Dylan Malyasov

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Germany plans forming a NATO battalion group in Lithuania

In the evening of April 28 Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas received a confirmation via phone call with Federal Minister of Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen that Germany is going to be in the lead...

Activists blocking US military convoy on the entry to Moldova

The deputies of the Party of Socialists (MDBGS) together with activists of the "Young Guard" (the youth organization of the socialists) night blocked the entry to Moldova through Sculeni border crossing point, where the US military convoy arrived...

Belarus is studying the option of supplying arms to Syria

Belarus is studying the option of supplying  arms to Syria. According to the French Newsletter "Intelligence online" in the material «Rencontres discrete en armememnt», Syria's Ambassador in Belarus Bassam Abdul-Majid 11 April 2016 met with Defense Minister of Belarus...

VAMTAC ST5 vehicles will be adopted by the Singapore Armed Forces

A new  Spanish-made URO VAMTAC ST5 vehicles will be adopted by the Singapore Armed Forces. VAMTAC is the acronym for Vehículo de Alta Movilidad Táctico, which is Spanish for "High Mobility Tactical Vehicle". The VAMTAC ST5 is sometimes referred to as the Spanish...

Rheinmetall to equip Bundeswehr with new laser duel simulators

Rheinmetall AG has won an important procurement order from the Bundeswehr worth just under €20 million. The Düsseldorf-based Group will be supplying the German Army Combat Training Centre, or GÜZ, with a new generation of equipment for...

US Congress stops $430 million aid to Pakistan for buying 8 F-16s

United States (US) Congress Committee has interrupted financial aid worth USD 430 million to Pakistan putting sale of eight F-16 fighter jets on the line once again, Dunya News reported Friday. Department of State stated to a British...

Kazakhstan buy «Spartan» Armored Vehicles for the use by Special Response Team

Kazakhstan buy some amount of «Spartan» 4x4 Armored Vehicles  for the use by Special Response Team. During the event President of Kazakhstan - Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Nursultan Nazarbayev looked around the facilities of the Center...

Russia may buy «Bozena Riot» remotely operated security system

Russia may buy «Bozena Riot» remotely operated, armored vehicle designed to handle riots and mobs in the streets and urbanized areas. The «Bozena Riot» may buy for the recently established National Guard agency.   «Bozena Riot» security system, a light armored...