The US military launched what appeared to be punitive strikes against Syrian military targets after President Bashar al Assad's government reportedly used chemical weapons.
Officials said late on 6 April in Washington that US Navy Tomahawk land attack missiles (TLAMs) struck Syria's Sharyat
Washington launches strikes against Syrian base after reported chemical weapon attack
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Damen submits tender for Australian OPV project
Damen Shipyards Group has submitted a tender for the SEA 1180 Phase 1 Project to deliver 12 offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the Netherlands-based company said in a statement on 6 April.
The design being offered "uses innovative technology to improve
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China donates military equipment to Guyana
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has given military equipment to Guyana in a bid to enhance bilateral ties and bolster the South American country's defence capabilities.
The donation to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) consisted of 31 pieces of equipment, including patrol boats, bulldozers, one
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UNSC condemns North Korea's latest ballistic missile launch
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has "strongly condemned" North Korea's ballistic missile test on 5 April.
"This launch is in grave violation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's [DPRK's] international obligations under United Nations Security Council resolutions
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Trump vows to strengthen military defences against North Korea
The United States will continue to bolster its military defences against North Korea, US president Donald Trump told Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe during a telephone conversation on 5 April following Pyongyang's latest ballistic missile launch.
President Trump "made clear that the United
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Russia approves helicopter joint venture with India
The Russian government has reportedly approved a joint venture (JV) with India that will produce Kamov Ka-226T 'Hoodlum' light multirole helicopters for the Indian Armed Forces.
The proposed JV supports a government-to-government agreement between the two countries signed in September 2016, through
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Germany completes helicopter deployment to Mali
The German military (Bundeswehr) has completed its deployment of Airbus Tiger attack helicopters and NH Industries NH-90 transport helicopters to Gao as part of its contribution to the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).
The new German Helicopter
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Duterte orders military to deploy to Philippine-controlled South China Sea Islands
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the military to deploy to and fortify all of the country's unoccupied islands and reefs in the disputed South China Sea to assert jurisdiction over these areas.
"You try to be friends with everybody, but we have to maintain our jurisdiction now
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Russian industrial consolidation continues, as commercial sales targeted
Russia's defence industrial base is continuing its consolidation process, with Rostec announcing on 5 April that the strategy for the company's Armaments cluster had been approved.
As part of the strategy, Rostec is looking to boost the commercial revenues of the cluster from current levels of less
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Mark Green to be nominated as US Army secretary
US President Donald Trump plans to nominate Mark Green to become the secretary of the US Army. Green's impending nomination was announced on 7 April by Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis.
Green now serves as a Tennessee State Senator and is the CEO of Align MD, a staffing company for emergency
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Latest North Korean missile launch likely a failure, say reports
North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile on 5 April likely ended in failure after travelling only a fraction of its range, several media outlets quoted US officials as saying that same day.
The unnamed officials also said that the missile, which flew approximately 60 km before falling into the
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LAAD 2017: Leonardo sells AW169 to Argentine Gendarmeria
Leonardo has signed a contract with the Gendarmería Nacional Argentina for the sale of one AW169 utility helicopter as a first step towards selling more of the aircraft to Argentina, Stefano Villanti, Leonardo's senior vice-president of international government sales, said during the LAAD
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USN says updated Super Hornets could mix well with F-35s
The US Navy believes it can make the upgrades necessary to Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft using engineering change proposals (ECPs), Captain David Kindley, the navy's programme manager for those platforms, told Jane's .
Such an effort would rely on relatively inexpensive
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PLA ground forces enhancing combat readiness, says report
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) ground forces are aiming to improve their combat readiness and capability by increasing the frequency and complexity of their military exercises, the state-owned China Daily newspaper reported on 10 April.
A total of 15 PLA infantry, artillery, and air defence
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LAAD 2017: Colombian Air Force fields MAFFS II firefighting equipment
The Colombian Air Force has become the first Latin American service to operate the Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS II), developed by Aero Union, on its C-130 Hercules fleet.
The MAFFS II can discharge 3,000 gallons of water, six-times more than the Bambi Bucket used by the Air Force's
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LAAD 2017: Brazilian submarine programme moves into construction
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Brazil's four diesel-electric attack submarines are now all in initial stages of construction
The first boat is to be launched in July 2018 and the last in December 2022
The Brazilian Navy's four S-BR diesel-electric attack submarines are pushing ahead with construction despite some
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LAAD 2017: Brazil to receive initial KC-390 airlifters in 2018
The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) will receive its initial two KC-390 multipurpose airlifters in 2018, an Embraer Defense and Security spokesperson told Jane's at the FAB's Afonsos Air Force Base in Rio de Janeiro on 6 April.
One serial production aircraft currently being built will be delivered in
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Indonesia commissions first Martadinata-class guided-missile frigate
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Indonesia has commissioned its first SIGMA 10514 guided-missile frigate
Vessel will bolster the Indonesian Navy's Eastern Fleet capabilities
The Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut, or TNI-AL) has commissioned its first Martadinata (Sigma 10514) class
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India to provide Bangladesh with USD500 million for defence procurement
India and Bangladesh have agreed to expand defence trade ties supported by aid extended by New Delhi worth USD500 million.
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) through which India will provide the credit was one of several defence-related agreements signed on 8 April following meetings in New Delhi
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Consensus in Berlin points to caution in relation to NATO spending target
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There is a consensus in Berlin that any raising of defence spending should be incremental
Hitting the NATO-stipulated 2% of GDP defence spend is problematic for Germany, especially in relation to the defence spending of France and the United Kingdom
During a NATO meeting in Brussels on
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