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Baltic Times
April 21, 2018
TALLINN - Twenty aircraft are to take part in Estonia's large-scale military exercise Siil 2018 (Hedgehog 2018), which will take place at the beginning of May, including Wildcat and Black Hawk helicopters and fighter jets Mirage and Su-22. Polish attack aircraft Su-22 and French fighter jets Mirage2000Ãâà...
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April 20, 2018
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Forces Network
April 20, 2018
RFA Tidespring arrives at HMNB Clyde (Picture: MoD). The biggest military exercise in Europe, Exercise Joint Warrior, is set to get underway at Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde on 21 April. Joint Warrior: Europe's Largest Military ExerciseÃâà...
Middle East Monitor
April 19, 2018
Qatari armed forces participated in the conclusion of the Gulf Shield 1 military exercise in Saudi Arabia earlier this week. The Qatari army said in a statement issued yesterday that Qatari Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Ghanem Al-Ghanim, participated in the final day of the Gulf Shield 1 exercise onÃâà...
Focus Taiwan News Channel
April 18, 2018
Mbabane, April 18 (CNA) Tsai Ming-yen (蔡明彥), deputy secretary-general of the National Security Council (NSC), said Wednesday that President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) will be kept up to date on a Chinese live-fire military exercise while traveling in Africa. The president and her delegation arrived inÃâà...
Buzz.ie
April 18, 2018
The 112th Infantry Battalion are entering their final phase of three months of intensive training in preparation for their forthcoming deployment to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in early May. The Mission Readiness Exercise puts commanders and soldiers through a series ofÃâà...
TOLOnews
April 17, 2018
“The aim of the military exercise is to enhance the soldiers' capabilities and to create close cooperation between them in addressing regional challenges. Joint military exercises by different countries enhances the soldiers' abilities and finally helps us to strengthen the security of the region,” said Al-Subaie.
Taiwan News
April 16, 2018
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan will hold its annual Han Kuang military drills to test its defense capabilities for five days starting June 4 in response to the planned Chinese live-fire exercises in the Taiwan Strait on April 18, reported UDN. President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) is expected to preside over theÃâà...
Al-Arabiya
April 16, 2018
Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz will oversee the conclusion of the joint military exercise 'Gulf Shield 1' on Monday which took place over the span of one month with the participation of 24 neighboring countries. The event will also be attended by a number of leaders from participating countriesÃâà...
KAGSTV.com
April 1, 2018
Foal Eagle, the largest annual joint military exercise in South Korea, usually runs about two months. Its start was delayed this year at the request of South Korea until after the Winter Olympics. North Korea has consistently protested the annual joint exercises as a military provocation, even though the U.S.Ãâà...
The Hill
March 31, 2018
The U.S. and South Korea have resumed joint military exercises after halting the drills during the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Yonhap News Agency reported local time Sunday that field exercises had kicked off. Nearly 12,000 U.S. troops will join around 300,000 South Korean soldiers for the jointÃâà...
Pakistan Today
March 30, 2018
TOKYO: Japan's defence chief welcomed on Friday the planned resumption of US-South Korean joint military exercises, saying the annual drill set to start on Sunday would add pressure on North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program. “It's our understanding that the exercises will be of a similarÃâà...
Khmer Times
March 29, 2018
The Cambodian and Chinese militaries were yesterday conducting live-fire drills on the last day of a joint military exercise in Kampong Speu's Samroang Tong district. The exercise, intended to celebrate 60 years of diplomatic relations between Cambodia and China, began on March 17 with a focus onÃâà...
The Phnom Penh Post
March 29, 2018
“The importance of the military exercise is to get terrorists around the world to feel the threat,” Songhe said. Jon Grevatt, an Asia-Pacific defence analyst for the publication IHS Jane's, said military exercises in Southeast Asia have been increasing in frequency, with China in particular holding drills withÃâà...
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
March 29, 2018
The March 25, 2018, Hamas military exercise in Gaza demonstrated the growth of Hamas' military power since the movement took control of Gaza in 2007. The al-Qassam Brigade is no longer simply an armed militia. Instead, it has grown gradually into a regular army. From the political point of view, theÃâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
March 29, 2018
USNI News is reporting that the US Navy assault ship USS Wasp is expected to join the annual Foal Eagle joint military exercise with South Korea in early April. But the Pentagon isn't commenting on whether the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group, currently operating in the Indian Ocean, will alsoÃâà...
Business Insider
March 29, 2018
A massive military exercise between the US and South Korea is about to kick off — check out what it looks like .... A protester shouts slogans during a rally denouncing the United Nations's sanctions against North Korea and the annual joint military exercises, near the US Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, March 9, 2013.
