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Japan to send aircraft, landing ship with aid to Tonga
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan is sending transport military aircraft with humanitarian aid to Oceania's Tonga that suffered from a major volcanic eruption, and will dispatch a tank-borne ship with volcanic ash clearing equipment, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said on
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Russia to send 12 aircraft, 3 missile divisions to Belarus to test union d
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Moscow [Russia], January 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia will deploy 12 aircraft, two missile defense divisions and one missile and gun systems division to Belarus as part of the two-stage test of the response forces of the Union State between the two nations, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexa
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Japan, France to hold security talks amid China's growing assertiveness in
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 18 (ANI): Amid China's growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region, the foreign and defense ministers of Japan and France will hold security talks virtually on Thursday.
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Taliban warns Tajikistan, Uzbekistan to return Afghan aircraft or face con
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 12 (ANI): Taliban's acting Defense Minister Mawlawi Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid on Tuesday warned Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to return the Afghan aircraft or they will face consequences.
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Taliban won't allow any country to use Afghan military aircraft, says acti
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 12 (ANI); The acting defense minister emphasized that the Taliban will not allow any country to use Afghan military aircraft that were taken out of Afghanistan.
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NATO expansion had negative impact on European security: Russian Defense M
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The eastward expansion of NATO's military infrastructure had a negative impact on the security architecture of the entire European continent, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said.
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UP: Rajnath Singh lays foundation stone for BrahMos Missiles production un
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 26 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone of BrahMos Missiles production unit and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) lab in Lucknow on Saturday.
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UK Defence minister meets NATO General Secretary to discuss Ukraine: Minis
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK defense minister, Ben Wallace, met with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to discuss the situation near Ukraine's border, the UK Ministry of Defence said.
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3 Russian aircraft depart for Afghanistan to evacuate people, deliver aid
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 1 (ANI): Three Russian military transport aircraft departed for Afghanistan to evacuate citizens and deliver humanitarian aid.
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Japan's FM, Defense Minister to visit US for a two-plus-two meeting amid C
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 28 (ANI): Amid China's assertiveness, arrangements are being made for Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi to visit the United States for a two-plus-two meeting, local media reported on Sunday.
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Russia upgrading MiG-31 interceptors to triple their combat effectiveness
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The combat effectiveness of Russia's MiG-31 interceptors will triple after repair and upgrade, representatives of the Sokol aircraft plant reported to the Deputy Defense Minister Aleksey Krivoruchko.
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1 killed, 1 injured after Malaysia's military jet crash
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], November 16 (ANI/Xinhua): A jet belonging to the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) crashed on Tuesday night, leaving one member of the country's military killed and another injured, Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said.
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