Americas
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Mar- 2021 -26 March
USAF Invests in Alternative Energy, Updated Weapons Technologies
The US Air Force is investing in technologies to make their systems more energy-efficient, a senior official said.
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25 March
USAF Deters War Game Taiwan Invasion With Updated Tactics
The US Air Force has deterred a Chinese invasion of Taiwan in a simulated conflict set more than a decade from now using updated military tactics.
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24 March
US Army Increasingly Preparing Soldiers for Arctic Missions
In the hope of identifying possible improvements in missions involving extreme cold weather, the US Army is conducting a gap analysis as part of the newly-released Arctic strategy.
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22 March
NATO Chief Says ‘All Options Open’ on Afghan Withdrawal
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said "all options remain open" on Afghanistan, as allies wait for Washington to decide on a looming withdrawal deadline.
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19 March
Blinken to Attend NATO Meeting
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will attend a NATO meeting next week in Brussels in a show of American support for the alliance, the State Department said Friday.
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17 March
Biden Warns US May Miss Deadline to Exit Afghanistan
US President Joe Biden has said that it would be "tough" to meet the deadline to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan by May 1, as agreed with the Taliban in a deal secured under Donald Trump.
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16 March
US Army Reviews Gender-Neutral Combat Fitness Test
The US Army is reviewing its gender-neutral fitness test and could revamp it to factor in the “biological differences” between men and women.
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16 March
US to Train Mozambique Forces Fighting Jihadists
American military personnel will spend two months training soldiers in Mozambique to help the country fight a jihadist insurgency in its northeast, US embassy officials said.
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11 March
US Says Deadly DR Congo ADF Militia Linked to Islamic State
Washington on Thursday labeled the ADF militia, suspected of hundreds of civilian killings in the Democratic Republic of Congo's east, a "foreign terrorist organization" linked to Islamic State.
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11 March
US Warship Transits Taiwan Strait After Admiral’s China Invasion Warning
A US warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the American navy said Thursday, a day after a top US commander warned of the threat to Taiwan of a Chinese invasion within the next six years.
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