Polish snipers already deployed to the border with Belarus amid tensions with Russia.

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STATEMENT ON STRENGTHENING OF THE UKRAINIAN AIR FORCE – DONATION OF F16

🔗 Denmark MFA

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Japan's Plans to Place Missiles on Military Transport Aircraft .

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In Denmark, Zelensky and his wife were allowed to sit in the F-16 fighter.

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DENMARK – The Zelensky couple sat in the F-16B fighter.

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SYRIA – Two members of the Assad regime's militia were killed and 4 others were wounded as a result of the bombing by the Turkish forces on their points in the villages of Al-Tukhar and Awn Al-Dadat, north of the city of Manbij, near the contact lines between the SDF and the National Army.

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ISRAEL – IDF publishes footage showing the drone launched from the Gaza Strip that was downed by the Iron Dome.

🔗 Mannie Fabian

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BREAKING – Another Hamas drone was shot down by two IDF anti-aircraft missiles near Gaza, this morning.

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ISRAE – IDF operates 4 laboratories to develop a wide range of robots for combat missions; Israel is expected to deploy dozens of different robots on the battlefield within years (Defense Ministry photo shows robotic combat vehicle).

🔗 Israel Radar

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Japan's Defense White Paper Part I, Chapter 3 Situation surrounding Taiwan:

"The overall military balance between China and Taiwan is shifting rapidly in favor of China. China has increased its coercive military activity around Taiwan.

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ECOWAS will cease to exist in the event of a military invasion of Niger. The organization will collapse, which will play into the hands of the opponents of the unification of African countries.

📝 This was stated by the "PM" of the Transitional Government of Mali, Shogel Maiga.

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Indian Navy non-nuclear submarine S25 Vagir Kalvari-class came to Fremantle in Western Australia.

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IRAN – IRGC Ground Forces: 333mm Flaq-2 smart rocket fired from a new launcher designed for this rocket.

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UKRAINE – Khreshchatyk Street in central Kyiv now has a non-moving parade of Russian military equipment - not quite what Putin had in mind. Traffic in the center will be restricted from 11.00 p.m. on Aug. 20 to 11.30 p.m. on Aug. 28 as the country celebrates Independence Day on Aug. 24.

🔗 Euan MacDonald

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A military intervention in Niger by the countries of the ECOWAS is unacceptable because it will destabilize the situation in many African countries, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday – TASS

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IRAQ – U.S. Army convoys in the city of Erbil, northern Iraq, earlier today.

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USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier leaving San Diego in advance of Hurricane Hilary - August 19, 2023

🔗 WarshipCam

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Poland has adopted two FA-50 fighter jets manufactured by the South Korean company Korea Aerospace Industries.

By the end of 2023, Seoul plans to deliver 10 more FA-50 aircraft to Warsaw.

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BREAKING – The U.S. State Department announced it has approved Poland’s request to buy 96 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for a maximum of USD 12 billion.

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