Mississippi National Guard maintenance personnel took delivery of the first six M1A2 SEP v.2 main battle tanks intended for the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team May 3 at the Mobilization And Training Equipment Site (MATES) at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center.
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 01:37 PM

Soldiers of the Russian air defence units of the Southern Military District will perform live firing with the new modern anti-aircraft ground-to-air missile system "Tor-MU" at Kapustin Yar in the Astrakhan region.
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 11:59 AM

South Korea’s Defense Ministry has confirmed that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea launched three short-range guided missiles on Saturday, May 18, 2013. The Ministry said it detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon. It said the missiles were fired in a north-easterly direction away from South Korean waters.
Sunday, May 19, 2013 11:44 AM

Kyodo news says the Japanese defense ministry is considering permanently deploying Patriot surface-to-air missile interceptors at its Tokyo headquarters. The announcement came a day before the DPRK launched three short-range missiles.
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 11:16 AM

Peru is interested in buying 700 Kamaz trucks and a new batch of Mi-8/17 helicopters from Russia, as well as testing the T-90S tank that is currently on display at a defense technology exhibition in Lima, the head of Russia’s delegation to the show said on Saturday, May 18, 2013.
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Sunday, May 19, 2013 09:36 AM

Artillerymen at Fort Bragg, N.C., became the first unit in the Army to receive digitized M119A3 howitzers, which will make it possible for Soldiers to start firing rounds and evade return fire quicker in combat. The M119 is a lightweight 105 mm howitzer that provides suppressive and protective fires for infantry brigade combat teams.
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Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:41 AM

Afghanistan has asked India to supply lethal defence hardware as part of the intensified bilateral cooperation and even seemed to indicate that it would welcome troop deployment on its soil. Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai will be arriving here on Monday for a three-day visit, his second in six months, but at a crucial juncture with only a year left for the foreign troops pullout from Afghanistan.
Saturday, May 18, 2013 09:33 AM

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko Friday, May 17, 2013, met with a Chinese military delegation headed by Xu Qiliang, vice chairman of the Central Military Committee. Lukashenko hailed the close and fruitful cooperation between the two countries in various fields and said that enhanced military ties between Belarus and China have contributed to peace and stability in the region and the world at large.
Saturday, May 18, 2013 06:29 AM

Azerbaijan is interested in some Turkey-produced armored vehicles and Altay main battle tank. According to information obtained by Azerbaijan Press Agency at IDEF-2103, the issue on including Turkey-produced armored vehicles produced in the armament of Azerbaijani Army.
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Friday, May 17, 2013 03:09 PM

The Russian Ministry of Defense should receive a new a remote-controlled mine clearance system mounted on tracked armored vehicle called UR-07M to succeed the legendary UR-77, named by the military "Zmeï Gorynytch" (mythical dragon with three heads) for its operating principle, according to Izvestia newspaper of May 17, 2013.
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Friday, May 17, 2013 01:39 PM

Nigeria is being touted as one of the most insecure countries in the world, after it recently became the world-leader in importation of armoured vehicles. Nigeria took the title from Iraq, Afghanistan and Latin American countries, and it is estimated that about 30 percent of customers for armoured vehicles worldwide come from Nigeria.
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Friday, May 17, 2013 10:47 AM

North Korea is preparing to test a long-range missile Taepodong-2, and the Defense Department believes that the nation may soon be capable of building a nuclear-armed missile. North Korea has yet to develop a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on a missile, a senior US official said on Wednesday, 15 May, 2013, contradicting a recent US military intelligence report.
Thursday, May 16, 2013 09:45 AM

New Zealand's military is acquiring 200 trucks from Germany's Rheinmetall MAN in a deal worth $111.3 million. The vehicles, which will be delivered by the end of next year, will replace Unimog and heavier Mercedes trucks in use by New Zealand forces.
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 08:48 AM

Nigeria's military has announced a "massive" deployment of troops to its restive northeast to tackle armed group Boko Haram, after the president declared a state of emergency in the areas. President Goodluck Jonathan imposed a state of emergency in three states, including Yobe and Adamawa, but the offensive is widely expected to be concentrated in Borno, whose capital, Maiduguri, is a home base of Boko Haram.
Thursday, May 16, 2013 07:28 AM

British Military is braced for hue and cry over replacement of the yellow camouflage of its desert vehicles with new 'army brown'. It took scientists a year to get the right shade – and if truth be told, it might take several more for soldiers to get used to it – but after more than sixty years bearing the same dark yellow colour, the British military is to adopt a new "army brown".
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 08:43 AM

DSM Dyneema (Heerlen, The Netherlands), manufacturer of ultrahigh-molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber, on May 8 announced a major new milestone for its lightweight, cost-effective Dyneema BT10 ballistic tape.
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 01:55 PM

The contracts signed between Russia and Venezuela in the field of military cooperation reach 11 billion dollars in total, announced Monday, May 13, 2013, the head of the Russian agency of arms export, Rosoboronexport, Anatoly Issaïkine.
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 08:58 AM

The Australian Government has pledged to purchase 2,700 deployable protected and unprotected medium and heavy vehicles to provide the national army with enhanced firepower, protection and mobility in the 2013 Defence White Paper.
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Monday, May 13, 2013 11:59 AM

The Indian Army will upgrade its entire Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty-2 (BMP-2)/2K armoured infantry combat vehicle (AIFV) fleet in an effort to enhance their capability to address operational requirements, the country's defence minister AK Antony has announced.
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Monday, May 13, 2013 11:29 AM

India’s Ministry of Defence has floated a competition for gun/missile systems for the Army. And in a first for the MoD, it is asking domestic companies to participate along with overseas firms.
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Monday, May 13, 2013 10:39 AM

The Syrian government has warned Israel that it would enter the occupied Golan Heights "whenever it wants because it's a Syrian land," a warning that came a week after the latest Israeli airstrike against military positions in the capital Damascus.
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Monday, May 13, 2013 08:58 AM

The rearmament of Russia’s paratroopers should be completed in the next three to five years, Col. Gen. Vladimir Shamanov, commander of the Airborne Forces, told journalists on Saturday, May 11, 2013.
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Sunday, May 12, 2013 01:00 PM

Iran displayed its most advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) designed and manufactured by the country's engineers. The stealth drone, named Hemaseh (Epic), was unveiled on Thursday evening in a special ceremony in the presence of Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi. The ceremony was held on the sidelines of a conference to commemorate the defense ministry's martyrs.
Sunday, May 12, 2013 10:51 AM

The Turkish army on Saturday, May 11, 2013, deploys more troops to the Syrian border after car bombs earlier in the day killed at least 40 people in a border town. Air and ground military reinforcements have started to arrive at the town of Reyhanli in southern Turkey's province of Hatay, after the blasts there earlier on Saturday claimed at least 40 lives and injured over 100.
Sunday, May 12, 2013 08:52 AM

The German government confirmed the sale of 104 used Leopard 2 tanks and 50 armored personnel carriers Marder 1A2 armoured infantry fighting vehicle by industrial group Rheinmetall to Indonesia, but has put off a decision on a tank sale to Saudi Arabia, a defence source said on Friday, May 10, 2013.
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Saturday, May 11, 2013 02:38 PM