Four
Ugandan soldiers of the peace force of the African Union in Somalia
(Amisom) were killed Monday by a mortar fire in Mogadiscio, during engagements
against the islamist insurrectionists shebab....
Russian
Helicopters company will supply four Kamov Ka-32 helicopters to Azerbaijan
in the near future, the Azerbaijani APA news agency said on 30 August
2010.
Iranian
Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi on Monday renewed Tehran's
preparedness to equip the Lebanese Army with the necessary military
tools and weapons.
The
Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has deployed a 52-man Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
(UAV) Task Group to Tarin Kowt, the provincial capital of Uruzgan, and
a team of four institutional trainers to Kabul.....
A
senior lawmaker noted Iran's advancement in the production of military
tools, weapons and equipment, and said Tehran is prepared to export
its products to the other countries.
American
bases in Afghanistan were attacked by kamikazes Taliban’s. These
suicides actions were stopped by the NATO soldiers. These attacks aimed
at the camps advanced of Chapman and Salerno, in the province of Khost,
close to the Pakistani border.
American
Company Lockheed Martin markets a drone helicopter intended to supply
the American soldiers in Afghanistan, announced this 27 August 2010
by some European media. The UAV baptized Kaman K-MAX can transport a
charge of 1,300 kg.
Iran
on 28 August 2010 started mass-production of the county's longest-range
artillery ammunition in an official ceremony attended by Iranian Defense
Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi.
There
is no truth to the Georgian Foreign Minister's statement that Russia
has deployed S-300 air defense systems in South Ossetia, a source in
the Russian Defense Ministry said on 26 August 2010.
Iranian
Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi announced on Wednesday
that the country has successfully test-fired the third generation of
Fateh-110 missiles.
Estonia
is buying over 80 SISU XA-188 armored carriers, currently owned by the
Dutch defense forces, for close to 20 million euros. The Estonian defense
forces want to use the vehicles to continue mechanizing the 1st Infantry
Brigade
Russia
started the preparations of the firing practices of S-300 missiles at
Barents sea, information from this 23 August 2010 of Vladimir Drik from
the Russian ministry of Defense.
Large-scale
exercises involving more than 4,000 paratroopers will begin in two Central
Russian regions on Monday, Airborne Troops spokesman Col. Alexander
Cherednik said.
Over 30 vehicles and weapons will be airdropped during the exercises.
A
hundred Russian military mountaineers will gather at a training base
in the North Caucasus Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria on Monday for mountain
survival training.
Iranian
Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi announced on Sunday
that the country's first home-made long-range Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAVs) named 'Karrar' has a flight range of 1,000km.
Granite
Tactical Vehicles announces its intentions to market its Light Armored
Vehicle known as the, "ROCK," in the United States. After
more than 6 years, and millions of logged miles of proven service in
both Iraq and Afghanistan .....
At
the time of a speech this August 22nd, 2010, Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad presented a new combat drone of attack with capacities of
bombardment, the Karrar, information of Iranian national television.
The
latest prototype of the troubled Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle demonstrates
its high speed water manoeuvrability off the coast of Camp Pendleton.
The newest variant of the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle throttles all
2,700 horsepower and lifts out of the glassy water gliding like a jet
ski.
No
decision has been taken yet on the delivery of S-300 air defense systems
to Iran, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on 20 August
2010.
The
United States withdrew this night their last brigade of Iraq, two weeks
before the deadline of August 31st, which had been fixed for this withdrawal.
In
2011, the Russian Army will start to obtain modernized ground-to-air
missiles systems TOR-M2U, announced this 18 August 2010 to the journalists
the chief of the DCA of the Army, the general Mikhaïl Crouch.....
Law
enforcement agencies and special services of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) member states will start antiterrorism drills in
southern Russia's Saratov Region on 16 August 2010 ....
Special
tactical peacekeeping drills Steppe Eagle 2010 start this 16 August
2010 at Ili training polygon in Almaty region. The militaries of three
countries take part in it; Kazakhstan, USA and Great Britain.....
Military
operations began this Monday, August 16, 2010 between South Korea and
the United States, with the participation of 56.000 soldiers on the
Korean side and 30.000 American soldiers ......