- Turkish National Police (TNP) Helicopter Project Bid
- Info about PG-7VR ( The RPG-7 charge )
- Modernizing America's Nukes?
- China launches 1st of Class 056 Corvette
- Iran to Unveil Home-Made Cobra Chopper
- Alternatives to the US Navy's LCS program
- UAS / UAV / Airborne (ISR) Solution
- UK sends nuclear submarine to Malvinas amid rising tensions with Argentina
- N.K April Failed Satellite Launch, could we have knocked it down??
- RPG rounds from RUAG?
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Canadian Forces Transformation: New Operational Command and Control Structure
Over the past decade, the Government has made a strategic investment in the Canadian Forces (CF) through balanced investments across the four defence pillars upon which CF capabilities are built – readiness, personnel, equipment and infrastructure. It has helped to develop a flexible, agile and resilient force that is both highly regarded by our allies [...]
NATO Summit to Focus on Afghanistan, Missile Defense
Afghanistan will top the agenda items at the upcoming NATO Summit in Chicago as coalition members consider an agreement on a long-term strategic partnership that promotes security and stability there, NATO’s supreme allied commander for Europe reported. “What I am hoping to see is a commitment to resourcing the Afghan national security forces post-2014,” Navy [...]
South America doubled military spending in five years
Military spending across South America has doubled in the past five years, although there is no noticeable arms race, a report published by a regional grouping said Friday. From 2006 to 2010, annual spending went from $17.6 billion to $33.2 billion among the 12 members of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), the group [...]
NATO a step closer to getting out of Afghan war
NATO took a step closer to getting out of the Afghan war on Sunday as the Kabul government announced local forces would take over control of security in a large new slice of the country. In the third phase of a five-tranche military transition process, 122 more districts throughout Afghanistan will come under local command, [...]
US, Pakistan, Afghan military hold border talks
The commander of NATO-led forces in Afghanistan met Pakistan and Afghanistan army chiefs on Sunday for talks on border security, almost six months after US airstrikes killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. The November 26 airstrikes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border provoked a major crisis in Pakistani-US relations, which were still reeling from the raid that killed Osama [...]
Obama, NATO chief agree Afghan focus for summit
US President Barack Obama met with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen ahead of the upcoming NATO summit to agree to focus on the Afghan conflict at the meeting, the White House said. At an Oval Office meeting, Obama and Rasmussem agreed the summit would be a time to “reaffirm allied commitment to the transition framework” [...]
Australian Budget 2012-13 Defence Budget Overview
The Prime Minister and I [Defense Minister Stephen Smith] last week announced the commissioning of a new Defence White Paper to be delivered in the first half of 2013 that will consider the implications of Australia’s strategic and fiscal environment. In that context, the Defence Budget released today has been developed following a comprehensive review [...]
Indian Minister Seeks Hike In Defence Outlay to Counter Twin Threats
India is looking to crank up its defence budget to counter the deepening military nexus between China and Pakistan, which could even extend to it being confronted with a two-front war in a worst-case scenario. Defence minister A K Antony on Tuesday told Rajya Sabha he would seek a hike in the Rs 1,93,408 crore [...]
Australian Budget 2012-13 Defence Operations Funding
Australia’s Defence operations will continue to be fully supported with the Budget providing an additional $1.4 billion across the 2012-13 Budget and Forward Estimates period. Key measures under this commitment are: Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO), including in Afghanistan – continuation of Australia’s military contribution; East Timor – continuation of Australia’s commitment to helping [...]
