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India’s Modi calls for ‘equal access’ to Asia-Pacific air and sea spaces

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for countries to have "equal access" to shared maritime and air spaces, and for…

Staff Writer With AFP

Decades after the end of empire, Portugal’s military returns to Africa in a new role

Decades after Portugal ended its more than 500-year-old empire in Africa, the Portuguese military has returned in force, from Mali…

Joseph Hammond

Raytheon awarded $15 million to produce Over-The-Horizon naval missiles

Raytheon was awarded a contract to produce Kongsberg Naval Strike Missiles in the Over-the-Horizon Weapon Systems competition for the U.S.…

Fergus Kelly

Australia’s new Boxer CRVs will carry Israel’s Spike LR2 anti-tank missiles

The Australian Army's new Rheinmetall Boxer Combat reconnaissance vehicles will carry Israeli-designed Spike LR2 anti-tank guided missiles, a senior defense…

Fergus Kelly

China participates in West Africa ‘Eku Kugbe’ naval exercise for the first time

China sent its guided-missile frigate Yancheng to Lagos for a multinational naval exercise in the Gulf of Guinea, the first…

Drake Long

US, Japan and India to carry out naval exercise under new Indo-Pacific Command

The US, Japanese and Indian navies will carry out latest the latest 'Malabar' maritime security exercise off the coast of…

Joanne Stocker

Orbital to produce 271 anti-radar missiles for US Navy and Australia

Orbital ATK was awarded a $171 million contract modification to convert and produce AGM-88 Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles for the…

Joanne Stocker

UN Secretary-General Guterres vows to pursue support for G5 Sahel anti-terror force

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres vowed to pursue support for the G5 Sahel anti-terror force during a visit to the…

Joanne Stocker

ISIS claims deadly attack on Afghanistan interior ministry headquarters in Kabul

Militants launched a gun and bomb attack on the interior ministry in Kabul on Wednesday, killing a policeman in the…

Staff Writer With AFP

Second Russian ‘Project 12700’ minesweeper Ivan Antonov set to sail in autumn

The Ivan Antonov, the second of Russia's 'Project 12700' (Aleksandrit-class) fiber-hull minesweepers, is set to join the Black Sea fleet in the…

Joanne Stocker