Europe
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Mar- 2018 -20 March
RAF Red Arrows jet crashes near Wales base
A British military Hawk jet used by the Royal Air Force's Red Arrows aerobatic display team with two people on board crashed at a base in Wales
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19 March
‘We will not allow any arms race’ – Putin says Russia will reduce military spending
Ruling out an 'arms race', Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that the country would cut its military spending, a day after he won a presidential election
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16 March
“We don’t want a new Cold War,” NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg says
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg the alliance did not want a return to Cold War hostilities with Russia after the March 4 nerve agent attack in Salisbury
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15 March
Thales’ Acusonic shot detection system to be installed on British Army’s Ajax armored vehicles
Thales UK signed a £3.7 million contract with General Dynamics Land Systems-UK to supply its Acusonic sensor system for the British Army's Ajax armoured fighting vehicle family
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15 March
UK to invest £48 million in new Chemical Weapons Defence Centre in wake of Skripal attack
The U.K. is to invest £48 million in a new Chemical Weapons Defence Centre, while British troops on high-readiness will also be offered anthrax vaccine
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14 March
Sergei Skripal case: Blaming Russia does not necessarily mean action
Theresa May will need do to more than establish Russia’s culpability in the Sergei Skripal case in order to get the international community to back actions, Michelle Bentley argues.
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13 March
Lavrov visit highlights security ties between Russia and southern African countries
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s recent trip to Africa reveals how Russia’s investment in natural resource projects across Southern Africa is also increasingly tying it to the region’s security issues
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8 March
MBDA and Lockheed form joint venture for Germany’s TLVS missile defense system
MBDA Deutschland and Lockheed Martin announced a joint venture expected to become the prime contractor for Germany's TLVS next-generation integrated air and missile defense system
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1 March
German citizen arrested with Taliban in Afghanistan
A German national has been arrested with the Taliban in Afghanistan's insurgency-racked Helmand province, a rare example of a European among the insurgents
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Feb- 2018 -27 February
Leonardo SW-4 Solo helicopter flies for 45 minutes with no pilot aboard
Leonardo announced the maiden flight of its SW-4 Solo single-engine optionally piloted helicopter with no safety pilot on board
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