Military – Page 17 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Planes from China

Here is the tracing of Just the aircraft from China to Sydney since 2pm Sunday 26 Sept 2021. … Read More >Planes from China

Why are troops covertly being deployed in Sydney’s CBD on standby in Luxury Hotel rooms? Is the government preparing to invade its own city? Who are the troops supposed to be fighting? Protesters? Construction workers? Nurses? Why are tax payers paying for $600/night hotel rooms for ADF troops? … Read More >SYDNEY: Military occupies 590 rooms at Marriott Hotel for $600/night! OUTRAGEOUS! WTF!? Appeasement?

North Korea held a massive parade to celebrate 73 years since the state’s foundation, with soldiers and civilians alike seen marching in an elaborate procession, which omitted Pyongyang’s typical displays of major weapon systems. … Read More >Mounted police & ‘reconnaissance’ K-9s but no missiles: North Korea holds paramilitary parade to mark its 73rd anniversary

The EU must take greater control of its own security if it hopes to avoid a repeat of the US-led conflict in Afghanistan, European Council President Charles Michel has suggested. … Read More >EU should work towards ‘strategic autonomy’ to avoid another Afghanistan-like US-led quagmire, European Council president suggests

The EU high representative for foreign affairs has proposed an “initial entry force” of 5,000 troops so the bloc is better prepared for future emergencies, after the crisis in Afghanistan put its security failures in spotlight. … Read More >EU foreign affairs chief proposes new reactive force, as Afghan crisis highlights bloc’s military shortfalls

A ruling military council in Myanmar has said its vaccination campaign against coronavirus will now include at least some of the Rohingya people, considered to be stateless since Myanmar’s change of power several years ago. … Read More >‘They are also our people’: Myanmar military rulers promise to vaccinate minority Rohingya against Covid

The last German planes left Kabul on Thursday, as Berlin officially ended its evacuation mission in Afghanistan. All German soldiers left the country unharmed, the defense minister has confirmed. … Read More >‘All soldiers flown out’: Germany ends evacuation operation in Afghanistan

World

Hundreds of Boko Haram militants attacked a military outpost in southern Niger overnight Tuesday, killing 16 soldiers and wounding nine. The defense ministry said dozens of militants were killed in the ensuing combat. … Read More >16 soldiers killed as Boko Haram attacks outpost in southern Niger, ministry claims 50 militants slain

The Norwegian military has announced that it will close its field hospital near Kabul airport by August 31, reneging on a previous commitment, after the Taliban declared all foreign evacuations must happen before that date. … Read More >Norway to shut Kabul airport field hospital amid worsening security situation

Vietnamese authorities have dispatched the armed forces to enforce the strict lockdown in Ho Chi Minh City, the nation’s largest, with the military in place to deliver food to people and monitor movement. … Read More >Vietnam deploys armed forces to enforce total shutdown of Ho Chi Minh City & deliver food to many of its 13mn locked-down citizens