Archive for September, 2011
Friday, September 30th, 2011
The U.S. Army intends to pay no more than $180,000 to upgrade each Humvee in its recapitalization program, according to the complete version of the draft request for proposals, released Sept. 29.
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Tags: Humvee, Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, US Armed Forces, US Army, US DoD, US Marine Corps
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has withdrawn its two Sea King ASaC.7 airborne early warning (AEW) and surveillance helicopters from the Libyan theatre of operations as part of a wider drawdown of its operations in the region.
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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, Operation Unified Protector, Royal Armed Forces, UK Ministry of Defence
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
Russia carried out on Thursday a successful test of a new sea-based intercontinental ballistic missile, the Defense Ministry said.
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Tags: Barents Sea, Delta IV class strategic submarine, Int Defense News, Kura test range, Pacific Ocean, R-29RM Sineva missiles, Russian Armed Forces, Russian Defense Ministry, Russian Navy, Russian Submarines, Sineva Missiles, Sineva SLBM, Tula strategic submarine
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
The Palestinians are likely to receive observer status at the UN rather than full membership, Russia’s UN envoy Vitaly Churkin said.
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Tags: Int Defense News, International Conference on Palestine, International Defense Treaty, Israel-Palestine Crisis, Israel-Palestine Peace Talks, Palestinian National Authority, Palestinian state, Palestinian territories, UN Palestinian Statehood Recognition
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
India’s nuclear-capable, surface-to-surface Agni-II ballistic missile, with a strike range of 2000 kms, was on Friday test-fired as part of user trial by the army from the Wheeler Island off Orissa coast.
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Tags: Agni-II nuclear-capable missile, Indian Armed Forces, Indian Defence Ministry, Indian Missiles, Indian nuclear capable missile, Int Defense News
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
A US drone Friday killed at least three suspected militants when it fired missiles on a vehicle in South Waziristan area bordering Afghanistan, security officials said.
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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, South Waziristan, Taliban, US drone strike in Pakistan
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
Nato’s chief piled pressure on Pakistan on Friday to step up the fight against “terrorists” allegedly enjoying safe havens in the border region with Afghanistan.
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Tags: Afghanistan, Al-Qaeeda, Haqqani fighters, Int Defense News, Inter-Services Intelligence, International Defense Treaty, International Security Assistance Force, ISAF, ISI, NATO forces, Pakistan Armed Forces, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Corps Commander, Pakistan Defense News, Pakistan War on Terror News, Pentagon officials, US Armed Forces, US War in Afghanistan, US War on Terror
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
Pakistan’s intelligence chief on Thursday denied US accusations that the country supports the Haqqani network, an Afghan militant group blamed for an attack on the American embassy in Kabul.
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Tags: Afghanistan, Al-Qaeeda, Haqqani fighters, Int Defense News, Inter-Services Intelligence, International Defense Treaty, International Security Assistance Force, ISAF, ISI, NATO forces, Pakistan Armed Forces, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Corps Commander, Pakistan Defense News, Pakistan War on Terror News, Pentagon officials, US Armed Forces, US War in Afghanistan, US War on Terror
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday renewed calls on Pakistan to eliminate safe havens that militants use to launch attacks into Afghanistan, while calling for better US-Pakistani ties.
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Tags: Afghanistan, Al-Qaeeda, Haqqani fighters, Int Defense News, Inter-Services Intelligence, International Defense Treaty, International Security Assistance Force, ISAF, ISI, NATO forces, Pakistan Armed Forces, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Corps Commander, Pakistan Defense News, Pakistan War on Terror News, Pentagon officials, US Armed Forces, US War in Afghanistan, US War on Terror
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Thursday, September 29th, 2011
By Daisy Sindelar.
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Tags: Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Article, CIA drone strikes in Pakistan, Int Defense News, ISAF, NATO forces, Nato supply trucks, NATO supply vehicles, Pak-Afghan Border, Pakistan Armed Forces, Pakistan Army, Pakistan War on Terror News, Taliban, US drone strike in Pakistan, US-Pakistan Relation, US-Pakistan ties, US-Uzbek Relation
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