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Chinese bombers and spy planes have flown around Taiwan, the air force said Thursday as Taipei accused Beijing of trying to stoke regional tensions with its military drills. China sees the democratically-governed island as a renegade part of its territory to be brought back into the fold and has not ruled out reunification by force. H-6K bombers, Su-30 and J-11 fighters and reconnaissance aircraft took part in a patrol around Taiwan, air force spokesman Shen Jinke told the official Xinhua news agency. Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman Ma Xiaoguang said the exercise served as a warning against those pushing for Taiwanese independence. Taiwan's defence ministry said Thursday multiple Chinese aircraft including bombers and reconnaissance planes were spotted on Wednesday afternoon flying over Miyako Strait -- near Japan's southern Okinawa island -- into the western Pacific before returning to their base via Bashi Channel off southern Taiwan. "China has

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Horbia Mira signs Turkish UGV agreement

UK engineering group Horiba Mira has entered into a teaming agreement with a consortium of Turkish companies that will work to develop a new version of the company’s Viking unmanned ground vehicle (UGV). Horbia Mira signed the agreement with a consortium comprising Katmerciler, Savronik, and Delta, working together to develop the UGV to meet Turkish requirements. The agreement was signed at the 2018 Turkish British Tatlıdil Forum held in the United Kingdom from 11-13 May, Horiba Mira announced on 21 May, with the forum serving as a way by which political, economic and cultural ties between the two nations can be improved since it was first established in 2011.