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US and Israel kick off Juniper Cobra missile defense exercises

Joanne Stocker -
The joint U.S.-Israel 'Juniper Cobra' military exercise began on Sunday, with almost 4,000 personnel participating in a simulated massive missile attack on Israel
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Commentary

From Hasakah to Manbij: How I got shot at by rebel snipers in Syria

Wladimir Van Wilgenburg -
When Wladimir Van Wilgenburg returned to Syria to cover the ongoing war in the north, he quickly found that getting access to the frontlines in Afrin and Manbij was more difficult than anticipated
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Africa

Four aid workers killed in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria

Staff Writer With AFP -
Four aid workers were killed in a Boko Haram attack in Rann, in northeast Nigeria, the United Nations said on Friday, in the latest violence to hit the remote town.
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Commentary

What’s behind the military shake-up in Saudi Arabia?

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LSE's Courtney Freer says that Mohammed bin Salman has for years expressed his desire to advance Saudi Arabia's military, lamenting that high military spending has not led to correspondingly high military performance
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Air

Russia’s new Su-57 stealth fighter flew in combat trials in Syria, Defense Minister Shoygu confirms

Fergus Kelly -
Russian defense minister Sergey Shoygu confirmed that two of Russia's new Su-57 stealth fighters were recently in Syria, where they completed a program of trials.
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Digest

The Defense Post Digest #2

Staff Writer With AFP -
A collection of The Defense Post's recent favorites from around the site and around the web.
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Business

Rheinmetall Defense posts 3% sales growth for 2017

Joanne Stocker -
Rheinmetall Defence saw three percent growth in 2017, an increase of €90 million ($109.7 million) in sales compared to the previous year's figures, the company said in preliminary earnings figures
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Asia Pacific

German citizen arrested with Taliban in Afghanistan

Joanne Stocker -
A German national has been arrested with the Taliban in Afghanistan's insurgency-racked Helmand province, a rare example of a European among the insurgents
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Middle East

Turkey is using refugees to justify attacks on Efrin, Syrian Kurds say

Wladimir Van Wilgenburg -
Syrian Kurdish officials, including those opposed to the PYD, say Turkey is using refugees to justify its attacks on the enclave of Afrin and wants to use Operation Olive Branch to change the demographics of the region
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Commentary

Red Army in the grey zone: Russia’s greatest threat to the US is ‘less-than-war’

Crispin Burke -
Crispin Burke argues that a credible US military deterrent may encourage Russia to use less-than-war measures, including military contractors and cyber power – designed to create plausible deniability and preclude the US from striking back
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Air

US Air Force orders 570 Small Diameter Bomb II glide bombs from Raytheon

Fergus Kelly -
Raytheon has been awarded a $77,392,758 contract to produce 570 Small Diameter Bomb II glide bombs and associated equipment for the U.S. Air Force
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Asia Pacific

Afghan President Ghani lays out plans for peace talks with Taliban

Joanne Stocker -
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani unveiled plans for a possible peace settlement with the Taliban that are hoped to end decades of violence.
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Americas

Five Colombian soldiers killed in suspected ELN rebel attack

Staff Writer With AFP -
Bogota (AFP) – Five Colombian soldiers were killed and 10 others wounded in a bomb attack near the Venezuelan border blamed on National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas, the head...
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Air

Leonardo SW-4 Solo helicopter flies for 45 minutes with no pilot aboard

Joanne Stocker -
Leonardo announced the maiden flight of its SW-4 Solo single-engine optionally piloted helicopter with no safety pilot on board
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Africa

US airstrike on al-Shabaab in Somalia kills 2 near Jilib, Africom says

Staff Writer With AFP -
An airstrike targeting al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab in Somalia killed two fighters and injured a third on February 26, the U.S. military’s Africa Command said.
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Asia Pacific

Afghanistan: Taliban calls for direct peace talks with United States

Staff Writer With AFP -
The Taliban has called for direct talks with the United States to find a "peaceful solution" to the conflict in Afghanistan which it said "has been imposed upon us"
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