Americas
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Nov- 2019 -7 November
Boeing awarded $22 million Laser Small Diameter Bomb contract
Boeing awarded a $22 million US Special Operations contract for Laser Small Diameter Bomb all up rounds and warhead shipping containers
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7 November
Accused of airstrike civilian casualty cover-up, Colombia’s defense minister Botero resigns
Colombia's defense minister Guillermo Botero resigned after facing accusations of trying to cover up the deaths of children in an airstrike on a drug trafficking gang
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Oct- 2019 -31 October
The relevance of ground-based midcourse missile defense
Ground-based Midcourse Defense is a critical element of US national defense against ballistic missiles, David Daly argues
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28 October
US-led Coalition against ISIS to meet in Washington on November 14
The Coalition against ISIS will meet in Washington, D.C. on November 14 in a French-initiated meeting as the US pulls troops from Syria
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7 October
US Democrats subpoena Pentagon documents in Trump impeachment inquiry
Congressional Democrats subpoenaed the Pentagon for documents tied to President Donald Trump's withholding of military aide to Ukraine
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1 October
Boeing awarded $70 million contract for 30,000-pound GBU-57 bunker buster bombs
Boeing was awarded a $70 million contract for the procurement of GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator precision-guided “bunker buster” bombs
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Sep- 2019 -30 September
US General Mark Milley sworn in as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
US Army General Mark Milley was sworn in as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, replacing General Joseph Dunford
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Aug- 2019 -30 August
Colombia troops kill 9 FARC dissidents in San Vicente del Caguan raid
Colombian troops killed nine FARC dissidents in a raid in what the president said was "a clear message" to their leaders
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30 August
US carries out successful THAAD remote launcher test
The US carried out a successful intercept test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, the first using a remote launcher kit
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30 August
US officially establishes Space Command
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper officially established US Space Command, eight months after President Donald Trump ordered its creation
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