Archive for October, 2011
Monday, October 24th, 2011
European consortium MBDA has offered their 300 km-range Taurus stand-off missile system to the Indian Air Force (IAF) for its fighter jets such as the Su-30MKI.
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Tags: DRDO, Indian Air Force, Indian Armed Forces, Indian Ministry of Defence, Int Defense News, International Arms Deal, International Defense Treaty, MBDA, Meteor active radar-guided Beyond Visual Range missile, Meteor missile, MICA heat-seeking infrared missiles, Su-30MK fighter planes, Su-30MKI, Taurus missile
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Monday, October 24th, 2011
U.S. Senator John McCain proposed a military intervention to protect civilians in Syria now that NATO’s operations in Libya are almost completed.
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Tags: EU Sanctions on Syria, Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, Iran-Syria Relation, Iranian President, Syrian Air Force, Syrian Armed Forces, Syrian Army, Syrian Defense Ministry, Syrian Foreign Ministry, Syrian Navy, Syrian Unrest, UN resolution on Syria
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Monday, October 24th, 2011
Nato says an estimated 200 insurgents were killed or captured in two military operations that just ended in eastern Afghanistan.
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Tags: Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Haqqani fighters, Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, ISAF, NATO forces, Taliban, US Armed Forces, US DoD, US War in Afghanistan, US War on Terror
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Monday, October 24th, 2011
Suspected of illegal arms export to Libya, German arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch of of Baden-Württemberg Oberndorf has been called for questioning by the prosecutor office in Stuttgart, Germany.
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Tags: German Armed Forces, German Defense Industry, H&K G36KV short-barrel assault rifle, 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
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Monday, October 24th, 2011
Lauding Pakistan’s crackdown on al Qaeda, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday said that Washington and Islamabad would work together for peace and security in Afghanistan as she also recognized the need to stem militants’ use of safe havens on the Afghan side for attacks against Pakistan.
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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 24th, 2011
The United States and Pakistan have 90-95 per cent agreement on a work plan to combat terrorists, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday while reflecting on her two-day visit to Islamabad.
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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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Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
Tags: Afghan National Army, Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), Afghan security forces, Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Article, Chinese Armed Forces, Haqqani fighters, International Defense Treaty, ISAF, NATO forces, Russian Armed Forces, Taliban, US Armed Forces, US Defense Secretary, US War in Afghanistan, US War on Terror, US Withdrawl From Afghanistan
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Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
China has ramped up its research in drone technology and is in the process of building armed, jet-propelled unmanned planes, which it plans to sell to countries like Pakistan.
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Tags: Chengdu Aircraft Corporation, Chinese Armed Forces, Chinese army, Chinese Defense Industry, Chinese Defense Ministry, Chinese Defense Spendings, Chinese Drones, Chinese helicopters, Chinese Technology, Chinese UAV, Defense Technology, Int Defense News, Technology News, V750 pilotless helicopter, Xianglong UAV, Zhuhai Air Show
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Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
At least 12 people have been killed in clashes between government troops and a renegade army unit in the Yemeni capital Sanaa.
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Tags: Int Defense News, UN resolution on Yemen, United Nations Security Council, Yemen Armed Forces, Yemen government, Yemen Unrest, Yemeni air force, Yemeni security forces
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Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
The United States is trying to increase the flow of non-lethal supplies to U.S. troops in Afghanistan via Uzbekistan as it may not always be able to count on the Pakistan route, a U.S. official said Oct. 22.
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Tags: Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, 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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