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Norway To Buy AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder Missiles
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Norway for AIM 9X Block II...
A400M Accident: Update Number 2
Following the accident to an Airbus A400M on Saturday 9 May, Airbus Defence and Space technical advisors are providing full...
India to Acquire Airbus C-295s, M-777 Guns, Helicopters
The defence ministry on Wednesday night cleared several major long-pending stalled projects worth over Rs 25,000 crore ($3.91 billion), including...
UN urges action against spread of small arms
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called on world governments to step up arms control, in particular by keeping track...
Obama picks new chiefs for US Army, Navy
President Barack Obama has chosen a submarine officer to serve as the next head of the US Navy and an...
NATO, Afghanistan agree on future military-civilian mission
NATO and Afghan leaders on Wednesday agreed on a framework for a future joint military-civilian presence in Afghanistan when the...
North Korea launches firing drills in Yellow Sea
North Korea launched live-fire drills near the disputed sea border with South Korea late Wednesday, the Yonhap news agency reported,...
US weighs moves to counter China’s ‘wall of sand’
The US military might deploy warships and surveillance aircraft near artificial islands being built by China to challenge Beijing's territorial...
Baltics to ask NATO for thousands of troops
The Baltic states will formally ask NATO to deploy several thousand troops as a deterrent to Russia, Lithuania said Thursday,...
Airbus holds first A400M test flight since deadly crash
Airbus on Tuesday carried out the first test flight of a new A400M since one of the military transport planes...
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