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Jan- 2021 -

14 January

Insitu Settles for $25M After Claims It Sold Drones With Used Parts to US Military

Boeing-owned drone manufacturer Insitu has agreed to pay $25 million to settle allegations that its military drones were made with used parts instead of new materials.

14 January

Staff Writer With AFP

Turkey Urges Dialogue With US After Missile Sanctions

Turkey's defense minister has called on the US to reopen talks about Ankara's controversial purchase of a Russian air defense system, urging Washington to move past sanctions and threats.

12 January

Police and security forces attempt to hold back a mob of pro-Trump extremists as they storm the US Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021.

Staff Writer

US Veterans Organizations to Expel Members Found Guilty In Capitol Riot

Two US veterans organizations have announced their intent to strip the membership of those found involved in last week’s storming of the Capitol.

11 January

Ronald Watkins

DoD Releases New Strategy to Counter Small Drones

The Department of Defense released a new strategy that focuses on the increasingly complex threat of small drones.

7 January

Staff Writer

US Air Force Deploys MQ-9 Reapers, 90 Airmen in Romania

The US Air Force has announced the deployment of MQ-9 Reaper drones and approximately 90 airmen in Romania amid NATO concerns that Russia is flexing its military muscle in the region.

6 January

Detective Ralph Gonzalez, Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems Team Lead, New York City Police Department Counterterrorism Division, observes CUAS detection testing from a rooftop as Dense Urban CUAS Materiel Experiment 21-1 was underway in lower Manhattan on October 24

Inder Singh Bisht

Mass of Drones Storms Manhattan in Trial to Counter Future Threats

Forty-nine drones zoomed past Manhattan skyscrapers performing complex maneuvers on an October weekend last year as part of a joint NYPD and US Army trial to counter future drone threats.

5 January

Photo of Taliban militants and villagers attend a gathering to celebrate the peace deal with the US in Afghanistan’s Laghman province on March 2, 2020

Staff Writer With AFP

US Military Blames Taliban for Spate of Afghan Assassinations

The US military on Monday blamed the Taliban for a spate of assassinations of prominent Afghans, the first time Washington has directly accused the insurgent group of the killings.

Dec- 2020 -

29 December

Staff Writer With AFP

Russia, Turkey to Develop Military Ties Despite US Sanctions

Russia's foreign minister said Moscow and Ankara's military cooperation would not be deterred by US sanctions on Turkey for acquiring a Russian missile defense system.

28 December

This file photo from 2019 shows an Iranian flag at Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran

Staff Writer With AFP

Iran Warns Israel Not to Cross Gulf ‘Red Lines’

Iran warned Israel not to cross its "red lines" in the Gulf in the final days of Trump's presidency and following a reported Israeli submarine deployment.

24 December