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[muck]

A Polish Mig-29 from 22nd Tactical Air Base has allegedly been damaged by friendly fire in a training exercise on May 14. Citing military officials, Onet.pl reports that a pilot accidentally fired his fighter jet's cannon at his wingman, causing "repairable" damage to the aircraft. No one was injured in the incident at Nadazice, a polish military training area in Greater Poland. The cause of the accident is under investigation. (Source, Polish)

 

[morris]

Serbia denies any involvement in Bulgaria military plane crash

Serbia's Defense Ministry has said allegations they were involved in the crash of a Bulgarian military plane MiG-29 earlier this month are "inaccurate and malicious".

www.euronews.com

The aircraft lost contact with Bulgaria on June 9 and disappeared while conducting a military training mission at sea off the country's east coast.

A search and rescue operation was immediately launched to find the jet and its pilot, Major Valentin Terziev. One day after the plane's disappearance, Bulgaria's Defence Ministry confirmed that Terziev had been killed in the incident.

The wreckage of the plane, including parts of the engine and landing gear, was not discovered in the Black Sea until June 17.

On Thursday, Bulgarian Defence Minister Georgi Panayotov confirmed that authorities had also recovered the plane's "black box" and hoped it could provide information on how the plane crashed.

 

[Hiryu2.0]

SK Group and Plasan jointly acquire Greek company, ELVO – Hellenic Vehicle Industry - Frag Out! Magazine

SK Group – a privately held technology and innovation holding company specializing in global frontline defense, law enforcement solutions, marine infrastructure and property development, and Plasan – a global leader in offering safer vehicle environments and survivability solutions for defense...

fragoutmag.com

 

[NoOne]

Poland could purchase M1 Abrams tanks from US

The Polish Armed Forces are reportedly interested in acquiring up to 250 tanks in the M1A2 SEPv3 variant and a further dozen tracked vehicles for training.

www.defensenews.com

New tanks would be more than welcome but wouldn't 2A7s make more sense considering logistics? I am not sure on the price difference.

 

[haze99]

https://www.popularmechanics.com/mi.../poland-buys-us-m1a2-abrams-main-battle-tank/

 

[morris]

Turkey remembers martyrs of democracy on anniversary of failed coup

Turkey marks July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day with events across the country and beyond with a strengthened sense of determination to continue its...

www.dailysabah.com

In honor of the Turkish national holiday "Day of Democracy and National Unity" (the day of the suppression of the putsch in 2016), the Akinci UAV made a memorable flight

 

[BravoZulu]

Greece:
Two of Britain’s aged and retiring warships are to be offered to the Hellenic Navy to help Babcock International win a multibillion-pound deal with Greece to build new frigates and upgrade its fleet.

It is understood that Britain will throw in HMS Monmouth and HMS Montrose, two 30-year-old Type 23 vessels, in a proposed deal to equip the Greek naval forces with the Royal Navy’s newest class of frigate, the Type 31, in the face of perceived Turkish aggression.

 

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[morris]

Serbian troops have been on a heightened state of alert after the government in Belgrade accused neighbouring Kosovo of “provocations” by sending special police units to the border.

Already tense relations between Serbia and its former breakaway region have grown worse since the ethnic Albanian-led government there despatched the police units to an area mainly populated by minority ethnic Serbs, who reject the authority of the government in Kosovo’s capital Pristina.

 

[morris]

Serbia begins the transfer of T-72B1MS tanks to the border with Kosovo.

 

[morris]

Flights of SOKO J-22 Orao fighter-bombers, Mi-17 helicopters, Eurocopter EC145 and Mi-35M of the Serbian Air Force on the administrative border with the autonomous province of Kosovo (temporarily occupied by Albania) of the Republic of Serbia. September 25, 2021.

 

[Redav]

The first KC-390 for the Portuguese Air Force being assembled in Brazil

 

[morris]

The Serbian army has deployed the latest armored personnel carriers "Lazar" and protected vehicles "Milos" on the border with Kosovo.

 

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[morris]

Location of Serbian vehicles at the border 3 km from Kosovo.

 

[morris]

Kosovo NATO forces step up patrols as tensions between Kosovo and Serbia escalate – cause of license plate dispute

Tensions between Kosovo and Serbia are considered the worst in a decade.Military alliance NATO said on Monday it would increase

pledgetimes.com

Military alliance NATO said on Monday it would increase patrols of its troops in Kosovo after Serbia sent armored vehicles to the explosive border region, news agencies say. The tensions that erupted between Kosovo and Serbia are considered the most ominous in a decade.

At the mouth of the EU, the international community called on the parties to negotiate.

Police in self-proclaimed Kosovo say they have arrested 10 Albanian citizens for attacking ethnic Serbs. Ethnic tensions have escalated in the breakaway Serbian region, with Serbia, Russia and NATO getting involved.
The 10 Albanians were detained on Monday in the city of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo, after they attacked a group of Serbs visiting a government building on official business, the police reported. The city itself is predominantly Serb, but the incident happened in the southern part, which is overwhelmingly populated by ethnic Albanians.

 

[morris]

CIA and State Department officials face increased Havana Syndrome attacks

The CIA was forced to evacuate an official with injuries consistent with Havana Syndrome

www.foxnews.com

The Central Intelligence Agency was forced to evacuate an intelligence officer serving in Serbia after the officer suffered serious injuries consistent with those associated with Havana Syndrome, part of a rise of such attacks on U.S. officials overseas.

 

[BravoZulu]

Czech Republic:
Defense Minister Lubomír Metnar signed a contract for the acquisition of 52 CAESAR self-propelled artillery guns in an eight-wheel drive (8x8) version, in the presence of French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly and Nicolas Chamussy, CEO of Nexter Group on September 30 in Prague.

 

[Fish&Chips]

Greece:
Two of Britain’s aged and retiring warships are to be offered to the Hellenic Navy to help Babcock International win a multibillion-pound deal with Greece to build new frigates and upgrade its fleet.

It is understood that Britain will throw in HMS Monmouth and HMS Montrose, two 30-year-old Type 23 vessels, in a proposed deal to equip the Greek naval forces with the Royal Navy’s newest class of frigate, the Type 31, in the face of perceived Turkish aggression.

I guess this is no longer an option now that the Greeks have struck a deal with the Frenchies?

 

[BravoZulu]

I guess this is no longer an option now that the Greeks have struck a deal with the Frenchies?

Too true mate, I think the timeline works in the French offer's favour