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🔗 Air & Sea Intel

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TAIWAN – 21 Chinese PLA aircraft and 5 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m.(UTC+8) today. R.O.C. Armed Forces have monitored the situation and tasked CAP aircraft, Navy vessels, and land-based missile systems to respond these activities.

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BREAKING – Ukraine is creating the world's first naval drone Fleet - Zelensky

Ukraine also started the production of guns and projectiles according to NATO standards.

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⚡ JUST IN – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell arrived in Odessa on an unannounced visit.

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BREAKING – Moldova will have a high-performance radar: France will deliver the Ground Master 200 mobile radar by the end of the year

Moldova was one of the few countries without Air-Defense. Its last systems were sold off in 2016 by pro-russian politicians.

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BREAKING –German Bundestag Defence Committee chair Maria-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann urges Olaf Scholz to ship Taurus missiles to Ukraine

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NOTAM – India issues a notification for a no fly zone around the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, near the Malacca Strait, for 'Missile Firing'

Dates | 10-12 October 2023

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URGENT UPDATE – The EU has trained more than 27 thousand military personnel for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell said in a video message to participants in the Defense Industry Forum in Kyiv.

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URGENT – Estonia will purchase ATACMS operational-tactical missiles and HIMARS MLRS from the US.

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Romania’s Defense Ministry reveals that Russia is waging electronic warfare against Romania.

Daniel Petrescu, the Army Chief of Staff of Romania, says Russia is “actively & constantly” jamming GPS communications of ships in Romanian waters, increasing the risk of collisions.

🔗 Visegárd 24

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Royal British Navy aircraft carrier R09 Prince of Wales arrived in Norfolk, Virginia

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The Ukrainian GUR conducted a strike on the "helicopeter tarmak" in Sochi, Russia.

Russian Milanalyst Rybar: "In Sochi, at about eight in the morning, a UAV was shot down by small arms fire on the territory of the air harbor. Due to the fact that at that moment a passenger airliner was landing, the use of the Pantsir air defense system was fraught with risk.

Judging by the video of the UAV flying through the private sector, most likely it was Ukrainian formations of Mugin-3 kamikaze UAVs.

For security reasons, a temporary flight restriction was introduced at the airport
(8.20 am the airport operates as usual)."

🔗 OSINT (Uri)

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NATO deploys surveillance jets to Lithuania

The AWACS surveillance jets will fly missions to monitor Russian military activity near the Alliance’s borders and can detect aircraft and missiles hundreds of kilometres away, making them a key early warning capability for NATO

🔗 NATO

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BREAKING – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will jointly purchase ATACMS missiles.

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Four British Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets have been deployed to Poland. The move is intended to support Ukraine’s neighbor amid the growing threat of
Russian interference.

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German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock: “The EU will expand from Lisbon to Lugansk”

“With every village, with every meter that Ukraine liberates, with every meter where it saves its people, it expands its path to the EU."

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“We are witnesses to the beginning of the battle for Crimea. We need to give Ukraine the help it needs to bring this war to an end. This war can be won,” said former British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace.

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