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2011.03.30. 11:13 007nullanullahet

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30 Mar 2011, 11:05
Lajos Fodor, Administrative State Secretary in the Hungarian Ministry of Defence made a brief visit to Afghanistan, to the HDF Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) camp in Pol-e-Khomri. MJG László Domján, Military Security Office
30 Mar 2011, 10:44
If the Riksdag (parliament) approves, the government is ready to send 8 Gripen multirole aircraft, along with one C-130 Hercules aircraft and one reconnaissance plane to support efforts to save civilian lives, Swedish media reported.
30 Mar 2011, 10:01
Leaders of Uzbekneftegaz received the delegation of Honeywell, headed by the President of Honeywell Process Solutions Norman Gilsdorf. A bilateral agreement signed to establish JV to manufacture equipment for CNG
30 Mar 2011, 09:38
"The Taliban are making efforts to find a way to discuss Afghan issues under international guarantee and they want talks directly with the foreign forces," High Peace Council Secretary Attaullah Ludin was quoted by TOLOnews as saying.
30 Mar 2011, 08:04
To send one of the best assets of the Bulgarian Navy, the frigate Drazhki to the coasts of Libya (weapons embargo enforcement) would cost taxpayers BGN1.5 (EUR750,000) per month, defence minister Angelov said, as Sofia Morning News
29 Mar 2011, 22:46
Prior to April 1, 2011 the Civic Supervisory Board, a consultative and monitoring body comes into being at the defence ministry of Kyrgyzstan, CA-News reported, citing press service of the ministry
30 Mar 2011, 10:29
Meeting with Uzbekistani President Islam Karimov, Knut Vollebaek, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities recalled the importance of an independent international investigation into the events in Kyrgyzstan,
30 Mar 2011, 09:49
Tajikistan's Security Council Secretary Amirkul Azimov says "We cannot exclude the possibility of increasing terrorist groups' activity in Central Asia", CA-News reported.
30 Mar 2011, 09:27
As a result of recent operations 95% of Baghlan province in N Afghanistan had been cleared of Taliban fighters, said a representative of the ANA, BRG Zalmay Vis, Salam Watandar radio station reported.
29 Mar 2011, 23:01
In his report, Bulgarian defence minister Anyu Angelov analysed "intelligent defence", stressed need to overcome Cold War stereotypes and seeing allies, neighbours as enemies in disguise, md.government.bg reported.
29 Mar 2011, 22:01
Denying media reports, LTG Miletic, Serbian CHOD said that there were no concrete offers of the Russian Federation regarding a USD3bn credit for procurement of military equipment, MoD Serbia website reported.

 

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2011.03.25. 19:32 007nullanullahet

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28 Mar 2011, 23:07
The Head of the Serbian MoD International Military Cooperation Department Milorad Peric signed a protocol today with LTC Sorrent Knudsen on Denmark's support in dispatching SAF representatives into the Peace Support Operations Training Centre.
28 Mar 2011, 22:54
The share of Belarus' military supplies in Russia's defence-related imports estimated at 8 - 15%, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Duma Committee on CIS Affairs and Relations with Compatriots, member of the Parliamentary Assembly
28 Mar 2011, 21:31
Prague hosted a meeting of delegations of the Czech Republic and the United States of America under the High Level Defense Group. The U.S. delegation led by Alexander Vershbow, Assistant Secretary of Defence for International Security
28 Mar 2011, 20:25
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Borodavkin and special envoy of Russian President on Afghanistan Kabulov led consultations on Afghanistan in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with U.S. Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan
28 Mar 2011, 16:18
Thailand's Royal Armed Forces Command decided to buy 200 T-84U Ukrainian main battle tanks (MBT), The Bangkok Post (BP) reported. The Russian-made T-90, the South Korean K1 and the German-made Leopard 2A4 were also shortlisted,
28 Mar 2011, 12:57
"I hope that in the next five years - maybe before - we will build a system which does not depend on the person who runs the country", Yermukhamet Yertysbayev, advisor to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan said at the RIA Novosti press
28 Mar 2011, 22:03
Answering criticism related to Poland's Air Force (PAF) assets' capabilities (Libya crisis), the country's top military leaders in a joint communiqué stated that PAF is capable of performing all the required combat operations day and night,
28 Mar 2011, 21:09
At a time when Uzbekistan was under EU sanctions relating to the Andijan massacre, the German government paid EUR67.9 million from 2005-2009 for use of the Termez air base in the Central Asian nation, Deirdre Tynan wrote in eurasiareview.com
28 Mar 2011, 16:33
Kazakhstan's Central Election Commission (CEC) has accredited another 92 foreign observers for the early presidential elections to be held on April 3, said CEC member Tatiana Okhlopkova. In total, she said, 1,052 foreign observers accredited,
28 Mar 2011, 13:14
On March 28 in the framework of a Russian Federal Service of the Military-technical Cooperation delegation visit, a meeting held with Kazakstani Deputy Minister of Defence Zhanzhumenov with representatives of Rosoboronexport and Kazspetseksport.
28 Mar 2011, 12:34
Activities of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to stabilize the situation in Afghanistan is not efficient enough, says the newly appointed special envoy of the Russian president on Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, Trend news agency

 

 

25 Mar 2011, 19:24
Hungary could at best only contribute medical services to the NATO endeavour in Libya, according to Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Brussels on Friday. The Hungarian government will consider this question next Wednesday.
25 Mar 2011, 17:26
The Training Centre in Danilovgrad today completed a seminar on ‘Inter-agency cooperation - development of the Operational Center, the Office for Cooperation in the Field of Defence' in cooperation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
25 Mar 2011, 17:07
The Drazhki, a frigate of the Bulgarian Navy began preparing for its participation in NATO operation to impose arms embargo against Libya, the ministry of defence in Sofia reported.
25 Mar 2011, 15:09
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence proposes eliminate two departments of the ministry in the planned structural-administrative reforms. The MoD submitted the proposals for consideration to the President's administration,
25 Mar 2011, 14:45
The defense ministers of Russia and Ukraine have discussed 12 issues of military and military-technical cooperation, ARMS-TASS reported, summarizing results of the 4th meeting of the Subcommittee on Security of the Russian-Ukrainian
25 Mar 2011, 11:26
Director of the Russian Federal Service for Drug Control (FSKN) Viktor Ivanov reiterated Russia's intention to continue counter-narcotics operations in Afghanistan in cooperating with U.S. agencies in combating the production
25 Mar 2011, 17:43
Redundant equipment, arms stored nearly nine years in base in Nemecke, Slovakia, established in July 2002 after the reorganization changes. Today the base is filled to about 70 percent, mosr.sk reported. More than 500 pieces of wheeled and tracked
25 Mar 2011, 17:17
Serbian Ministry of Defence State Secretary Tanja Miscevic 23-24 March visited Germany. She met with Parliamentary State Secretary of the German Federal Ministry of Defence Christian Smith to discuss defence cooperation, mod.gov.rs reported.
25 Mar 2011, 16:55
The Romanian government approved a EUR4.5mn MoD supplement for participation in operation NATO forces to impose a weapons embargo against Libya, mapn.ro reported.
25 Mar 2011, 14:56
Ukraine and NATO are to discuss issues of future cooperation on a European missile defence system within the 28 March expert-level meeting in Brussels, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
25 Mar 2011, 11:41
Pakistan, where there are hundreds of Uzbek al-Qaida and IMU militants in the tribal regions, plans to sign an agreement with Uzbekistan soon (perhaps during the ongoing visit of the Pakistani PM to Tashkent) to extradite them,

