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JMSDF plans to send JS Izumo to Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka

Posted on March 14, 2017March 14, 2017 by alert5

Reuters says Tokyo intends to send its helicopter carrier JS Izumo to ports in Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka over a period of three months.

By Kaijō Jieitai （海上自衛隊 / Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force） (http://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/jmp/201612.html) [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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One of Israel’s special forces unit has shuttered

Posted on March 13, 2017March 13, 2017 by alert5

Budgetary pressure has forced the Israeli Artillery Corps to deactivate its elite Meitar special forces unit. The outfit was tasked with striking the enemy using the Tammuz anti-tank missile.

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U.S. personnel inspected Taiwan’s PAC-3 units deployed on east coast

Posted on March 13, 2017 by alert5

Taiwan’s United Daily News says the United States has sent personnel, including staff from Raytheon, to the island to inspect on the two PAC-3 air defense missile systems deployed at Hualian and Taitung.

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