Americas
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Mar- 2020 -16 March
US Navy reports first suspected shipboard coronavirus case on USS Boxer
The US Navy reported its first suspected case of the new coronavirus aboard a ship, saying a sailor on the USS Boxer had tested positive for the disease
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11 March
US-Brazil defense cooperation could help counter China’s space ambitions, general says
A US-Brazil defense research agreement offers the US a leg up over China's space infrastructure ambitions in the Western Hemisphere, SOUTHCOM commander Admiral Craig Faller said
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4 March
US military linguist in Iraq charged with leaking informant identities to Hezbollah
A US military translator who was based in Iraq was charged with passing the names of US informants to people linked to Lebanon's Hezbollah
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Feb- 2020 -10 February
US Army wants $111 million for new NGSW rifle platform to boost firepower, range
The US Army is requesting $112 million to replace the M4A1 Carbine, M16 and M249 SAW with Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) by 2021
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4 February
Low-yield nuclear weapon deployed on US Navy submarine in Atlantic
The Pentagon confirmed reports that the Navy has deployed a submarine armed with a newly developed and controversial low-yield nuclear weapon
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Jan- 2020 -31 January
Africa offers US a ‘competitive edge’ over Russia and China, Townsend says
US AFRICOM commander Stephen Townsend said the US military presence in Africa should remain as part of the strategy to counter Russia and China
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21 January
US cyber war against ISIS faced bureaucratic hurdles, newly declassified documents reveal
US Cyber Command's operation against Islamic State faced a number of problems, including difficulties with interagency coordination
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18 January
US sanctions Iran IRGC general, alleging he ordered protest crackdown
The US sanctioned Iran IRGC Brigadier General Hassan Shahvarpour for overseeing a massacre of protestors in November
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10 January
Colombia’s president calls on UN to extend peace mission until 2022
President Ivan Duque called on the UN to extend its peace verification mission between Colombia's government and former FARC rebels until 2022
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Dec- 2019 -13 December
US SOCOM awards Lightforce USA $54 million contract for P-VPS rifle scopes
US Defense Department awarded Lightforce USA, Inc., a $53,735,930 contract for Precision-Variable Power Scopes (P-VPS) for Special Operations
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