 

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2011.03.25. 00:13 007nullanullahet

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25 Mar 2011, 00:04
Serbian Defence Minister Dragan Šutanovac said today that Serbian officials have not talked about NATO with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during his visit to Belgrade, Beta reported.
24 Mar 2011, 23:50
As regards the economic losses the defence industry suffers due to the ongoing war in Libya, the minister said this was difficult to predict. "The Serbian Army has had a long-standing good cooperation with Libya.
24 Mar 2011, 23:26
Chief of Bulgarian Land Forces MJG Stefan Vasilev will participate tomorrow, 25 March, in the official transfer of command ceremony of U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) in Heidelberg, Germany. He was invited by USAREUR command,
24 Mar 2011, 22:52
About 150 members of the 8th rotation of the Czech Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) prepare for deployment to Afghanistan in the U.S. Army Training Center in Hohenfels, they have already practiced artillery fire control, target acquisition,
24 Mar 2011, 21:20
Interpol issued Red Notice against MAJ Evgeny Borisov (30) a Russian officer, accused of terrorism, and a warrant for his arrest issued by Chamber of Criminal Cases of Tbilisi City Court. Georgian authorities accuse Major Borisov,
24 Mar 2011, 20:41
Turkmen Hova Yollari (Turkmenistan Airlines), the national carrier signed a contract with the Canadian company Bombardier for the purchase of regional jet Challenger-870, Turkmenistan.ru reported
24 Mar 2011, 23:52
Serbian Defence Minister Dragan Šutanovac, LTG Mladen Ćirković and BRG Milosav Simović laid a wreath on the Memorial of fallen members of the Army and the members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the citizens in Vranje on the 1999
24 Mar 2011, 23:35
France believes cooperation between NATO and Belarus is possible on the basis of mutual interests, Ambassador of France to Belarus Michelle Raineri said at a news conference, BelTA reported.
24 Mar 2011, 23:04
The Czech Armed Forces sell redundant handguns, machine guns and air guns, sporting guns and spare parts, natoaktual.cz reported. Tanks, armored vehicles, rocket launchers and mines will be sold in the next round of redundant assets
24 Mar 2011, 22:32
Ukraine intends to send an amphibian Be-12 aircraft to participate in 2012 in the Atalanta naval operations of the European Union to fight sea pirates, Ukrainski Novini reported quoting press service of the Ministry of Defence in Kiev.
24 Mar 2011, 20:53
On March 23, the MoD held a meeting of interdepartmental commission, coordinating the work of the strategic defence review, mil.am reported. The draft paper deals with short-, mid-, and long-term security risks in connection with the Karabakh-issue.

 

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2011.03.22. 23:52 007nullanullahet

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22 Mar 2011, 23:45
NATO Director of Force Planning Frank Boland and Rok Kosirnik from the NATO Defence and Policy Planning Division are visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) 21 - 23 March 2011 to discuss the implementation of the third cycle of Planning and Review Process.
22 Mar 2011, 23:30
Montenegrin defence minister Boro Vučinić, who participates in the first economic summit U.S. -Western Balkans in Baltimore, yesterday met with David and Quentin Whiteree, owners of Common Defense Quarterly.
22 Mar 2011, 20:22
To establish a no-fly zone over Nagorno Karabakh (NG) - full right of Azerbaijan as an independent state, military expert Uzeir Jafarov told regnum.ru. NG plans to start first flight on 9 May 2011 to/fro Stepanakert airport.
22 Mar 2011, 10:39
In one of the villages in the province of Ghazni, an ongoing Polish-Afghan operation detected an underground network of tunnels, in which a number of separate caches found with large quantities of arms, ammunition and materials for the manufacture of IEDs.
22 Mar 2011, 09:55
Azovmash (Ukraine) produced the second installment of bodies for the BTR-GA (BTR-94), the press office of the company reported.
22 Mar 2011, 06:56
Due to extremely low water level of the Vakhsh river, power consumption limits introduced in Tajikistan on Monday, CA-News reported citing a Tojik Barki (the state-run energy monopoly) source on Tuesday.
22 Mar 2011, 20:45
The Czech defence minister today briefed members of the House Committee on Defence and Security on the heavily criticized Military Police operation against the Czech Television building on 11 March 2011. MPs adopted a resolution.
22 Mar 2011, 20:05
President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday announced that security transition to Afghanistani authorities, armed forces will go as planned, TOLOnews reported. The president reiterated earlier calls to end PRT-operations, but did not elaborate.
22 Mar 2011, 10:23
United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, Russia) and the State Aircraft Manufacturing Concern Antonov (Ukraine) signed a contract for sale of a 50-percent share of the authorized capital of UAC - Civil Aircraft (part of the UAC) on the basis of which a JV is to be established.
22 Mar 2011, 08:09
Most of Bulgaria's leaders are critical of Libya operation, Prime Minister Borisov talking to TV7 reporter said that Bulgaria keeps neutrality as the operation Odyssey Dawn has no plan, no command, no ultimate goal. "In such an adventure I would not let our pilots”.
22 Mar 2011, 06:42
President Hamid Karzai has delayed the announcement (due on Monday) of the first regions to transfer responsibility for security from NATO-led troops to Afghan forces, Xinhua reported. There was no explanation of the delay from the authorities.

 

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2011.03.18. 22:35 007nullanullahet

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18 Mar 2011, 22:24
Without support from allied troops, Azerbaijani contingent (currently 90) cannot stay in Afghanistan, Uzeir Jafarov, a recognized Azerbaijani defence expert told echo-az.com.
18 Mar 2011, 22:02
The Special Representative of NATO Secretary General for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai will arrive on Monday to Yerevan, Mediamax has learned from sources in NATO.
18 Mar 2011, 21:28
Meeting of SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) defence ministers in Astana ended, mod.gov.kz reported. Kazakhstan and Russia sign plan of strategic partnership and cooperation, agreed to hold one CPX in Kazakhstan, two exercises in Russia.
18 Mar 2011, 20:18
Virtually all oil produced in Kazakhstan will be transported through the territory of Russia, said President Nursultan Nazarbayev meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the Moscow White House, Novosti Kazakhstan reports.
18 Mar 2011, 19:47
Kyrgyzstan's President Otunbayeva on March 18 met with the heads of border agencies of the CIS member states in Bishkek, the presidential press service reported. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Prime-Minister Shamil Atahanov.
18 Mar 2011, 07:40
A senior Russian official, Mr Patrushev confirmed proposal for Afghanistan to join SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) as observer. During a recent working visit to Afghanistan of the Russian Security Council delegation discussed bilateral cooperation.
18 Mar 2011, 21:55
Decision of the 2008 summit in Bucharest that Georgia will become NATO-member, is on the agenda, said in an interview with Trend Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, James Appathurai.
18 Mar 2011, 21:09
On the sidelines of the Astana SCO-ministerial, defence ministers of the two countries signed the intergovernmental agreement between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, stipulating military assistance provided by Kazakhstan, MoD Kazakhstan reported.
18 Mar 2011, 19:58
ISAF-forces withdrawal will force not only Afghanistan but the region to face enormous challenges, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Nikolai Bordyuzha told media after the two-day Afghanistan working group session.
18 Mar 2011, 19:22
Human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) are concerned about the fate of eight Afghanistani citizens who have been denied refugee status in Ukraine.
18 Mar 2011, 00:02
The defence ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on Thursday signed a cooperation plan for 2012 - 2013 years, the head of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Defence Adilbek Dzhaksybekov announced.