TASS
March 28, 2018
TOKYO, March 28. /TASS/. Japan has remonstrated against Russia's military drills held in the south of the Kuril Islands, said Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono in his speech in the lower parliamentary chamber on Wednesday. Read alsoÃâà...
Ahval
March 28, 2018
“Greece will strongly support its borders and those of Europe,” Pavlopoulos said during a visit to the Salamina naval base, repeating that “there are no gray zones” in the Aegean. Defending “international legitimacy... is not simply our right, it is also our duty to the international community,” said GreekÃâà...
Kathimerini
March 27, 2018
Cyprus and Israel on Monday launched a joint military exercise, dubbed “Onisilos-Gideon,” officials said. A statement by the Ministry of Defense said the three-day exercise is conducted within the framework of the annual military cooperation between the two countries. The exercise takes place within theÃâà...
Breaking Israel News
March 25, 2018
More than 2,500 US personnel and 2,000 IDF troops have concluded the 2018 Juniper Cobra, a bilateral military exercise that brings together tactical and operational personnel from both armies every two years for a series of joint drills. The IDF Spokesperson's Unit said American and Israeli air defenceÃâà...
The Keene Sentinel
March 25, 2018
BOGOTA, Colombia — U.S. Southern Command announced that it will be participating in military exercises just a few miles off Venezuela's coast next month, as the island of Trinidad and Tobago plays host to an annual event called “Fused Response.” In a statement, Southcom said the multilateral exerciseÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 25, 2018
The Ezzeddin al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Palestinian group Hamas, on Sunday launched military exercises in the Gaza Strip. Hundreds of armed Qassam members have been deployed across the Palestinian territory, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent in Gaza. No further detailsÃâà...
The Point
March 24, 2018
The Gambia Armed Forces announced it will send 11 officers and 74 other ranks to take part in a multinational joint military maneuver – “Exercise Gulf Shield 1” which will to take place in Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. According to a release from The Gambia Armed Forces, the main purpose of theÃâà...
Miami Herald
March 24, 2018
U.S. Southern Command announced that it will be participating in military exercises just a few miles off Venezuela's coast next month, as the island of Trinidad and Tobago plays host to an annual event called “Fused Response.” In a statement, Southcom said the multilateral exercise is “aimed atÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 24, 2018
A key development came in September 2005, when both countries signed a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) to formalize their defense interactions, which currently include high-level visits and exchanges, policy dialogues, technological collaboration, and military exercises. Over the past few years,Ãâà...
Ahval
March 23, 2018
Turkey and Qatar are among 23 nations participating in a 30-day Saudi Arabian military exercise called Gulf Shield, Arab international newspaper ... of the smaller Muslim countries involved in these military exercises have joined them in boycotting Qatar, Turkey has been one of Qatar's firmest supporters.
Xinhua
March 23, 2018
U.S. Marine sits on top of an armored personnel carrier during Juniper Cobra, a U.S.-Israel joint air defence exercise in southern Israel, March 12, 2018. (Reuters photo). JERUSALEM, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Israel-U.S. joint military exercise, dubbed Juniper Cobra 2018, the largest drill of this kind, hasÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 21, 2018
Russian armed forces have launched large-scale military exercises in southern parts of the country and in occupied Crimea and the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The exercises began on March 19, the day after Russia held its presidential election, which incumbent PresidentÃâà...
KTIC
March 21, 2018
(WASHINGTON) — The United States and South Korea have announced that their annual large-scale military exercises will begin on April 1. U.S. officials had said previously that the anticipated meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un would not impact the timing of theÃâà...
CNN
March 19, 2018
Some observers had questioned whether the 2018 version of the military exercises would be the same length and scale as previous iterations given the recent diplomatic engagement with North Korea, but Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Christopher Logan stressed that the exercises "are the same scale,Ãâà...
CNN
March 19, 2018
(CNN) The US said Monday that its major "Foal Eagle and Key Resolve" annual military exercises with South Korea will start April 1, an announcement that comes as President Donald Trump readies for a potential major summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which could happen as early as May.
Politico
March 19, 2018
WASHINGTON — At a potentially pivotal moment of diplomacy with North Korea, the Pentagon said Monday that annual U.S.-South Korean military exercises that had been postponed for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics will begin April 1. In a brief statement, the Pentagon said Defense Secretary JimÃâà...
