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Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe James Stavridis warned on Saturday about the Chinese warship that nearly collided with a US Navy destroyer in the Taiwan Strait, saying such incidents could spark a war.
A video published by the Canadian outlet Global News, which was also widely shared on social media, showed how the Chinese ship approached the US Navy destroyer and passed within 150 meters of it. The rapprochement comes amid ongoing tensions between China and the United States over various issues, including the two countries’ stance on Taiwan independence.

German orders for new military hardware are expected to rise sharply this year, following long-standing criticism of inefficient and slow arms and hardware purchasing procedures, Germany’s procurement chief said on Monday.
Germany has been working to speed up its arms acquisition and increase ammunition supplies for the long term after a year of arms donations to Ukraine. However, progress in filling the gaps has been slow despite a special 100 billion euro fund set up by the government last year to pay for new weapons.

Fighters opposed to the Moscow government claim to have captured some Russian soldiers in Belgorod, near the border with Ukraine. The senior Belgorod official responded by saying that he had agreed to meet with the men’s captors if the soldiers were still alive.
But later, the fighters said the governor had “not found the courage” to meet with them and that they would hand over their captives to Ukraine. Russia has blamed Ukraine for the recent attacks on its border territories. Kyiv denies being directly involved.

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The German government has promised to “immediately” shut down the training of Chinese fighter pilots by former German Luftwaffe aircrew, in the latest development involving former personnel from a variety of NATO nations assisting Beijing’s expanding airpower ambitions. The move comes after an exposé in the German media that provided details of how one particular former Luftwaffe officer — an ex-Eurofighter EF2000 pilot — had been recruited by China to share his expertise.

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The Pentagon’s Office of Innovation and Modernization is sponsoring an invitation-only Technology Innovation Discovery Event this summer, and it’s accepting applications from companies and other organizations that would like to participate.
The TIDE 2023 gathering, slated for Aug. 30 at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Virginia, will be set up like a trade show and attendees may have opportunities to display and showcase their prototypes, according to a Department of Defense request for information posted on Sam.gov.
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Wagner Group mercenaries captured a man who identified himself as Lt. Col. Roman Venevitin, commander of Russia’s 72nd Brigade. (Screenshot of Twitter video).

In a bizarre turn of events, Russia’s Wagner Group private military company has captured a man in Ukraine who identified himself as a Russian lieutenant colonel and forced him to confess on video to opening fire on Wagner mercenaries.
The video shows Lt. Col. Roman Venevitin, commander of Russia’s 72nd Brigade, being interrogated as if he were a captured member of Ukraine’s military.

A Chinese destroyer nearly collided with a U.S. Navy vessel over the weekend. This is the third such incident in recent months.
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Captured Maxxpro Vehicle in Belgorod

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According to the Governor of Russia’s Belgorod oblast Viacheslav Gladkov, another cross-border attack by Ukraine has occurred on Russian territory. It is the third such instance in the past 2 weeks. The governor also noted that FSB security services and Russian forces are engaged in an ongoing fight with the “saboteurs,” although little additional information has been provided.

The PULS MRL is entering service with the IDF as the Lahav. (Elbit Systems)

The Precise and Universal Launching System (PULS) multiple rocket launcher (MRL) is entering service with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF),
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learnt at the Defence iQ’s Future Artillery conference held in Munich from 30 May to 1 June.
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understands that the IDF is test-firing PULS, which is known in Israeli service as the Lahav.

PULS can launch unguided and precision-guided rockets with a range of 12–300 km, according to Elbit Systems.