NEW – The U.S. is studying the experience of electronic warfare in Ukraine as the Pentagon works to expand its arsenal of radio suppression weapons in the event of
a potential conflict with Russia or China

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TAIWAN – At the 2023 Taipei Aerospace and Defense Technology Exhibition, the Taiwan Academy of Sciences presented the Wanjian penetrating (concrete-piercing) aerial bomb filled with submunitions.

The projectile is planned to be used in the event of a conflict with China to destroy runways, destroy buried command posts, radar stations and destroy personnel over a large area.

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URGENT – Cars with Russian license plates located in Estonia must be confiscated or re-registered - head of the Estonian Ministry of Internal Affairs

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NEW – Taiwan's first indigenous submarine will be a diesel-electric model equipped with MK-48 torpedoes. It will be tested on Sept. 28 and start harbor acceptance tests on Oct. 1, with plans to wrap it up by April 1, 2024, followed by sea acceptance tests.

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UPDATE – NATO does not see threats of military attacks from Russia and considers the fall of drone debris on the territory of Romania to be random incidents, and not an intentional threat, said Deputy Secretary General of the alliance Mircea Geoana

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U.S. Navy nuclear-powered vessel USS Florida SSGN728 today arrived on a visit
to Grotsund, Norway, near Tromsø.

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USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier coming into San Diego - September 14, 2023

🔗 WarshipCam

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The objective of the Republic of Moldova is to build an army to NATO standards, said the Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean at the end of a meeting he had with the Deputy Secretary General of NATO, Mircea Geoană

🔗 RoINTEL

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HMS Triumph Trafalgar-class nuclear submarine of the Royal Navy, after a short rest at the HMNB Clyde base, went to sea again today.

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The USAF command announced the end of the month-long deployment of B-2A bomb carriers in #Iceland and the return of all three aircraft home.

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CZECH REPUBLIC – Demonstration of the MRSI (Multiple round simultaneous impact) capability of the Excaliburarmycz’s 155mm/L45 DITA self-propelled gun howitzer.

Thanks to the high level of automation, the howitzer crew consists of only two soldiers, with an emergency station for a third crewman in the turret.

DITA is built on the Tatra 815 chassis and weighs 29 tonnes. The range is 39km and the sustained fire rate is 5 rounds per minute.

Series production for specific customers started this year.

🔗 𝕻𝖗𝖆𝖎𝖘𝖊 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕾𝖙𝖊𝖕𝖍

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BREAKING – The U.S insists on the immediate opening of the Lachin corridor to Nagorno-Karabakh - State Department statement

The second largest HIMARS production plant has become operational in Poland, said Jonathan Hoyle, vice president of Lockheed Martin in Europe, in an interview with RAR.

This step is part of the production diversification strategy. It has already made it possible to double the production of HIMARS MLRS and Javelin anti-tank systems.

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⚡ URGENT – Finland will close the border for cars with Russian license plates from September 16", — Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland

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EGYPT – ‎KSA Armed Forces conclude their participation in the “Bright Star” exercise, which was carried out at the Mohamed Naguib Military Base in the Arab Republic of Egypt.

🔗 وزارة الدفاع

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