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Taiwan will extend its compulsory military service from four months to a year starting in 2024, as the self-ruled island faces China's military, diplomatic and trade pressure.
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Read more: Taiwan extends mandatory military service as China steps up pressure
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/300774502/taiwan-extends-mandatory-military-service-as-china-steps-up-pressure
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When Ukrainian forces came across the abandoned Russian fighting vehicle on the battlefield, they knew they had found a rare prize.
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Read more: Captured Russian tanks and arms: 'trophies' for Ukraine or 'just junk'?
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300774490/captured-russian-tanks-and-arms-trophies-for-ukraine-or-just-junk
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Dec 27 (Reuters) - Moscow's proposals for settlement in Ukraine are well known to Kyiv and either Ukraine fulfils them for their own good or the Russian army will decide the issue, TASS agency quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying.
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Read more: Russia's Lavrov: Either Ukraine fulfils Moscow's proposals or our army will decide
- Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/russias-lavrov-either-ukraine-fulfils-moscows-proposals-or-our-army-will-decide-2022-12-26/
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My last article canvassed whether New Zealand should increase defence spending to 2% of GDP, and what would a decision entail. Since then, the case to do so has become stronger. However, this also means developing a clear understanding of how best to undertake this goal.
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Read more: What a realistic increase in Defence spending can deliver
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2022/09/29/realistic-increase-in-defence-spending/
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Unmanned aircraft have always contained virtually limitless promise, though sometimes people need to be able to see to believe.
A generation of American troops, their allies and leaders got to know the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper as intelligence and counter-terrorism tools, with important combat air support roles, too. But could these and newer aircraft play a different position in different environments elsewhere?
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Read more: RIMPAC 2022 underscores game-changing value of MQ-9B SeaGuardian
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2022/10/06/uas-prove-ready-for-new-roles-at-rimpac/
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Three Russian servicemen were killed Monday after a Ukrainian drone was shot down by air defenses as it approached a military airfield in Saratov Oblast, deep inside Russian territory, according to Russian state news agencies, citing the defense ministry.
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Read more: Three Russian servicemen killed after Ukrainian drone shot down at Russia air base
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/12/three-russian-servicemen-killed-after-ukrainian-drone-shot-down-at-russia-air-base.html
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Spanish police on Friday (local time) said they had arrested one of the US FBI's Ten Most Wanted fugitives, who was staying at a hotel in Madrid under a false identity.
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Read more: Spanish police arrest New Zealander in Madrid who's one of FBI's most wanted fugitives
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/12/spanish-police-arrest-new-zealander-in-madrid-whose-one-of-fbi-s-most-wanted-fugitives.html
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Russian authorities in the occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol have begun demolishing most of the city's drama theatre, where Ukrainian authorities say hundreds died in an air bombardment in March.
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Read more: Russia begins demolition of bombed Mariupol theatre
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/12/ukraine-invasion-russia-begins-demolition-of-bombed-mariupol-theatre.html
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