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MOD Reveals £160 Billion Plan to Equip Armed Forces
The Ministry of Defence has today published details of how it will equip the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force over the next 10 years and how this will be funded. For the first time, the government has set out a fully-funded Defence Equipment Plan totalling almost £160 billion. The affordability of this plan [...]
UK Service Personnel Selected for Tranche 2 Redundancy Program
Personnel from all three Services will today be notified if they have been selected for redundancy in the second tranche of the Armed Forces Redundancy Programme. For many, selection will be a result of their own choice to apply for consideration to be made redundant. For others, it will be unwelcome. All notifications will be [...]
India’s Procurement of Artillery Guns and Modernization of Armed Forces
The artillery equipment procured / upgraded in the past two decades includes Pinaka Rocket System; Smerch Rocket System; BrahMos Missile System and Upgradation of 130mm gun to 155mm/45 calibre. Procurement of new-generation artillery is in consonance with Artillery Profile 2027. This profile has a mix of 155mm/39 calibre, 155mm/45 calibre and 155mm/52 calibre gun system. [...]
France Defence and Security Report Q2 2012
France continues to maintain one of the world’s largest armed forces and the largest combined military service in Western Europe. With more than 300,000 military and civilian personnel, the armed forces of France consume annually a significant defence budget. In 2012 the country is expected to spend almost EUR32bn on defence, although the long-term trend [...]
No sign of peace as Syria troop withdrawal deadline dawns
Syria faced a deadline Tuesday to withdraw its forces from urban areas as Washington said Damascus had shown no sign of complying with a peace deal amid fierce clashes that killed more than 100. Fighting spilled over into neighbouring countries as the peace accord brokered by UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan hung by [...]
Europe’s armed forces team up on refueling aircraft
European defence ministers facing shrinking budgets agreed Thursday to join forces to get more air-to-air refueling planes, deploy extra field hospitals and exploit “green” energy. The projects are part of the European Union’s efforts to pool and share military resources as the debt crisis and a US strategic pivot towards Asia forces Europe’s armed forces [...]
Senior enlisted leaders condemn hazing in military
Senior enlisted leaders from each service denounced hazing in the armed forces yesterday and delivered a message of unity while testifying before a congressional panel. The most recent known incident of hazing came when the Army brought charges against eight Soldiers allegedly involved in the death of Army Pvt. Danny Chen who was found dead [...]
Panetta Hosts Meetings with Jordanian Military Leaders
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told a visiting Jordanian delegation he is firmly committed to the U.S. military partnership with that nation’s armed forces, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said today. This morning’s meetings featured productive discussions among Panetta, Lt. Gen. Mashal al-Zaben, Jordan’s Joint Chiefs chairman, and Lt. Gen. Prince Feisal bin al Hussein, [...]
Cope North 2012 combines forces, efforts
Joint operations kicked off between the U.S. Air Force, the Japan Air Self Defense Force and the Royal Australian Air Force as the first day of exercise Cope North 2012 began here Feb. 13. Whether it was the JASDF’s F-2s flying alongside the RAAF’s F-18s, or RAAF troops joining 36th Contingency Response Group Airmen in [...]
