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UNUSUAL – 🇨🇴🇻🇪 Approx to the Venezuelan border, a helicopter of the Colombian Army [FAC REG 4019] Bell 212 a few miles from Zulia state tonight

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🇸🇾 SYRIA – At least 3 dead, including a child, following the explosion of an IED attack in downtown Afrin north of Aleppo this morning. @DefenseBlog
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🇸🇾 SYRIA – A fresh clip of HTS using 122mm field guns to target the SAA positions in the vicinity of Maarat Hurmah in southern Idlib.

In recent weeks, there's been noticeable spike of mutual artillery shellings in Syria's northwestern province, in particular the Jabal Al-Zawiya region.

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The first time in 21 years a SSBN of the 🇺🇸 US Navy pays a visit to a port in the Mediterranean region.

The USNavy submarine USS Alaska (SSBN 732) arrived at the Port of Gibraltar, June 28.

This brief stop strengthens cooperation between the U.S. and the United Kingdom-Gibraltar, and demonstrates U.S. capability, readiness, flexibility, and continuing commitment as part of NATO amid highest tensions with Russia.

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🇬🇧 Royal Navy HMS Queen Elizabeth and RFA Tidespring conducting their replenishment.

📸 HMS Queen Elizabeth conducts a night Replenishment At Sea (Fuel) (RAS(F)) with RFA Tidespring on 21 June 2021.

📸 An F-35B Lightning Jet on the flight deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth during the replenishment.

📸 F-35B Lightning Jet on the flight deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth during the replenishment.

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HMS Queen Elizabeth surrounded by ring of steel as Navy braces for Putin harassment TODAY

I don't know why they are building ships any longer. Everyone agrees hypersonic missiles travelling at almost 10,000 miles per hour cannot be stopped.

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🇮🇳 INDIA – Rafale and Appache in Leh, close to the disputed LAC (Line of Actual Control) with China in the Himalayas.

Leh is the joint capital and largest town of the union territory of Ladakh in India.

Leh, located in the Leh district, was also the historical capital of the Himalayan Kingdom of Ladakh.

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🇮🇳 INDIA – Watch: Exchange of fire underway during a gunfight between security forces and militants in Parimpora area of Srinagar, Kashmir on June 28

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🇺🇿 UZBEKISTAN – The Defense Minister, Lieutenant General Bakhodir Kurbanov, monitored the progress of the surprise check of the combat readiness of the troops from the cockpit of the Su-25UB attack aircraft of the national air force.

Uzbekistan "raised" its troops because of the sharp aggravation of the situation on the border with Afghanistan, which has already been reached by the Taliban.

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🇬🇧 Royal Navy ship HMS Fiamond arrived in Alexandria, 🇪🇬 Egypt earlier this week for defence diplomacy visit.

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🇰🇷 The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN)’s second Dokdo-class Amphibious Assault Ship, ROKS Marado (LPH-6112, Landing Platform Helicopter), was commissioned today, June 28th 2021. ROKS Marado was built based on data and operational experience from ROKS Dokdo

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Chinese PLA Navy submarines

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RUSSIA – 🔥 Live fire exercises of the Russian ground forces in Orenburg, near the border with Kazakhstan.

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🇸🇾 SYRIA – Turkish tanks and artillery have shelled the village of Erida this morning southwest of Tal Abyad.

Note: Turkish Army is fighting against Kurdish YPG/PKK, as well US-backed SDF forces in the North of the country.

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