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The Pentagon is deploying another 200 special operations forces (SOFs) personnel to Syria, for a stated total of about 500, to help rebels battling to expel Islamic State fighters from Raqqa, US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced on 10 December. "The United States will deploy

Key Points USN issues four contracts to support USMC cyber and IT training The total value for all four contracts combined is USD61 million, although this figure could rise to more than USD100 million if options within the contracts are taken up The US Navy (USN) has issued four contracts for

Americas Brazil - 9 December 2016: In Recife, the armed forces announced that they were deploying 3,500 troops on the streets to combat a crime wave; the announcement was made after local police had threatened to go on strike. Colombia - 10 December 2016: In Guaviare province, FARC rebels

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Polish / Slovak Diana 155-mm Self-Propelled Howitzer

EVENT On 6 December, Ecuador's interior minister Diego Fuentes announced that 10 tonnes of cocaine had been seized in four operations over three days in the cities of Guayaquil and Esmeraldas and the island of San Cristóbal. The latest seizures bring the total to just over 90 tonnes between 1

French LRAC F1 Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher

Russia Sprut-SDM1 Amphibious Light Tank

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Italian Beretta M9A3 Pistol

The US government has approved a package of transport and attack helicopters for the Middle East valued at USD7.01 billion. Two separate sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) worth USD3.51 billion and USD3.5 billion respectively were approved by the State Department on 8

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Nexter Systems and Krauss Maffei Wegmann (KMW) showcased one of the first fruits of their joint venture - KMW + Nexter Defense Systems (KNDS) - at the 2016 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) exhibition in Orlando in December. The Nexter FINDMP Digital Sand

China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO) has expanded its range of remote weapon stations (RWS) with the development of the UW4A, IHS Jane's has learned. At this stage it has not been confirmed if the UW4A has been developed to meet the operational requirements of the People's Liberation Army

North Korea has denied any involvement in a hacking attack against South Korea's Ministry of National Defense (MND), saying Seoul is pulling off "a childish plot" to divert public attention from a political crisis, Yonhap news agency quoted North Korea's state-run Uriminzokkiri website as

The US State Department has approved a Moroccan request for 1,200 BGM-71-4B-RF wireless TOW 2A anti-tank missiles worth an estimated USD108, the Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 8 December. The DSCA said the missiles will "advance Morocco's efforts to develop an

A new piece of legislation that has quietly made its way through the US Congress over the past several months is calling for the creation of a new committee that would take concrete and even proactive steps against Russian 'new-generation warfare' and intelligence operations targeted against

South Korea has drawn up a list of 60 submarine components to be banned from export to North Korea, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in Seoul said in an 8 December statement. The watch list, which calls on other governments to ensure that the parts are not shipped to the communist country,