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🧐🇮🇱🇹🇷 Why Israel fears Turkey’s rise more than Saudi Arabia Retired U.S. Army Col. Douglas Macgregor argues that Turkey is emerging as a far more formidable regional power than Saudi Arabia and could pose a major challenge to Israel, backed by its huge population, expanding
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🇮🇳 JUST IN: India’s “Kamikaze Drone” Nearly Turns Test Flight Into Disaster India’s loitering munition was seen flying wildly unstable during a test, coming dangerously close to the ground crew in a shocking near miss. What was supposed to be a weapons test suddenly became a
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🇺🇸🇦🇪 JUST IN: US Gives UAE A $211 Million Missile Defense Boost The U.S. has awarded Lockheed Martin a $211.4 million contract for additional THAAD launchers for the UAE, pushing the country’s total THAAD contract value above $1.05 billion. The number of new launchers remains
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⚡🇫🇷🇱🇹 France Completes Major NATO Baltic Air Mission The French Air and Space Force has concluded its NATO Baltic Air Policing deployment in Lithuania after flying 540+ hours, responding to nearly 40 Alpha Scrambles and conducting around 70 training scrambles. The mission
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🇺🇦🇷🇺 JUST IN: Ukraine Strikes Deep Inside Russia A series of powerful explosions rocked Samara overnight, in what is being reported as a Ukrainian long range missile strike. The weapons were identified as Ukraine’s FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles, marking a potentially
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