 

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2011.03.16. 23:46 007nullanullahet

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16 Mar 2011, 23:38
Cooperation in the field of security was the main topic of bilateral meetings of FYROM defence minister Zoran Konjanovski with colleagues from Croatia and Montenegro, Davor Božinović and Boro Vucinic in Budva, morm.gov.mk reported.
16 Mar 2011, 22:36
The Czech Air Force has sent two A-319 aircraft to Japan to evacuate citizens, among others, members of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Both aircraft took off from the airport in Prague-Kbely on Tuesday after nine o'clock pm.
16 Mar 2011, 22:13
President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen opened the IV. Euro-Atlantic Security Forum in Warsaw, mon.gov.pl reported.
16 Mar 2011, 13:14
Ukrainian Defence Minister Mikhail Ezhel on Wednesday arrived in Baku for a three-day official visit, website of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence reported.
16 Mar 2011, 11:57
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on the appointment of Hazar Ibrahim, as head of the Azerbaijan Republic mission to NATO, president.az reported.
16 Mar 2011, 11:20
Tajikistan's Security Council Secretary Amirkul Azimov said that in Afghanistan new insurgent groups established with the aim to destabilise neighbouring countries. "Operation of the coalition forces (in Afghanistan) did not give proper results",
16 Mar 2011, 22:24
There are two important dates: 2012 - change the nature of the mission to training and 2014 as the end of the Polish forces fighting in Afghanistan, said the president, bbn.gov.pl reported.
16 Mar 2011, 21:59
Zoran Šajinović, a senior aide of BiH defence minister received the delegation of the French Ministry of Defence, headed by the Chief of Office for bilateral relations COL Marc D'ales de Corbert, with whom he discussed cooperation.
16 Mar 2011, 13:01
It is premature, to expand the CSTO, but cooperation between NATO and the CSTO should develop, Russian expert, chairman of the International Club Trialogue, vice president of the PIR Center and editor of the international journal Security Index,
16 Mar 2011, 11:35
The European Union highly appreciates the role of Kazakhstan in Central Asia, EU Special Representative for Central Asia Pierre Morel said, meeting in Brussels with Kazakhstani Ambassador Yerik Utembayev, Kazinform reported.

 

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2011.03.15. 11:19 007nullanullahet

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15 Mar 2011, 11:09
Unification of civilian and military components of Defence Ministry is one of the alternatives for efficient and effective management of defence, Slovak MoD State Secretary, Robert Ondrejcsák, stated that after bilateral talks with his Norwegian homologue, Roger Ingebrigsten.
15 Mar 2011, 10:54
At the Serbian Air Force (SAF) Command in Zemun leading officers of the Serbian Armed Forces evaluated operational and functional capabilities of SAF in 2010 vs.rs reported.
15 Mar 2011, 10:35
In Minsk, the legislation is to ratify the international treaties with Bulgaria and Venezuela for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters and extradition, deputy chairman of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on National Security told media.
15 Mar 2011, 08:32
The three-day main planning conference of the Ukrainian-Polish-Canadian exercise Maple Arch - 2011 began in Cracow, the Ukraininan Ministry of Defence announced.
15 Mar 2011, 08:06
Establishment of a U.S. military/counter-terrorism training centre is an option in Kyzyl-Kiya or Batken, President of Kyrgyzstan Otunbayeva told media on March in Bishkek, CA-News reported.
15 Mar 2011, 07:19
The presidential election scheduled in this year could amplify ethnic tensions in the society of Kyrgyzstan, a report, compiled by senior SIPRI analyst Dr Neil Melvin, warns. Russia should prepare for CSTO-forces to possible deployment, the SIPRI analyst noted.
15 Mar 2011, 10:43
The first bilateral military consultation between the delegations of the defence ministries of Serbia and Russia was held in Moscow, chaired by Milorad Peric, Head of the International Military Cooperation Department.
15 Mar 2011, 09:04
Alexandr Vondra suspended from service MP-head BRG Vladimír Ložek held responsible in the case of ten masked commandos armed with assault rifles last Friday storming the offices of the Czech Television in search for a document.
15 Mar 2011, 08:18
International human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the Uzbek authorities had forced them to close down office in Tashkent, Radio Azattyk reported. Human Rights Watch said that the Uzbekistani government earlier refused to issue visas and work permits to employees.
15 Mar 2011, 07:50
Uzbekistan claims that the USD6.5bn project to export electricity from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to Pakistan and Afghanistan "violates international agreements", Dawn reported, citing a letter written by the Uzbekistani ambassador to Pakistan.
14 Mar 2011, 23:06
MJG Michael D. Dubie, Vermont National Guard Commander arrived on a three-day official visit in FYR of Macedonia as guest of LTG General Miroslav Stojanovski, CHOD of the FYROM Armed Forces, morm.mk reported.

 

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2011.03.09. 21:55 007nullanullahet

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09 Mar 2011, 21:37
The 2 March Frankfurt attack confirms the signals coming for years that the Balkan Muslims - widely regarded in Europe as followers of moderate interpretation of Islam and not susceptible to the concept of jihad - are nonetheless subject to religious and ideological extremism, analyst of the Polish National Security Bureau says.
09 Mar 2011, 20:44
Members of the second rotation of OMLT (Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team), consisting mostly soldiers 73rd Tank Battalion of the Czech Land Forces, trained at U.S. army base in Hohenfels, Germany.
09 Mar 2011, 20:23
Antonov is negotiating with Russian companies to supply aggregates for AN-70 aircraft, the official webportal for government procurement announced.
09 Mar 2011, 20:02
Ukrainian Ministry of Defence plans to overhaul five L-39 aircraft, the official web portal for government procurement announced.
09 Mar 2011, 16:24
Criminal investigation commenced in Tajikistan involving allegations of an explosion in Dushanbe on the morning of March 8, characterized as an act of terrorism, public relations director of the Centre of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) told media.
09 Mar 2011, 16:07
Russia is the largest market for heroin from Afghanistan and has the world's highest consumption level of this type of drug use per capita, according to the 2011 annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), published by the U.S. State Department.
09 Mar 2011, 20:58
A public tender launched to sell 577 pieces of equipment - mainly wheeled vehicles, redundant assets of the Czech Armed Forces, (ACR), army.cz reported. Cars and trucks, but also engineering or brush cutter vehicles, power generators
09 Mar 2011, 20:31
The next meeting of defence ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) scheduled to be held in Astana on March 17, the parties will discuss cooperation and security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan official Askar Abdrakhmanov said.
09 Mar 2011, 20:15
The Chuguevsky Aircraft Repair Plant (ChARP) announced plans to buy radar, remote control equipment for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), the official Ukrainian webportal for government procurement said.
09 Mar 2011, 16:49
The Russian Foreign Ministry responded to a communiqué of the Turkmenistani Foreign Ministry, accusing the Russian company MTS (largest GSM service provider in CIS) of "impropriety." In an official statement, the Russian MFA said that it will provide all necessary help to MTS subsidiary in Turkmenistan.
09 Mar 2011, 16:15

A dozen militants, including a commander, were killed during a NATO-led operation in northern Baghlan province, officials said in Pol-e-Khomri (Baghlan province) Wednesday, PAN reported.

