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Analysis: Syria's alleged secret reactor site
Syria's alleged nuclear facility (Map data copyright 2014 Google, DigitalGlobe/ORION-ME/US Dept of State Georgrapher/IHS:1569488)France reassesses military cuts after Charlie Hebdo attack
Speaking on board the French Navy's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, French president François Hollande announced that planned cuts to defence would be reassessed following the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris. Source: PA PhotosUkraine restarting T-64-based IFV development
Ukraine is restarting the development of a heavy infantry fighting vehicle based on the T-64 MBT chassis. Ukroboronprom hopes to be ready to begin serial production of the IFV, if ordered by Ukraine, this year. Source: UkroboronpromBoeing awarded LRIP contract for Super Hornet IRST
The AN/ASG-34 is a podded system located on the aircraft's centreline. Source: Lockheed Martin
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Croatia to sell surplus military aircraft
Croatia is looking to sell a wide range of its surplus Croatian Air Force aircraft, with the state-owned Alan Agency issuing a new call to tender. The country hopes to sell seven Mil Mi-24V 'Hind' attack helicopters (manufactured from 1978 to 1987), two Antonov An-32B 'Curl' tactical transport
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Libyan militia purportedly uses Camcopter in operation against strategic air base
Images of an unmanned helicopter that crashed in western Libya suggest one of the militias obtained an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) supplied to the country's coastguard by the European Union. Photographs and a video appeared on various social media sites on 13 January, clearly showing a Camcopter
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UK orders next-generation air defence system from MBDA
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has ordered a new ground based surface-to-air missile (SAM) system from MBDA, IHS Jane's can confirm. Known as the Future Local Area Air Defence System (FLAADS) Land, the new SAM system will eventually replace the British Army's Rapier Field Standard C (FSC)
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USAF T-X to herald more cost-conscious acquisitions
Key Points T-X is to be the first USAF acquisition under an experimental plan to speed procurement and reign in cost The USAF wants industry to present cost-capability tradeoff options early in process The US Air Force's (USAF's) jet trainer replacement (T-X) for the Northrop T-38 Talon will be
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Al-Shabaab militants kill soldier in Kenya's Coast
A SOLDIER and five suspected Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen militants were killed during clashes that broke out after militants ambushed a military vehicle in the Boni forest area of Lamu County in Kenya's Coast province on 14 January, Reuters reported. The military vehicle was reportedly
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Algeria's political stability in 5-10-year outlook undermined by co-ordinated protests and falling oil price
EVENT Several hundred people gathered to hold simultaneous protests in the southern Algerian cities of Ouargla, Tamanrasset, Adrar, In Salah, Aoulef, and Djelfa, on 15 January in opposition to shale gas extraction. The protests have focused on acts of civil disobedience including the blocking of
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Aimpoint selection: the UK's SPEAR Cap 3 air-to-surface weapon
The UK Ministry of Defence is weighing up the options for its Selective Precision Effects At Range Capability 3 air-launched precision-guided weapon programme. Richard Scott reports -
Baltic states join forces to resist Russia
Relations between Russia and the Baltic states are at a low following Moscow's incursions into Ukraine. Lora Chakarova examines Lithuania's strategy to distance itself from Russia and explores how Moscow could use hybrid warfare techniques against the region in 2015. -
Centenary highlights Turkey's political shifts
International efforts have failed to break the longstanding deadlock in Armenian-Turkish relations. Emil Sanamyan looks at the role of Azerbaijan, Russia, and the United States, and the potential impact of the imminent centenary of the Armenian genocide.
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Ukraine restarting T-64-based IFV development
Ukraine has renewed development of heavy infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) based on the T-64 main battle tank (MBT), Ukroboronprom has announced. The Kharkov Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau had previously created prototypes of a new IFV based on the T-64 but work is understood to have ceased
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UK orders next-generation air defence system from MBDA
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has ordered a new ground based surface-to-air missile (SAM) system from MBDA, IHS Jane's can confirm. Known as the Future Local Area Air Defence System (FLAADS) Land, the new SAM system will eventually replace the British Army's Rapier Field Standard C (FSC)
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EID to receive contract to fit ICCS6 to Belgian, Dutch, and Portuguese vessels
Key Points Belgian, Netherlands, and Portuguese frigates to receive EID ICCS6 fit 10 vessels will be outfitted between 2015 and 2020, under a EUR15 million contract The navies of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Portugal will equip a number of their surface ships with the Integrated Communications
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Analysis: UN peacekeepers struggle against IEDs in Mali
Key Points MINUSMA suffered more than 100 casualties in 2014, with IEDs proving the largest single threat The mission is trying to improve its counter-IED capabilities, including through the acquisition of mine-protected vehicles for its poorly equipped African contingents The UN Multidimensional
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Disagreement over Yemeni draft constitution carries high risk of renewed fighting in capital, threatening state failure
Key Points The six-region division agreed as a basis for drafting the constitution in February 2014 has been widely rejected by rival armed political factions in Yemen. Mass violent protests are likely in Sanaa if the six-region draft constitution is published. There is a high risk of escalation,
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Algeria's political stability in 5-10-year outlook undermined by co-ordinated protests and falling oil price
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Belgian and German counter-terrorism operations confirm heightened risk of terrorist attacks in urban areas across Western Europe
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Petrocaribe oil regional alliance likely to weaken despite Venezuelan president's assurances
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France reassesses military cuts after Charlie Hebdo attack
France is reassessing planned defence cuts in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris on 7 January, France's president has announced. Speaking on board the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle before it sailed to conduct operations in the Indian Ocean, François Hollande stated that
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Analysis: Syria's alleged secret reactor site
Key Points Syria has reportedly established a nuclear facility in an underground facility on its border with Lebanon There is no evidence in the available satellite imagery to corroborate the claims Syria has continued its nuclear weapons programme at an underground facility located in mountains
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OSINT Summary: Belgian counter-terrorism raid targets alleged Syria returnees
At approximately 1745 local time on 15 January, Belgian counter-terrorism police conducted a raid on a building in the residential area of Hill in the town of Verviers, prompting an intense exchange of gunfire with suspected Islamist militants in the building that lasted almost 10 minutes. Two of
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Romania pledges to spend 2% GDP on defence by 2017
Romania will increase its defence spending to 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2017, with an agreement signed by all of the country's parliamentary parties on 13 January. The proposal was made by Romanian president Klaus Iohannis, who, in an official statement on 12 January, firmly pointed to
