"...A US mid-range missile system deployed in the Philippines for annual joint military exercises -- to the annoyance of China -- will be pulled out of the country, a Philippine Army spokesman said Thursday.
The US Army said in April it had deployed the Mid-Range Capability missile system which can fire the Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) and the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile in the northern Philippines. ...The presence of the mid-range missile system on Philippine soil had angered Beijing."
Reference: www.yahoo.com
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"...the Biden Administration's fifty-seventh tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. ...The capabilities in this announcement include:
Additional munitions for Patriot air defense systems;
Additional munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS);
Stinger anti-aircraft missiles;
Equipment to integrate Western launchers, missiles, and radars with Ukraine's systems;
Additional High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems(HIMARS) and ammunition;
155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;
Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles;
M113 Armored Personnel Carriers;
Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles;
Trailers to transport heavy equipment;
Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
Precision aerial munitions;
High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs);
Small arms and additional rounds of small arms ammunition and grenades;
Demolitions munitions and equipment for obstacle clearing;
Coastal and riverine patrol boats;
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear protective equipment; and
Spare parts, training munitions, maintenance, and other ancillary equipment. "
Reference: www.defense.gov
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"...The State Department has greenlighted an emergency $138 million in foreign military sales for Ukraine to provide critical repairs and spare parts for Kyiv’s Hawk missile systems.
The U.S. announced the move Tuesday saying that Ukraine has an urgent need for the maintenance support to keep the missile system running.
The announcement follows a similar, small-sized round of $300 million in munitions support the Pentagon announced last month ..."
Reference: apnews.com
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