Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Arma Global Corp. will develop and deploy an advanced intelligence management, mission planning and control system for the US Special Operations Command.
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Tags: AN/PRC-148, AN/PRC-148 GEM, Arma Global Corp., Defense Technology, Field Computing Devices (FCD), Int Defense News, International Arms Deal, Mission Planning Kits (MPK), SOCOM Information Technology Enterprise Contract (SITEC), Tactical Local Area Network (TACLAN) system, Technology News, U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), US Armed Forces
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
High power jamming systems have long been used to protect VIP convoys from remotely controlled explosive charges.
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Tags: Cassidian, Cassidian Smart Jammer, Defense Technology, EADS, High power jamming systems, improvised explosive devices (IED), Int Defense News, Technology News
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
The Raven small Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS) has become a popular intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance asset supporting low echelon formations (battalion and below).
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Tags: AeroVironment, Defense Technology, Int Defense News, Mantis i23, Micro UAS, Raven small Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS), Raven unmanned aircraft system, Technology News
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Chinese authorities shut 16 websites and detained six people accused of spreading rumors of unusual military vehicle movements in Beijing, state media reported, after the political downfall of one of the ruling communist party’s senior leaders.
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Tags: Bo Xilai, Chinese Armed Forces, Chinese army, Chinese Cyber Attack, Chinese Cyber Espionage, Chinese Cyber Force, Chinese cyber warfare, Chinese Defense Ministry, Chinese Defense Spendings, Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Int Defense News
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
India is to return to the elite group of countries with a nuclear-powered submarine on Wednesday when it inducts a new vessel leased from Russia.
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Tags: India-Russian Relation, Indian Armed Forces, Indian Navy, Indian Submarines, INS Chakra, Int Defense News, International Arms Deal, International Defense Treaty, K-152 Nerpa attack submarine, Nerpa nuclear attack submarine, Russian Armed Forces, Russian Navy, Russian Nuclear Power Submarine, Russian Submarines
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said Syria’s opposition will never defeat the country’s armed forces even if it is “armed to the teeth”.
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Tags: Arab League, Bashar al-Assad, EU Sanctions on Syria, Free Syrian Army (FSA), Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, Russian Foreign Ministry, 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
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday that IAEA inspectors have never traced any breaching of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in their intensive and ceaseless inspections of Iranian nuclear sites.
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Tags: Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, European Union, IAEA, Int Defense News, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Defense Treaty, Iran Armed Forces, Iran Def News, Iran Nuclear News, Iran Six group, Iranian nuclear ambitions, Iranian nuclear program, Iranian nuclear sites, Iranian Nuclear Weapons
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Four Russian warships, as well as support vessels, warplanes, helicopters and naval infantry, will team up with Chinese naval forces in a joint exercise in April, a source in Russia’s Pacific Fleet said on Tuesday.
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Tags: Chinese Armed Forces, Chinese Navy, Int Defense News, International Defense Treaty, Russia-China Cooperation, Russia-China Joint Military Exercise, Russia-China Military Relation, Russia-China Relation, Russian Armed Forces, Russian Navy, Russian Pacific Fleet, Varyag missile cruiser
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
A bomb ripped through a passenger van in the Ghandai area of the restive Khyber tribal region on Wednesday, killing at least six people and wounding nine others, officials said.
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Tags: Al-Qaeda, Int Defense News, Khyber tribal region, Kurram agency, NATO forces, Pak-Afghan Border, Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan Armed Forces, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Defense News, Pakistan War on Terror News, Pakistani intelligence officials, Taliban
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Senior US diplomat Thomas Nides and Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar are meeting here on Wednesday.
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Tags: 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 State Department, 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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