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      <news:title>Patriot and a US-built Iron Dome interceptor are in the running for Australia&apos;s army missile shield</news:title>
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      <news:title>Ten C-130Js would retire Taiwan&apos;s oldest Hercules as the US starts work on the request</news:title>
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      <news:title>US promises the Philippine military more security cooperation money but names no figure</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-28T23:38:31.910Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Taiwan&apos;s army parks all 29 of its Apache gunships while the US checks a suspect transmission</news:title>
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      <news:title>Kang Shin-chul works the Cebu sidelines to sell Korean arms to India, Malaysia and the Philippines</news:title>
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