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US Aid To Pakistan To Fight Islamic State Will End Up Being...
December 9, 2015 @ 08:37 AMSale of military hardware and reported talk of civil nuclear deal with Pakistani military by US will only add fuel to the existing tensions between India and Pakistan. Former Pakistani diplomat to the US, Husain Haqqani said Tuesday that "The Obama administration's consideration of a nuclear deal with Pakistan, just like its decision a few months ago to sell almost USD 1 billion in US-made attack helicopters, missiles and other equipment to Pakistan will fuel conflict in South Asia without fulfilling the objective of helping the country fight Islamist extremists or limit its nuclear arsenal
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Islamic State Uses Weapons, Ammunition Seized From Iraqi Army: Amnesty International
December 8, 2015 @ 10:29 AMPoorly regulated arms flow and careless handling on the ground in Iraq for decades has led to Islamic State (IS) to get weapons, ammunition and equipment that were looted from the Iraqi army. In a report by Amnesty International that draws expert analysis of thousands of videos and images, ‘Taking Stock: The arming of the IS catalogues how IS fighters are using arms, mainly looted from Iraqi military stocks, which were manufactured and designed in more than two dozen countries, including Russia, China the USA and EU states
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UK RAF Dismantles Four Typhoons To Serve Others In Fleet
December 7, 2015 @ 03:22 PMThe UKs Royal Air Force has dismantled four Typhoon fighter jets so as to use their spare parts to ensure optimum aircraft availability. The spare parts will be moved between aircraft within the RAF typhoon fleet
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Iran’s Cyber Police Arrests 53 IS Sympathizers In Last 20 Months
December 7, 2015 @ 02:59 PMIrans cyber police unit, FATA claims to have arrested 53 people supporting Islamic State (IS) sympathizers on the internet over the past 20 months. “Some of those individuals who had backed the IS dogma out of negligence were released on their own recognizance whereas the rest have remained in custody,” Head of Iran's cyber police Brigadier General Kamal Hadianfar was quoted as saying by Iranian PressTV on Monday
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Iraq Wants Turkey To Withdraw Tanks, Artillery Immediately
December 5, 2015 @ 11:16 AMIraq has called on Turkey to withdraw forces that include tanks and artillery immediately. Turkey has deployed its troops in Iraqs north without Baghdads consent, Iraqi premiers office was quoted as saying AFP agency Saturday
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Turkey Grants France Airspace Access To Fight IS In Syria
December 4, 2015 @ 07:19 AMTurkey has granted access to its airspace to France to fight Islamic State (IS) militants. Turkey will allow the French jets to fly in its airspace on their way to attack IS militants, Turkish Hurriyet News daily reported Thursday
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No AgustaWestland Helicopter For Indonesian VVIPs, To Use 25 Year Old Super
December 4, 2015 @ 06:27 AMIndonesia President Joko Widodo has turned down an Air Force plan to buy new AW101 helicopters for VVIPs use and instead will continue to use 25 year old Super Puma choppers. The AgustaWestland AW 101 chopper was “too expensive,” considering current domestic economic conditions
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Only 29 Of 66 Germany’s Tornado Fighters Airworthy; Defense Ministry Report
December 3, 2015 @ 03:41 PMBarely two days before Germany goes to vote in favour of military action against the Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria, German defense ministry report said that only 29 of 66 Tornado fighter aircraft are airworthy. German media quoted German Armys Chief of Staff Gen Volker Wieker saying that the German flying systems are unworthy
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Islamic State Flight Simulator Operating in Libya
December 3, 2015 @ 10:44 AMIslamic State (IS) terrorists are believed to be undergoing flight training on simulators in Libya. The terrorists are training to fly planes using at least one flight simulator
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British Typhoon and Tornado Fighters To Join Fight Against ISIL In Syria
December 3, 2015 @ 09:43 AMBritish Typhoon and Tornado fighter jets armed with Brimstone missiles will be joining the fight against the Islamic State as the British House of Commons voted in favor of the fight. The British lawmakers on Wednesday voted 397-223 backing airstrikes against ISIL in Syria
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China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
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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