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Swedish Weapons Exports Fall
Sweden exported 30 percent less weapons in 2012 compared with the record high amount of 2011, show new figures from...
Turkish jets strike Kurd rebels in Iraq: military source
Turkey sent jets across its border with Iraq to strike separatists from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a local...
If sequestration triggers, furloughs begin in late April
If sequestration is triggered next week, unpaid furloughs for civilian Defense Department employees will start in late April, Pentagon officials...
Panetta notifies Congress DOD preparing for furloughs
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has notified Congress that the Defense Department is prepared to implement furloughs for civilian personnel...
Pentagon Revamps Approach to Industrial Base
The Defense Department has revamped its approach to communicating and interacting with the defense industrial base after applying lessons learned...
Crisis-hit arms market shrinks, first time since 1994: SIPRI
For the first time since the mid-1990s, sales of the 100 biggest arms dealers excluding China declined in 2011 as...
UAE signs $1.42 bn defence deals
The United Arab Emirates said on Monday it signed 17 defence contracts to purchase military equipment worth $1.4 billion including...
Northrop to Highlight Global Defence and Homeland Security Capabilities At IDEX 2013
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) will highlight a wide range of defence and security solutions, including cyber-protected C4I solutions, airborne early...
Military experts doubt Sweden’s ability to defend itself
Military experts said Sweden was probably unable to defend itself on its own in the event of an invasion, in...
Russia says supplying Syria, Mali with arms
Russia said Wednesday it was delivering military hardware and light weapons to the governments of Syria and Mali as it...
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