 

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2011.03.08. 21:58 007nullanullahet

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08 Mar 2011, 21:33
By joining the programme NAPMO (NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Programme Management Organisation), from 18 Jan 2011 Czech Republic became member of the community, whose airspace is protected by AWACS systems.
08 Mar 2011, 21:04
The Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Defence Avgustina Tsvetkova 8 March 2011 held a lecture at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), London, on building integrity and fighting corruption in defence and security sphere.
08 Mar 2011, 20:37
Members of the Slovak Air Force and participants from Germany, UK, Norway and the USA will train air combat, attacking ground targets, air defence in EC-warfare environment during the multinational exercise NATO MACE XIII 2011 hosted by Slovakia.
08 Mar 2011, 21:20
Romanian National Defence Minister Gabriel Oprea honored the officers and NCOs of aircrews that have flown seven missions to evacuate Romanian and foreign citizens from Libya, mapn.ro reported.
08 Mar 2011, 20:50
A pair of PC-9M and an L-410 Turbolet aircraft arrived in Papa Air Base (W Hungary) to conduct operational verification of the competent navigation services, slovenskavojska.si reported.
08 Mar 2011, 20:07

The Hungarian Ministry of Defence proposes to build the new three dimensional radar station near the village of Medina, in south-western Hungary (some 25km SW from the Paks NPP), honvedelem.hu reported.

 

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2011.03.08. 00:43 007nullanullahet

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08 Mar 2011, 00:36
Five F-16s of 31st Tactical Air Base will participate in the international aviation training called Tactical Leadership Programme (TLP) at the Spanish Albacete air base. Five pilots and about 50 maintenance ground crews attend the exercises.
08 Mar 2011, 00:15
During 5 - 7 March 2011 a Bulgarian Navy modular formation pumped water contaminated with oil from the reservoir in the town of Balchik, transporting the contaminated mixture in the reservoir of the old treatment plant, md.government.bg reported.
07 Mar 2011, 23:49
Bilateral Military Cooperation Agreement was signed during the Serbia visit of the Nigerian minister of defence Minister Prince Adetokunbo Kayode, who met his host, Dragan Sutanovac in the House of Guards in Topcider, with talks center on defence industry cooperation.
07 Mar 2011, 23:20
Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen appointed LTC Erika Antal (Hungarian Defence Forces - HDF) to president of the NATO Investment Committee, honvedelem.hu reported.
07 Mar 2011, 18:26
Special Representative of the Secretary General of NATO for Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai was quoted by media sources as saying that he would make visits to the countries of Central Asia on a regular basis.
07 Mar 2011, 17:57
U.S. will present to Kyrgyzstan a number of projects to provide advice and assistance on security and reform of law enforcement, Michael McFaul, Special Assistant to U.S. President, Senior Director for Russia and Eurasian Affairs.
08 Mar 2011, 00:20
Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused Russia of deploying new offensive weapons in South Ossetia. These are Smerch MLRS systems deployed in Tshinvali region late last year, Radio Ekho Moskvi reported.
08 Mar 2011, 00:01
Serbian military leaders evaluated the Training Command's operational and functional capabilities in 2010, vs.rs reported. Serbian Armed Forces CHOD, LTG Miloje Miletic, DCHOD LTG Mladen Cirkovic and heads of organizational units of the Armed Forces.
07 Mar 2011, 23:39
Slovak Air Force L-39 pilots and forward air controllers (FAC) of the 5th Zilina Special Forces Regiment from 5 - 18 March are participating in the multinational NATO exercises SERPENTEX 11-1 on the French island of Corsica, mosr.sk reported.
07 Mar 2011, 18:39
Semyon Bagdasarov, a member of the Russian State Duma's committee for international affairs said that introduction of visa regime is a must to fight narcotraffic across the Afghan-Tajik border if Russia denied direct access to the Pamir section.
07 Mar 2011, 18:10
Officials and experts from Central Asian countries completed a conference in Almaty titled "Dam Safety in Central Asia: Capacity Building and Regional Cooperation", held 2 - 3 March 2011.

 

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2011.03.05. 20:47 007nullanullahet

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05 Mar 2011, 20:38
The conference on the Single European Sky, a European Commission initiative for coordinating management and regulation of airspace throughout the EU, was concluded with the adoption of the Budapest declaration on 4 March 2011.
05 Mar 2011, 18:33
On Monday, 7 March 2011, Minister of National Defence Bogdan Klich in Rembertów at the Academy of National Defence will present the priorities of the ministry in the area of security and defense policy during the Polish EU-Presidency, mon.gov.pl reported.
05 Mar 2011, 18:03
As part of reforming the Ukrainian Armed Forces, considerable attention will be given to defence industry companies supervised by the MoD, their fate is at stake, Mykhaylo Ezhel, defence minister, the MoD press service reported.
05 Mar 2011, 18:52
In the Milovan Šaranović Barracks in Danilovgrad 1-5 March a seminar was held about psychological support for the soldiers in foreign missions by an expert team from the composition of the National Guard of Maine (USA), odbrana.gov.me reported.
05 Mar 2011, 18:21
Near the Sanchez U.S.-Jordanian Combat Observation Post (COP) in Logar province, Afghanistan, the damaged, but important irrigation channel will be repaired by documentation compiled by Czech PRT-specialists, army.cz reported.
05 Mar 2011, 16:27
The presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia after the talks in Sochi, Russia adopted a joint statement on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, according to RIA Novosti.
05 Mar 2011, 11:45
According to the head of the U.S. mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Ian Kelly, the text of the draft bill on parental responsibilities contains a provision that requires a ban to all persons under 18 to join religious communities.
05 Mar 2011, 00:03
The White Paper on Defence of Serbia was today presented to the public at the Media Centre Odbrana, mod.gov.rs reported
05 Mar 2011, 11:53
In a statement issued on 5 March, the Council of Human Rights Activists (CHRA) in Kyrgyzstan drew attention to the fact that only two political parties made public statements on organized crime. Previously, CHRA called on leaders of political parties to define their stand on the issue.
05 Mar 2011, 11:02
Pál Schmitt, Hungarian President - on the occasion of the forthcoming national day celebration - promoted high-ranking officers of the Hungarian Defence Forces (HDF) on March 4, 2011. Defence Minister Csaba Hende, LTG Tibor Benko, HDF CHOD attended the function.
04 Mar 2011, 22:46
Stanislaw Koziej, head of the Polish National Security Bureau (BBN) Friday met with the Secretary of State in the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bogdan Aurescu. As the website of the BBN reported, the main topic of conversation was the NATO missile defence system.

