The Geopolitical Review

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#Global_defense budgets are recording an unprecedented historic rise, expected to exceed $2.6 trillion by the end of 2026, marking an 8.1% increase over 2025. The United States remains at the top, with a defense budget estimated between $831 billion and $997 billion.

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@Hasanillaik Ok 😂

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Urgent: An Israeli drone has carried out a massacre against a family of displaced Syrians in the Al-Zahrani area near the Adoussieh junction in South Lebanon. Among the victims were children.
Israel continues what the post describes as its practice of killing children.

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اولي :طائرة مسيرة اسرائيلية ترتكب مجزرة بعائلة من النازحين السوريين في منطقة الزهراني قرب مفرق العدوسية #جنوب_لبنان ومن بين الضحايا اطفال
اسرائيل تمارس احترافها في قتل الطفولة #مش_مسرحية

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🇨🇺🇺🇸Cuba continues to prepare for a possible US attack to the best of its ability and understanding.

And again, in the exercises, the only relatively modern air defense system in the Cuban arsenal is the S-125-2BM.

In general, in the event of a massive US attack, these air defense systems would only have a chance of success in ambushes and when using passive channels (fortunately, there is thermal imaging). And even then, only if the enemy's reconnaissance does not detect them earlier and the enemy enters the zone of assured defeat.

After all, the initial balance of forces and geography cannot be ignored.
Military Informant

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Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth:
Israel is intensifying its efforts to advance the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) as an alternative to the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, the Saudi position remains a challenge, as the Kingdom is not enthusiastic about the initiative. This comes as Saudi Arabia has announced it is continuing to study an alternative project linking it to Turkey via Jordan and Syria.

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Israeli Broadcasting Authority: there is not full satisfaction within the army regarding the plan to remain in southern Lebanon, and during the previous occupation period lasting 18 years there were bad memories

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But Ankara’s efforts to ease a crisis triggered by US-Israeli aggression against Iran seem shortsighted, as some Israeli officials have already labeled Turkey “the new Iran” which will need to ‘dealt with’ next.

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As Iran retightens its control over the Hormuz Strait, the Turkish government is busy promoting a pair of predominantly land-based trade corridors, one of which is explicitly designed to facilitate the export of Gulf energy and fertilizers without using Hormuz.

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Development Road remains on the drawing board, but construction of the Middle Corridor is already proceeding apace in Turkey and Azerbaijan, with plans to quadruple capacity from 5-20M tons

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🇮🇱 Israel turning southern Lebanon into Gaza-like ‘yellow line’

Just days after a fragile ceasefire was agreed, the Israeli military announced the creation of a so-called “yellow line” in Lebanon—exactly like the deadly demarcation they use in Gaza.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷According to estimates by American intelligence and the military, Iran still has over 60% of its missile installations and about 40% of its attack drones, which is enough to block shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, reports The New York Times.

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🇪🇭🇲🇦 The armed wing of the Polisario Front, the Sahrawi People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), has released footage showing the targeting of a Moroccan Royal Armed Forces position along the defensive wall in the Sahara, using a Russian-made 9M113M Konkurs-M anti-tank guided missile (ATGM).

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 UAV operators from the 1198th Motor Rifle Regiment of the 35th Guards Combined Arms Red Banner Army destroyed a heavy “Baba Yaga”-type hexacopter operated by the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlement of Myrne in Donetsk Oblast.

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🇮🇱🇱🇧All that remains of Southern Lebanon.

Amidst the ruins, an Israeli Merkava.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 A suspected British improvised “Raven” short-range air defense system used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, built on a Supacat HMT 6×6 chassis and armed with AIM-132 Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM), is seen in the sights of a Russian Lancet loitering munition.

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🇱🇧🇮🇱 An Israeli soldier smashes a statue of Jesus Christ in southern Lebanon.

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🇺🇸🇮🇱Trump: Whether people like Israel or not, they have proven to be a great ally of the United States of America.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷❗️BREAKING : US Intelligence to NYT - Iran has at least 60% of its missile launchers remaining along with 40% of its drones.