Bulgaria

Jul- 2019 -

23 July

F-16 launches AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon glide bomb

Bulgaria president vetoes $1.3 billion F-16 fighter jet purchase

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev vetoed a $1.3 billion deal to buy eight F-16 fighter jets from the US, saying there had been insufficient debate

Jun- 2019 -

18 June

Staff Writer with AFP

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Canadian paratrooper killed, 3 others injured during Exercise Swift Response in Bulgaria

A Canadian paratrooper died and three others – a Canadian and two US soldiers – were injured in the US Army Europe-led Exercise Swift Response in Bulgaria

4 June

Staff Writer with AFP

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US approves $1.7 billion sale to Bulgaria of 8 F-16 fighter jets

The US State Department approved the $1.673 billion sale to Bulgaria of eight F-16 fighter jets and associated equipment, weapons and training

Oct- 2018 -

31 October

Staff Writer with AFP

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Bulgaria’s arms exports up 20 percent to €1.2 billion in 2017

Bulgaria's booming arms trade continued to grow in 2017 with arms and ammunitions exports topping €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion), an official report showed

Jun- 2018 -

8 June

Staff Writer with AFP

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Bulgaria parliament approves spending $1.9 billion on fighter jets, armored vehicles

Bulgaria's parliament approved on Friday, June 8 spending over 3.2 billion leva ($1.9 billion) for new fighter jets and armoured vehicles to update its aging fleet of Soviet-built equipment.

Dec- 2017 -

14 December

PG-9 rockets in an ISIS propaganda video

Joanne Stocker

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Did ISIS kill Iraqis with weapons the US gave to Syrian fighters?

ISIS captured European weapons given by the US to Syrian rebels and later used them against the Iraqi Security Forces in the battles of Mosul and Fallujah