Military Exercises
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 - 05:45
Russia's military forces have begun a large exercise involving around 250 aircraft and 12,000 service personnel, according to its defence ministry. The tests began on the same day as Nato and some of its partners started an Arctic training exercise.
Friday, May 22, 2015 - 10:30
U.S. military members joined with troops from several central African countries and their United Nations allies to participate in the opening ceremony of the Central Accord 2015 exercise at Libreville, Gabon.
Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 05:49
Russia and several of its allies have completed joint military exercises on the Tajikistan Afghanistan border, which they say was necessitated by the worsening situation in northern Afghanistan.
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 07:33
More than 3,000 U.S. and partner-nation troops have gathered in Morocco for the annual joint force exercise, the largest on the continent.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 06:58
Russia is preparing to hold over the next six months joint army exercises with both China and India, as well as military operations with fellow Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states.
Monday, May 18, 2015 - 12:26
A year ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin seized Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula because he said he feared NATO’s expansion. This week, U.S. tanks were cutting up the Estonian countryside just 65 miles from the Russian border in response to local fears about Russia’s expansionism.
Friday, May 15, 2015 - 07:39
A huge, Russian-led military exercise will take place over the next seven days, bringing together the six members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the post-Soviet bloc equivalent to NATO. The exercise, which started Thursday in Tajikistan, comes amid a flurry of U.S.-led NATO exercises that have sprung up across Europe.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 07:17
More than 350 American soldiers and 80 US Army vehicles — most of them Strykers — will begin a 400 kilometer "cavalry march" across Romania, with cover from US Air Force, this week, to kick off multinational exercises in Romania, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.
Monday, May 11, 2015 - 07:36
Hundreds of Georgian and United States (US) soldiers are taking part in a joint military exercise, being held for the first time on Georgian soil.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 21:15
Thousands of soldiers from 18 countries took part Tuesday in military drills in Jordan jointly overseen by the U.S. army, officials said. Around 10,000 troops are participating in Jordan’s fifth “Eager Lion” annual war games, which will last for two weeks.