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Air Power 2018: What to expect (video)
Ahead of the 2018 Air Power Conference, to be held in London in July, Shephard spoke with AVM Mike Wigston about the RAF's role in the international arena and ...
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SOFIC 2018: MRZR-X supports UK MoD
Polaris Government and Defense will support the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE) with a single MRZR-X unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), company ...
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SOFIC 2018: ThunderDrone update
The US Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM’s) year-long ThunderDrone experimentation program will wrap up on 20th June 2018, SOFWERX officials have confirmed.Addressing delegates at the Special ...
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Taiwan faces defence export challenges
Taiwan’s defence industry is struggling to enter the US defence global supply chain, despite its procurement of billions of dollars of US equipment over the ...
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Taiwan scrambles fighter jets to track China bomber drill
Taiwan on 25 May scrambled fighter jets to shadow Chinese bombers conducting a drill around the island, just hours after Beijing welcomed Burkina Faso's move ...
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US wasted billions in failed Afghan stabilisation efforts: official
The US wasted billions of dollars trying to stabilise fragile parts of Afghanistan from 2001-2017 and some efforts caused more harm than good, a US ...
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US disinvites China from Pacific military exercises
The Pentagon has pulled its invitation for China to join maritime exercises in the Pacific because of Beijing's ‘continued militarisation’ of the South China Sea, ...
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Singapore Airshow 2018: Show in focus (video)
On the final trade day of Singapore Airshow Shephard's Asia-Pacific editor, Gordon Arthur, takes a look at some of the highlights of the 2018 event.
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China rejects US military claims of laser attacks on pilots
4th May 2018
China on 4 May rejected US allegations that Chinese nationals shone military-grade lasers at American pilots in Djibouti, dismissing the claims as ‘inconsistent with facts’. ...
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US commandos help Saudis against Yemen rebels
4th May 2018
A team of elite US Green Beret commandos were deployed to the Saudi border of Yemen in 2017 to help find and destroy Huthi rebel ...
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US military pilots injured by Chinese lasers
4th May 2018
Chinese nationals have on multiple occasions shone military-grade laser pointers at US pilots operating out of the American base in Djibouti, the Pentagon said on ...
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Nine aboard US C-130 destroyed in fiery crash
3rd May 2018
An aging US military cargo plane carrying nine troops was destroyed in a fiery crash on 2 May as it made its final scheduled flight ...
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US troop withdrawal not linked to Korean peace pact
2nd May 2018
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has dismissed claims that US troops stationed in the country would have to leave if a peace treaty was signed ...
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US stands by Afghans after deadly day for journalists
1st May 2018
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday the US would stand by the Afghan people and the Kabul government, a day after attacks killed dozens of ...
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Afghan security force shrinks sharply: US watchdog
1st May 2018
The Taliban and other insurgent groups are gaining control over increasing numbers of the Afghan population and the strength of local security forces has declined ...
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Syria strikes kill 26 fighters, mostly Iranians: monitor
30th April 2018
Missile strikes overnight in central Syria killed at least 26 pro-regime fighters, most of them Iranians, a monitor said on 30 April. The Syrian Observatory ...
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NATO chief hails Korea meet as 'encouraging' first step
27th April 2018
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg hailed te historic summit between the leaders of North and South Korea as ‘encouraging’, but warned of more challenges ahead. In ...
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Ukraine offers to provide NATO with cargo aircraft
27th April 2018
Ukraine's state-run Antonov Airlines has said it is willing to provide more cargo planes to NATO after a Russian company said it would halt its ...
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Saudi Arabia downs Yemeni rebel missile
27th April 2018
Saudi Arabia's air defences on 27 April intercepted a missile fired by Yemeni rebels, days after the insurgents' second-in-command was killed in an air raid ...
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US envoy Pompeo tackles NATO on spending
27th April 2018
US President Donald Trump's brand new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo came to NATO on 27 April to hammer home one of his boss's oldest ...
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Mattis confirms 'no decision' yet on Iran deal
26th April 2018
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on 26 April said no decision had been made on whether the United States is going to withdraw from the Iran ...
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Israel defence minister vows to strike any Iran 'foothold' in Syria
26th April 2018
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman vowed in an interview on 26 April to strike at any attempt by Iran to establish a ‘military foothold’ in ...
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China sends bombers around Taiwan
26th April 2018
China flew bombers and fighter jets around Taiwan on 26 April, the air force said, the latest show of force by Beijing following warnings against ...
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NATO say North Korea sanctions must stay
26th April 2018
The world must maintain sanctions on North Korea until ‘concrete changes’ in its actions are seen, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned on 26 April on ...
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Boeing 1Q profits jump, lifts 2018 forecast
25th April 2018
Boeing reported a surge in Q1 profits on 25 April and lifted its full-year earnings forecast following a strong performance in commercial aviation and defence ...
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Airbus and Dassault to team up on combat fighter
25th April 2018
Airbus and Dassault Aviation announced on 25 April that they intend to team up on the development of the future French-German combat fighter, a project ...
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Israel warns of attack if Russia air defences used in Syria
24th April 2018
Israel's Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on 24 April that his country would attack Russian S-300 air defence systems in Syria if they were used ...
