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Czech Army Water Crossing 2017 armoured vehicles 12106171

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One day exercise Water crossing 2017 of Czech army with armoured fighting vehicles
 
Beginning of June, Czech Army has carried out the one-day exercise ‘Water Crossing 2017’, at Myslejovice water reservoir, with a demonstration of the skills of Czech military personnel in carrying out challenging tasks and negotiating obstacles in and around a river while operating their amphibious recovery and rescue vehicles
Beginning of June, Czech Army has carried out the one-day exercise ‘Water Crossing 2017’, at Myslejovice water reservoir, with a demonstration of the skills of Czech military personnel in carrying out challenging tasks and negotiating obstacles in and around a river while operating their amphibious recovery and rescue vehicles.
 

  1. Barkhane force of French Army uses launch rocket system LRU against terrorits groups in Mali 10703163
  2. Nigerian army has deployed new hi-tech mine clearing equipment against Boko Haram 126021164
  3. British Royal Artillery displayed its firepower with AS90 Artillery System in exercise 32502164
  4. Russia to develop further robotics amid foreign advanced military robots 32402161

U.S. Army soldiers of 68th Armor Regiment conducted live firing with M1A2 Abrams tanks in Latvia 11607171

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U.S. Army soldiers of 68th Armor Regiment conducted live firing with M1A2 Abrams tanks in Latvia
 
US Army soldiers of 68th Armor Regiment conducted live firing with M1 Abrams tanks in Latvia 640 001
U.S. Army soldiers from Company C (Chaos), 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo., conducted their last platoon live-fire exercise with M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks in Adazi Military Base, Latvia, April 14.
 

New mobile air defense missile brigades in the Russian armed forces TASS 11404172

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New mobile air defense missile brigades in the Russian armed forces
 
New mobile air defense missile brigades in the Russian armed forces 640 001
The Russian Aerospace Force (RusAF) has started activating mobile air defense (AD) missile brigades, with the first one formed in Khakassia early this year. The new AD brigades are highly mobile large units capable of covering hundreds of kilometers in mere hours and equipped with S-300 (NATO reporting name: SA-10 Grumble) and S-400 (SA-21 Growler) surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems, Pantsir (SA-22 Greyhound) anti-air gun/missile systems and Nebo-M radars, according to the Izvestia daily.
 

Russian Army to activate highly mobile infantry brigades 52601171

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Russian Army to activate highly mobile infantry brigades
 
UAZ Patriot
The Russian Army will form unique super-light infantry brigades, which troops will fight on UAZ Patriot high-mobility pickup trucks, according to the Izvestia daily newspaper.
 

Two days of military exercises for the Taiwanese army with Avenger air defense systems 12001172

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Two days of military exercises for the Taiwanese army with Avenger air defense systems
 
Two days of military exercises for the Taiwanese army with Avenger air defense systems 640 001
Tuesday, January 17, 2017, Taiwan started two days of military drills imulating an attack by China. The Taiwanese armed forces gathered in central Taiwan for annual drills that saw troops practise combat skills with tanks, attack helicopters and artillery.
 

Russian soldiers of 106th Airborne Division started training with BMD-4 and BTR-MDM armoured 11901173

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Russian soldiers of 106th Airborne Division started training with BMD-4 and BTR-MDM armoured
 
Russian soldiers of 106th Airborne Division started training with BMD-4-and BTR-MDM armoured 640 001 Russian soldiers of the 106th Airborne Division based in the Tula Region in central Russia have started combat training at the Dubrovichi training range in the Ryazan Region with the use of advanced BMD-4M airborne fighting vehicles, the Defense Ministry’s press office said.
 

U.S. Army M1 Abrams tanks and Bradley IFVs deployed in Poland perform first live firing 11701174

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U.S. Army M1 Abrams tanks and Bradley IFVs deployed in Poland perform first live firing
 
US Army M1 Abrams tanks and Bradley IFV deployed in Poland perform first live firing 640 001 U.S. Army M1A2 Abrams main battle tank and Bradley crews from 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade, 4th Infantry Division conducted their first zero and Live-Fire Accuracy Screening Tests at Presidential Range in Swietozow, Poland, January 16.
 

Pantsir-S1 air defense system enters in service with Russian army Central Military District Siberia TASS 11201174

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Pantsir-S1 air defense system enters in service with Russian army Central Military District Siberia
 
Pantsir-S1 air defense system enters in service with Russian army Central Military District Siberia 640 001
Air defense missile and artillery systems Pantsir-S1 have entered duty in western Siberia, according a statement of the press-service of the Central Military District of Russian army. The first Pantsir-S1 air-defence missile-gun system was adopted for service with the Russian Armed Forces on November 16 , 2012.
 

