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December 30, 2022 No Responses

Aung San Suu Kyi’s prison sentence extended to 33 years

Today, a court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country’s ousted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi to seven years in prison for corruption. She has been detained since 2021 and has since faced a series of charges, ending with a...

December 19, 2022 No Responses

UK Army to receive 250 cutting-edge mini drones

The British Army will upgrade its aerial systems, with more than 250 “portable” and “packable” mini-drones worth £129 million. On Friday, The Ministry of Defence awarded UK arms manufacturer Lockheed Martin a 10-year contract to supply...

January 9, 2020 No Responses

Iran’s missiles were intended to “kill personnel” in Iraq, said the Pentagon

Pentagon officials believe that the more than a dozen missiles launched at two bases in Iraq housing U.S. forces Tuesday night were designed to kill Americans, but the Iranian efforts were thwarted by the military’s Early Warning Systems, Defense Secreta...

November 25, 2019 No Responses

What should the Navy leaders stance be in the Gallagher case?

Most Americans understand that, under military law, soldiers must disobey an illegal command. It’s a doctrine that demolished Nazi war criminals’ claims during the Nuremberg trials that they were just following orders. But what happens if the order...

October 11, 2017 No Responses

Fatal Collision Leads to US Navy Officers Losing Their Jobs

The accident that the destroyers USS John S. McCain not only did it lead to a deadly accident, but also to the officers in charge of it losing their jobs Earlier this year, the guided-missile destroyer collided with a merchant...

July 14, 2017 No Responses

Virgin Galactic aims at improving military technology

Reaching war zones in one hour is the next target on the US Air Force list, Chief of Staff David Goldfein declared Special elite troops could be able to use mother-ships in order to get to conflict zones, as suggested...

May 19, 2017 No Responses

French President to visit Africa

President Emmanuel Macron will visit West African counter-terrorism troops deployed in Mali As almost 6.000 French troops are established in Africa for military peacekeeping services, sources have announced that President Macron will travel in the area today t...

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