Month: January 2021
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Jan- 2021 -15 JanuaryDrones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion
German Defense Minister Pushes Need for Stronger Air Defenses Against Drones
Germany’s minister of defense has highlighted the need to strengthen the country’s air defenses citing the threat posed by armed drones.
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15 JanuaryTerrorism
French Troops Kill 15 Jihadists in Mali
France's armed forces said Friday they had killed around 15 jihadists near Mali's border with Burkina Faso, where an al-Qaeda-linked group is active.
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15 JanuaryAsia Pacific
South Korea Tests Homegrown SLBM as North Korea Parades Its Own
South Korea has recently completed a test launch of its homegrown submarine-launched ballistic missile, according to local media.
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15 JanuaryMiddle East
Iran’s Guards Hold Missile, Drone Drill
Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Friday launched a missile and drone drill in central Iran, the country's third military exercise in less than two weeks.
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15 JanuaryAmericas
Colorado Politicians Lament Trump’s Pick of Alabama as Space Command HQ
Several Colorado politicians have reached out to President-elect Biden in the hopes he will reverse Trump's “horrendous decision” to base the US Space Command’s headquarters in Alabama instead of Colorado.
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15 JanuaryDrones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion
Russia’s Hunter Drone Drops Bomb on Moving Target in Landmark Test
Russia’s heavy strike stealth drone, Okhotnik, or Hunter, successfully dropped a large bomb in a first of its kind test for the aircraft.
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15 JanuaryAfrica
46 Pygmies Killed in ADF Attack in Eastern DR Congo
Forty-six Pygmies have been massacred in eastern DR Congo's Ituri province by the notorious Allied Democratic Forces militia, local sources said on Friday.
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15 JanuaryAsia Pacific
N. Korea Shows off Submarine-Launched Missile at Parade: KCNA
North Korea displayed a submarine-launched ballistic missile at a military parade, in a show of strength days before Joe Biden's inauguration as US president.
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14 JanuaryAsia Pacific
Three Pakistani Soldiers Killed in Shootout Near Afghan Border
Three Pakistani soldiers were killed Thursday in an exchange of fire with militants in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border, the military said.
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14 JanuarySea
US Navy to Deploy Laser-Based HELIOS System This Year
The US Navy will test HELIOS, a weapon system that utilizes high-energy fiber lasers, for permanent vessel deployment early this year.
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