Chinese soldiers perform live fire exercise with Lynx all-terrain vehicles armed with machine gun 10401172

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Chinese soldiers perform live fire exercise with Lynx all-terrain vehicles armed with machine gun
 
Chinese soldiers perform live fire exercise with Lynx all-terrain vehicles armed with machine gun 640 001
Chinese soldiers perform live fire training exercise with new 8x8 all-terrain vehicles called Lynx at an undisclosed area in the Tibet Autonomous Region on January 3, 2017. These Chinese soldiers are assigned to a brigade of the PLA (People's Liberation Army) Tibet Military Command.
 

Engineer troops of Russian army to receive 15 new types of engineering equipment 10201172

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Engineer troops of Russian army to receive 15 new types of engineering equipment
 
TMM 3M2 heavy mechanized bridge bridgelayer engineer vehicle Russia Russian army military equipmen defense industry 001
Engineer troops of Russian army will receive 15 new types of engineering equipment in 2017, engineering troops commander Yuriy Stavitskiy said Monday, January 2, 2017.
 

Russia has formed a new tank regiment with T-72B3 Main Battle Tanks in Moscow Region TASS 12812161

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Russia has formed a new tank regiment with T-72B3 Main Battle Tanks in Moscow Region
 
Russia has formed a new tank regiment with T-72B3 Main Battle Tanks in Moscow Region 640 001 Russia’s Defense Ministry has formed a tank regiment in the Moscow Regionthat will be equipped with T-72B3 main battle tanks, Russian Western Military District spokesman Colonel Igor Muginov said.
 

Strategic Missile Forces of Russia have around 400 intercontinental ballistic missiles TASS 11812162

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Strategic Missile Forces of Russia have around 400 intercontinental ballistic missiles
 
Strategic Missile Forces of Russia have around 400 intercontinental ballistic missiles 640 002
The Russian Strategic Missile Forces are armed with close to 400 intercontinental ballistic missiles which is over 60 percent of the total warheads and carriers of the Russian nuclear triad, Commander of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces Colonel-General Sergei Karakaev told reporters.
 

Russian armed forces to form new 90th Tank Division in the Chelyabinsk Region 1191016

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Russian armed forces to form new 90th Tank Division in the Chelyabinsk Region
 
Russian armed forces to form new 90th Tank Division in the Chelyabinsk Region 640 001
Russian armed forces work to form the 90th Tank Division in the Chelyabinsk Region in the Urals that is being carried out on schedule and will be completed on time, the Russian Central Military District’s press office said.
 

At military exercise Caucasus 2016 Russian armed forces tested latest river crossing equipment TASS 11510161

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At military exercise Caucasus 2016 Russian armed forces tested latest river crossing equipment
 
At military exercise Caucasus 2016 Russian armed forces tested latest river crossing equipment 640 001
At the recent Caucasus 2016 exercise, the Russian Armed Forces tested the latest river crossing equipment, according to the Izvestia daily. During the crossing of the Don River by tank and infantry units, the Defense Ministry tested the unique BMK towboat designed to tow ferries and reconnoiter water bodies for setting up bridge or ferry crossing sites.
 

Chinese President asked Chinese Army to have strong and modern Rocket Force 12809163

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Chinese President asked Chinese Army to have strong and modern Rocket Force
 
Chinese President asked Chinese Army to have strong and modern Rocket Force 640 001
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, September 26, 2016, instructed the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force to continue to build itself into a strong and modern rocket force. The PLA Rocket Force was established at the end of last year, part of a wider military structural reform drive. Xi conferred the military flag on the Rocket Force at its inauguration ceremony held in Beijing on Dec. 31, 2015.
 

In the future Russian Armed Forces will have 23 airmobile medical brigades TASS 12709164

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In the future Russian Armed Forces will have 23 airmobile medical brigades
 
In the future Russian Armed Forces will have 23 airmobile medical brigades 640 001
In several years, the Russian Armed Forces will activate 23 airmobile medical brigades capable of rendering medical aid to heavily wounded personnel and evacuate them from the battlefield, according to the Izvestia daily.
 

Analysis China defense industry continues to develop long-range precision guided cruise missile 12709162

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Analysis : China defense industry continues to develop long-range precision guided cruise missile
 
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China's military is developing long-range precision-guided cruise missile with the purpose to prevent foreign aircraft carriers from getting close to the coast of China, which will greatly restrict the combat capability of US aircraft carriers, said a foreign media report.
 

