Archive for November, 2011
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
By Lawrence S. Wittner.
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Tags: Article, Chinese Armed Forces, Chinese Defense Ministry, Chinese Defense Spendings, Chinese Nuclear Bomb, Chinese nuclear command, Chinese Nuclear Missiles, Chinese Nuclear Program, Chinese Nuclear Weapons, US Armed Forces, US DoD, US Nuclear Bomb, US Nuclear Missiles, US nuclear weapons
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Afghan President Hamid Karzai telephoned Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday to urge him to reconsider a boycott of the Bonn conference over a deadly Nato strike, officials in both countries said.
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Tags: Afghan President, Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, ISAF, NATO forces, NATO helicopter attack, NATO oil tankers, NATO supply vehicles, Pak-Afghan Border, Pakistan Armed Forces, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Defense News, Pakistan War on Terror News, Pakistani intelligence officials, Shamsi Air Base, US Armed Forces, US DoD, US drone strike in Pakistan, US War in Afghanistan, US War on Terror, US-led NATO troops, US-Pakistan military relations, US-Pakistan Relation, US-Pakistan strategic dialogue
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Russia has said Syria should not be issued with any more ultimatums, a day after the West called for more action against President Bashar al-Assad.
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Tags: EU Sanctions on Syria, Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, Russia-Syria Relation, Russian Armed Forces, Russian Navy, 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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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
A left-led French Senate has adopted a budgetary amendment calling for procurement of the General Atomics Reaper UAV while safeguarding funds for development of a new-generation combat drone planned as a common project with Britain, the upper house said in a statement.
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Tags: Dassault Aviation, French Air Force, French Armed Forces, French Defense Ministry, General Atomics, Heron TP Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAV, Heron UAVs, Int Defense News, International Arms Deal, International Defense Treaty, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), MQ-9 Reaper, Reaper drones
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
India plans to train 20,000-30,000 Afghan National Army (ANA) personnel, including about 500 officers, at facilities around the country over the next three years.
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Tags: Afghan Armed Forces, Afghan Defense Ministry, Afghan National Army, Afghan security forces, Afghanistan, India-Afghanistan Relation, Indian Armed Forces, Indian Foreign Ministry, Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA)
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
US-Pakistani relations are at one of their worst points in memory after the NATO strike that killed 24 Pakistani troops, but can recover, Washington’s top military officer said on Monday.
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Tags: ISAF, NATO forces, NATO helicopter attack, NATO oil tankers, NATO supply vehicles, Pak-Afghan Border, Pakistan Armed Forces, Pakistan Defense News, Pakistan War on Terror News, Pakistani intelligence officials, Shamsi Air Base, US Armed Forces, US drone strike in Pakistan, US War on Terror, US-led NATO troops, US-Pakistan military relations, US-Pakistan Relation, US-Pakistan strategic dialogue
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Unpiloted aircraft are being used to monitor China’s northeastern coasts, said a Liaoning provincial official on Tuesday.
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Tags: Chinese Armed Forces, Chinese Defense Ministry, Chinese Defense Spendings, Chinese Navy, Chinese UAV, Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Kazakhstan has received the first of six Eurocopter EC145s ordered by the Kazakh Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Emergencies.
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Tags: EC145 helicopter, Eurocopter, Int Defense News, International Arms Deal, Kazakh Air Force, Kazakh Armed Forces, Kazakh Defense Ministry, Kazakhstan Armed Forces
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
he UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed the sale of its fleet of BAE Systems Harrier GR.9 ground attack aircraft to the US Marine Corps (USMC) on 24 November.
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Tags: F-18D Hornet strike fighter, Harrier jets, Harrier strike aircraft, Int Defense News, International Arms Deal, International Defense Treaty, Royal Armed Forces, Royal Navy, US Armed Forces, US DoD, US Marine Corps, US Navy
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
A new radar station capable of monitoring missile launches from the North Atlantic, as well as the future European missile defense system, was put into operation in Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad on Tuesday.
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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, Russian Missiles, Russian President, US Armed Forces, US DoD
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