18 Chinese military aircraft has entered #Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone (#ADIZ) on May 6th, 2022.

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The US stated that they are ready to provide various forms of security assurances to both Finland and Sweden on their road to joining NATO. Britain also said that it's inconceivable that Britain wouldn't come to their aid if they were attacked

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The Pentagon says that they have seen no information to corroborate the reports that the Russian ship Admiral Makarov was in fact hit in the Black Sea.

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CHINA - After watching the U.S. place a freeze on Russian central bank assets, and place harsh sanctions on the country, China has said that if the West places similar sanctions on them, China has 'financial nuclear bombs'.

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Syrian state news agency SANA claims that Israeli missiles fired from #Masyaf, in #Hama targeted #Syria, killing five people and injuring one person. It also alleges that one of the people killed was a civilian.

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#Russia: We Did Our Best To Avoid Direct Confrontation, But If Challenged We Certainly Accept

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North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles from a location near #Pyongyang toward waters off the North's east coast on May 13th, according to South Korea.

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The Chinese #Liaoning aircraft carrier was spotted by satellite images off #Taiwan, while Japan stated that they had to scramble fighter jets after a suspected intrusion into its own airspace in the East China Sea

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https://www.defconlevel.com/news/2022-05-14/chinese-aircraft-carrier-spotted-near-taiwan-japan-scrambles-jets.php

White House says North Korea may be ready to conduct a #nuclear test by the end of the month, just a week after a state department spokesman said that North Korea is set to possibly resume nuclear tests in the near future.

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https://www.defconlevel.com/news/2022-05-14/north-korea-may-be-ready-to-conduct-a-nuclear-test-by-end-of-month.php

13 people were shot after a 'mass shooting' at a grocery store in #Buffalo, New York that left 10 dead.

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Top member of Russia's #Kremlin party United Russia's Superior Council and Duma deputy Oleg Morozov stated that #Poland should be the next in the line for denazification process after #Ukraine

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https://www.defconlevel.com/news/2022-05-15/russian-lawmaker-says-poland-should-be-next-for-denazification-after-ukraine.php

The President of the #Finnish Ministerial Committee has agreed that #Finland would apply for membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (#NATO) after the Parliament has been heard, according to the Finnish Government.

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Russian Channel 1 state TV said that the reason Finland is joining NATO is fear, but that when NATO bases begin popping up in Sweden and Finland, Russia will have no choice but to deploy tactical nuclear weapons.

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One person has been killed and four people were wounded critically during a shooting at the Geneva Presbyterian Church in Southern California on Sunday. In addition, one person also suffered minor injuries.

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Sweden's president and government have officially announced on Sunday that it will be joining Finland in applying for membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Turkey however has raised objections and has threatened to veto the requests

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https://www.defconlevel.com/news/2022-05-16/sweden-officially-announces-it-will-apply-for-nato-membership-with-finland.php

The United States is deploying up to 500 soldiers to Somalia, Africa in order to establish "persistent presence" there in order to combat the increasing terrorist activity in the country by a branch of Al Qaeda called Al-Shabaab.

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There have been reports that Russia is moving nuclear capable missiles toward their border with Finland, after Finland and Sweden stated that they have decided to seek NATO membership.

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https://www.defconlevel.com/news/2022-05-16/russia-moving-nuclear-capable-iskander-missiles-toward-their-border-with-finland.php

Syria, Channel 13 News has reported that Russia, for the first time, fired on Israeli aircraft in Syria using S-300 anti-aircraft missiles.

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https://www.defconlevel.com/news/2022-05-17/russian-air-defenses-fire-on-israeli-planes-in-syria.php

On Tuesday Sweden formally signed their request to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), one day after they had announced the intention to join the alliance

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Four NATO warships that had departed from Hamburg, Germany were spotted traveling through the English Channel just off the Kent coast on May 17th.

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United States anti-narcotics agents have found a drug-smuggling tunnel running underneath the U.S. border with Mexico that contains electricity, ventilation, and a railway system.

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