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IRIA Exclusive: Turkiye’s Next-Gen Defense Lineup at SAHA 2026 🇹🇷

🚀 First homegrown ICBM Yildirimhan
🚁 TAI Gökbey multi-role helicopter
⚡ Bayraktar Kızılelma UCAV
⚓ Aselsan’s Tufan & Kılıç autonomous underwater systems
🔥 Sarsilmaz military weapons

https://t.co/WtLQva1N64

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US and Iran move closer to signing ceasefire deal focused on Strait of Hormuz reopening and nuclear talks https://t.co/E9VfIqAFys

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NATO plans to reduce Kosovo peacekeeping force as security conditions improve https://t.co/0ZpX9sbjTJ

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India signs $47 million deal to acquire 20 satellite navigation jammers for Navy https://t.co/kFVpd7hWBn

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UK Defense Secretary John Healey resigns over military spending dispute https://t.co/oz6iefCOsF

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Trump calls off new military strikes on Iran hours after threatening to hit Iran “very hard” tonight

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IAEA board adopts resolution calling on Iran to declare uranium stockpiles and allow inspections https://t.co/OhCZexUqpO

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EU and South Korea sign digital trade agreement and vow deeper cooperation on trade and defense at bilateral summit in Brussels https://t.co/YC8W7zqsQH

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Germany and France scrap $116 billion next-generation fighter jet project after months of deadlock https://t.co/CPKxZ06Ut6

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US launches strikes on Iran in response to downing of US Apache helicopter near Strait of Hormuz.

Iran targeted US bases in Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait in retaliation for US strikes.
https://t.co/ZFyvn9zZGG

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Shortly before Trump’s post, Iranian parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said on X: “We prefer the language of diplomacy, but we speak other languages far more fluently. Break your commitments, and we’ll switch to what we speak best. You ride the horse you saddled!”

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US President Trump confirmed Iran shot down US Apache helicopter near Strait of Hormuz and said America must respond. Two US aviators were rescued in a first-of-its-kind drone rescue at sea.

“Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack,” Trump says

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The major air exercise involves three joint operations areas from northern Norway to southern Spain, bringing Allied Air Forces together for two weeks of multinational training. https://t.co/SmWccUrVqQ

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NATO Allies launch Ramstein Flag 2026 exercise with more than 200 aircraft from 18 countries.

https://t.co/SmWccUrVqQ

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Participating forces include fighter aircraft, air transport, air-to-air refuelling, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, airborne early warning assets and NATO air assets including E-3A AWACS and RQ-4D Phoenix. https://t.co/SmWccUrVqQ

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Chinese President Xi Jinping vows stronger strategic ties with Pyongyang during his first visit to North Korea in 7 years https://t.co/IKSvV8WixE

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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Pyongyang for his first visit to North Korea in 7 years.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un greeted him with a grand ceremony - red carpet, military honor guard, thousands of spectators and displays celebrating China-North Korea friendship.

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Ukraine and European leaders back direct talks with Russia with active US and European participation https://t.co/rue8knjSVT

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Israel launches airstrikes against Iran in response to Iranian ballistic missile attack in first such strikes since ceasefire was declared in April.

US President Trump urged both sides to stop “shooting” immediately.

https://t.co/omMM3OZHl4

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US Defense Secretary Hegseth visits France for ceremonies marking the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day landings.

Hegseth used the D-Day speech to criticize European nations over migration for allowing what he described as “invasion” on their shores https://t.co/SWjIuzHmDa

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Hegseth attacks Europe over ‘invasion’ of migrants on its beaches in D-Day speech. “Beaches in Spain and Italy and Greece and Bulgaria. Boats and men arrive,” he said. “When will European capitals do something about that invasion? Or is it too late?”