Archive for August, 2010
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Tags: Article, British Defense Ministry, F-35c short takeoff version, F/A-18s, Harrier, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF carrier version, Lockheed Martin, MV-22 Ospreys, NATO, Queen Elizabeth class carriers, Royal Navy, STOVL aircraft, V-22s
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
While President Barack Obama travels today to Fort Bliss, Texas, and later gives an Oval Office address marking the end of combat operations in Iraq, Vice President Joe Biden is in Iraq meeting with U.S. and Iraqi leaders about the new U.S. mission there.
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Tags: Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, Operation New Dawn, U.S. Iraq mission, US Armed Forces, US Cut 50000 Troops, US Withdrawl From Iraq, US-Iraq Relation
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
At the Kabul Military Training Centre (KMTC), the first stop for recruits to the Afghan National Army (ANA), British forces are mentoring the Afghan instructors who are now doing the teaching.
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Tags: 1st Battalion Irish Guards, Afghan National Army, Afghanistan, ANA, Article, British forces, ISAF, Kabul Military Training Centre, KMTC, OCS, Officer Candidate School
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
India’s state-owned Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), which is preparing to build the Navy’s new mine countermeasure vessel (MCMV), has asked the Goa state government for additional land so that GSL can complete a $170 million modernization project.
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Tags: Goa Shipyard Limited, GSL, ICGS Vishwast, Indian Armed Forces, Indian Coast Guard, Indian Defence Industry, Indian Navy, Int Defense News, MCMV, mine countermeasure vessel
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Historic rivals and modern day allies France and Britain are in talks on pooling their naval strength, officials said Aug. 31, after reports they might share a fleet of aircraft carriers.
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Tags: Britain's Ministry of Defence, Charles de Gaulle nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, fleet of aircraft carriers, France and Britain talks, France's Defence Ministry, Franco-British summit, French Navy, HMS Ark Royal, HMS Illustrious, Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, NATO, Royal Navy
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
More than 1,000 Russian troops will take part in a series of anti-terror drills in Kazakhstan on September 9-25, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Tags: anti-terror drills, anti-terrorism drills, China-Russia Relation, Chinese Armed Forces, Int Defense News, International Drills, Russian Armed Forces, Russian Defense Ministry, SCO, SCO armed forces, Shanghai Cooperation Organization
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
As the American drawdown begins, Iraqis count the cost, writes Paul McGeough in Baghdad.
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Tags: Article, Iraq security force, KARADA, Saddam Hussein, US combat troops from Iraq, US War in Iraq, US Withdrawl From Iraq, US-led invasion
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