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US-Controlled ATACMS Missiles Deployed In South China Sea, 10km Off China's Mainland Authored by Drago Bosni Mere days after the US-backed government in Taipei launched the so-called Joint Firepower Coordination Center (JFCC), defined as “an enhanced firepower coordination effort in close cooperation with the United States”, multirole sources have confirmed that the Chinese breakaway island province of Taiwan is deploying the overhyped and exorbitantly overpriced M142 HIMARS MLRS (multiple launch rocket system) to the islands of Penghu and Dongyin. The US-made system is also equipped with ATACMS missiles, extending its reach to 300 km. Taipei insists that this...

Iran Will Be "Finding Out" Over Next 10 Days, Trump Says, But Asserts "Good Talks" Update(1021ET): As has become typical, President Trump is all over the place - his intentions ever more difficult to interpret - at a moment the media has highlighted Iraq war levels of military build-up in the Middle East with an eye on potential attack on Iran. On Thursday he oversaw the inaugural meeting in Washington DC of the Board of Peace related to Gaza. In televised remarks he surprisingly called tense negotiations with Iran "good talks". But then he...

Indonesia is preparing 1,000 troops to deploy to Gaza as part of a potential peacekeeping force by April, a spokesman for the country’s military told Reuters. Indonesia has said it could potentially deploy a total of 8,000 troops to the besieged Palestinian territory, and the spokesman said the full force will be ready by June. […]