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France's armed forces chief resigns over Macron budget cuts

HeadofFrance'sarmedforces,PierredeVilliers,resignedonWednesdaydaysafterapublicdisputewithPresidentEmmanuelMacronoverproposeddefensebudgetcuts,Reutersreportedcit

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S.Korean president vows elimination of defense industry corruption

South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed Monday to eliminate corruption in defense industry, describing such corruption as "an act benefitting the enemy."

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Turkey signs initial missile defense deal with French, Italian firms

TurkeyhassignedaninitialaccordwithFrenchandItalianfirmsonthedevelopmentofmissiledefensesystems,state-runAnadolunewsagencyreportedTurkishDefenceMinisterFikriIsik

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India, Israel 'to promote trade, defense cooperation'

IndianPrimeMinisterNarendraModihasconcludedhisthree-dayvisittoIsraelonThursday.ItwasthefirstvisitbyasittingIndianPrimeMinistertotheJewishstate.Modihassigneddeal

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Defense team of Brazilian President presented defense to the parliament

ThedefenseteamofBrazilianPresidentMichelTemerpresentedonWednesdayawrittendefensetotheparliament,whichwillvoteonwhethertoopenaformalcaseagainstTemer.Brazil'sChie

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China pledges more maritime patrols after US warship’s ‘provocation’

China’s ministry of defense said on Monday that the country’s armed forces will strengthen maritime patrols after a US destroyer sailed into Chinese territorial waters in the South China Sea.

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China pledges more maritime patrols after US warship’s ‘provocation’

China’sministryofdefensesaidonMondaythatthecountry’sarmedforceswillstrengthenmaritimepatrolsafteraUSdestroyersailedintoChineseterritorialwatersintheSouthChinaSe

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Kiev car bomb kills colonel in Ukrainian military intelligence

AcolonelinUkraine'smilitaryintelligencewaskilledbyacarbombincentralKievonTuesday,thedefenseministrysaid,describingtheincidentasa"terroristact".Policesaidanexplo

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Japan testing missile interceptors as DPRK threat looms large

Japan has begun a series of tests of its PAC-3 missile defense system at four bases in Tokyo, aiming to provide reassurance that the technology could shoot down warheads fired from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

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Japan testing missile interceptors as DPRK threat looms large

JapanhasbegunaseriesoftestsofitsPAC-3missiledefensesystematfourbasesinTokyo,aimingtoprovidereassurancethatthetechnologycouldshootdownwarheadsfiredfromtheDemocra

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US, ROK, Japan show force towards DPRK

South Korea's military on Wednesday conducted a joint drill with two US supersonic B-1B bombers as part of a scheduled exercise. The two US bombers flew a 10-hour mission from Andersen Base in Guam to the Korean Peninsula, operating with the South Korean Air Force and Japan's Air Self-Defense Force.

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Russia warns US after Syrian warplane downed

RussiaonMondaywarnedthatitwouldtrackUS-ledcoalitionaircraftinSyriaas"legitimatetargets"inresponsetothedowningofaSyrianmilitaryplaneonSunday.Theincident-preventi

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S. Korean media: Lotte may have struck illegal deals with Park Geun-hye

SouthKorea'sbiggestdepartmentstoreanddutyfreeshopoperatorLottemayhavemadeillegaldealswithformerpresidentParkGeun-hyetoofferlandfortheTHAADmissiledefensesystem,a

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Arms show in JP underscores Abe's dangerous push to buddy up to SE Asia

Japanesedefensefirmsconcludedathree-dayarmsshowthisweekatwhichcuttingedge,home-grownandoverseasmilitarytechnologywasshowcasedtoenhanceandpromotemilitarytiesthat

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China firmly opposes 'China threat' theory in US military report

China'sMinistryofNationalDefensespokesmanWuQiansaidonWednesdaythatChinafirmlyopposesthesocalled"Chinathreat"theorymentionedintheUSnationalmilitaryreport.TheUSDe

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Canada plans 73% military spending boost addressing US pressure

CanadaonWednesdayunveiledplansforoneofthebiggesthikesinmilitaryspendinginitsrecenthistory,actinglessthantwoweeksafterUSPresidentDonaldTrumpdemandedthatNATOmembe

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DPRK slams S. Korean defense minister for seeking isolation of Pyongyang

InthefirstdirectattackonamemberofthenewSouthKoreangovernment,theDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)Tuesdayaccuseditsdefenseministerofseekingfurtherisolation