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Putin plans to spend $755 billion to modernize Russian military

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Oct 4, 2013

Russia’s Military Is Back

By Nikolas K. Gvosdev, National Interest

One of the distinguishing characteristics of Vladimir Putin’s presidency has been his commitment to revitalizing Russia’s military.

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UN Security Council meeting

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Oct 4, 2013

France Calls for Major Powers to Voluntarily Limit Their UN Veto

By Laurent Fabius, New York Times

France is in favor of a more representative United Nations — in particular, through enlargement of the Security Council — but we are still far from reaching an agreement that would enable such progress.

France International Organizations
NATO Exercise Brilliant Mariner

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Oct 4, 2013

NATO Warms Up for Europe Role After Afghanistan Pullout

By Jerome Rivet, AFP

As NATO prepares to pull out of its longest and most faraway war in Afghanistan, its focus is back on Europe with a multitude of exercises planned, notably in the Mediterranean.

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SM-3 missile launch

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Oct 4, 2013

Aegis Missile Defense Achieves Fifth Consecutive Successful Intercept Test

By Department of Defense

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Pacific Command, and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS Lake Erie (CG 70) successfully conducted an operational flight test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system

Missile Defense Security & Defense
FSA fighters cleaning their AK-47s in Aleppo

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Oct 3, 2013

CIA Ramping Up Covert Training Program for Moderate Syrian Rebels

By Greg Miller, Washington Post

The CIA is expanding a clandestine effort to train opposition fighters in Syria amid concern that moderate, U.S.-backed militias are rapidly losing ground in the country’s civil war, U.S. officials said.

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Turkey's decision to buy Chinese missiles is not yet final

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Oct 3, 2013

Friction Between Turkey and NATO?

By Szymon Ananicz and Andrzej Wilk, OSW

On 26 September, Turkey’s Undersecretariat for Defence Industries, presided over by the country’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, resolved a tender for the delivery of long-range air defence systems. The winner was China’s CPMIEC

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NATO Exercise Brilliant Mariner

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Oct 3, 2013

NATO’s Naval Forces Conducting Important Missions Every Day

By Philip Breedlove, Allied Command Operations

This week I had the distinct pleasure to stand alongside my fellow military and civilian NATO leaders on the deck of the ITS Cavour to observe its highly trained crew demonstrating their remarkable capabilities.

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Greek F-16 participating in Exercise Brilliant Arrow

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Oct 3, 2013

NATO Response Force Put to the Test

By NATO

The NATO Response Force is being put to the test in a series of live exercises this autumn.

NATO Security & Defense
Turkish Minister of Defense Ismet Yilmaz, June 11, 2012

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Oct 2, 2013

Turkey Defends China Anti-Missile System Talks

By AFP

Turkey on Wednesday defended its decision to enter talks with China to acquire its first long-range anti-missile system, in spite of protests from its ally Washington.

China Missile Defense
Five Iranian nuclear scientists have been killed since 2007

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Oct 2, 2013

Iranian Cyber Warfare Commander Shot Dead in Suspected Assassination

By Damien McElroy and Ahmad Vahdat, Telegraph

Mojtaba Ahmadi, who served as commander of the Cyber War Headquarters, was found dead in a wooded area near the town of Karaj, north-west of the capital, Tehran.

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