Year: 2019

Boeing awarded $500 million Qatar F-15 support contract

The US Defense Department awarded Boeing a $500 million contract to train maintenance and aircrew teams for Qatar's fleet of 36 F-15QAs

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US carries out successful THAAD remote launcher test

The US carried out a successful intercept test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, the first using a remote launcher kit

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UN ‘ready to facilitate’ evacuations from Rukban camp in southern Syria

The UN will help evacuate civilians from the "abysmal" Rukban camp in the desert in southern Syria near the border with Jordan

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Yemen: Motorbike suicide bomb and roadside IED kill separatist fighters in Aden

Three southern Yemen separatist fighters were killed in a suicide bombing in Aden, the first such attack since government forces were first driven out

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US officially establishes Space Command

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper officially established US Space Command, eight months after President Donald Trump ordered its creation

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Japan requests record $50 billion defense budget in eighth straight increase

Japan's defense ministry requested a record $50.3 billion budget for fighter jets and missile defense as the country eyes North Korea and China

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Ex-FARC commander calls for Colombia rebels to take up arms

Former senior FARC commander Ivan Marquez announced he is taking up arms with other Colombia guerrillas who reject a peace deal with the government

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Yemen’s southern separatists retake control of Aden from government forces

Yemeni separatists have regained full control of the interim capital Aden following clashes with government forces who withdrew from the southern port city

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$3.3 billion sale to Japan of 73 SM-3 ballistic missile interceptors approved

The US approved the sale to Japan of up to 73 Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA interceptor missiles plus support for $3.295 billion

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Hungary purchase of 180 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles approved

The US approved a request by Hungary to purchase 180 AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs) for $500 million

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