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Thai Navy and Vietnamese Navy Conducts Joint Patrol

The Royal Thai Navy and the Vietnamese Navy organized the 42nd joint patrol in the sea in the Thai-Vietnamese maritime overlapping area with a joint agreement known as the KC Line between 18-20 November 2020.

The past Since 1997, from a meeting between the Royal Thai Navy and the Vietnamese Navy, the Royal Thai Navy and the Vietnamese Navy have regularly held joint reconnaissance of the remaining areas. This is the 42nd time during the joint patrol in the area. A training session has been held between the countries to build an understanding of future joint operations.

There are visual communication training (SEMAPHOR), including two-handed flags and universal lanterns, a training for target plotting (PLOTEX), search and rescue training at sea (SAREX), and the practice of the use of collective biblical documents in ASEAN (CUES).

In this joint patrol Royal Thai Navy arranged ships from the Navy Region 1, namely HTMS Prachuap Khiri Khan 552 the Krabi-class offshore patrol vessel and Royal Thai Navy's 2nd Navy Region, which was HTMS Longlom 533, the Khamronsin-class corvette. The Vietnamese Navy has organized two ships from the 5th Naval Region, two Svetlyak-class patrol vessels, HQ-264 and HQ-265, with the 42nd joint reconnaissance

US Donates $18-M Worth of Precision-Guided Weapons to PH

Philippines received 12 TOW ITAS launchers, 100 BGM-71E TOW 2A missiles and 24 GBU-49 Enhanced Paveway II laser guided bombs. Photo shows a TOW tripod-mounted anti-tank wire guided missile launcher (photos : DFA)

US 'smart weapons' to aid AFP efforts vs. terrorists

MANILA – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday said the "smart munitions" given to them by the United States would be of great help to their ongoing efforts to eliminate the terrorist menace in the country."These smart munitions with such capability and precision will aid immensely the AFP in ridding the country of terrorist menaces," AFP spokesperson Marine Major Gen. Edgard Arevalo said in a statement.

While the AFP has been successful in using ordinary munitions in counter-terrorism operations using legacy aircraft, including in Marawi City, Arevalo said the arrival of these modern weapons will greatly boost efforts to defeat the threat of terrorism."We may have been successful in counter-terrorism operations—most notably in Marawi —with ordinary munitions fitted in our legacy aircraft. But with the advent of these missiles and munitions, we are certain that they will greatly boost our campaigns and contribute to the global drive to fight and defeat terrorists," Arevalo said.

He added that AFP chief-of-staff, Gen. Gilbert Gapay, has also expressed his thanks to the US and Philippines defense departments for brokering and sealing this deal.In a ceremony on Monday, the Department of Foreign Affairs received from US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien a precision-guided munition package to the Philippines worth US$18 million (around PHP868 million).Some of the weapons handed over include 100 "tube-launched optically tracked, wire-guided" TOW-2A missiles, 12 improved target acquisition systems (ITAS), and 24 Mark-82 bombs and associated guidance kits to convert these into smart bombs.

Chinese Propaganda - Tibet Minus 8 degree on high plateau, PLA Western Theatre Command Air Force Ground-based Missile Defense Brigade holds air defense drill

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Minus 8 degree on high plateau, PLA Western Theatre Command Air Force Ground-based Missile Defense Brigade holds air defense drill.
零下8℃，西部战区空军地导某旅全程模拟高原条件下边境地区作战，在极端天气、复杂电磁环境下开展空地对抗实战化训练。 pic.twitter.com/j6EaI3yJOw
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