CNN
March 19, 2018
Some observers had questioned whether the 2018 version of the military exercises would be the same length and scale as previous iterations given the recent diplomatic engagement with North Korea, but Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Christopher Logan stressed that the exercises "are the same scale,Ãâà...
CNN
March 19, 2018
Some observers had questioned whether the 2018 version of the military exercises would be the same length and scale as previous iterations given the recent diplomatic engagement with North Korea, but Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Christopher Logan stressed that the exercises "are the same scale,Ãâà...
Asheboro Courier Tribune
March 16, 2018
CARTHAGE — Soldiers from the 83rd Civil Affairs Battalion, based at Fort Bragg, are conducting a certification readiness exercise (CRX) in eight North Carolina counties (Franklin, Halifax, Mecklenburg, Moore, Nash, Northampton, Wake and Wilson) during the week of March 15-23. While deployed, CivilÃâà...
Newsweek
March 16, 2018
Beijing has repeatedly attempted to take back the disputed island by force and President Donald Trump's signing of a Travel Act with Taiwan on Friday was likely to further upset relations. During Thursday's military exercises, some of the personnel also reportedly drank cow blood, not unlike some U.S.Ãâà...
Trend News Agency
March 15, 2018
Kyrgyz-Indian military exercises Kanjar-2018 has started in India, Kabar with reference to the press service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic reported. "In accordance with the plan for the preparation of the command and control bodies, units and agencies of the General Staff ofÃâà...
Newshub
March 15, 2018
An Australian and a Cambodian have been killed in an explosion which also injured another Australian during a military training exercise in Cambodia. The Australians are understood to be military trainers and two others wounded on Thursday in Kampong Speu province were Cambodian soldiers, theÃâà...
Egypt Independent
March 15, 2018
Official Spokesperson of Armed Forces Tamer al-Refai stated on Tuesday that Egyptian-French naval forces carried out a joint exercise in the Red Sea as part of the continuation of the military cooperation between the two countries' armed forces. Refai added that the exercise witnessed the participation ofÃâà...
India Today
March 14, 2018
After the Doklam stand-off, relationship between India and China which had turned "sour" was seen improving now. The Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said today that the annual India-China military exercise will soon resume. Rawat said, the "bonhomie" between the two forces was back. The militaryÃâà...
Ahval
March 14, 2018
The move comes after Turkey prevented Republic of Cyprus from exploring for gas reserves in the eastern Mediterranean Sea through hosting its own military exercises in the area. Turkey is likely to attempt to prevent the military exercises getting too close to the Turkish coastline by posting warships closeÃâà...
Khmer Times
March 13, 2018
He said China was bringing three helicopters, eight tanks and other vehicles and weapons to use in the joint military exercise while Cambodia had six helicopters, eight tanks and other vehicles. Gen Sarath noted that last year Cambodia cancelled joint military exercises with the United States and ChinaÃâà...
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
March 13, 2018
By conducting military exercises, Azerbaijan has violated its commitments to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Tigran Balayan, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Armenia, stated about the aforementioned on his Twitter account. “Azerbaijan startedÃâà...
Khmer Times
March 13, 2018
He said China was bringing three helicopters, eight tanks and other vehicles and weapons to use in the joint military exercise while Cambodia had six helicopters, eight tanks and other vehicles. Gen Sarath noted that last year Cambodia cancelled joint military exercises with the United States and ChinaÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 12, 2018
The U.S. and Israeli armies have been conducting joint military exercises since 2001. In February, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said in a statement that Israel would use all of its power and mobilize the land forces to enter Lebanon if the Lebanese-based Hezbollah movement launched a war.
Al-Arabiya
March 12, 2018
Saudi and United States forces have begun the Friendship Military Exercises 2018' taking place in the kingdom's northern region. US forces participating in the military drills arrived days earlier with all its military personnel and technical equipment. The military exercises will take place over several daysÃâà...
The Hankyoreh
March 10, 2018
US aircraft carriers will not be participating in joint military exercises with South Korea this April and May, according to a senior Defense Ministry official. The scale of the joint exercises has been the focus of some attention ahead of a planned inter-Korean summit late next month. “While US aircraft carriersÃâà...
Baltic Times
March 10, 2018
TALLINN - This year's Siil (Hedgehog) large-scale military exercise to be held in May will have more than 13,000 participants, which makes it the biggest military exercise since Estonia restored its independence. The exercise will kick off on May 2 and it will last until May 14. This time the volunteer corpsÃâà...
Arab News
March 10, 2018
Israeli, US troops hold joint military exercise amid tensions in Mideast. AP | Published — Saturday 10 March 2018. Tension in the region continues after the US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. (AFP)Ãâà...