Tactics of Russian motor rifle brigades will change with introduction of Armata tracked platform TASS 12407161

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Tactics of Russian motor rifle brigades will change with introduction of Armata tracked platform
 
Tactics of Russian motor rifle brigades will change with introduction of Armata tracked platform 640 001
The introduction of the Armata heavy tracked platform developed by the Uralvagonzavod (Russian acronym: UVZ) scientific-research corporation to armour and motor rifle brigades will drastically change the land tactics of Russian Armed Forces and lead to the transition to the modular-type units, according to the Gazeta.ru online newspaper.
 

US Marines at Balikatan military exercise in Philippines fire with HIMARS rocket launcher systems 11104163

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US Marines at Balikatan military exercise in Philippines fire with HIMARS rocket launcher systems
 
US Marines at Balikatan military exercise in Philippines fire with HIMARS rocket launcher systems 640 001 The US Marines from 2nd Platoon, Fox Battery, 14th Marine Regiment, fired six Reduced-Range Practice Rockets (RRPR) utilizing two M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), in Philippines April 4, 2016, as part of Balikatan 2016, US Marine Corps Forces in Pacific.
 

Russian troops master new mountain combat tactic Tass 5110415

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Russian troops master new mountain combat tactic
 
Russian troops master new mountain combat tactic 640 001
Russian ground forces will hold seven international exercises in 2016, including the first ever manoeuvres with Pakistan, according to Commander-in-Chief or the Russian Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov.
 

4,180 pieces of artillery and multiple launch rocket systems in service with Russian armed forces TASS 10804161

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4,180 pieces of artillery and multiple launch rocket systems in service with Russian armed forces
 
2S19M2 MSTA-S 152mm tracked self propelled howitzer Russia Russian army defence industry military technology 001
More than 4,180 pieces of artillery and multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) are in service with the Russian armed forces, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies` (IISS) report.
 

Analysis : Armenian-Azeri fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh Tass 5040416

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Analysis : Armenian-Azeri fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh
 
AnalysisArmenian Azeri fighting in Nagorno Karabakh 640 001
The aggravation of the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh escalated into large-scale fighting on the night of April 2. Reports from the warzone have been conflicting. Azerbaijan says that it delivered a counterattack and seized a few hills and villages in Nagorno-Karabakh. In Baku’s opinion, its offensive took place in response to Armenian provocations on the night of April 2.
 

French and British armed forces to train together during the Griffin Strike military exercice 30104164

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French and British armed forces to train together during the Griffin Strike military exercice
 
French and British armed forces to train together during the Griffin Strike military exercice 640 001
Exercise Griffin Strike 2016 is a live exercise by joint UK and French forces known as the Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (CJEF). The large exercise being held in April on the Salisbury Plain Training Area (SPTA) is the culmination of six years of UK-French military cooperation and will demonstrate the CJEF’s potential high-readiness to deploy.
 

Russian WMD air defense units to start the highest level of combat readiness training TASS 32903165

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Russian WMD air defense units to start the highest level of combat readiness training
 
Russian WMD air defense units to start the highest level of combat readiness training 640 001
Air defense units of Russia’s Western Military District have been brought to the highest level of combat readiness during a scheduled joint exercise, district spokesman Colonel Igor Muginov told TASS on Tuesday.
 

Russian Armed Forces will receive Krasukha-4 and Moskva-1 electronic warfare systems 12003161

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Russian Armed Forces will receive Krasukha-4 and Moskva-1 electronic warfare systems
 
1RL257 Krasukha-4 broadband multifunctional jamming station electronic warfare system Russia Russian army 001
Russia’s Radio-Electronic Technologies Group (KRET) will deliver Krasukha-4 electronic warfare and Moskva-1 radio reconnaissance systems to the Russian Armed Forces in 2016, KRET First Deputy CEO Igor Nasenkov said on Friday, March 18, 2016.
 

US paratroopers to demonstrate M41 TOW Improved Target Acquisition System to the Spanish army 30803162

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 US paratroopers to demonstrate M41 TOW Improved Target Acquisition System to the Spanish army
 
US paratroopers to demonstrate M41 TOW Improved Target Acquisition System to the Spanish army 640 001
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, and Spanish army soldiers from the Spanish Armed Forces Airborne Brigade (BRIPAC), trained on the M41 TOW Improved Target Acquisition System, Feb. 25, 2016, during Exercise Sky Soldier 16, here.
 

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