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CDS on Progress in Iraq and Afghanistan
December 4, 2008 @ 12:00 AMChief of the Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup focused this year's speech to the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) about British defence issues on the progress that troops have made in Iraq as well as the ongoing situation in Afghanistan.>> During the speech, which he gave on Monday 1 December 2008, Sir Jock also acknowledged that 2009 will be a challenging year for the British Armed Forces and stated that the priority would be to carry on being committed to defeating terrorism
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QinetiQ North America Announces New Orders for TALON Robots and Spares Totaling...
December 2, 2008 @ 12:00 AMMCLEAN, Va. --- QinetiQ North America, a global developer of innovative technology solutions for national defense, today announced that the Foster-Miller subsidiary of its Technology Solutions Group has been awarded a total of $58
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Netherlands Buying C-17 Transport Planes in NATO Partnership
December 1, 2008 @ 12:00 AMTHE HAGUE --- Defence State Secretary Jack de Vries wants to spend 70 million euros on the purchase of three C-17 transport aircraft. The money is available due to a surplus of vacancies at the armed forces
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Combat Vehicle 90 for Afghanistan
December 1, 2008 @ 12:00 AMSwedish troops have on two occasions been subjected to rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attacks in Afghanistan. This is made clear in Army Inspector Berndt Grundeviks analysis of the events of 7 and 8 November, when Swedish soldiers found themselves under fire in northern Afghanistan
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Minister For Defence Completes Successful Visit
December 1, 2008 @ 12:00 AMThe Minister for Defence, the Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP has returned from a highly productive visit to Canada, Spain, Portugal and the UK, where he met with a range of ministerial counterparts and senior officials to advance issues relating to Australias global and regional defence interests
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Hutton Calls for NATO to be Alliance of First Choice In Defence...
November 28, 2008 @ 12:00 AMIn a speech given at the Berlin Security Conference today, Thursday 27 November 2008, British Defence Secretary John Hutton has said that NATO must confront the security issues of our time and succeed in Afghanistan to maintain its crucial credibility.>> Mr Hutton named the security threats facing the modern world as proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and economic and energy insecurity, and stated all members must adapt to meet these modern threats which threaten nation states' security or NATO would risk irrelevance
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Spanish Troops In Afghanistan Already Have 28 New Armored Vehicles
November 28, 2008 @ 12:00 AMDeployed Spanish troops in Afghanistan, part of the NATOs ISAF mission, can already count on 28 new Lince armored vehicles in-country, after the arrival yesterday of other 11 units delivered to the PRT of Qala-i-Naw. These vehicles are additional to the 17 that they had been shipped by the Ministry of Defense in October
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Financial Costs of Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
November 28, 2008 @ 12:00 AMVarious newspapers have reported that the MOD has requested 3.7 billion from the Treasury to cover the costs of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
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Financial Costs of Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
November 27, 2008 @ 12:00 AMVarious newspapers have reported that the MOD has requested 3.7 billion from the Treasury to cover the costs of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
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Canada Increases Helicopter Capabilities in Afghanistan
November 27, 2008 @ 12:00 AMOTTAWA, Ontario --- The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, today announced that eight CH-146 Griffon helicopters will be deployed to Afghanistan in early 2009 as part of the Joint Task Force Afghanistan (JTFA) Air Wing. The helicopters, with crews from 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron based in Edmonton, Alberta, will act as escort aircraft for the recently acquired CH-147 D Chinook helicopters
U.A.E. Summons Israeli Envoy over Strike on Qatar
Berlin Cuts German MoD's Request for Military Aid to Ukraine by 10...
Denmark Selects SAMP/T NG Air Defense System
Bangladesh Navy Signs Do228 Fleet Maintenance Deal with General Atomics AeroTec Systems
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...