 

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2011.03.03. 21:02 007nullanullahet

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03 Mar 2011, 20:52
Belgrade, in accordance with UN decisions, freezes military-economic cooperation with Libya and Serbia supports a resolution condemning human rights violations in that country, mondo news agency reported.
03 Mar 2011, 19:47
Entry into NATO and the recent EU-developments open us the possibility to cooperate with other countries on specific projects in the defence sector, the Croatian minister said, with host Galko opening GLOBSEC 2011.
03 Mar 2011, 18:59
The situation in Belarus is among main topics at the Bratislava forum. The GLOBSEC 2011 was supposed to start its work from discussion of the Belarusian issue, Slovak media reported. Current minister of foreign affairs Mikuláš Dzurinda said that Belarus is Europe’s main problem.
03 Mar 2011, 18:36
Defence Minister Konjanovski and university head Andreski signed a MoC, morm.mk reported. Mr Konjanovski said that in connection with the reduction of defense budget from 2.1 percent of GDP to the current 1.35 percent.
03 Mar 2011, 16:38
On 3-4 March, a delegation of the Polish National Security Bureau (BBN), led by Deputy Chief of the Office Dr Zdzisław Lachowski, is visiting the Secretariat of the National Security Council (a Cabinet Committee) and the UK Ministry of Defence.
03 Mar 2011, 12:37
The second round of consultation on border issues cooperation between Tajikistan and Russia is taking place in Dushanbe, CA-News reported referring to chief of the press-service of the Border Troops General Directorate Hushnud Rakhmatullayev.
03 Mar 2011, 19:25
Slovak and Czech armed forces in future, could cooperate in education, aviation, training and logistics, the state secretaries of ministries of defence agreed after talks on a strategic review of defence for security forum GLOBSEC 2011.
03 Mar 2011, 18:48
Belarus and Russia have agreed on a draft intergovernmental agreement on construction of nuclear power plants (NPP), as well as intergovernmental agreement on the parallel operation of power grids of the two countries, Deputy Energy Minister said.
03 Mar 2011, 16:53
At the invitation of the Polish Armed Forces CHOD, Chief of Defence of the Kingdom of Denmark, General Knud Bartels arrived in Poland, mon.gov.pl reported.
03 Mar 2011, 16:05
Registration of candidates for the presidency of Kazakhstan closed and four candidates, including incumbent head of state Nursultan Nazarbayev, made it, Novosti Kazakhstan reported.
03 Mar 2011, 12:18
Afghanistan welcomes any cooperation by Turkish officials to open a Taliban office in Turkey, Dr Spanta, President Karzai's influential natsec advisor has told Radio Free Europe. The issue is highly controversial.

 

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2011.02.27. 21:58 007nullanullahet

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27 Feb 2011, 21:27
Russia and Ukraine will sign a new agreement on rearming the Black Sea Fleet, Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov told media in Vladivostok on Sunday. Serdyukov agreed that, "there are conceptual differences" how to understand the 1996 basis agreement.
27 Feb 2011, 21:10
The second flight of UaAF Il-76MD transport plane with 185 passengers-evacuees (Ukrainians, citizens of other nations) from Libya landed at the Borispol/Kiev airport Sunday in the wee hours, the Ukrainian Defence Ministry announced.
27 Feb 2011, 20:33
A Malev charter flight with approx 80 evacuees on board landed in Budapest. The 25 Hungarians would be transported to the Counter-Terrorism Centre (CTC) HQ in Budapest and after debriefing could meet family, MTI reported.
27 Feb 2011, 20:03
Council of Ministers approved the Government Programme in the 2011 - 2015 years BelTA reported. The plan calculates with 62-68% GDP-growth, energy intensity reduction within the GDP in 2015 to not less than -29% compared to the 2010 level.
27 Feb 2011, 19:27
On the occasion of the Adriatic Defence and Aerospace Exhibition and Conference - ASDA (29 - 31 March 2011) in the Spaladium arena in Split, a press conference will be held on Monday, 28 February in Conference Center Hotel 'Poljud'.
27 Feb 2011, 09:20
The Russian Duma at the weekend ratified an agreement letting U.S. transport planes use Russian airspace to/fro Afghanistan.
27 Feb 2011, 20:56
A mortar battery, organic to the 42nd Mechanized Battalion of ACR, which is part of the 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade, held a live-fire exercise. The battalion is preparing to redeployment in Afghanistan, acr.army.cz reported.
27 Feb 2011, 20:12
Recent events in North Africa showed that it is necessary to improve the system of intelligence sharing between the EU and NATO in order to enhance capabilities to prevent and manage crises of this nature, Anyu Angelov Bulgarian Defence Minister said at the informal meeting of the EU defence ministers in Hungary.
27 Feb 2011, 19:45
At the session held on 24 February, the government of Serbia approved decision to found the University of Defence in Belgrade, the Serbian Ministry of Defence released the news. By the edict of the President of Serbia, MJG Prof Dr Miodrag Jevtić is appointed as rector.
27 Feb 2011, 10:41
In line with President Nazarbayev's the Supreme Commander of Armed Forces orders increased attention paid to the mobilization of reserve forces, mod.gov.kz reported. The country currently operates 9 reserve officers training centres.
27 Feb 2011, 00:07
President Otunbayeva delivered a speech promising to intensify anti-corruption campaign. Roots of corruption embedded, among others in clanism, Chinese economic penetration, homegrown criminal groups, uncertainty around GKNB security service.

 

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2011.02.07. 08:59 007nullanullahet

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06 Feb 2011, 17:54
Al-Qaeda and Taliban lately cooperate more closely in Afghanistan than before, a recent BBN (Polish National Security Bureau) analysis said. Cooperation observed on operational level in the northern, eastern, SE parts of the country.
06 Feb 2011, 10:15
Nomination of presidential candidates started on February 5 in the upcoming April 3, 2011 snap presidential election, Kazinform reported. Who will be at the helm of the most important country of the region after referendum initiative dropped?
05 Feb 2011, 11:17
The Azerbaijani Air Force Su-25 aircraft crashed on 3 Feb while on a training flight as front wheel stuck by landing attempts and control tower ordered pilots to eject over uninhabited area, the Ministry of Defence told media.
04 Feb 2011, 19:33
Students from the UK Joint Services Command and Staff College made a visit to Hungary while on their international and regional tour, as part of their curriculum, honvedelem.hu reported. The college currently has eleven 1-year courses.
06 Feb 2011, 15:26
As of 23 Feb Slovakia takes over as Lead Nation of ALTHEA South mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina from Germany, the Slovak Ministry of Defence announced.
06 Feb 2011, 14:33
With Alexandr Vondra Czech Minister of Defence's earlier announced Herzliya participation, official Hungarian sources said that Defence Minister Csaba Hende attends the 11. Herzliya Conference participating on the Sunday evening panel.
05 Feb 2011, 11:38
Azerbaijan in 2011 starts production of new generation 120mm mortars, APA reports. There is no information about developer (Azerbaijan, Israel or joint development?) of the unspecified new generation mortars.

Bulgarian Defence Minister Met Saab Executives

04 Feb 2011, 23:36
Defence Minister Anyu Angelov 3 February visited Saab, the Swedish defence concern during his official visit to Sweden, the Bulgarian Defence Ministry announced.
04 Feb 2011, 12:32

A voluntary ethnic cleansing going on in N Caucasus (Russians leaving), separation of the region from Russia would be dangerous with a new Afghanistan emerging, Alex Alexiev, a Hudson Institute analyst warns in an interview granted to Focus.

 

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2011.01.28. 23:23 007nullanullahet

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Polish BBN Analysis of Peace Negotiations with Alakozai Pashtun Clan in Sangin/Helmand

28 Jan 2011, 22:53
The Polish National Security Bureau (BBN) published an analysis prepared by the Dep. of Strategic Analysis, questioning too optimistic Western media reports of successful negotiations and agreement with a local Pashtun clan in Sangin.

