Archive for June, 2011
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
European human activists campaigning to end Israel’s blockade of Gaza have accused Israeli special services of trying to disable an Irish aid ship of its Freedom Flotilla II, SAFA news reported on Thursday.
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Tags: Freedom Flotilla, Int Defense News, Israel Blockade of Gaza, Israel Defense Force, Israel Navy, Middle East News, United Nations human rights expert
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Thursday, June 30th, 2011
The Indian Air Force eastern command has been asked to brace for a major modernisation drive that includes upgradation of airfields, network-centric operations and air defences along the border with China.
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Tags: China-India Border Dispute, China-India Military Rivalry, China-India Relation, Chinese Armed Forces, Chinese Defense Industry, Chinese Defense Ministry, Chinese Defense Spendings, Indian Air Force, Indian Armed Forces, Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, Line of Actual Control (LAC), Su-30 MKI
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Thursday, June 30th, 2011
BAE Systems UK has been awarded a six-year, $73.6 million contract to support the Sampson multi-function radars on board six Royal Navy Type 45 destroyers.
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Tags: BAE Systems, Int Defense News, International Arms Deal, MBDA, Queen Elizabeth class carriers, Royal Armed Forces, Royal Navy, Seawolf guided missile system, Type 45 destroyer
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Thursday, June 30th, 2011
U.S. Air Force and Navy aircraft are still flying hundreds of strike missions over Libya despite the Obama administration’s claim that American forces are playing only a limited support role in the NATO operation.
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Tags: Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, Libyan Air Force, Libyan Armed Forces, Libyan Army, Libyan No Flying Zone, Libyan Rebels, Libyan Unrest, Muammar Gaddafi, National Libyan Council (NLC), NATO Attack on Libya, NATO forces, NATO ground invasion in Libya, Operation Odyssey Dawn, US Air Force, US Armed Forces, US Navy
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Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Tags: Article, Indian Armed Forces, Indian Foreign Ministry, International Defense Treaty, Pakistan Armed Forces, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Foreign Ministry, Pakistan-India Peace Talks, Pakistan-India Relations
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Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Pakistani troops backed by jets and helicopter gunships have killed 40 militants in a restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan in the past three days, a military commander said Thursday.
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Tags: Al-Qaeda, CIA drone strikes in Pakistan, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan(HRCP), Int Defense News, Khyber tribal region, Mohmand tribal region, NATO forces, North Waziristan, Orakzai agency, Pak-Afghan Border, Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan Armed Forces, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Defense News, Pakistan War on Terror News, Pakistani intelligence officials, Taliban, US drone strike in Pakistan
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Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Pakistan on Wednesday rejected assertions by US military commanders that its army lacked capacity and commitment in tackling militants.
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Tags: Al-Qaeda, CIA drone strikes in Pakistan, Int Defense News, NATO forces, Pak-Afghan Border, Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan Armed Forces, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Defense News, Pakistan War on Terror News, Pakistani intelligence officials, Taliban, US drone strike in Pakistan, US-Pakistan Relation, US-Pakistan strategic dialogue, US-Pakistan ties
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Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Russia’s United Shipbuiding Corporation and state arms exporter Rosoboronexport have signed a deal with Algeria to build two new Tiger class corvettes, the corporation said on Thursday.
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Tags: Algerian Armed Forces, Algerian Defense Ministry, Algerian Navy, IMDS-2011, Int Defense News, International Arms Deal, Rosoboronexport, Steregushchy class (Project 20380) corvette, Tiger class corvettes, United Shipbuiding Corporation
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Thursday, June 30th, 2011
The Nato force in Afghanistan said Thursday that a senior commander in the Al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani network wanted over an attack this week on a leading Kabul hotel had been killed in an air strike.
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Tags: Afghanistan, Al-Qaeeda, Haqqani fighters, Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, International Security Assistance Force, ISAF, NATO forces, US Armed Forces, US War in Afghanistan, US War on Terror
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Thursday, June 30th, 2011
The French military are presenting their decision to parachute in weaponry to the Libyan rebels in the western Nafusa mountains as a response to a specific local situation.
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Tags: African Union, French Armed Forces, French Foreign Ministry, Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, Libyan Air Force, Libyan Armed Forces, Libyan Army, Libyan No Flying Zone, Libyan Rebels, Libyan Unrest, Muammar Gaddafi, National Libyan Council (NLC), NATO Attack on Libya, NATO forces, NATO ground invasion in Libya, Operation Odyssey Dawn
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