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Fire Scout Crashes Into USS Charleston and Disappears Into Sea

Marianne Besas -
An unmanned MQ-8B Fire Scout helicopter crashed into the side of Littoral Combat Ship USS Charleston after it took off from the vessel on Monday.
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Asia Pacific

Indonesia Says 10 Killed in Gun Battle With Papua Rebels

Staff Writer With AFP -
At least 10 people were killed in a gun battle between police and rebels in Indonesia's restive Papua region, authorities said, in an apparent retaliation for the execution of a top intelligence chief.
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Americas

New DoD Missile Defense Program to Cost $17.7 Billion

Tong Ong -
The Pentagon’s new ballistic defense missile program, Next Generation Interceptor, is estimated to cost $17.7 billion.
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Africa

26 Militants ‘Neutralized’ in French-Malian Army Operation

Staff Writer With AFP -
A military operation this week by Malian and French forces in war-torn central Mali eliminated 26 militants, the Sahel state's army said on Tuesday. 
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Asia Pacific

Australia to Upgrade Military Bases With Eye on Pacific Tensions

Staff Writer With AFP -
Australia announced Wednesday it would upgrade military bases in its far north and expand joint drills with US forces after warnings about the "drums of war" beating in the Pacific region.
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Americas

US Navy Fired Warning Shots on Iran Boats in Gulf: Pentagon

Staff Writer With AFP -
A US Navy vessel fired warning shots toward three Iranian military speed boats in the Gulf this week to warn them after they sped close to the ship, the navy said.
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Air

Boeing to Fit P8-A Poseidon With LRASM in $74M Navy Contract

Tong Ong -
Boeing was awarded a $74 million contract with the US Navy for integration of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile onto the P-8A Poseidon aircraft.
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Americas

TACK Program Could Change the Way Warfighters ‘See’ on the Battlefield

Bidisha Das -
US Army researchers have developed a suite of tools to enable soldiers to “see” the battlefield in ways never imagined before.
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Asia Pacific

Chinese Spy Plane Enters Taiwan to ‘Test Radar, Gather Intel’

Joe Saballa -
A Chinese military spy plane entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone, an increasingly common intrusion in recent months.
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Americas

US Army Fields First M-SHORAD System In Decades

Tong Ong -
The US Army has begun redeploying the Mobile Short Range Air Defense system after a hiatus of 13 years.
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Africa

UN Report Warns South Sudan at Risk of Return to ‘Large-Scale Conflict’

Staff Writer With AFP -
A UN report warned that the slow implementation of a revitalized peace accord in South Sudan is putting the country at risk of relapse into a "large-scale conflict."
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Africa

Three Westerners Among Four Missing in Burkina Faso Attack

Staff Writer With AFP -
Four people, including three Europeans and a Burkinabe, were missing after an anti-poaching patrol was attacked in eastern Burkina Faso on Monday, security and local sources said.
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Americas

US Approves SkyGuardian, Equipment Sale to Australia

Joe Saballa -
The US government has approved the sale of 12 MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones to Australia.
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Asia Pacific

UK Announces Carrier Strike Group Deployment of ‘Record Size and Scope’

Tong Ong -
Britain’s HMS Queen Elizabeth is set to depart next month in a mission that will demonstrate the country’s role in “shaping the international system of the 21st century."
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Houthis Launch Drone Attack on Saudi Military Base, Says Spokesman

Tong Ong -
Yemen's Houthi militia said on Twitter that they launched a drone attack on Saudi Arabia's King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushit at dawn on Monday.
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Africa

ISWAP Jihadists Kill 31 Soldiers in Nigeria’s Borno State

Staff Writer With AFP -
At least 31 Nigerian soldiers were killed when IS-aligned jihadists ambushed a military convoy escorting weapons and overran a base in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, military sources said on Monday.
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