EC NAD Budapest Informal Meeting Completed

28 Jan 2011, 23:10

The National Armaments Directors (NAD) of the European Council (EC) held an informal, 2-day meeting in Budapest on 27-28 January. Hungarian Minister of Defence played host to the event, honvedelem.hu reported

28 Jan 2011, 21:47
Davor Božinović, Minister of Defence visited the Training Center for Multinational Military Operations in Rakitje on 26 January 2011, osrh.hr reported.
28 Jan 2011, 21:14
Neither the Swedish nor the Hungarian authorities investigate the case concerning the purchase of Gripen fighter aircraft, nepszava.hu reports.
28 Jan 2011, 11:21
If health and strength allows, if there is support for the people, I'll work as long as I could, Nazarbayev said in his traditional message to the people of Kazakhstan, Kazinform reported. His presence at the helm considered guarantee of stability.
27 Jan 2011, 23:32
Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan's number 2 airport shelled with one rocket of unknown caliber on 27 Jan 2011 at 0411 local time, the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence reported.
28 Jan 2011, 22:04
On 28 January, the 14th "Ice 2011" ice rescue training exercise was held in Slovakia (Slnečné Jazerá) organized by the District Directorate of Fire and Rescue Service in Pezinok, mosr.sk reported.
28 Jan 2011, 21:31
A MoD delegation of BiH, led by Minister of Defence Selmo Cikotić paid a two-day visit to Spain in 27-28 January 2011, MoD Office of Public Relations announced in Sarajevo. Carme Chacón, Spanish Minister of Defence and her guest
28 Jan 2011, 14:23
Armenian company GARNI-LEP has created a new light multiple launch rack system for rocket propelled grenades RPG-7 class, CAWAT reported referring to a report in Jane's Missiles and Rockets.
27 Jan 2011, 23:57
The 5th International Arms Fair Partner 2011 will be opened in late June at the premises of the Belgrade Fair, organisers, the Ministry of Defence with Yugoimport SDPR and Belgrade Fair as the main organiser announced at a press conference.
27 Jan 2011, 23:23
Mr Konjanovski stressed that the reduction of the NATO mission confirms the success of reforms in Macedonia as he met outgoing Commander of NATO HQ in Skopje, Gen. Humar. The new Commander of the much smaller NATO-mission is COL Yordan Yordanov.

 

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2011.01.22. 19:27 007nullanullahet

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22 Jan 2011, 17:50
Plans by Greece and Bulgaria to build wall on the Turkish border is drawing criticism in Turkey, becoming more widespread opinion is that it is a secret intention of the EU to build a wall to mark its boundaries, the Anatolian Agency reported.
22 Jan 2011, 19:11
Anyu Angelov, Bulgarian Minister Minister of Defence met LTG Frank Kisner, Commander of NATO Special Operations Headquarters, who was visiting Bulgaria on invitation of Bulgarian CHOD GEN Simeon Simeonov, md.government.bg reported.
22 Jan 2011, 17:42
A FYR of Macedonian Armed Forces delegation led by CHOD LTG Miroslav Stojanovski completed an official three-day visit to the Armed Forces of the United States, morm.gov.mk reported. The purpose of the visit was to promote bilateral defence ties.
22 Jan 2011, 16:53
The delegation headed by Minister of Defence Industry Yaver Jamalov arrived in Prague to start a five-day official visit to the Czech Republic at the invitation of Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, trend.az reported.
22 Jan 2011, 16:28
Two well-known Afghanistani narcotraffickers killed in a firefight on the Tajik-Afghan border, 311 kilograms of drugs seized Friday night, the press centre of the Tajikistani State Committee of National Security announced.
22 Jan 2011, 16:59
President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov on Monday at the NATO Headquarters scheduled to meet with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the alliance reported. Afghanistan, energy issues expected to be discussed at the controversial meeting.
22 Jan 2011, 16:39
Heads of Kyrgyzstani law enforcement, intelligence agencies told the first meeting of the Defence Council, chaired by President Otunbayeva that Afghanistani drug trafficking significantly contributes to tension in the country, the press service of the president said.
22 Jan 2011, 16:12
The new structure (Migration Service) formed under the government of Tajikistan, is designed to regulate foreign labor migration, CA-News reported. Out of seven Tajikistanis, one finds job abroad.

 

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2011.01.22. 00:39 007nullanullahet

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Gazprom to Increase Azerbaijani Gas Purchases to 2bcm in 2011

22 Jan 2011, 00:46

On 21 Jan 2011 in St. Petersburg a working meeting was held by the Chairman of the Board of Gazprom, Aleksey Miller and President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), Rovnag Abdullayev, a Gazprom press release said.

Sliač Airport Awaits EUR5mn Further Modernisation Funded by NATO
22 Jan 2011, 00:10

Funded by NATO fuel and lubricants storage facilities are to be built at Sliač airport for more than five million EUR, mosr.sk announced. The project, with tendering expected to be launched this year, is to be completed by 2012.

Croatian, Hungarian Defence Minister to Meet on the Border
21 Jan 2011, 14:15
Monday, 24 Jan 2011, Dr Csaba Hende, Hungarian Minister of Defence travels to the Croatian border town of Osijek (Eszék) at the invitation of Davor Božinović, Croatia's Defence Minister, the Hungarian Ministry of Defence announced.
21 Jan 2011, 13:43
During a series of meetings in defence industry holdings held recently under the chairmanship of the Minister of Defence Industry Yavar Jamalov, participants submitted reports of production units of the 2010 activities and discussed the 2011 plans.
21 Jan 2011, 12:42
Gold production (most of it controlled by Chinese companies - editor) in Tajikistan increased in 2010 compared, Minister of Energy and Industry said at a press conference in Dushanbe on Friday. Gold production last year amounted to 2,049 kilogrammes.
21 Jan 2011, 00:23
Czech Armed Forces currently have only a fifth of the equipment, heavy arms they had 20 years ago. Still, it's enough, CHOD Army General Vlastimil Picek says. As of 1 Jan 2011 the armed forces of the CR among others have 166 MBTs, 494 AFVs,
21 Jan 2011, 23:54
Final training of 5th Garrison-OMLT was held 17-20 January 2011 at the military training area Eugen Kvaternik in Slunj after months of preparation and training components of the 17th ISAF HRVCON, osrh.hr reported.
21 Jan 2011, 13:52
Russian companies are currently modernizing Afghanistan's Naglu power plant and building electricity generating facilities in hard-to-access mountainous areas in the country, Medvedev told his visiting Afghan counterpart President Karzai.
21 Jan 2011, 13:23
Two Chinese-made MA-60 aircraft (a derivative of the An-24/26), purchased by Tajik Air will arrive in Dushanbe in March this year, CA-News reported citing press-service of the airline. According to the source, aircraft purchased is part of the strategy to replace Russian plasnes with Chinese ones.
21 Jan 2011, 12:23
Around 23 mine companies, most of them Indian, have shown interest in investing in exploration of the Hajigak iron ore deposit in Afghanistan (said to be the largest Asian untapped resource), Ministry of Mines announced.
20 Jan 2011, 23:52
On January 20, State Secretary of Polish Defence Ministry Marcin Idzik met with Armenian Defence Minister Seyran Ohanyan and invited him to visit Warsaw, the Armenian Ministry of Defence announced.

