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15 January

Arms

A computer rendering of an MBDA Sea Ceptor naval air defense system missile is seen being launched from a ship in the background. The entire background is blurred to add more focus on the moving missile.

Poland’s Miecznik-Class Frigates to Get MBDA Sea Ceptor Missiles

Arms manufacturer MBDA has signed a contract with Poland to equip its navy's Miecznik-class frigates with surface-to-air missiles.

15 January

Asia Pacific

Members of the Ta'ang National Liberation Army patrol in Shan state, Myanmar

Staff Writer With AFP

Myanmar Ethnic Minority Fighters Say Capture Town Near Bangladesh Border

An armed ethnic minority group in Myanmar has said it captured a town and several junta outposts near the border with Bangladesh and India.

15 January

War

Inder Singh Bisht

Ukraine Downs $365M Russian Spy Planes

Ukraine has reportedly shot down a Russian Beriev A-50 airborne early warning and control jet and an Ilyushin Il-22M airborne command post.

15 January

Terrorism

A Pakistani army soldier stands guard at a market in Miran Shah, a town in North Waziristan, near the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Jan. 27, 2019

Staff Writer With AFP

Five Pakistan Troops Killed by Blast in Balochistan

At least five Pakistan soldiers were killed when their vehicle was hit by a bomb blast following a clash with militants in southwestern Balochistan province, the military said.

15 January

Africa

UN MONUSCO peacekeeper in Democratic Republic of Congo

Staff Writer With AFP

DR Congo Says Pullout of UN Peacekeepers Has Started

The withdrawal of UN peacekeepers from the Democratic Republic of Congo "has commenced," the foreign minister announced.

15 January

Arms

Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona - U.S. Marines with Marine Corps Systems Command, fire a Stinger Missile from a Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS) at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, December 13, 2023. The MADIS Mk1, pictured, and Mk2 form a complementary pair and will be the basic building block of the Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalions’ ground-based air defense capability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Virginia Guffey)

Rojoef Manuel

US Marine Corps Tests MADIS Air Defense System in Arizona

The US Marine Corps has tested the low-rate initial production model of the Marine Air Defense Integrated System in Arizona.

15 January

Middle East

A member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) carries an automatic rifle on a road in the Qandil Mountains, the PKK headquarters in northern Iraq, 2018

Staff Writer With AFP

Turkey Bombs Kurdish ‘Terrorist Targets’ in Iraq, Syria

Turkey carried out another series of airstrikes against Kurdish sites in northern Iraq and Syria in response to the deaths of nine Turkish soldiers.

15 January

Europe

Staff Writer With AFP

UK Announces Biggest Military Deployment to NATO Exercises in Decades

Britain will send 20,000 armed forces personnel to one of NATO's largest exercises since the Cold War, Defense Secretary Shapps announced.

15 January

Air

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a ground-breaking ceremony in Pyongyang, 2021

Staff Writer With AFP

North Korea Says It Test-Fired Hypersonic Missile

North Korea said it successfully test-fired a new ballistic missile tipped with a hypersonic maneuverable warhead, the latest breakthrough in its pursuit of advanced weaponry to threaten South Korean and US targets.

15 January

Land