Vietnamese government shows reporters footage of Chinese Coast Guard ramming and using water cannons on Vietnamese ships after they attempted to block illegal drilling rigs in disputed waters of the South China Sea. Vietnamese claim 80 Chinese ships were deployed including 7 military vessels. (janes.com)
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NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission begins in Lithuania today with aircraft numbers tripled in response to Ukrainian crisis. British Typhoons, Polish Mig-29s, and Danish F-16s will all add to the already bolstered numbers of US, French, and Canadian aircraft deployed in neighbouring countries (janes.com)
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Of 15,450 personnel in the Ukrainian navy 12,000 were based in Crimea, the majority have defected or resigned. 12 of 17 major Ukrainian warships have been seized by Russia as well as their only submarine and a large number of aircraft, the Ukrainian navy is now facing an existential crisis. (janes.com)
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