Archive for January, 2012
Friday, January 20th, 2012
The Majlis Human Rights Committee plans to write a letter to the United Nations on behalf of the parliamentarians protesting the assassinations of Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan and other Iranian nuclear scientists by the Mossad, the Fars News Agency reported on Thursday.
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Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Int Defense News, Iran Armed Forces, Iran Def News, Iranian nuclear program, Iranian nuclear scientist, Iranian nuclear sites, Iranian nuclear weapon, Mossad intelligence service, UN Human Rights Committee
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is joining an international partnership that will give it guaranteed satellite communications for the next 20 years, Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman announced Jan. 18.
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Tags: Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, New Zealand Armed Forces, New Zealand Defence Ministry, US Armed Forces, US DoD, Wideband Global Satellite (WGS) program
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
The U.S. Department of State said it was seeking explanations from Moscow over a ship that probably headed from Russia with a cargo of weapons to Syria.
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Tags: Arab League, Bashar al-Assad, EU Sanctions on Syria, Free Syrian Army (FSA), French Foreign Ministry, Int Defense News, International Arms Deal, International Defense Treaty, Middle East News, Middle East Strategic Balance, Russia-Syria Relation, Russian Armed Forces, Russian Defense Ministry, Russian Navy, Syrian Air Force, Syrian Armed Forces, Syrian Army, Syrian Defense Ministry, Syrian Foreign Ministry, Syrian Navy, Syrian Unrest, Syria’s Transitional National Council, UN resolution on Syria, US State Department
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
The United States says its military forces in the Persian Gulf region are prepared to deal with any threat from Iran. Top Iranian officials have said they might close the Strait of Hormuz, a move that would disrupt world oil supplies.
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Tags: Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, Iran Armed Forces, Iran-Israel Capabilities of War, Iran-Israel Crisis, Iranian Foreign Ministry, Israel Defense Force, Strait of Hormuz, US Armed Forces, US DoD, US-Iran Crisis, US-Israel Attack on Iran, US-Israel Military Cooperation, Zionist regime’s nuclear weapons program, Zionist regime’s plots
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
The Russian Air Force took delivery of the first Antonov An-140-100 passenger/transport plane on Friday, Defense Ministry spokesman Col Vladimir Drik said.
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Tags: An-140-100 passenger/transport plane, Int Defense News, International Arms Deal, Russian Air Force, Russian Armed Forces, Russian Defense Industry, Russian Defense Ministry
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
By Gabriel Gatehouse.
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Tags: Article, 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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Friday, January 20th, 2012
The U.S. Air Force disputes the assessment by the Pentagon’s top tester that the test program for its prized KC-46 tanker program is not executable.
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Tags: Int Defense News, International Arms Deal, KC-46 tanker, KC-46A tanker program, KC-X requirements, KC-X tanker, US Air Force, US Armed Forces, US Department of Defense, US DoD
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
Aviastar SP, one of Russia’s largest aircraft-building enterprises, is to build 10 super-heavy Antonov An-124 and dozens of Ilyushin Il-476 cargo aircraft by 2020, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Friday at a meeting of the United Aircraft Corporation on military aviation.
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Tags: An-124 Ruslan (Condor) airlifter, An-124 transport plane, Aviastar aircraft, Il-476 cargo aircraft, Ilyushin, Int Defense News, International Arms Deal, International Defense Treaty, Russian Air Force, Russian Armed Forces, Russian Defense Industry, Russian Defense Ministry
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
A team headed by Lockheed Martin as prime contractor has won a US$980 million follow-on contract for continued work on Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
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Tags: Command Control Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC), Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, Lockheed Martin, U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense system, U.S. Missile Defense Agency, US Armed Forces, US DoD
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
The third of four CN-235 maritime patrol aircraft by PT Dirgantara Indonesia has been delivered to the South Korean coast guard.
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Tags: CN-235 Maritime Patrol aircraft, CN-235 transport plane, Indonesian Armed Forces, Indonesian Defense Industry, Indonesian Defense Ministry, Int Defense News, International Arms Deal, International Defense Treaty, South Korean Armed Forces, South Korean coast guard, South Korean defense ministry
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