Arms Control
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 08:52
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DCSA) has notified Congress that it has approved key foreign military sales to the United Arab Emirates and Libya last week, bring the total worth of approvals to $7.1 billion.
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 08:47
But sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday that Damascus had given up less than 5 percent of its chemical weapons arsenal and would miss next week's deadline to send all toxic agents abroad for destruction.
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 08:01
Shoigu will hold talks with his Kazakh counterpart Adilbek Zhaksybekov. It is planned to discuss bilateral military and military-technical cooperation.
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 06:39
Somalia's president said he wanted the U.N. Security Council to extend a partial lifting of an arms embargo beyond its March expiry because Somali troops need more and better equipment to battle al Qaeda-aligned insurgents.
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 00:00
"La Argentina figura en tercer lugar como pais fabricante de armas en manos criminales en San Pablo, pero a pesar de la pequena representatividad llama la atencion que todas esas armas llevan la insignia del Ejercito Argentino"
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 00:00
2013 fue un no "interesante" para el grupo, con entregas de mas de 65 helicopteros en la region. Para 2014 se preve que las ventas sean "similares o un poco mas altas".
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 08:05
Uzbek first deputy defense minister was at a three-day visit to Azerbaijan, during which he visited Azerbaijani Defense Industry Ministry's enterprises producing defense and dual-purpose items.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 07:40
"The Director-General of the OPCW and the Special Coordinator (of the joint U.N.-OPCW mission in Syria) have similarly engaged Syrian representatives to persuade them to enable immediate removal," Ban said.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 08:24
The magazine, which deals with military and security matters, presented evidence that the regime has upgraded its weapons capacity with the assistance of countries including Iran, North Korea and Belarus.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 08:19
A U.S. cargo ship loaded with sophisticated equipment is setting sail Monday for the Mediterranean Sea, where it will be used to destroy dozens of containers of deadly chemical weapons being removed from Syria.