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Oct- 2017 -

17 October

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US State Dept approves $2.4 billion Greek F-16 upgrade as PM Tsipras visits White House

The U.S. State Department approved the potential $2.4 billion upgrade of Greek F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets to the F-16 Block V configuration

11 October

Anna Varfolomeeva

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US State Department approves $53 million medium-range missile sale to Netherlands

The U.S. State Department approved $53 million sale of 26 AIM-120 C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs) to the Netherlands

9 October

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Romanian president Klaus Iohannis

Fergus Kelly

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NATO launches new multinational division in Romania

NATO launched a new 10-country multinational force from in Romania to counter Russia in southeast Europe in the Black Sea

5 October

Fergus Kelly

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Pratt & Whitney awarded $2.7 billion C-17 engine sustainment contract

Pratt & Whitney was awarded a $2.7 billion contract for engine sustainment support for the C-17 Globemaster cargo aircraft

4 October

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg inspects troops

Anna Varfolomeeva

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NATO official says alliance faces ‘hybrid challenges’ after reports of Russian smartphone attack

NATO troops in the Baltic states and Poland face hybrid challenges and sophisticated attacks to undermine them, a NATO official told The Defense Post

4 October

Fergus Kelly

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Two arrested after mustard gas canisters found in eastern England

Two people have been arrested after WW2-era mustard gas canisters were discovered in woods near what was previously an RAF base in eastern England

4 October

Former Dutch minister of Defense Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert

Fergus Kelly

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Dutch defense minister resigns over deaths of Mali peacekeepers

Both the Dutch defence minister and the chief of its military resigned over the deaths of two soldiers on a UN peacekeeping mission in Mali in 2016

4 October

Joanne Stocker

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Motorbike explodes outside Jordanian defense mission in Paris

A motorbike exploded outside the Jordanian military mission in the French capital early on Wednesday morning. Jordan’s Petra news agency reported that no one was injured in the explosion, which occurred outside the defense attache’s office on avenue Foch in Paris’ 16th arrondissement. The Jordanian embassy is located nearby. An embassy official said he did not believe the military office was deliberately targeted. Several vehicles were damaged, according to the foreign ministry. The Paris police department said the motorbike was set on fire in front of the office, but nothing “corresponded to an explosion,” Reuters news agency reported. Police said the incident was under investigation but not believed to be linked to terrorism.

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26 September