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Breaking News & OSINT on defense, geopolitics & global conflict | Focused on the U.S., Europe, Middle East, Russia, China & Iran Washington, DC Joined April 2023

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🇨🇳 BREAKING: China unveils a next-generation air defense missile system capable of highly maneuverable flight, midair course corrections, and precision interception of aerial targets.

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🇨🇿 BREAKING: Czech defence giant STV Group has kicked off production of forged artillery shell bodies (155mm, 152mm, 122mm) under a CZK 5B ($240M) program. By 2026, output will surpass 100,000 shells per year, with capacity to scale rapidly if needed.

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🟥 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian politely refused to shake hands with China’s First Lady, and his wife also did not shake hands with the Chinese President.

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🇹🇷 BREAKING: Türkiye has officially begun mass production of the ALTAY main battle tank at a new facility in Ankara. The plant uses advanced robotics for assembly and also produces the indigenously developed BATU engine, built specifically for the ALTAY.

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🇺🇸🇻🇪 BREAKING: Caribbean Airlines has suspended all flights between Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela.

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JUST IN: Ukraine announces it will assist Taiwan in manufacturing combat drones — a move likely to draw strong reactions from Beijing.

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🇻🇪 BREAKING: Venezuela has deployed new Iranian-made attack boats, armed with CM-90 anti-ship cruise missiles — designed to strike much larger warships.

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🚨CONFIRMED: China’s fifth gen J-35A stealth fighter has an in-built ladder — ending years of debate.

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🚨BREAKING: Mayor of Arroyo, Eric Bachier Román: In Puerto Rico, we have not seen a military exercise of this scale in a long time — it’s massive.

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🚨 BREAKING: The U.S. is deploying a squadron of 12 stealth fighter jets to the Caribbean to conduct missions against drug trafficking organizations. — FOX

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Maduro: The U.S. “must abandon its plan for violent regime change in Venezuela.

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🇺🇸🇻🇪 BREAKING: Trump is weighing military strikes against drug cartels in Venezuela, including potential targets inside the country, as part of a broader plan to weaken Nicolás Maduro — CNN

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10 hours ago

🇺🇸🇻🇪 | Regime change in Venezuela: I'm not going to talk about that," said Donald Trump.

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🚨 Trump: We won the First World War. We won the Second World War. We won everything before that — and in between them.

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🚨 BREAKING: U.S. officials tell CBS News that Venezuelan aircraft conducted another overflight of the USS Jason Dunham overnight. This comes after Trump’s directive authorizing U.S. forces to down hostile aircraft if threats to American warships in the Caribbean continue.

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Trump has signed an executive order renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War. Pete Hegseth will now serve as the first Secretary of War in modern U.S. history. 🇺🇸 Big shift in U.S. defense posture.

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🚨 BREAKING: Trump has instructed Gen. Caine to shoot down Venezuelan jets if they come dangerously close to U.S. naval ships.

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The U.S. has deployed 10 F-35 jets to Puerto Rico, approximately 550 miles (886 km) from Venezuela. The USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) is also positioned near Venezuela. This deployment, along with the Iwo Jima’s capability to launch F-35Bs, represents a significant buildup if the U.S.…

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🇷🇺 BREAKING: Russia’s domestic SJ-100 jet completes its maiden flight. Russian media reports it’s 100% made in Russia and aims to reduce the country’s reliance on Boeing and Airbus.