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    FONOPs in the SCS and Taiwan Strait

    A thread dedicated to Freedom of Navigation Operations conducted in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait. Some FONOPs that were conducted in 2022 so far: USS Benfold Catches China's Attention With Back-to-Back FONOPs The U.S. Navy conducts a slow but steady pace of FONOPs in the South China...
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    Germany Foreign Minister Baerbock goes on a #SicherLeben(#LivingInSecurity) tour through Germany

    Foreign Minister Baerbock goes on a #SicherLeben tour through Germany On 14 July, Foreign Minister Baerbock has embarked on a tour through Germany. Its theme is #SicherLeben (#LivingInSecurity), and it forms part of the drafting process for a National Security Strategy. The Minister’s tour is...
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    China What the Chinese Army Is Learning From Russia’s Ukraine War

    What the Chinese Army Is Learning From Russia’s Ukraine War EVAN A. FEIGENBAUM, CHARLES HOOPER JULY 21, 2022 Q&A Summary: A retired Army lieutenant general discusses why a tenet of PLA modernization has been validated by the conflict—but is also paradoxical. The 1990s ushered in a...
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    Germany Germany, rearmament, and Ukraine - "Why 100 billion Euro may not fix the German military"

    Description: "When Russia launched its February 24th invasion of Ukraine, Germany was one of the nations that experienced a dramatic, near overnight political shift. Germany turned its eyes to rearmament after decades of reduced defence spending, while outside commenters criticised the limited...
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    HAPPY BIRTHDAY! THE TOMAHAWK CRUISEMISSILE TURNS 60!

    I'd be damned if I let the opportunity for this bad pun go to waste. Sorry everyone! (Pls don't sue me, Mr. Cruise)
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    USA The US is heavily reliant on China and Russia for its ammo supply chain. Congress wants to fix that.

    The US is heavily reliant on China and Russia for its ammo supply chain. Congress wants to fix that. By Bryant Harris Wednesday, Jun 8 Bullets are seen in front of an American-made F-16V fighter during a military exercise in Taiwan on Jan. 15, 2020. (Chiang Ying-ying/AP) WASHINGTON — The...
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    China China(PRC) - Taiwan(ROC) Relations, News & Updates

    Maybe we can move this discussion here, @Jagdflieger ? It doesn't really fit into the CN Navy thread...
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    Germany Spurred by Russian threat, Germany okays $100 billion fund to beef up army

    Spurred by Russian threat, Germany okays $100 billion fund to beef up army Move will push Berlin to meet NATO defense spending target after years of criticism, and transform neglected Bundeswehr into Europe’s largest military By AFP and AP3 June 2022, 10:01 pm German soldiers walk beside tank...
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    At Least 16 Die As Blasts Rock Afghanistan Cities; Several Injured

    At Least 16 Die As Blasts Rock Afghanistan Cities; Several Injured Blast In Afghanistan Mosque: The explosion came two days after blasts tore through a high school in a predominantly Shi'ite Hazara area in western Kabul, killing at least six people and wounding 11. World Agence France-Presse...
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    Half a million may have died in Ethiopia conflict as all eyes remain on Ukraine

    Half a million may have died in Ethiopia conflict as all eyes remain on Ukraine Calling out Western media coverage of Ukraine’s conflict as racist, as some have done, seems a bit of a cheap shot—one angling for another hot take to throw into the never-ending click-bait news cycle. Yes, there...
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    2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

    2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices APRIL 12, 2022 The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – the Human Rights Reports – cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other...
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    USA US Army to print large barracks to save money and time

    US Army to print large barracks to save money and time Digital render of Icon’s 3D-printed army barracks in Fort Bliss, Texas (Courtesy of Logan Architecture) The US Army has begun work on three printed barracks in Texas that it says will be the largest such structures in the western hemisphere...
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    European Union Flag The War Is Reshaping How Europe Spends

    The War Is Reshaping How Europe Spends Romania is buying iodine pills. Ireland enacted special incentives for its farmers to till essential crops. And military spending is rising across the continent. The cost to support Ukrainian refugees may cost governments as much as $30 billion in the...
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    Germany GERMANY-EU Politics & Diplomacy

    A thread specifically for news, updates and discussions surrounding Germany and her relations to the EU and EU member states, also potential member states.
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    Germany German Armaments Industry News & Updates

    A thread for news, updates and discussions surrounding the german armaments industry, as well as related R&D and political developments.
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    Germany Germany Energy Supply & Generation

    A thread for news, updates and discussions about Germany's Energy Supply and Generation.
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    Taiwan News Taiwan Finally Lifts Japan Food Import Restrictions

    Taiwan Finally Lifts Japan Food Import Restrictions The move to allow produce from Fukushima and other prefectures is a breakthrough in relations. By KAWASHIMA Shin March 08, 2022 Credit: Wally Santana / ASSOCIATED PRESS In early February, Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen administration announced that...
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    Japan Japan on alert amid provocations by China, N. Korea, Russia

    Japan on alert amid provocations by China, N. Korea, Russia Share 5:00 pm, March 01, 2022 The Yomiuri Shimbun Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the government is on alert for provocations in East Asia by China, Russia and North Korea, which it believes might attempt to take...

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