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Collection of defence ministry news, found 48 news.

Indonesia launches US$150M program to modernize C-130 Hercules fleet

Indonesia’s Defence Ministry announced that a modernization program for nine C-130 Hercules aircraft, launched by ...

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Challenges await General Perkasa in Papua

Papua issues will be a challenge for the leadership of General Andika Perkasa, whose sole candidacy for the post of ...

Indonesia, South Korea sign $1.3bn KF-X/IF-X fighter jet development deal

Indonesia signed a $1.3 billion deal with South Korea Thursday to jointly develop Seouls next-generation fighter jets, ...

Militants seize more Iraq towns as U.S. presses unity

Sunni militants advanced in western Iraq and killed 21 people after security forces left several towns, while Americas ...

Militants seize more Iraq towns as U.S. presses unity

Sunni militants advanced in western Iraq and killed 21 people after security forces left several towns, while Americas ...

NATO ships arrive in Lithuania amid Ukraine tensions

Five NATO ships arrived Friday in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda to bolster defence in the region amid tensions with ...

Putin to visit Crimea for May 9 military parade

President Vladimir Putin will make his first visit to the Crimean peninsula since Russia annexed the territory in ...

Australian captain loses command after Indonesia incursion

An Australian naval captain has been relieved of his command after his vessel was involved in an incursion into ...

Power of North Korean nuclear test over 7 kilotons

Russia's Defence Ministry said the power of North Korea's nuclear test blast on Tuesday surpassed seven kilotons, a ...

Hundreds of Islamists killed in Mali fighting: France

Several hundred Islamists have been killed in airstrikes and direct combat in Mali since France launched an offensive ...

16 Qaeda suspects killed in Yemen: ministry

At least sixteen suspected Al-Qaeda operatives have been killed in Yemen in ongoing battles between the army and ...

17 Qaeda militants killed in Yemen air raid: ministry

Seventeen suspected Al-Qaeda militants were killed in an air raid that struck one of their hideouts in the southern ...

Yemen air strikes kill 6 Qaeda militants: ministry

An air strike on an Al-Qaeda position near the southern Yemeni town of Loder killed six militants on Wednesday, the ...

Karzai says NATO failed as 18-hr Kabul attack ends

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday that a coordinated Taliban attack showed a "failure" by Afghan ...

Children killed in restive Yemen south

Three children were among four people killed on Sunday in Yemen`s restive east and south by suspected Al-Qaeda ...