Latest and Breaking Military and Defense News and Top Stories - July 8
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A formation parade has taken place in Germany to mark the resubordination of 28 Medical Squadron from 2 Medical Regiment to 1 Armoured Medical Regiment. It’s an important milestone as it formally marks the start of their transformation i...
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Dates and times of planned live firing for Manorbier firing range.
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Elbit Systems will unveil at the upcoming Farnborough Airshow 2014, the latest generation of its CoMPASS family of payloads, the DCoMPASS™ FHD iMEP, an all-in-one, integrated Mission Equipment Package featuring a unique compa...
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MBDA carried out two successful guided firings by the Sea Ceptor air defence system on 29th May and 5th June at the land-based Vidsel range facilities in Sweden. These firings were the first seeker guided firings for the Common Ant...
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Special-effects company, Legacy Effects, is working on what seems a mission impossible. The U.S. military has commissioned them to build an Iron Man-style suit to protect and propel U.S. troops by sheathing them in body armor equipped w...
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Editorial, Arizona Republic
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South Korea launched its fifth 1,800-ton-class attack submarine on Thursday as part of efforts to boost its underwater warfare capabilities against North Korean submarines, the Navy said.The 214-class submarine, named after famous indepe...
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An upstate county is honoring a local World War II veteran who survived a Pacific island attack that claimed the lives of hundreds of Americans, including scores of New Yorkers.
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North Waziristan operation is fake and rigged. Operation being conducted so that Pakistan Army can get new paycheck from America. Although the paycheck might not come in hard cash this time, Pakistan Army wants to lay hands on the left o...
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Source IntelligenceOnline.com reports that Singapore will be the first foreign buyer of major Israeli tanks series Merkava. According to these reports, Singapore signed a contract for the purchase of 50 tanks Merkava Mk 4 new constructio...
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More than 60 Nigerian girls and women abducted by Islamic extremists two weeks ago have managed to escape, officials said Monday.
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The papers spent years hidden in a milk churn beneath a Russian dacha and read like an encyclopedia of Cold War espionage.
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Michael Kazin, New Republic
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Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
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Elbridge Colby & Paul Lettow, Foreign Policy
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Jesse Rosenfeld, Daily Beast
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Royal Marines Reserve to benefit from new training facility
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Harrison & Ryan, Natl Int
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Christopher Cavas, Defense News
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Timothy Hoyt, War on the Rocks
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Cetti-Roberts & Knodell, War Is Boring
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It seems nearly every day there's more bad news about the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and how it has treated those who served in the military.
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Prime Minister David Cameron has officially opened a new training facility for the Royal Marines Reserve (RMR) in Edinburgh.
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When the secretary of defense rescinded the 1994 'direct ground combat' exclusion policy, he gave the services and Special Operations Command three years to fully integrate women into previously closed occupations and units.
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A counselor at the local Veterans Affairs office looked at Rebecca King, a victim of domestic violence and abuse who was seeking help for depression, and told her she would not be able to see a psychologist.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin "can be dangerous" and will always push other political leaders as far as he can, former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton told a German newspaper Sunday. "A man like Putin always goes to the limits. ...
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Six years removed from his moment on the Olympic stage, a world-class sprinter stands poised to begin his return to glory.
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Summary On Friday, various media reported on the naming by Her Majesty The Queen of the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth at Rosyth dockyard in Fife. | The Sun on Sunday's Fabulous magazine carried a feature on...
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Defence Training Systems and Infrastructure (DTSI) programme support: modelling and simulation standards profile (DMSP)
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A review of systemic and wider issues arising from Iraq and other military operations.
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A video releases by the Ukrainian TV channel "5th Channel" shows the modernization of BRDM-2 4x4 armoured vehicle performed by the Design and Technology Centre (TCC) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine in Kiev. The new modernized...
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Passengers will be required to turn on their mobile phones at airport security under tough new measures for flights to and from US following reported al-Qaida bomb threats
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Most times, the top and middle of a softball team’s lineup gets the job done. In the case of Osan Air Base of South Korea, the middle and bottom took care of business Sunday.
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HMS Ocean sailed from Devonport Naval Base on Saturday, 5 July, for the first time since October 2012 after undergoing a major refit. The £65 million refit has improved her ability to carry out her main role as an amphibious...
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Woburn, MA - The surgical team huddles around the patient. They quickly stop the bleed, saving the fictional patient’s life but they’ve lost an opportunity. The medical simulation, too simple, too easy,...
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Friday 11 July HMS Diamond homecoming, Portsmouth Naval Base. Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford (until 13 July). Saturday 12 July Flying Legends Air Show, Imperial War Museum Duxford (and 13 July). Friday 18 July 1st Battalion...
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Five more RAF Reaper remotely-piloted aircraft have begun supporting operations in Afghanistan.
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Russian shipbuilders are capable of servicing Mistral-class LHDs, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said Thursday to Ria Novosti. “I believe shipbuilders and engineers will be able to organize the full servicing and maintenanc...
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On 25 June 2014, the Italian FREMM frigate “Carabiniere” had her first sea going, successfully reaching this important milestone three months earlier than her predecessor the “Carlo Margottini”. Carabiniere will be specialize for anti-su...
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In a deal estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars, Israel plans to sell its Merkava Mark IV main battle tank to a foreign army for the first time since the first Merkava was manufactured in the late 1970s. It appears that the budget...
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Reports and explanations regarding the transfer of records from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to The National Archives from 2012 onwards.
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Scientists and engineers at BAE Systems have lifted the lid on some futuristic technologies that could be incorporated in military and civil aircraft of 2040 or even earlier The four technologies unveiled are: 3D printers so advanced the...
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Rolls-Royce and Hispano-Suiza (Safran) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish an exclusive long term joint venture (JV) for the development of world-leading accessory drive train transmission systems. The new busine...
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AYER, Mass. - L-3 Henschel announced today that it was selected by the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) to provide product support and sustainment services for Henschel Integrated Bridge and Machinery Control p...
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Babcock has been awarded a contract by the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation (NDLO) to provide an Automated Control and Management System (ACMS) to drive the secure delivery of data and voice communications between Norwegian Joint...
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MBDA carried out two successful guided firings by the Sea Ceptor air defence system on 29th May and 5th June at the land-based Vidsel range facilities in Sweden. These firings were the first seeker guided firings for the Common Anti-air ...
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Japan is likely to approve its first military export deal in decades, Nikkei business daily reported. Japanese-made sensors will be installed on American Patriot PAC-2 surface-to-air missile defense systems, to be further re-exported to ...
