Russia is sending a “temporary detachment” of troops into the southern region of Dagestan, whose border lies about 200 kilometers (124 miles) north of Iran, to combat terrorism, the Interior Ministry said.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 08:16 AM

Textron Marine & Land Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that it received an option award from the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., for 64 additional Mobile Strike Force Vehicles (MSFV) for the Afghanistan National Army (ANA).
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 07:11 AM

India has topped a rating of the world's largest heavy arms importers, released on Monday, March 19, 2012, by the independent Stockholm-based International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), researching into conflicts, arms control and disarmament.
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Monday, March 19, 2012, 09:35 AM

A heavy firefight broke out on Monday, March 19, 2012, between Free Syrian Army rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in a main district of the Syrian capital Damascus that is home to several security installations, witnesses said.
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Monday, March 19, 2012, 08:26 AM

According to APA (Azerbaijan Press Agency), presentations of new tanks were held for Azerbaijani specialists and appreciated. At present, the discussions on sale and purchase of main battle tanks T-84 Oplot are at the final stage.
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Monday, March 19, 2012, 08:01 AM

A senior Iranian commander underlined Iran's advanced capabilities in manufacturing military tools, equipment and weapons, and stressed Tehran's preparedness to share its capabilities with the other countries.
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Monday, March 19, 2012, 07:15 AM

Iranian experts managed to produce a new type of drone which is capable of carrying out military and border patrol missions. Reza Danandeh Hakamabad, the aeronautics engineer in charge of the project, said on Friday, March 16, 2012, that the new remote-controlled aircraft, called Shaparak (Butterfly), has a maximum operational radius of 50 kilometers , and a maximum flight ceiling of 4,572 meters.
Sunday, March 18, 2012, 07:44 AM

India on Friday, March 16, 2012 boosted military spending by 17 per cent to $40 billion for the coming year as it seeks to counter China’s rapid military build-up and its traditional rival Pakistan. The government, engaged in a massive programme to upgrade the country’s ageing military hardware, increased defence spending to 1.93 trillion rupees ($40 billion) for the financial year to March 31, 2013.
Saturday, March 17, 2012, 08:51 AM

Military and security equipment manufacturer Mekahog of South Africa has proposed setting up a facility to build the Springbuck series of armoured personnel carriers in Nigeria. Nigeria’s Minister of Police Affairs, Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade commended Mekahog’s management for offering to establish an armoured personnel carrier (APC) production facility in Nigeria.
Friday, March 16, 2012, 08:36 AM

In the face of growing threats posed by rockets at the disposal of Israel's foes, the Israeli military will acquire rockets of its own, the Yediot Aharonot daily reported Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Brig.-Gen. David Suissa, the commander of the army's Artillery Corps, is promoting the procurement of precision-strike rockets with ranges of 40 and 150 km, according to the paper's business section.
Thursday, March 15, 2012, 08:39 PM

South Korea and the United States on Thursday staged a joint live-fire drill in Pocheon, northeast of Seoul, as part of the annual Foal Eagle military exercise. Some 100 South Korean and 200 U.S. soldiers took part in the two-hour drill that involved K-55 self-propelled howitzers and M- 109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzers.
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Thursday, March 15, 2012, 08:33 PM

Russian warplane maker Irkut has signed a contract with Vietnam to build a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the Southeast Asian country, Izvestia daily reported on Thursday, March 15, 2012.
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Thursday, March 15, 2012, 09:03 AM

The Russian Armed Forces will take delivery of the first 57 Italian Lince (Lynx) light multirole armored vehicles (LMV) from the Defence Company IVECO Defence Vehicles before the end of the current year, Defense Ministry press secretary Irina Kovalchuk said on Wednesday, March 15, 2012.
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Thursday, March 15, 2012, 08:31 AM

Three batteries of anti-aircraft air defense missile systems S-400 Triumph will be delivered to the Russian army before 2013, said the Chief of Staff of the Russian Air Force Viktor Bondarev to RIA Novosti, Wednesday, March 14, 2012.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 12:38 AM

Russia has no plans to resume the sale of S-300 air defense systems to Iran, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said on Tuesday, March 13, 2012.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 09:19 AM

The Peruvian Army reactivated the project to replace the old Russian-made T-55 main battle tank, the standard heavy armoured vehicle of the Peruvian land forces. The tank T-55 was manufactured during 60s.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 12:58 AM

Kenya is set to deploy 4,660 soldiers in neighboring Somalia as part of the Africa Union enforcement force in the Horn of Africa nation, a senior military official said on Monday, March 12, 2012.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 11:29 AM

The Peruvian Army’s acquisitions programs include two Regiments of MRLS Multiple Rocket Launchers System to replace the old Russian-made MRLS BM-21, who is service with the Peruvian armed forces since many years.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 08:33 AM

Russia's Defense Ministry has signed a three-year deal with air-defense missile systems manufacturer Almaz-Antei for delivery of S-300V4 (SA-12 Giant/Gladiator) air defense missile systems, the ministry said on Monday, March 12, 2012.
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Monday, March 12, 2012, 08:12 PM

The Russian army Airborne Assault Forces have successfully completed the testing of the first three radiation, chemical and biological (NBC) reconnaissance vehicles, Defense Ministry spokeswoman Irina Kruglova said on Monday, March 12, 2012.
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Monday, March 12, 2012, 07:17 PM

Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani told a meeting of Arab foreign ministers here March 10 that it was time to send Arab and foreign troops to conflict-stricken Syria. “The time has come to apply the proposal to send Arab and international troops to Syria,” Sheikh Hamad said during a meeting of top diplomats, which was to be joined later by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Sunday, March 11, 2012, 03:27 PM

The Iranian Defense Ministry plans to increase exports of arms and military equipment to friendly and neighboring countries in the next Iranian year (starts on March 20), a senior Iranian Defense Ministry official announced on Saturday, March 10, 2012.
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Sunday, March 11, 2012, 02:08 PM

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi in a meeting with his Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa announced Tehran's preparedness to help Zimbabwe strengthen its defensive power.
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Sunday, March 11, 2012, 12:57 AM

The Indonesian Defense Ministry and the Army signed on Tuesday,March 6, 2012, a number of defense contracts worth Rp 1.3 trillion with local manufacturers in an effort to strengthen the domestic defense industry. The contracts were signed after a meeting on the Defense Industry Policy Committee (KKIP) at the ministry led by Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro.
Saturday, March 10, 2012, 02:11 PM

The Indonesian Army revealed on Thursday that Germany’s offer of the Leopard 2A6 main battle tanks (MBTs) was much more interesting than those offered by the Netherlands. “Germany’s offer is more promising in terms of filling in the gap.
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Saturday, March 10, 2012, 09:15 AM