NEW – Wagner affiliated IL76 TL-KMO aircraft en route to Latakia, Syria, from Libya

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Busy flying at NATO’s tactical nuclear weapons exercise Steadfast Noon over the Tyrrhenian Sea. US F-15Es operating out of Aviano AB and Belgian F-16s operating out of Ghedi AB. Plus Dutch and Italian tankers.

🔗 Hans Kristensen

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BREAKING – Pakistan tested a 2200 km range ballistic missile that can carry conventional and nuclear warheads.

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Russian Ministry of Defense reportedly studied deployment of Kalibr missile equipped ships in Lake Ladoga east of Finland. No decision has been made.

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USAF RC-135U Combat Sent plane over Finland along Rus border

“Locating and identifying foreign military land, naval and airborne radar signals, the Combat Sent collects and minutely examines each system, providing strategic analysis for warfighters.”

🔗 Hans Kristensen

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BELARUS – The Army has given order to prepare for combat readiness.

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USAF RC-135V Rivet Joint HOMER42 active off the coast of Israel, tonight.

🔗 Manu Gómez

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URGENT – The Russian Black Sea Fleet responded to a possible attack by Ukrainian "underwater sabotage forces" in the area of Sevastopol in the Crimea tonight, the Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhayev announced.

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B-52H 60-0054 outbound OCONUS from Barksdale AFB LA. It's unusual to see such good tracking on one of these nuclear capable bomber flights.

🔗 MeNMyRC

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USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116), a destroyer in the Gerald R. Ford CSG, transited the Suez Canal to Red Sea and CENTCOM area of responsibility, likely to reinforce USS Carney (DDG-64).

🔗 Duan Dang

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NEW – UK: USAF B1B Lancer departed 86-0119 departed RAF Fairford -
heading to the east.

🔗 Manu Gómez

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Poland has already received 8 KAI T-50 Golden Eagle combat training jet aircraft manufactured in South Korea, but so far not a single Polish pilot is able to fly them independently.

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BREAKING – China: Defense Minister Li Shangfu removed as Minister - state media

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MIDDLE EAST – The Philippine-led CTF151, Japan's JS Ikazuchi (DD107) and EUNAVFOR ESPS Navarra (F85) conducted OOW, helo cross decking and communication exercises in the Gulf of Aden on Oct 6. Multi-national maritime task forces working together are key to keeping piracy suppressed.

🔗 Combined Maritime Forces

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Japan's Defense Ministry reported today the flight of the Russian Il-20 Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) surveillance aircraft.

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