Archive for October, 2011
Monday, October 31st, 2011
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress that Saudi Arabia is seeking to purchase more than 200 up-armored Humvees.
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Tags: Humvees, Int Defense News, International Arms Deal, International Defense Treaty, M1151 Enhanced Armament Carrier Humvee vehicle, Royal Saudi Army, Royal Saudi Land Forces, Royal Saudian Armed Forces, Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense, U.S. Government Foreign Military Sales, US Defense Security Cooperation Agency
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
Suspected Kenyan fighter jets have bombed the southern Somali town of Jilib, killing at least 10 people.
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Tags: Al-Shabab group, Int Defense News, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Kenyan Air Force, Kenyan Armed Forces, Somali government, Somalia-Kenya Relation, Somalian Armed Forces, Somalian Army, Somalian Civil War, Somalian Crisis, United Nations
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
Poland’s Defense Ministry has reportedly scrapped a major tender for pilot-training aircraft.
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Tags: Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer, Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, Korean T-50 Golden Eagle, L-159 trainer aircraft, M-346 jet trainer, Polish, Polish Air Force, Polish Armed Forces, Polish Defense Ministry, TS-11 Iskra trainer jet
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
Kurdistan Regional Government President Massoud Barzani has said that Iraq is ready for cooperation with Iran to increase the security of the two countries’ common border.
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Tags: Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, Iran Armed Forces, Iran Def News, Iran-Iraq Border, Iran-Iraq Relation, Iranian Defense Forces, Iranian Defense Ministry, Iraqi Armed Forces, Iraqi Defense Ministry
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
US Navy commissioned its eighth Virginia-class submarine, USS California (SSN 781), during a ceremony held at Naval Station Norfolk Oct. 29.
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Tags: Int Defense News, International Arms Deal, International Defense Treaty, US Armed Forces, US DoD, US Navy, USS California (SSN 781), Virginia class nuclear submarine
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
Libya’s acting Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril has announced that nuclear and chemical weapons have been found in the country and said foreign inspectors would arrive later in the week to investigate the issue, Al Arabiya TV network reported on Monday quoting a National Transitional Council official.
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Tags: Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, Libyan Air Force, Libyan Armed Forces, Libyan Army, Libyan Chemical Weapons, 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
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
Beijing on Monday denied a US commission’s claim that China may have been responsible for hacking incidents on US environment-monitoring satellites, saying that the committee had “ulterior motives” in writing such a draft report.
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Tags: Chinese Armed Forces, Chinese Cyber Attack, Chinese Cyber Force, Chinese cyber warfare, Chinese Defense Ministry, Chinese Defense Spendings, Int Defense News, US Armed Forces, US DoD, US Satellite, US-China Military Rivalry
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said on Monday that no agreements could be expected on the Russia-NATO missile shield project by the 2012 summit in Chicago.
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Tags: European missile program, European Missile Sheild, Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, NATO forces, Russia-NATO Council, Russia-NATO relations, Russia-NATO strategic partnership, Russia-NATO summit, Russian Armed Forces, Russian Defense Ministry, US Armed Forces, US DoD
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
Pakistani intelligence officials say US drone-fired missiles have killed four suspected militants close to the Afghan border.
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Tags: Al-Qaeda, CIA drone strikes in Pakistan, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan(HRCP), Int Defense News, NATO forces, North Waziristan, Pak-Afghan Border, Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan Armed Forces, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Defense News, Pakistan War on Terror News, Pakistani intelligence officials, Taliban, US Armed Forces, US drone strike in Pakistan
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
The United States is trying to secure the help of Pakistani intelligence service to organise reconciliation talks in Afghanistan aimed at ending the war there, The New York Times reported Monday.
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Tags: Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, CIA drone strikes in Pakistan, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan(HRCP), Int Defense News, Inter-Services Intelligence agency, ISAF, ISI, NATO forces, North Waziristan, Pak-Afghan Border, Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan Armed Forces, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Defense News, Pakistan War on Terror News, Pakistani intelligence officials, Taliban, US Armed Forces, US drone strike in Pakistan
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