 

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2011.01.21. 12:11 007nullanullahet

Új hang, új stílus a túszszabadításban: dél koreai kommandósok nyolc kalózt megöltek

 

A merész és hatékony dél-koreai kommandósok, felrúgva a korábbi dogmákat, sikeres helikopteres támadást intéztek egy kereskedelmi hajót elfoglaló, a legénységet túszul ejtő szomáliai kalózok ellen. A bravúros akcióban nyolcukat megölték, öt másikat foglyul ejtettek. Három kommandós szenvedett „karcolásokat” a kalózokkal két helyszínen is kialakult tűzharcban. A túszok sértetlenek, vezetőjüket a bosszúszomjas kalózok a támadás kezdetén hasba lőtték, de nincs életveszélyben.

 
Az akciót a szomáli partoktól 1300 km-re, az Indiai óceánon, Omántól mintegy 550km-re  hajtották végre. A konfliktus kedden kezdődött, ahogy a kalózok rálőttek a Choi Young rombolóra, amely egy kalózkülönítmény elfogására indult. (A dél koreai romboló az amerikai vezetésű, Dzsibuti főhadiszállással  működő 150-es kombinált csapásmérő erő – Combined Task Force 150 (CMF)*– kötelékébe tartozik. A 150-esek hatékonyabbak és keményebbek, mint az EU NAVFOR Atalanta** műveletben részt vevő, hasonló feladatokkal, kalóztámadások kivédésével, kereskedelmi hajókonvojok kísérésével megbízott hajóegységek. Nem tudjuk, a két nagy erő közti együttműködés, munka-, feladatmegosztás milyen mértékű.)
 
A pirátkülönítmény egy mongol teherhajót akart éppen elfoglalni, bázisul használva a Samho Jewelryt, az eredetileg elfoglalt hajót. A hadihajót tűz alá vevő szomáli kalózok semlegesítésére felszállt egy Lynx*** helikopter, amely fedélzeti fegyvereivel szétlőtte a kalózok gyorshajóját, ahonnan az életben maradt kalózok a vízbe ugráltak. A partoktól mintegy 600km-re a vízben lévő kalózokra a dél-koreaiak nem lőttek, de sorsukra hagyták őket. A dél-koreaiak másik különítménye megrohamozta gyorsjárású csónakokkal a Samho Jewelryt. A fedélzeten tűzharc alakult ki, az egyik kalóz bosszúból hasba lőtte a főtúszt, a kapitányt, aki nem szenvedett életet veszélyeztető sérülést. A többi túsz sértetlen maradt.
 
A sikeres akció szentségtörésnek számít a szomáliai partok előtt cirkáló, alacsony hatékonyságú EU hadihajók taktikájával szemben. A nemzetközi flotta az Indiai óceánon való állomásoztatásának havi költsége megközelíti a százmillió dollárt – és alig érnek el eredményt a rugalmasan taktikázó, jól felszerelt és elszánt kalózokkal szemben. A kalózkérdés bonyolult nemzetközi jogi útvesztői (mikor, hogyan „ildomos” fegyveres erőszakot alkalmazni, hogyan határozzák meg az arányos mértékű alkalmazott erőszak, fegyveres kényszerítés határát, mi legyen az elfogott kalózokkal, hogyan lehet emberjogaik megsértése nélkül a krízishelyzetet megoldani, mely hatóság hol, milyen körülmények között illetékes elítélésükben egy olyan térségben, ahol a nyugati jog-erkölcsrendszer normái gyakorlatilag alkalmazhatatlanok, hogyan kutatható át nemzetközi jogkonfoman egy kalózgyanús vízijármű, stb.)
 
A kiszabadított hajó, a 19,600 tonnás vegyesrakományú (vegyianyag szállító) Samho Jewelry, máltai zászló alatt hajózó, norvég tulajdonú, dél-koreaiakkal a legénység soraiban.  
 
 
*A Kombinált Tengerészeti Erők (Combined Maritime Forces) csaknem negyven hajóból áll, a többi között Ausztrália, Franciaország, Németország, Olaszország, Pakisztán, Kanada, Dánia, Törökország, Nagy-Britannia és az USA (5. Flotta) egységeiből áll, több, mint 4 millió négyzetkilométeres tengerszakaszért felelős. A kalóztámadások kivédése csak az egyik feladata a főcél, a terrorizmus, kábítószer-, emberkereskedelem megfékezése mellett. A Szuezi csatornától (Vörös tenger), délen Kenyáig, északon a Perzsa öbölig (Hormuz szoros), Pakisztánig terjed az övezet, amelyet ellenőríz. Mark Fox amerikai vice-admirális a parancsnok. (http://www.cusnc.navy.mil/cmf/cmf_command.html)
**EU NAVFOR Atalanta – az EU-nak a CMF-nél lényegesen szerényebb erejű és korlátozottabb mandátumú tengerészeti ereje a CMF-ével nagyjából megegyező térségben. Még szerény eszközeivel Magyarország is részt vesz benne. Összesen 5-10 hadihajó, 1-2 kisegítő-ellátóhajó, 1-2 tengerészeti repülőgép alkotja, 26 ország vesz részt benne különféle módon. Más, haditengerészettel nem rendelkező álamokhoz hasonlóan Magyarország néhány tisztnek az Atalanta egyik műveleti központjába vezénylésével veszi ki a részét a hangsúlyozottan az ENSZ-célokkal egyező (elsősorban élelmiszer-segélyszállítmányok védelme) feladatok megoldásában. Jelentősebb, erő alkalmazásával végrehajtott Atalanta-műveletről nem tudunk (http://www.eunavfor.eu/about-us/mission/)
***A Lynx kommandós haditengerészeti változata fel van szerelve egy sztenderd 7.62mm-es ajtógéppuskával, továbbá két 20mm-es gépágyú, és/vagy 2 darab 7.62-es Gatling rendszerű minigun, és/vagy 8 irányítható levegő-föld rakéta (HOT, Hellfire vagy TOW) szerelhető a külső felfüggesztősínekre.

 

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2011.01.17. 22:10 007nullanullahet

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DoD Denies Russian Speculations on Resuming Arms Sales to Georgia

17 Jan 2011, 22:02

Refuting reports in the Russian media about alleged (planned) arms sales to Georgia, a Pentagon spokesperson, Navy Cmdr Wendy Snyder told journalists that, "the reports of U.S. arms sales to Georgia via third countries are completely false".

