A Russian businessman is on trial for overcharging the Navy for an anchor that is installed on aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.
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Month: April 2012
Taiwan military tests ability to defend air base against paratroop attack
Female paratroopers dropped into Hsinchu air force base in northern Taiwan on Thursday in a drill to test the military’s response to an airborne invasion.
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Black Hawk crashed in Afghanistan
A U.S. Black Hawk helicopter crashed Thursday in southern Afghanistan and initial reports from the scene indicated that as many as four soldiers may have been killed.
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Denmark borrows Dutch Ravens for Afghan mission
The Netherlands has loan two Raven systems, consisting of three UAVs each, to the Danish military for surveillance missions in Afghanistan.
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Russia to develop and build missile early warning satellites
Russia’s First Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Sukhorukov said on Thursday that Moscow has signed contracts to develop and build missile early warning satellites.
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