Friday's Top 50 Military & Defense News & Stories
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel made his his first visit to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, talking to pilots from the 33rd Fighter Wing, meeting with and thanking service members and briefing local and national reporters.
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Washington DC (UPI) Jul 08, 2014 The Air-Sea Battle concept is the subject of a two-day conference held at UK Defence Academy, Shrivenham, England, the home of Britain's center for military education and teaching. The Air-Sea Battle was ...
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Washington (UPI) Jul 9, 2013 The U.S military is seeking ideas for possible new technologies to give U.S. troops on the squad level a greater tactical advantage over adversaries. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, of DARPA, p...
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Sydney (AFP) July 10, 2014 Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Thursday said Australia's closer ties with Tokyo would not hurt relations with China after a successful and productive visit by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. During Abe's two...
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Beijing (AFP) July 10, 2014 China is recruiting foreign experts in counterterrorism to assist the training of anti-terror personnel, state-run media reported Thursday, following a spate of deadly attacks which authorities blame on Islami...
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Harbin, China (XNA) Jul 07, 2014 China and Russia have signed a memorandum of understanding agreeing to cooperate in developing navigation satellite systems. The document was signed on Monday by the China Satellite Navigation Office and ...
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Gaza City, Palestinian Territories July 10, 2014 Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed 14 people Thursday, medics said, on the third day of a widening military campaign, as the UN Security Council was set for an emergency meeting....
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Vienna (AFP) July 09, 2014 EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, leading ongoing nuclear talks with Iran in Vienna, is considering asking foreign ministers to attend but no decision has been made, her spokesman said Wednesday. Ashton...
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Baghdad (AFP) July 09, 2014 Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday accused Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region of harbouring jihadists, further ratcheting up tensions despite calls for leaders to unite against a Sunni militant offensive...
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Seoul (AFP) July 10, 2014 South Korea on Thursday condemned a series of missile launches by nuclear-armed North Korea as a "serious provocation" that threatened stability on the peninsula. The South's defence ministry expressed particula...
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London, UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2014 Inmarsat has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for its S-band satellite and up to two further Inmarsat missions. Under the terms of its agreement with SpaceX, Inmarsat expects to use the Falcon Heav...
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 08, 2014 Russia launched on Thursday a light-class Rokot carrier rocket with three telecoms satellites from its northern Plesetsk space center, the Defense Ministry said. "The launch of the Rokot carrier rocket w...
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Vilnius (AFP) July 09, 2014 NATO member Lithuania said Wednesday it will provide free medical care for Ukrainian troops injured in clashes with pro-Russian rebels. A first group of four soldiers will arrive in the Baltic EU state for tre...
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Palo Alto CA (SPX) Jul 04, 2014 Space Systems/Loral (SSL) has announced that it was selected to provide a multi-mission communications satellite to Spanish satellite operator HISPASAT Group. The satellite, Hispasat 1F will be used for a ...
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Moscow (AFP) July 08, 2014 Moscow accused Washington on Tuesday of abducting the son of a Russian lawmaker who was arrested in the Maldives on suspicion of being one of the world's most prolific traffickers of stolen credit card details....
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Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 04, 2014 NASA continues to make progress toward its next giant leap to send humans farther into the solar system than ever before, including to an asteroid and eventually to Mars. This week, the core stage for NAS...
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A ‘Collision Warning System’ is being tested to avoid a repeat of a fatal collision between two Tornado aircraft more than two years ago over the Moray Firth. Last night the Defence Minister Philip Dunne told MPs there were also plans to...
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The South China Sea is a powder keg of territorial claims mized with oil and gas resources. Almost every country in the area has a longstanding animus towards at least one of its neighbors. China claims 90% of the Sea, and Beijing ...
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By Brett Gillin It was a story that set many hearts soaring yesterday. Star running back of the Carolina Panthers DeAngelo Williams reached out to a veteran and gave up his business class ticket so he could sit in comfort. Williams tweet...
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Germany has asked the top U.S. spy in the country to leave. "The representative of the U.S. intelligence services at the United States embassy has been asked to leave Germany," Steffen Seibert, a government spokesman, said in a sta...
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Draft regulations relating to the Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill 2014.
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Bill to enable reforms to the sevice complaints system and how MOD makes payments to organisations which support the armed forces community.
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Top American officials said Thursday they challenged their counterparts in China to rein in alleged cybersecurity infringements as a new allegation emerged of a brazen attempt by Chinese hackers to break into U.S. government personnel fi...
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A Senate report lambastes the Air Force for poorly managing the acquisition of a logistics management system the service canceled after spending $1.2 million.
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Iskander-E mobile theater ballistic missile systems are ready for export, awaiting a decision by state authorities, the head of the Russian delegation to arms and military exhibition MILEX-2014 Valery Varlamov said Thursday.
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The Seychelles Coast Guard (SCG) formally took delivery of the bespoke Type 62 patrol boat Etoile (607) during a ceremony on 17 June. The vessel was donated by the People's Republic of China as part of its efforts to bolster the tiny isl...
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Two Pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected American drone strike has killed six militants in a northwestern tribal region where the military has launched an operation against local and foreign militants.
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Russian long-range aviation bases are increasing their presence in the Arctic, the press service of the Eastern Military District reported Thursday.
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The opportunity for women to attend the Marines' Infantry Officer Course experiment won't be limited to entry-level officers for much longer.
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Iraq's Kurds on Thursday said their politicians will stay away from Cabinet meetings and called on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to step down, blaming him for failing to stop the Sunni militant offensive that has swept across much of th...
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Robert Farley, The Diplomat
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Mitch Swenson, WIB
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Chris Cavas, Navy Times
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Have your say: with talk of further checks on electronic devices before we fly, have we had enough of airport security?
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James Holmes, War on the Rocks
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James Kirchick, Daily Beast
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Helene Cooper, New York Times
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Michael Hayden, WT
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Kazianis & Stillion, TNI
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Information Dissemination
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Jonathan Hendershott, New York Post
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A longtime member of the National Guard was fatally shot at a Guard armory in Tennessee on Wednesday and a second man was taken into custody for questioning, officials said.
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£300 million upgrade for defence rehabilitation services
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Summary The BBC reports that the suspension of the RAF Waddington International Air Show has led to a full review of the Ministry of Defence's commitment to all shows. | The Telegraph reports that the Defence Secretary has warned that...
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An investment of £300 million will see the defence rehabilitation services currently delivered at Headley Court move to a new purpose-built location at Stanford Hall, near Loughborough. The new facility will be 4 times the size of Headle...
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There is no clear nonmilitary solution to end the barrage of rockets from Gaza into Israel and consequent Israeli airstrikes on the impoverished strip, Barak Ravid of Haaretz reports . The problem is that there is no reliable ...
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Tomorrow, Friday 11 July HMS Diamond homecoming, Portsmouth Naval Base. Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford (until 13 July). Saturday 12 July 3rd Battalion The Rifles freedom parade, Wakefield. Flying Legends Air Show, Imperial ...
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Chuck Hagel promised Wednesday that more money and attention will be paid to the Navy’s nuclear submarine force to correct for recent "drift" in the mission.
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Army leaders, including Campbell and Odierno, have circled their wagons around the Distributed Common Ground System.,Army leaders have circled their wagons around the Distributed Common Ground System, known as DCGS-A, a network of crash-...
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Chinese hackers broke into the computer networks of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management with the intention of accessing the files of federal employees.
