N. Korea refusing to accept Seoul’s food aid over allies’ joint military drill
North Korea is refusing to accept food assistance from South Korea, citing Seoul’s planned joint military exercise with the United States, a unification ministry official said Wednesday. The North delivered the message during its working-level talks with the World Food Programme (WFP), through which Seoul intended to deliver the promised 50,000 tons of rice. “It […]
China and India count down to joint military drill
China and India will launch a two-week joint military drill on Tuesday, the first exercise of its kind since the two Asian giants were locked in a tense border stand-off in the Himalayas 18 months ago. Analysts said the drill could help rebuild trust between the two countries’ militaries, but would not erase mutual suspicions. […]
Post-Soviet military bloc to hold drills in three member states in 2017
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) plans to hold large-scale collective forces’ drills dubbed Combat Brotherhood on the territory of Armenia, Kazakhstan and Russia in October 2017, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov said on October 7, TASS reports. “This year, four CSTO exercises have been held on the territory of various […]
Russian naval strike force starts anti-terror drills in the Mediterranean
The Russian Black Sea Fleet’s advanced warships Serpukhov and Zelyony Dol armed with Kalibr cruise missiles have launched anti-terror drills in the east Mediterranean, TASS reports. “The drills will check the ability of the fleet’s forces to operate in the conditions of resolving crisis situations of terrorist nature. The naval strike group comprising the small […]
Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia to hold military drills
The trilateral meeting of Defense Ministers of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey was held in the city of Gabala, Azerbaijan on May 15. Azerbaijani minister Zakir Hasanov, Georgian minister Tinatin Khidasheli and the National Defence Minister of Turkey Ismet Yilmaz held one-on-one and trilateral negotiations. Three sides also discussed the multilateral relations and regional security issues. […]
Russia and India to hold war games
The joint Russian-Indian war games Indra’2016 will be held in the second half of 2016. Far-Eastern Primorsky (Maritime) territory of Russia, Alexander Gordeyev, the chief press officer of the Eastern Military District told TASS agency after a conference on preparations for the exercise. He said, “Representatives of the Eastern Military District and the Indian Armed […]
Russia Slams US-Georgia Military Exercises
Russia criticized the military exercises of the United States and neighboring Georgia by claiming this step could destabilize the region. Foreign Ministry of Russia said on May 6 that the planned military drills are provocative steps in Caucasus region: “We consider such a consistent ‘exploration’ of Georgian territory by NATO forces to be a provocative […]
Israel Military Drill “Missile Equipment Test”
A reserve soldier of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) operates an equipment which can track rockets’ direction and instantly analyze exactly where they will fall during a military drill monitoring the skies for falling rockets in Ashkelon, near the border of Israel and the Gaza Strip, on Feb. 8, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Yin Dongxun> news@theasian.asia
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