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US to Reduce Troop Levels in Afghanistan, Iraq by January

US to Reduce Troop Levels in Afghanistan, Iraq by January

The United States will draw down forces in Afghanistan and Iraq by Jan. 15, 2021, Acting Defense Secretary Christopher C. Miller said today at the Pentagon.

Miller announced the drawdown of troops to 2,500 in Afghanistan and 2,500 in Iraq during his first appearance in the Pentagon briefing room….

Turkish Parliament Approves Deployment of Troops in Azerbaijan

Turkish Parliament Approves Deployment of Troops in Azerbaijan

ANKARA — The Turkish Parliament Tuesday passed a motion to allow the deployment of Turkish troops in Azerbaijan for monitoring a cease-fire agreement over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

The motion gives the government a one-year mandate to send the troops whose number will be determined by the pr…

South Korea to Spend Over $72Bn to Support Defense Industry

South Korea to Spend Over $72Bn to Support Defense Industry

Over 80 percent of South Korea’s 100 trillion won (US$90 billion) budget set aside for boosting defense capabilities over the next five years will be spent on buying locally made weapons and hardware, rather than imports, to help boost the local defense industry, Defense Minister Suh Wook said Wedne…
India Announces Second Successful Flight Test of QRSAM System

India Announces Second Successful Flight Test of QRSAM System

In yet another flight test, the Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) System tracked the target accurately and successfully neutralised the airborne target. The flight test, second in the series was conducted today at around 1542 hrs from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the coast o…
Arianespace Identifies Source of Vega Launch Failure

Arianespace Identifies Source of Vega Launch Failure

Arianespace has announced the loss of the Vega VV17 mission, which was carrying two payloads: SEOSAT-Ingenio, an earth-science observation satellite for the European Spatial Agency (ESA); and TARANIS for France’s National Centre for Space Studies (CNES).

Two and a half months after Vega’s success…


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