit.

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BREAKING – Global Times — China: The PLA Eastern Theater Command organized joint maritime and aerial combat readiness patrols around Taiwan on Saturday. They conducted joint military exercises involving naval and air forces, with a focus on ship-aircraft coordination, seizing control and other subjects, to test the joint combat capabilities of the theater's troops. This serves as a stern warning against the collusion and provocation of "Taiwan independence" separatist forces and external powers.

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UPDATE – Unusual deployment of USAF B-2A to English, UK

On Thursday 17th August 2023, two B-2 Spirits landed at RAF Fairford for a hot pit refuel, they were on the ground for less than 3 hours and departed at 22.45L. The aircraft were Spirit of Ohio and Spirit of Alaska using C/S CRAG21 & 22. Pretty UFO looking in the dark!

🔗 Source on YouTube

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Swedish Combat Vehicle 90 in Brazil.

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IRAN – Minister of Defense: Iranian specialists achieved the technology of ram jet engines. This type of engine will be used in the construction of supersonic cruise missiles.

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