ALGERIE DEFENSE

Début février 2010, le Battle Group Multinational Nord (BGM-N) de la Force de l’OTAN au Kosovo (KFOR) a obtenu sa certification opérationnelle à l’issue de l’exercice Effective Response qui a mis en jeu l’ensemble des composantes de force déployées dans la zone septentrionale du pays.

En état-major comme sur le terrain, plus de 1000 militaires de [...]

Un accord de principe sur l’escorte des navires au large de la Somalie a été trouvé entre la Chine, la force navale de l’Union européenne, l’Organisation du traité de l’Atlantique Nord (OTAN) et les Forces maritimes combinées (CMF), a annoncé vendredi le ministère chinois de la Défense nationale.

Cet accord porte sur la coopération en matière [...]

 SAN DIEGO, Feb. 12, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The RQ-4 Global Hawk, Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE:NOC) premier unmanned reconnaissance aircraft system, continues its persistent watch over Haiti.  To date, the Global Hawk has flown six missions, approximately 130 hours, and provided more than 3,600 images of Port-au-Prince and areas damaged by the massive earthquake and [...]

colombiareports.com  10 February 2010 Elyssa Pachico

FARC is recruiting indigenous children as spies in Colombia’s southern jungles, the military said Wednesday.

Children as young as 13 have been found gathering intelligence for the FARC´s 44th Front in the Guaviare department, said General Jorge Suarez, commander of the army’s 22nd Brigade.

The army recently found one 13-year-old girl from [...]

Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth has today announced the creation of a new military airworthiness authority to ensure aviation safety standards are of the highest order at all times.
The Military Aviation Authority (MAA) has been created as part of the MOD’s full response to the Nimrod Review by Charles Haddon-Cave QC following the deaths of 14 [...]

By John J. Kruzel
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2009 – The United States and Russia are making progress on a pledge to reach an agreement on a nuclear weapons reduction pact to replace a long-standing bilateral treaty that expired last week.

 Negotiations have proceeded quietly in Switzerland under tight secrecy, according to reports. But an [...]

 Sunday,  December 13, 2009
By John Markoff and Andrew E. Kramer THE NEW YORK TIMES
The United States has begun talks with Russia and a U.N. arms-control panel about strengthening Internet security and limiting military use of cyberspace.

American and Russian officials have different interpretations of the talks so far, but the fact that the United States is [...]

Rear Admiral Hudson and former Force Commanders cutting the anniversary cake

Papaioannou by EU NAVFOR Public Affairs Office
10 December 2009 marks the first anniversary of EU NAVFOR Somalia – Operation Atalanta, the successful EU Naval Force operations in the Gulf of Aden and the Somali Basin against piracy. This anniversary represents a period of concerted [...]

Bangkok, 12 déc 2009 (SPA) – Les autorités thaïlandaises ont arrêté cinq personnes samedi et bloqué un avion cargo est-européen transportant des armes de guerre venant de Corée du Nord dans un aéroport de Bangkok, a-t-on appris de sources officielles.
L »appareil était samedi soir cloué au sol à l »aéroport intérieur de Don Mueang de la capitale.
« Un [...]

By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service

BAGHDAD, Dec. 10, 2009 – The recent spate of violence that has rocked the Iraqi capital dominated Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates’ talks here today with President Jalal Talabani and Iraq’s Presidency Council, all pledging to continue working cooperatively to combat it.

The violence also forced Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, [...]