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General Dynamics integrates Naval Strike Missile on USS Gabrielle Giffords LCS

General Dynamics integrated the over-the-horizon Naval Strike Missile capability onto the Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Gabrielle Giffords

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Boeing awarded $280 million Small Diameter Bomb integration and support contract

Boeing has been awarded a $280 million integration and engineering support contract for the Small Diameter Bomb I glide bomb

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Nigeria: ISWAP blamed for roadside bomb that killed 6 near Kamuya

Six people were killed when their car was struck by a roadside bomb near Kamuya in northeast Nigeria's conflict-torn Borno state

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Mali troops killed in complex ‘terrorist’ attack between Douentza and Sevare

Seven military personnel were killed in a "complex attack" in central Mali's violence-torn Mopti region, FAMa said

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UN suspends Sri Lanka peacekeepers over army commander’s appointment

The UN suspended Sri Lankan troops from peacekeeping duties after the appointment of a general accused of war crimes as army chief

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Spain charges 7 Catalan separatists with ‘terrorist organization’ membership

Seven Catalan separatists suspected of planning attacks have been charged with belonging to a "terrorist organization" and remanded in custody

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US to deploy new Patriot missile battery, 4 Sentinel radars to Saudi Arabia

The US will deploy a new Patriot missile battery and four Sentinel radar systems to Saudi Arabia in response to attacks on oil facilities

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Korea Aerospace Industries NI-600 VT unmanned helicopter completes first test flight

Korea Aerospace Industries completed the first test flight of its NI-600 VT unmanned helicopter

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Sudan closes borders with Libya and CAR citing security concerns

Sudan ordered the closure of its borders with Libya and Central African Republic over security concerns, the country's ruling body announced

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ISIS claims ISWAP killed 14 Nigerian soldiers and captured 2 in Gubio ambush

ISIS claimed ISWAP affiliate killed a dozen Nigerian Army soldiers and abducted two other when they ambushed a military convoy in Borno

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