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A fleet of 16 Airborne Early Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) aircraft equipped with long-range radars and sensors will be in syria and middle east after october 2016 . “We have defense ministers meeting here at the end of October, I think the hope is the mission will be underway at that time,” Alexander Vershbow said at a press briefing in Brussels, as quoted […]
Image copyright EPA The Colombian government and left-wing Farc rebels are set to sign a historic agreement deal that formally brings an end to 52 years of civil war. The last of the major Cold War conflicts killed 260,000 people and left six million internally displaced. President Juan Manuel Santos and rebel leader Timoleon Jimenez, known
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of CambridgeBritain’s Prince William, left, and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, second left, and Catherine meet with a family from Syria during a visit to the Immigrant Services Society in Vancouver, B.C., Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. (Chris Wattie/The Canadian Press via AP) VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Prince George and
The latest quarterly GDP figures, showing stronger growth than expected, are the latest to belie predictions of a post-referendum meltdown. Certainly, the worst predictions of the Remain campaign in last month’s referendum have not materialised; but these statistics are inevitably backward-looking and tell us little about what is to come. Almost 60 transactions totalling
Hre’s the text of President Barack Obama‘s farewell address Tuesday at McCormick Place in Chicago: THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Chicago! (Applause.) It’s good to be home! (Applause.) Thank you, everybody. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you. (Applause.) All right, everybody sit down. (Applause.) We’re on live TV here. I’ve got to move.
Poland’s former president and democracy icon Lech Walesa said he would not hesitate to “knock off the wing” of Russian jets if he were in charge of the US destroyer Donald Cook. “If I were the commander of this ship, if these [Russian] planes were flying I would shoot them. But not to kill. I
India’s dream to develops its defence industry like USA and Russia in action . India allowing its Air Force to buy 200,000 70mm rockets for its helicopters from private defence company like Bharat Forge, Punj Lloyd , Mahindra Defence System, Reliance Defence, Larsen & Toubro, and Tata Group . To develop the private sector for the first
Russian Defense Ministry suggests US surveillance planes should either keep their distance from Russian borders while performing flights over the Baltic Sea, or at least keep aerial transponders switched on for identification. “There are two solutions for the US Air Force [operating in the Baltic Sea]: either do not fly near our borders, or
Hassan Rouhani, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. UN Photo/Sarah Fretwell 24 September 2013 – From the podium of the United Nations General Assembly, Iran’s new President, Hassan Rouhani, today foreswore the production of nuclear weapons, reasserted his country’s right to peaceful nuclear enrichment and proposed immediate “time-bound” talks to resolve the issue. “I
Eurocopter to add additional helicopter production capacity at Columbus, Miss. plant. Eurocopter will increase its commitment to the U.S. market by establishing a final assembly line for the AS350 helicopter at the American Eurocopter plant in Columbus, Miss. The AS350 is the leading aircraft in its class and is in strong demand in the
