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Brazil launches major military operation
23 May 2013
Brazil has launched an unprecedented military operation with the mobilisation of 25,000 troops to patrol the vast land frontier it shares with 10 countries. Hundreds of aircraft and armoured vehicles More
Brazil launches major military operation
Brazil has launched an unprecedented military operation with the mobilisation of 25,000 troops to patrol the vast land frontier it shares with 10 countries. Hundreds of aircraft and armoured vehicles
Pentagon asks Congress to shift USD9.6 billion within DoD coffers
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has asked Congress to shift up to USD9.6 billion within its Fiscal Year 2013 (FY13) accounts mainly to meet funding shortfalls related to operations in Afghanistan.
Carter: Reprogramming request won't offset sequestration's impact
The US Department of Defence (DoD) is anticipating its remaining cut to the Fiscal Year 2013 (FY13) budget will be USD37 billion due to sequestration, and it is preparing to ask the US congress to
Pentagon budget 2014: DoD's USD527 billion request breaks funding cap by USD52 billion
US Department of Defense (DoD) officials unveiled the military's USD526.6 billion funding request for Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14) on 10 April. The FY14 base budget proposal represents a slight
Pentagon budget 2014: Asia-Pacific 'rebalance' supported in defence funding request
The US Department of Defense's (DoD's) Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14) budget proposal seeks to support Washington's shift towards the Asia-Pacific region by funding programmes and activities
Hagel sees potential for major US military restructure
US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has ordered a review, to address the Department of Defense's (DoD's) strategic and fiscal challenges, that he believes could lead to significant changes
China's domination of global arms trade 'inevitable', say Russian, Ukrainian industry insiders
"Unstoppable" and "inevitable" are two of the words Russian and Ukrainian defence industry officials used to describe China's elevation to the top five of global arms
DoD revisiting strategy amid potential 10-year USD889 billion shortfall
US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel's review of the Pentagon's strategy, force posture, investments, and institutional management will have to account for a significant margin between the
Senior DoD officials to conduct strategy review amid budget cuts
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is re-examining its overall strategy, announced early last year to include the much-discussed Pacific rebalance, as the military must now address the realities of
Sequestration hits DoD as budget negotiations miss
The US Department of Defense (DoD) and the wider federal government are subject to automatic budget cuts as Congress and the White House after 18 months have failed to negotiate a deficit reduction
Austria rejects abolishing conscription
Austria has voted to retain compulsory military service, following a referendum on 20 January. In total, Austrians voted 59.8% against 40.2% in favour of conscription and against professionalising
EU ministers to discuss Mali intervention
The European Union (EU) will convene a special meeting of foreign ministers this week, possibly on 17 January, to "take stock of possible EU actions in support of Mali", Catherine Ashton,