Military Exercises
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 07:36
The Coast Guard Commander welcomed the JTF152 Commander , praising joint cooperation and coordination aimed to create an advanced working mechanism to boost maritime security.
Friday, October 18, 2013 - 08:51
The three-week summer exercises at Vaziani military base (near Tbilisi) ended Friday. On the last day of the exercises, Georgia's Defence Minister Irakli Alasania observed.
Thursday, October 17, 2013 - 13:20
Kazakh naval forces have started an exercise called Shagala 2013 in the Caspian Sea, the Kazakh Defense Ministry reported on Thursday.
Thursday, October 17, 2013 - 13:19
The lower house of Tajikistan’s parliament ratified on October 1 a long-delayed deal to extend the presence of Russia’s military base (the former 201st division) in Tajikistan until 2042.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 10:00
The exercise comes after a similar announcement last Thursday saying the IAF had conducted a series of drills in which fighter aircraft practiced a simulated strike on a distant target.
Friday, October 11, 2013 - 09:33
The preparations are aimed at giving the IAF the ability to carry out both pinpoint and broad, long-range missions.
Friday, October 11, 2013 - 09:28
The Sultan Qaboos Military College (SQMC) at the Royal Army of Oman (RAO) on Thursday held a mobilisation exercise with live ammunition for the cadet officers.
Friday, October 11, 2013 - 00:00
A roundup of some of the top articles and news highlights from around Central Eurasia over the last week:
Central Asia:
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 07:48
Peacekeeping forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization practiced the protection of a humanitarian cargo motorcade and the isolation of an area where extremists operated during the exercise Nerushimoye Bratstvo 2013.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 07:41
The larger context of the drill, though, included fights over resources in the region and interethnic tension, giving some sense of the circumstances in which the CSTO imagines that these peacekeeping forces might someday be used.