NEW – By the end of the year, Belgium will supply Ukraine with at least 80 Iveco Lynx armored vehicles.

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US Air Force General Thomas A. Bussiere, Commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, visited Ellsworth Air Force Base (B-1B Lancer base) in South Dakota recently. An AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile is shown in the photo.

Photo from Ellsworth Air Force Base Facebook page.

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RUSSI– The Pacific Fleet group, reported heading northeast by the Japanese, has arrived in Kamchatka.

🔗 Thord Are Iversen
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RUSSIAN NAVY – Northern Fleet press-release on the Gorshkov-class FFG Admiral Gorshkov and the Kaliningradneft-class AO Vyazma making a 3 day port visit in Algeria.

Comment: Will likely head for home.

🔗 Thord Are Iversen
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JAPAN – Yesterday, the JASDF Southwestern Air Defense Force’s fighters scrambled to cope with a suspected intrusion into Japan’s airspace over the East China Sea.

🔗 Japan Joint Staff
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TAIWAN – US HIMARS are being prepared for delivery to Taiwan

11 Hymars MLRS and two simulators will be delivered from the US to Taiwan in the second half of 2024.

Taiwan plans to send 30 people to America next February to be trained in the maintenance and use of HIMARS. The preparation will last until October 2024.

The delivery of the second batch of 18 MLRS is expected in 2027.

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JUST IN – Japan: Ministry of Defense is recruiting development personnel for next-generation fighter jets

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US Navy group heading for Yellow Sea in biggest show of strength near eastern China in 10 years — South China Morning Post

Local media reports say the amphibious group led by the USS America will take part in a joint exercise with South Korean forces.

The US and South Korean presidents have pledged to ‘enhance the regular visibility of strategic assets’ amid rising tensions with China and the North.

🔗 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3233385/us-navy-group-heading-yellow-sea-biggest-show-strength-near-eastern-china-10-years
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The location of the carrier strike groups of the US Navy
on September 5.

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JUST IN – Armenia and the U.S. will hold the "Eagle Partner 2023" joint exercise, from September 11-20, the Armenian Ministry of Defense announced Wednesday.

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JAPAN – The Air Force (Air Self-Defense Forces) F-35 fighters from the Northern Air Defense Force responded, yesterday to threats of territorial infringement in the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk, and the East China Sea — Japan Joint Staff

Note: This is a rare event in the light of a calm situation around Taiwan's AIDZ.

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URGENT– Turkish Navy training corvette A591 Ufuk spotted off the coast of Libya

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President of Romania Iohannis said Tuesday that attacks in neighbouring Ukraine happened "very, very close" to his country's border, with Russia repeatedly launching drone strikes on Danube infrastructure in southern Ukraine.

🔗 France 24 English
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Ukraine's summer counteroffensive against Russian invaders makes bit-by-bit progress.

🔗 Taiwan Plus
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FRANCE – For the first time in France, an aerial drone was successfully launched
from a nuclear attack submarine (SSN).

🔗 Naval Group
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UK – Scotland: Royal Navy Submarine HMS Triumph heading up the Clyde today.

🔗 Sheila Weir
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Two Royal Air Force FGR4 Typhoons joined US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornets to conduct a low-level flypast of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R Ford, in the Mediterranean Sea.

🔗 Royal Air Force
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JAPAN – The Australian Air Force sent 6x F-35A fighter jets to Japan for the first time as part of the "Bushido Guardian 23" exercise.

The exercise will take place at Komatsu AB until September 15, during which the aircraft of the two countries organize dogfights.

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a surprise visit to Kyiv on Wednesday in a show of American support for Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian forces.

🔗 France 24 English
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U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon and A-10 Thunderbolt II flight line operations during Bright Star 23 at Cairo West Air Base, Egypt, August 31, 2023. Bright Star 2023 is a multilateral U.S. Central Command exercise held with the Arab Republic of Egypt across air, land and sea domains that promotes and enhances regional security and cooperation, and improves interoperability in irregular warfare against hybrid threat scenarios. (U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Frank Rohrig)

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The South Korean military will develop high-power laser technology to intercept large drones and cruise missiles

The goal is to master the 300-kilowatt-plus laser interception technology higher than the current power level, and improve the ability to intercept large drones, rockets, and subsonic warheads.

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