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6th/10/2008 |
Moscow and Athens are drafting a contract for the delivery of 420 Russian light-armoured infantry vehicles to Greece, Russia’s state-run weapons exporter announced Monday.
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6th/10/2008 |
Russia’s arms-export monopoly on Monday denied Israeli claims that it plans to deliver S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Iran or Syria, the Interfax news agency reported.
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4th/10/2008 |
China on Saturday denounced proposed US arms sales to Taiwan worth 6.5 billion dollars, according to state media, warning "there is only one China in the world, and that Taiwan is a part of China."
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3rd/10/2008 |
The Pentagon notified Congress Friday of 6.5 billion dollars in possible arms sales to Taiwan that would include advanced interceptor missiles, Apache attack helicopters and submarine-launched missiles.
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3rd/10/2008 |
India said on Friday it was gearing up to seal military contracts worth billions of dollars including a massive fighter jet deal which has prompted a dogfight among global aeronautical giants.
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2nd/10/2008 |
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday hit out at Ukraine for delivering weapons used by Georgia to fight Russia during a brief conflict in August.
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2nd/10/2008 |
Sri Lanka plans to raise its defence spending in 2009 by seven percent to maintain a massive ground, sea and air offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels, official data showed Thursday.
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1st/10/2008 |
Ukraine’s President Viktor Yushchenko sold arms to Georgia to help it fight the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia and Russia, the Russian daily Izvestia reports in its Thursday edition.
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1st/10/2008 |
France refuses to jointly fund the deployment of NATO early warning radar aircraft in Afghanistan as it believes the money would be best spent on troop support, officials said Wednesday.
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