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Russian destroyer to take part in drills with NATO warships
MOSCOW: The Severomorsk destroyer from Russia’s Northern Fleet will participate in FRUKUS 2009 international naval exercises in the northern Atlantic on June 22-26, the fleet’s press service said Wednesday. The annual exercises traditionally involve France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. “The Severomorsk destroyer left the fleet’s main base today and headed to [...]
Air Force officials revise fitness program
WASHINGTON: The need for a “clear, understandable and simpler” fitness program will mean significant changes to the Air Force’s current fitness program, said the service’s top officer during a senior leadership conference held June 4 through 6 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz met with the service’s [...]
China to start large-scale anti-terrorism drills
MOSCOW: China will hold a weeklong large-scale exercise beginning on Wednesday to test the country’s capability to combat terrorism and deal with emergency situations, Xinhua news agency reported. The exercise, dubbed Great Wall 6, will consist of a series of specialized drills and will be carried out in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the [...]
Finnish Air Force Covers Army in Exercise
The Finnish Air Force participates with its F-18 Hornets and Hawks in the main exercise of the Finnish Defence Forces led by the commander of the Finnish Army. The Air Force will deploy maximum of 22 Hornets and six Hawks in the exercise along with Learjet and Casa transports. The aim of the exercise is [...]
Taiwan war game simulates Chinese attack
Taipei: Taiwan held a virtual military exercise Friday, simulating an invasion of the island by China despite warming ties between the once bitter rivals, a report said. The drill, part of the annual “Han Kuang” war games, was played out entirely on computers in a Taipei military command centre presided over by President Ma Ying-jeou, [...]
Russia to deploy 2 armies in Belarus for military drills
MOSCOW: Russia will deploy two full-sized armies in Belarus during large-scale joint military exercises in September, the Russian chief of General Staff said on Friday. “This year we will start a series of large-scale drills in line with current military reforms. During the Zapad [West] large-scale exercises on September 8-29, we will deploy two full-sized [...]
Joint War Games Test Current and Future Security Challenges
WASHINGTON: A series of seminar-type, joint-force war games being held at McLean, Va., are examining present and future threats, senior U.S. military officers said here today. The war games began May 31 and are slated to conclude June 5. The U.S. military “had a great model for deterrence” during the Cold War, Navy Vice Adm. [...]
CSTO to hold large-scale joint military drills in August
MOSCOW: The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will conduct joint military exercises in August-September in Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, the Belarusian defense minister said on Wednesday. The defense ministers of the post-Soviet security bloc comprising Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan held a regular meeting in Moscow on June 3. “The joint drills [...]
Demonstration to Showcase Life-saving Information-sharing Technologies
HAMPTON, Va.: Wildfires in California, hurricanes battering the East Coast and insurgents attacking a U.S. convoy are among simulated real-time events that will put life-saving information-sharing technologies on center stage during the Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration scheduled June 15-25. New and emerging technologies are positioned for testing as military members, emergency first responders and coalition [...]


