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Dutch army to equip its soldiers with personal drone-protection kits

PARIS — The Royal Netherlands Army plans to equip its soldiers with personal drone-protection gear, including targeting lasers and portable sensors, in an effort to counter the threat of small unmanned aircraft systems that has transformed battlefields. The war in...
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China says US ‘playing with fire’ after latest military aid for Taiwan

The Chinese government protested Sunday the latest American announcements of military sales and assistance to Taiwan, warning the United States that it is “playing with fire.” U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday authorized the provision of up to $571 million in...
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Taiwan gets US Abrams tanks, hardening final defenses in an invasion

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Taiwan, which ratified a record defense budget of $20.2 billion in August as it contemplates rising Chinese aggression, received a first batch of 38 M1A2T Abrams tanks on home shores this month. After being unloaded at Taipei’s port on Dec....
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US troops doubled in Syria before Assad’s overthrow, Pentagon says

The U.S. more than doubled its number of troops in Syria — from 900 to around 2,000 — before the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s government, the Pentagon said Thursday, publicly disclosing the surge for the first time. In a rare step, Pentagon Press Secretary Maj....
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