NATO Panel of Experts in logistic and defence planning issues has paid three-day official visit to Georgia. Purpose of the visit is to promote the further development of Georgian Armed Forces.
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MOSCOW - Russia and Venezuela are expected to sign a contract on the delivery of at least 100 main battle tanks worth about $500 million to the Latin American country, a Russian defense industry source said on Wednesday according to RIA Novosti.
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WASHINGTON - The United States cannot think about a military withdrawal from Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told the Arabic television network Al-Jazeera.
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The missile system house Diehl BGT Defence has won Saudi Arabia as a new export customer for the IRIS-T air-to-air guided missile.
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On 3 September 2009, DCNS signed detailed contracts in Rio de Janeiro for the construction of four conventional-propulsion submarines for the Brazilian Navy and a vast technology transfer programme covering design assistance – under the Brazilian Navy’s design authority – with the non-nuclear portion of Brazil’s first nuclear-powered submarine and assistance with the design and construction of both a naval base and a naval shipyard.
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Contractors took out just over $4.6 billion worth of building permits in July, an 11.4% decrease from June.
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Jane Fonda, Danny Glover and Eve Ensler have joined the growing list of artists who are boycotting the Toronto film festival over a program honoring Tel Aviv’s 100th anniversary, gossip blogger Perez Hilton reported on Friday.
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During a lecture that the Chief Military Advocate General, Brig. Gen. Avichai Mandelblit, gave on Thursday (Sep 3) in Jerusalem as part of the legal seminar "To fight and to win in the framework of the law", he stressed the IDF's obligation to pay attention to the legal aspect of all of its operations.
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The twelve experts appointed by Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen to lay the ground for NATO’s new Strategic Concept met at the Alliance’s Headquarters for the first time on 4 September.
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The Islamic Republic of Iran's Navy commander says that the country's naval forces are tasked with blocking water routes used by 'the enemy', in the event of a necessity.
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