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BREAKING – Gabon: Another military coup has taken place in Africa.

A group of Gabonese soldiers appeared on TV and said they had seized power. A few minutes earlier, the electoral commission had announced that President Ali Bongo had won a third term.

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A B-2 Spirit bomber conducted hot pit refueling at Orland Air Base, Norway on Aug. 29, 2023.

The occasion marked the first time that the B-2 has landed in Norway, signaling the shared commitment between the U.S. and Norway.

🔗 USAFE-AFAFRICA

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BREAKING – Germany plans to train 10,000 Ukrainian troops in Germany by the end of this year - State Secretary of the Ministry of Defense of the country Zimtje Möller

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JAPAN – On August 29, Deputy Chief of the Air Staff Ogasawara welcomed Newman, Deputy Commander of the U.S. Pacific Air Forces, to Ichigaya. We reaffirmed the importance of the Japan-U.S. Alliance. The ASDF will continue to strengthen its close relationship with the US Air Force.

📸 JASDF PAO

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BELARUS – A batch of Iskander-M missile systems arrived in Belarus from Russia.

According to @Hajun_BY, a military cargo train with at least 10 pieces of Iskander-M missile systems arrived at Asipovichy station (Mahiliou region) from Kapustin Yar village, Astrakhan oblast, Russia.

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Turkish President Erdogan said that the first flight of the KAAN fighter prototype will take place before the end of 2023.

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The USAF and JASDFP conducted a bilateral bomber exercise over the Sea of Japan, demonstrating deterrence options available to the US Japan Alliance.

📸 PACAF
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TAIWAN – 12 Chinese PLA aircraft and 1 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m.(UTC+8), today.

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U.S. Space Force unit seeks to bolster cooperation with South Korea against
North Korean threats — Yonhap 📰

Since its launch last year, U.S. Space Forces Korea has been working with other U.S. military branches here and the South Korean military to provide space-based capabilities, such as a missile early warning system, to better deal with North Korean threats, recently highlighted by its launch of two short-range ballistic missiles Wednesday night.

🔗 Source: https://m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20230831004500325

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VIDEO – South Korea: Aircraft fly in formation over central Seoul, likely in preparation for an Armed Forces Day parade scheduled for late September.

📹 NK NEWS
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JAPAN – A field test of the High-Energy Laser System was conducted as part of the ATLA’s R&D project.

In addition: The Japanese MoD on August 31 requested $52.9 billion (7.7 trillion yen) for fiscal year 2024, its largest ever defense budget request.

📹Acquisition Technology & Logistics Agency
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Japan's Aegis system equipped vessel (ASEV).

-190 meters long
-25 meters wide
-12,000 tons standard displacement
-240 crewmembers
-128 VLS cells (SM-6/SM-3 Block IIA/Tomahawk)
-Type 12 anti-ship missile

🔗https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/08/japan-requests-largest-defense-budget-ever/
🔗 https://news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/articles/186c4b9a5ba15becf0fc1b3d795cba8dcbbfc238
📸📝 Ryan Chan
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