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[Defence Red Box - Defence Viewpoints @defenceredbox]

Always looking for serious defence and security contributors https://t.co/pdkERMVMAU

[Francis Tusa @FTusa284]

Old mucker, during chat just now,had several MoD people tell him in early-2018 that there were these problems on the Ajax family, and that just putting on band track etc was unlikely to solve them!

MoD line of, "we only learned of these in late-2019" looking pretty threadbare.

[Defence Red Box - Defence Viewpoints @defenceredbox]

@FTusa284 La la la my fingers are in my ears, I can't hear you

[People's Daily, China @PDChina]

China expresses shock and condemns the blast in NW Pakistan, which killed at least 12 people incl. 9 Chinese citizens, foreign ministry said Wed, urging Pakistan to thoroughly investigate the blast and ensure the safety of Chinese people, organizations and projects in Pakistan.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Chaos in South Africa as troops fail to quell unrest exacerbated by anger over hardship and inequality — in pictures https://t.co/twkYafv3Dq

[Defense News @defense_news]

House appropriators advance $706 billion defense spending bill https://t.co/FwGqcffXOr

[Navy Lookout @NavyLookout]

🇵🇰Pakistani frigate PNS Zulfiquar sails from Portsmouth this morning after short visit to resume tour of European ports.

Via @georgeemmett8

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Police say overnight violence in South Africa spread to two more provinces, Mpumalanga, just east of Gauteng, and Northern Cape.

🔴 Follow our LIVE updates on South Africa's latest unrest: https://t.co/k6cLUmjKEl

[Hindustan Times @htTweets]

As #China begins the construction of the world’s first commercial small modular reactor, the country’s military has deployed electronic warning and surveillance aircraft, on two disputed islands in the #SouthChinaSea

https://t.co/uVSFYsG5kD

[Euan GRANT @EuanGRANT3]

I will be speaking DESI in London's Docklands 1300 UK time Sept 13. Technology and security - are we relying too much on tech?

[IISS News @IISS_org]

The future cyber resilience of every state depends on the physical infrastructure underpinning the global internet. It is apparent that the US, its close allies and partners remain dominant. Find out more in the new IISS report ➡️ https://t.co/zuoIn7JkNT

[Olivier Guitta @OlivierGuitta]

#UK MI-5 cautioned the population to treat the threat of spying from #Russia & #China as vigilantly as terrorism, warning that foreign spies were seeking to pilfer technology, sow discord & attack infrastructure. 10,000 disguised approaches by foreign spies have been recorded.

[Defence Red Box - Defence Viewpoints @defenceredbox]

Wagnerism - behind the covert weapon in Putin's armoury and other analyses and updates. https://t.co/pdkERMVMAU

[Olivier Guitta @OlivierGuitta]

#Rwanda, not a member of the SADC, said it had started deploying a 1,000-strong force to #Mozambique to help the country combat an escalating #IslamicState-linked insurgency that threatens its stability.

[Defence Red Box - Defence Viewpoints @defenceredbox]

High tech and taxes...been wondering how much corporation tax the UK subsidiaries of multi national defence and security contractors pay these days....

[Defence Red Box - Defence Viewpoints @defenceredbox]

Tonight the Defence and Security Circle will be debating defence think tanks in a hybrid session. U K Defence Forum will be there!

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

China’s military said it 'drove away' a US warship that it said illegally entered Chinese waters near the disputed Paracel Islands https://t.co/CzOiyQv1Hy

[Olivier Guitta @OlivierGuitta]

#Indonesia-n security forces killed two suspected militants with ties to the #IslamicState group who were believed to be connected to the killing of Christian farmers on Sulawesi island.

[Navy Lookout @NavyLookout]

.@HMSQNLZ and the UK CSG have met up with 🇺🇸USS Ronald Reagan CSG and 🇺🇸Iwo Jima ARG in the Gulf of Aden.

#CSG21

Via @ellmart88

[Remembering Srebrenica @SrebrenicaUK]

On this day in 1995 , as Serb forces entered the UN safe area of Srebrenica, they proceeded to murder over 8,372 Bosniak-Muslims in the course of a few days.

Today we remember the innocent taken simply because of their ethnic and religious identity. We vow to never forget.