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Taiwan holds large-scale civil defense drills amid rising tensions with China

Anadolu Agency 27 Mar 2025
Taiwan conducted extensive civil defense drills Thursday in its southwestern coastal city of Tainan to bolster readiness against large-scale disasters and potential attacks on critical infrastructure, amid rising tensions with China.
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Hunting submarines could get a lot harder as sea temperatures rise

Business Insider 27 Mar 2025
Submarines are strategically important for a range of missions, from coastal defense to conventional and nuclear strike options ... This could matter more in open ocean versus coastal waters and other shallow areas, where hiding could be easier.
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Russia adds conditions in exchange for minimal progress in Ukraine peace talks

Baltimore Sun 26 Mar 2025
... more than should be given up,” said Mark Chandler, former director of Defense Intelligence Agency’s Middle East and Africa Center and professor of practice at Coastal Carolina University.
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Moorpark High taps interim head coach Myles Guy to lead girls basketball program

VC Star 25 Mar 2025
Guy said defense will be at the forefront of his coaching philosophy as the Musketeers look to compete with Coastal Canyon League heavyweights Oak Park and Camarillo. “I want to hang our hat on the defensive end,” Guy said.
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Digging up a gateway to history

China Daily 24 Mar 2025
... coastal defense system during the Ming Dynasty, Nanhai Wei performed the dual function of military command center and coastal defense outpost in Guangdong's mid-route coastal defense system.".
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Sharaa and the Americans: Back to Square One

The Syrian Observer 23 Mar 2025
The Defense Department endorsed the agreement signed between Sharaa and Mazloum Abdi at the height of coastal violence, viewing it as a stabilizing measure ... The coastal incidents significantly tipped U.S.
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Iran’s Master Stroke: New Island Missile Deployment Could Blockade US Forces in the Gulf

Sputnik 23 Mar 2025
The IRGC has stationed new air and coastal defense missile systems on Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa -three highly strategic islands west of the Strait of Hormuz global energy trade chokepoint ... ....
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Trump and unlikely Democrat join forces to lay siege on California environmental agency | Daily ...

The Daily Mail 22 Mar 2025
President Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom have formed the unlikeliest of alliances in vowing to dismantle the California Coastal Commission ... Its protections were established by the Coastal Act.
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Taiwan claims to have detected 47 Chinese aircraft, 7 naval vessels near its shores

Anadolu Agency 22 Mar 2025
local time (2200GMT), said the ministry, adding that they have monitored and “employed aircraft, navy ships and coastal missile systems in response to detected activities.”.
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Israel says airstrike targeting rocket launcher in N. Gaza

People Daily 22 Mar 2025
According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the launcher had ... The two rockets, which targeted the coastal city of Ashkelon, were intercepted by Israeli air defenses, causing no casualties or damage.
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Japan's plan to deploy missiles raises concern

ECNS 21 Mar 2025
... Washington-based think tank International Institute for Strategic Studies, wrote that the upgraded Type-12 system could significantly enhance Japan's coastal defense and maritime attack capabilities.
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Maritime goldmine: Unlocking the 24-hour economy to transform ports, trade, and security in West Africa ...

B & FT Online 21 Mar 2025
To counter these risks, Ghana must strengthen its naval defenses, invest in coastal surveillance technology, and enhance regional security collaborations with Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, and the Gulf of Guinea Commission.
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Israel threatens with annexation after ground invasion in north, south Gaza

Al Jazeera 21 Mar 2025
The Israeli military assault on the Gaza Strip has continued for a fourth day as its ground forces invaded northern and southern Gaza and the Israeli defence minister threatened to seize land in the coastal enclave.
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Israel restarts ground offensive

China Daily 21 Mar 2025
A day after launching a new ground campaign in central Gaza, the Israeli military said on Thursday it had begun conducting ground operations in the north of the enclave, along the coastal route in the area of Beit Lahia.
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HIMARS to be delivered early, but F-16s delayed

Taipei Times 20 Mar 2025
... National Defense said yesterday ... Programs on schedule include the shore-mounted Harpoon Coastal Defense System, the purchases of M1A2T Abrams Main Battle Tanks (MBT) and 74 tankers, the ministry said.
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