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US builds military Base In Iraq For Anti-Daesh Offensive

August 10, 2017 @ 12:40 PM

The US has built a military base near Iraqs northwestern Tal Afar city for operations to recapture the city from the Daesh terrorist group. “The establishment of the base came upon talks held between US and Iraqi forces Friday in Mosuls Zammar district,” Lt
IAF Su-30MKI Aircraft To Get New Reconnaissance Pods

August 10, 2017 @ 12:02 PM

Indian Air Force Sukhoi fighter jets will be equipped with new reconnaissance pods under INR 3,000 crore proposal recently cleared, amid rising tensions with China and Pakistan. The aircraft with new reconnaissance pods will help detect hardened terrorists in remote locations such as mountains and bunkers, India Today reports Thursday
BMC To Supply 529 Tactical Vehicles To Turkey's Armed Forces

August 10, 2017 @ 11:53 AM

Turkey has signed a contract with BMC Otomotiv Wednesday for the purchase of 529 tactical wheeled vehicles (TWV). Turkey has decided to work with BMC Otomotiv as a main contractor in the procurement of the items which are to meet the needs of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), The Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) said in a statement this week
Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet, F-7Ni Fighter Jets Bomb Boko Haram Positions...

August 10, 2017 @ 11:39 AM

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), using Alpha jet as well as F-7Ni fighter jets, has bombed logistics bases used by Boko Haram militants in their Sambisa forest hideouts, in the northeast part of the country. The force component of operation "LAFIA DOLE" conducted intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission over Parisu in the Sambisa general area when it came across the gathering of Boko Haram fighters, NAF Spokesperson Olatokunbo Adesanya said
Chinese Y-8 Military surveillance plane Found Flying Near Taiwan

August 10, 2017 @ 11:03 AM

A Chinese military Y-8 surveillance aircraft was spotted while flying over international waters east of Taiwan Wednesday. The flight path of the Y-8 aircraft as over the Western Pacific Ocean, through the Miyako Strait between Japan's Miyako and Okinawa islands, and into the East China Sea east of Taiwan, the Japan ministry of defense said
Qatar Becomes World's Third Biggest Military Spender: UK Report

August 10, 2017 @ 11:00 AM

The tiny Kingdom of Qatar has moved up three places on the list of the World's biggest military spenders in two years and now ranks behind Saudi Arabia and India. Qatar, which entered the Top Ten for the first time in 2015 (ranked sixth), is now ranked third, with significant imports from the USA, Germany, Switzerland and France, according to data released by UK Defense and Security Export Statistics for 2016 released last month
Bangladesh Army To Procure 680 Modified Ukrainian Multipurpose Armored Vehicles

August 10, 2017 @ 10:17 AM

Bangladesh Army is looking to buy as many as 680 Light Armoured Vehicles (LAV) in view of standardizing the Ukraine-made armoured vehicles. Bangladesh Military Forces website
US Army Sends 50 Bradley Armored Vehicles To Lebanese Army

August 10, 2017 @ 10:13 AM

The US Army has sent 50 Bradley armored vehicles to Lebanon army. The army is preparing a separate battle against terrorist groups, Baalbek and Al-Qeeda
Python, Derby BVR Missiles in $96M Thai F-5 Fighter Jet Upgrade

August 10, 2017 @ 09:59 AM

The Thai Royal Air Force will receive Israeli Python-4 and I Derby beyond visual-range air-to-air weapons, new radar systems as part of upgrade package for four F-5E Tiger fighter jets. “The aircraft will also receive electronic warfare capabilities and "network-centric capabilities for disaster preparedness," the Air Force was quoted as saying in an August 2 announcement by
UK-based Sub-contractor Accused of Fund-misuse In Afghanistan Training Contract

August 10, 2017 @ 09:45 AM

A US Senator has accused a UK-based sub-contractor of misusing funds meant for training intelligence officers in Afghanistan by spending on luxury vehicles and six-figure salaries to employees' 'significant others.' Senator Claire McCaskill on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee blew the whistle on a federal contract following an audit that left taxpayers on the hook for over $50 million in questionable costs, including seven luxury vehicles and $400,000 average salaries for 'significant others' of corporate officers to serve as “executive assistants

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