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Egypt's Sisi negotiates arms deal in Russia
Feb 13, 2014 (AFP)
Egyptian army chief and likely new president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was on Thursday negotiating a $2-billion arms deal with Russia meant to replace subsiding assi...
Ljubljana mayor, defence minister charged in scam deal: report
Feb 11, 2014 (AFP)
Slovenia's Defence Minister Roman Jakic and the mayor of the capital Ljubljana, Zoran Jankovic, have been indicted in a probe into corrupt practices in the cons...
Arms makers left frustrated as India awaits elections
Feb 07, 2014 (AFP)
Global arms makers gathered in New Delhi for India's biggest defence show face further frustrating delays as they await a new Indian government which they hope ...
China's military rise forcing Asian defence splurge
Feb 05, 2014 (AFP)
China's growing military might is forcing its neighbours to ramp up their defence spending but it will be decades before it rivals the United States as a milita...
Ecuador pulls out of regional mutual defense treaty
Feb 05, 2014 (AFP)
President Rafael Correa has pulled Ecuador out of a 1947 hemispheric mutual defense treaty on Wednesday on grounds it is outdated, the foreign ministry announce...
Raytheon urges more transatlantic industry cooperation
Feb 04, 2014 (SPX)
Speaking at the 50th Munich Security Conference, Raytheon International Inc. CEO, John D. Harris II, urged participants to consider new opportunities for greate...
Asia fuels rise in world defence spending: study
Feb 04, 2014 (AFP)
World defence spending will rise in 2014 for the first time in five years, a key study found Tuesday, driven by arms races in Asia and the Middle East, as well ...
Officers but not gentlemen: Pentagon's naughty list
Jan 31, 2014 (AFP)
The Pentagon has tallied reports of a shameful litany of bad behavior among its officers and employees in a voluminous tome entitled "The Encyclopedia of Ethica...
Russian arms agency intent to surpass US rival amid military spending boom
Jan 28, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
A Russian state-run military research agency has reportedly set a goal of surpassing its US counterpart DARPA, the creator of the GPS and stealth technologies, ...
NATO concerned over new HQ cost overruns, delay
Jan 27, 2014 (AFP)
The 28 members of the NATO military alliance are concerned by cost overruns and delays at its new high-tech headquarters in Brussels, NATO secretary general And...
Sri Lanka looks for 30,000 army deserters: official
Jan 25, 2014 (AFP)
Sri Lanka's security authorities are searching for 30,000 army deserters nearly five years after ending a decades-long separatist war with Tamil Tiger guerrilla...
Gurkhas among 1,500 British army job losses
Jan 23, 2014 (AFP)
More than 1,500 military personnel including hundreds of Gurkhas are to lose their jobs in a final round of redundancies aimed at reshaping Britain's armed forc...
Sikhs see step forward on US military service
Jan 23, 2014 (AFP)
American Sikhs and their supporters in Congress on Thursday praised the military for easing a ban on beards but called for an outright decision to allow their a...
New German defence minister eyes more family-friendly army
Jan 12, 2014 (AFP)
Germany's new defence minister wants to create a more family-friendly army by making it easier for soldiers to work part-time and extending childcare, she told ...
Aborted defence deal underlines India's procurement problem
Jan 08, 2014 (AFP)
India's decision to cancel a $740-million helicopter contract with Italian-owned AgustaWestland last week added to an already long list of failed defence deals ...
Outgoing German defence minister in parting shot at France, Britain
Jan 08, 2014 (AFP)
Germany's former defence minister on Wednesday took an unusually undiplomatic parting shot at allies France and Britain, saying Berlin had met its responsibilit...
Greek defence probe brings belated gains
Jan 05, 2014 (AFP)
A corruption probe into long-forgotten defence contracts has given authorities in Greece a small financial victory, along with the promise of revelations into d...
Russia buries Kalashnikov in new 'pantheon' for heroes
Dec 27, 2013 (AFP)
Russia on Friday buried Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the iconic AK-47 assault rifle that was the favoured weapon of guerrillas worldwide, at a newly-ope...
US general went on drunken bender in Russia: officials
Dec 20, 2013 (AFP)
A US general recently lost his job in charge of nuclear missiles after he went on a drunken bender in Russia, where he insulted his hosts and cavorted with "sus...
Canada cancels Can$2.1 bln armored vehicle purchase
Dec 20, 2013 (AFP)
The Canadian military announced Friday the cancellation of plans to purchase Can$2.1 billion worth of combat vehicles, citing budget constraints. "We recommende...
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