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China, South Korea seek strategic defense dialogue
China and South Korea have agreed to establish a bilateral mechanism to strengthen strategic defense cooperation and increase trust and understanding between the two nations, Xinhua reported. The agreement was announced at a news conference during South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kuan Jin’s visit to China on Friday. China and South Korea said they would [...]
Medvedev tells Defense Ministry to shop abroad for cheaper weapons
Russia’s Defense Ministry can buy foreign military equipment if domestically produced gear is overpriced, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday. “You must purchase only high quality hardware at transparent prices, not for the prices appealing to some companies,” Medvedev said at a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov and Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov. [...]
Greece mulls closer military ties with Israel
Greece is planning to expand military-technical cooperation with Israel, Defense Minister Panos Beglitis said. “We will soon sign an agreement on military cooperation which will mainly involve defense industry and supply of armaments,” Beglitis said at a session of the Greek parliament on Thursday. The minister emphasized the importance of closer military ties with Israel, [...]
Russia charges Chinese man with contraband of military equipment
Customs authorities in Russia’s Far East have launched a criminal case against a Chinese citizen who attempted to smuggle spare parts for Russian MiG-29 and Su-27 fighters last year, a customs’ spokesperson said on Friday. The man, whose identity has not been revealed, was caught at one of the border checkpoints in Transbaikal region in [...]
Iran tests indigenous anti-ship missiles in Gulf drills
Iran tested on Wednesday domestically-designed anti-ship missiles as part of annual large-scale military exercises in the Persian Gulf, Iranian media said. According to Al-Alam television, two Khalij Fars missiles were launched from a military base near the Strait of Hormuz and hit their designated targets. The Khalij Fars is a single-stage solid-propellant, anti-ship ballistic missile [...]
Russia plans to rent naval pilot training facilities in Ukraine
Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov formally asked on Wednesday his Ukrainian counterpart Mykhailo Yezhel to rent facilities on Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula for naval pilot training. In line with a 1997 bilateral agreement, Russia occasionally uses the Nitka Naval Pilot Training Center in Ukraine as the only training facility for its naval pilots. “I have signed [...]
Russia’s threats to create new offensive system ‘unnecessary’ – NATO chief
Russia should not seek new weapons to counter nonexistent threats from the West, and would be better off spending the money on social and economic development, NATO’s secretary general said on Tuesday. “Unfortunately, I have seen public pronouncements that Russia might consider spending billions of rubles on a new offensive system to target the West,” [...]
Russia to take part in new Indian submarine tender
Russia will participate in a new tender on the delivery of six diesel-electric submarines for the Indian Navy, the state-run exporter Rosoboronexport said. Russia dropped out of the first Indian submarine tender in 2009. “There is a new tender, with the new requirements, and together with [Russia's] Rubin design bureau we are making a proposal [...]
Canada plans huge exercises in Arctic region
Canadian Defense Minister Peter McKay has announced that his country is preparing to send more than 1,000 troops on a huge Nanook exercise in the High Arctic in August, the website of Montreal Gazette paper said on Sunday. “It will be the largest operation that has taken place in recent history,” MacKay told soldiers in [...]
