Asia Pacific
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Sep- 2018 -17 September
Japan carries out first submarine exercise in disputed South China Sea
Japan has carried out its first submarine drill in the South China Sea, with the Kuroshio joining three warships near China-controlled Scarborough Shoal
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16 September
US Army procures Hydra rockets from General Dynamics for foreign military sales
General Dynamics was awarded a $44 million contract for Hydra rockets for foreign military sales to Afghanistan, Nigeria, Australia, Lebanon and the Philippines
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15 September
Afghan military helicopter crash in Farah province kills at least four
An Afghan military helicopter carrying weapons and ammunition burst into flames during an "emergency landing" in western Afghanistan's Farah province, killing at least four people
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14 September
US approves $2.6 billion sale to South Korea of P-8A patrol planes and Patriot missiles
The US State Department has approved the sale to South Korea of six P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft and 64 Patriot missiles at an estimated cost of $2.6 billion
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14 September
South Korea launches its first missile-capable attack submarine
South Korea launched its first ever missile-capable attack submarine, despite a recent diplomatic thaw with the nuclear-armed North
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12 September
Passport to jihad: European foreign fighters joining ISIS in the Philippines
Robert Postings takes an in-depth look at the Philippines as a destination for would-be Islamic State foreign fighters as ISIS loses core territory
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12 September
Thailand: 2 army rangers shot dead by suspected militants
Two army rangers were gunned down and four more wounded in a night-time ambush by suspected militants in Thailand's Muslim-majority south
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12 September
Death toll in eastern Afghanistan suicide attack rises to 68
The death toll from a suicide attack on Afghan protesters has soared to 68, as violence flares ahead of elections and a key Islamic holy day
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11 September
Dozens of casualties in suicide attack on Afghan protesters in Nangarhar
At least five people were killed in a suicide bomb attack among protesters in Nangarhar hours after a double bombing at a girls' school in Jalalabad killed a boy
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10 September
Taliban attacks in northern Afghanistan kill dozens of security personnel
Taliban fighters killed nearly 60 members of Afghanistan's beleaguered security forces in a spate of attacks across the country's north
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