Arms Control
Monday, December 15, 2014 - 06:25
Uzbekistan appears to be increasingly relying on Russia for military equipment as the United States withdraws from Afghanistan without -- as Tashkent had hoped -- handing over some of its secondhand gear.
Friday, December 12, 2014 - 07:00
The Senate passed a bill Thursday that aims to help Ukraine by sanctioning Russian officials. S. 2828, the Ukraine Freedom Support Act, directs the president to sanction members of the Russian Federation and businesses controlled by the Russian government.
Friday, December 12, 2014 - 06:59
The Senate passed a bill Thursday that aims to help Ukraine by sanctioning Russian officials. S. 2828, the Ukraine Freedom Support Act, directs the president to sanction members of the Russian Federation and businesses controlled by the Russian government.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 08:01
Baghdad has transferred its first shipment of arms to the forces fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh, in preparation for a military offensive to liberate the city of Mosul, the Nineveh Provincial Council announced on Tuesday.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 05:40
South African security forces in the form of the national defence force and the police service had almost nine times as many firearms stolen as lost in the 2013/14 financial year.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 05:39
A push at the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on South Sudan's warring parties has reached an impasse due to a dispute over whether to include an arms embargo, diplomats said.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 06:36
The U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Monday refused to rule out sending weapons to the Ukrainian army, but insisted that the crisis in Ukraine would be solved with diplomacy, not armies.
Monday, December 1, 2014 - 07:17
The CIA was spying on arms shipments from Libya to Syrian rebels at the time of the 2012 attack on its Benghazi facility, according to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
But a controversial Committee report asserts the CIA did not make “unauthorized” arms shipments to the Syrian rebels, further confusing what the two dozen officers and contractors were doing at the Libyan port city.
Monday, November 24, 2014 - 06:24
The United States plans to buy arms for Sunni tribesmen in Iraq including AK-47s, rocket-propelled grenades and mortar rounds to help bolster the battle against Islamic State militants in Anbar province, according to a Pentagon document prepared for Congress.
Friday, November 21, 2014 - 06:56
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has received into service 'a squadron' of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter aircraft from the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF), a senior PAF service official disclosed on 19 November.