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Mar- 2021 -

12 March

French minister of Defence Florence Parly (rear C) sits during a presentation of the new Defence space Strategy as she visits the Command of Air Defence and Air Operations (Commandement de la defense aerienne et des operations aeriennes - CDAOA) in the base 942 on the Verdun mount in Poleymieux-au-Mont-d'Or near Lyon, eastern France, on July 25, 2019

France Runs Satellite War Game in European First

France on Friday prepared to simulate an attack by a hostile power on one of its satellites in a war game scenario the government said is less outlandishly futuristic than it may seem.

11 March

Tactical training at the Russian University of Spetsnaz (Special Operations Forces) in the Chechen Republic

Staff Writer With AFP

Russia Says Foiled ‘Terror’ Attack in North Caucasus

Russia said Thursday it had killed a suspected militant planning a terror attack in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan.

10 March

Staff Writer With AFP

France Conducts First Military Drills in Space

France has begun its first military exercises in space to test its ability to defend its satellites, in a sign of the growing competition in Earth's orbit.

4 March

A Turkish army's Eurocopter AS532 Cougar helicopter takes part in a military rescue mission exercise in the northern part of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, on June 11, 2019

Staff Writer With AFP

Nine Turkish Soldiers Killed in Military Helicopter Crash

Nine Turkish soldiers were killed and four wounded on Thursday when their military helicopter crashed in the southeast of the country, the defense ministry said.

4 March

The Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Jens Stoltenberg.

Staff Writer With AFP

NATO Chief Warns EU It Can’t Defend Europe Alone

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday that the European Union cannot defend its citizens alone without the help of the trans-Atlantic alliance.

3 March

Staff Writer With AFP

UK Defends Yemen Aid Cuts and Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday defended his government's plan to halve humanitarian aid for war-torn Yemen while continuing to sell arms to Saudi Arabia, despite a US freeze on its weapons' exports.

Feb- 2021 -

25 February

The Urban Training Facility at Colchester’s Merville Barracks

Inder Singh Bisht

British Paratroopers Hone Urban Warfare Skills at New Facility

The British Army recently unveiled the Urban Training Facility at Colchester, Essex, designed to prepare paratroopers for combat in complex, built-up areas.

25 February