President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that Russia would only buy small amounts of foreign-made weapons.
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Russia will not stock up on foreign-made arms
Monday, November 21st, 2011Iranian lookouts equipped with advanced shoulder-fired launchers
Monday, November 21st, 2011Iranian air defense units’ lookouts have been equipped with advanced shoulder-fired rocket launchers, enabling them to shoot down hostile aircraft, the Fars News Agency reported on Sunday.
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Boeing delivers satellite to US Air Force
Monday, November 21st, 2011The fourth Wide-band Global SATCOM satellite for U.S. military and government communications has been delivered to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
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Libya Vows to Try Gadhafi Son, Ex-Intelligence Chief at Home
Monday, November 21st, 2011Libya’s new leaders said Sunday they will try Moammar Gadhafi’s son, Seif al-Islam, in Libya and will not hand him over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, where he is charged with crimes against humanity.
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China Forges Ahead in Space Despite Yinghuo-1 Setback
Monday, November 21st, 2011The likely demise of Russia’s Phobos-Grunt mission has dashed China’s hopes for its first Mars orbiter, Yinghuo-1, which was piggybacking on the larger craft (see `Russia gets the red planet blues’).
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Russia’s 2008 war with Georgia prevented NATO growth
Monday, November 21st, 2011By going to war with Georgia in 2008, Russia halted NATO’s expansion eastward, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday.
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Iran ready to increase cooperation if IAEA readjusts attitude
Monday, November 21st, 2011Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has said that Iran is ready to increase cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency if it readjusts its attitude toward Tehran.
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Russia sends warships to Syrian waters
Monday, November 21st, 2011Russia is sending its warships to Syrian waters in a move aimed at preventing any foreign attacks against Syrian territories.
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Active Protection Capability Demonstrated in an Open Demo
Monday, November 21st, 2011A new active protection system developed by Rheinmetall and ADS GmbH was successfully demonstrated in live firing test earlier in the summer of 2011, validating the design parameters of the proprietary blast-based defeat mechanism in development by IBD Diesenroth for years. Since the test ADS has booked a first serial order for the system.
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Sweden to Receive 15 Black Hawk by Fall 2012 to Support its Afghan Deployment in 2013
Monday, November 21st, 2011Sweden has requested accelerated delivery of 15 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to meet the scheduled deployment of Swedish military in Afghanistan in April 2013.
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