Americas
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Apr- 2021 -29 April
US Army Footage of New Night Vision Goggles ‘Video Game-Like’
The US Army shared footage of how the battlefield will appear as viewed through its Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binoculars, showing glowing figures likened to those in the popular video game Halo.
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29 April
Eight Venezuelan Soldiers Killed in Clashes on Colombian Border: Army
Eight Venezuelan soldiers have been killed in clashes with armed groups operating on the Colombian border, doubling the toll since an offensive against the combatants started in March, the defense ministry in Caracas said.
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28 April
Fire Scout Crashes Into USS Charleston and Disappears Into Sea
An unmanned MQ-8B Fire Scout helicopter crashed into the side of Littoral Combat Ship USS Charleston after it took off from the vessel on Monday.
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28 April
New DoD Missile Defense Program to Cost $17.7 Billion
The Pentagon’s new ballistic defense missile program, Next Generation Interceptor, is estimated to cost $17.7 billion.
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28 April
US Navy Fired Warning Shots on Iran Boats in Gulf: Pentagon
A US Navy vessel fired warning shots toward three Iranian military speed boats in the Gulf this week to warn them after they sped close to the ship, the navy said.
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27 April
Boeing to Fit P8-A Poseidon With LRASM in $74M Navy Contract
Boeing was awarded a $74 million contract with the US Navy for integration of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile onto the P-8A Poseidon aircraft.
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27 April
TACK Program Could Change the Way Warfighters ‘See’ on the Battlefield
US Army researchers have developed a suite of tools to enable soldiers to “see” the battlefield in ways never imagined before.
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27 April
US Army Fields First M-SHORAD System In Decades
The US Army has begun redeploying the Mobile Short Range Air Defense system after a hiatus of 13 years.
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26 April
US Approves SkyGuardian, Equipment Sale to Australia
The US government has approved the sale of 12 MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones to Australia.
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23 April
3 Rockets Hit Baghdad Airport Base Housing US Troops: Security Sources
Three rockets crashed into a base at the Iraqi capital's airport housing US troops Friday, security sources said, in the latest attack coinciding with tensions between Baghdad's allies Tehran and Washington.
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