17 Jan 2011, 21:43
The way is open for Belarus to import oil from Venezuela as Ukrtransnafta and the Belarusian Oil Company (BNK) signed a two-year agreement with the possibility of further prolongation of the contract for a guaranteed transit of four million tons of oil from Odessa to Brody.
17 Jan 2011, 21:22
Promoting cooperation between the military-industrial complex of Bulgaria (TEREM Holding) and Turkey was discussed at a meeting in Ankara of Anyu Angelov and host Murad Bayar, Deputy Minister of Defence Industry at the Nationa Defence Ministry.
17 Jan 2011, 20:25
Representatives of Raytheon, led by VADM (Retd.) Timothy Josiah, Senior Director, Border, Transportation and Energy Security, Homeland Security are visiting Montenegro at the invitation of the Ministry of Defence, odbrana.gov.me reported.
17 Jan 2011, 19:52
Slovak Minister of Defence L'ubomir Galko said he was confident that funding of the six L-39s' overhaul would be secured by savings of the ministry. The misiter made a 40-minute flight with a tandem L-39 from Sliač to Bratislava, mosr.sk reported.
17 Jan 2011, 13:17
Davor Božinović , Croatian Defence Minister 18t January 2011 visits NATO Headquarters in Brussels where he will meet with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Croatian Ministry of Defence reported.
17 Jan 2011, 09:12
Turkmenhovayollari, the national carrier issued a tender to sell all of its Soviet/Russian made aircraft, engines, including a heavy Mi-6 helicopter, Tu-154, Yak-40, 42, An-24 passenger aircraft, the state-owned TDH news agency reported.
17 Jan 2011, 20:49
By decision of the 8th meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Military and Economic Cooperation of CSTO dry run of intergovernmental electronic online directory is been conducted from 1 October 2010 in preparation of launching online directory/infoportal of the organization.
17 Jan 2011, 20:08
Last Friday in the Bistrica Barracks LTC Jožef Budja took responsibility as the new commander of the Slovenian Armed Forces 670th Command and Logistics Battalion. The new commander took the battle flag of the battalion from outgoing commander.
17 Jan 2011, 13:26
Josip Lucić, Croatian Armed Forces (CAF) CHOD during the last day of his official visit to the United States met with U.S. Air Force CoS GEN Norton A. Schwartz, osrh.hr reported. They talked about the ISAF operation in Afghanistan.
17 Jan 2011, 09:31
Kazakhstani President signed into law the agreement with Russia on cooperation in exploring and using outer space for peaceful purposes, the press service of the President of Kazakhstan reported. Goods shall be exempt from customs duties if they fall under stipulations of the agreement.

 

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2011.01.17. 08:34 007nullanullahet

Tizennégy NATO-tartálykocsit gyújtottak fel tálibok a pakisztáni „déli” utánpótlási úton

 

A hét végén az ISNA hírügynökség jelentése szerint pakisztáni tálibok gyújtották fel a tartálykocsikat Beludzsisztánban, az N25-ös úton, az egyik pihenőben. A tizennégy jármű lángba borítását a pakisztáni tálibok magukra vállalták.

 
A szállítmánynak a Chaman határátkelőn, a két pakisztáni fő utánpótlási út egyikének ( a "déli út") pakisztáni kilépőállomásán kellett volna átkelnie a hágón az afganisztáni határállomás, Spin Boldak felé, hogy tovább folytassa útját Kandahárba, majd a „nagykörúton” (Ring Road) Kabulba.
 
A beludzsisztáni kormányzó sajtósa, Akhban Hussein Dhurrani szerint tavaly 56 hasonló támadást hajtottak végre, 136 NATO-tartálykocsit megsemmisítettek, 34-en meghaltak.
 
A NATO-tartálykocsik hivatalos katonai kíséret nélkül, „civil” sofőrökkel közlekednek Pakisztánban.

 

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2011.01.14. 17:16 007nullanullahet

Freedom House: Freedom in the World Report, the Only Improvement Is Kyrgyzstan, Hungary Warned

 

Hungary received a downward trend arrow (but remained in the best, - Free - category) due to the government's efforts to consolidate control over the country's independent institutions, Kyrgyzstan's political rights rating improved from 6 to 5 and its status from Not Free to Partly Free due to the adoption of a new constitution, the 2011 Freedom House assessment says (http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=15). Our story monitors only countries within our "area of responsibility" that is CEE/SEE, Eastern Europe, South/Central Asia.

 
Freedom in the World assessment on political rights and civil liberties:
 
CEE:
Hungary received a downward trend arrow (but remained in the 1 - Free - category) due to the government's efforts to consolidate control over the country's independent institutions, including the creation of a new media council dominated by the ruling party that has the ability to impose large fines on broadcast, print, and online media outlets. Latvia's civil liberties rating declined from 1 to 2 due to negative developments for press freedom, including threats to editorial independence following the sale of an influential newspaper under less-than-transparent circumstances.
 
Eastern Europe:
Ukraine's civil liberties rating declined from 2 to 3 and its status from Free to Partly Free due to deteriorating media freedom, secret service pressure on universities to keep students from participating in protests, government hostility toward opposition gatherings and foreign nongovernmental organizations, and an increase in presidential influence over the judiciary. Moldova's civil liberties rating improved from 4 to 3 due to a more balanced and diverse media environment, a reduction in government hostility toward civil society groups, and a lack of interference with political gatherings ahead of the November 2010 parliamentary elections. Georgia's civil liberties rating improved from 4 to 3 due to a reduction in the political instability the country confronted in the aftermath of the 2008 Russian invasion, as well as greater media diversity, including the launch of satellite broadcasts by the opposition television station Maestro. Nagorno-Karabakh's political rights rating declined from 5 to 6 and its status from Partly Free to Not Free due to the complete absence of opposition candidates in the May 2010 parliamentary elections.
 
South/Central Asia:
Afghanistan received a downward trend arrow due to fraudulent parliamentary elections in September 2010. Kyrgyzstan's political rights rating improved from 6 to 5 and its status from Not Free to Partly Free due to the adoption of a new constitution designed to dismantle the superpresidential system, and genuinely competitive, multiparty parliamentary elections held in October 2010. Worst ratings: Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, both with maximum penalty points (7+7).
 
Country
Status*
Political rights
Civil liberties
Afghanistan
Not free
6
6
Albania
Partly free
3
3
Armenia
Partly free
6
4
Azerbaijan
Not free
6
5
Belarus
Not free
7
6
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Partly free
4
3
Bulgaria
Free
2
2
Croatia
Free
1
2
Czech Republic
Free
1
1
Estonia
Free
1
1
Georgia
Partly free
4
3
Hungary
Free
1
1 (Warning)
Kazakhstan
Not free
6
5
Kosovo
Partly free
5
4
Kyrgyzstan
Partly free
5 (one category up)
5
Lithuania
Free
1
1
FYROM
Partly free
3
3
Moldova
Partly free
3
3 (up in the same category)
Montenegro
Free
3
2
Poland
Free
1
1
Romania
Free
2
2
Russia**
Not free
6
5
Serbia
Free
2
2
Slovakia
Free
1
1
Slovenia
Free
1
1
Tajikistan
Not free
6
5
Turkmenistan
Not free
7
7
Ukraine
Partly free
3
3 (down in the sam category)
Uzbekistan
Not free
7
7
 
*Status/Category: 1 is the best, 7 is the worst
**Russia is in for comparison

 

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2011.01.14. 14:53 007nullanullahet

Baglán tartomány legészakibb része (öt-Budapestnyi terület) tálib-mentes

 

Baglán tartományban, (amelyben a magyar vezetésű PRT, az afganisztáni magyar kontingens legnépesebb eleme is működik), északon, a Baghlan-e-Jadid járás tálib-mentessé vált, jelentette a Tolo afganisztáni privát tv-állomás pénteken.

A járás, amely lakóinak 90%-át tádzsikok és üzbégek adják, körülbelül 1,600 négyzetkilométernyi, azaz valamivel nagyobb mint öt Budapest. A tartományban az afgán erők és az amerikaiak vezetésével az Omid hadművelet keretében nagyszabású felmorzsoló műveletek folynak a tálibok és egyéb fegyveres, kormányellenes csoportok ellen.
 
Baghlan-e-Jadidot (és a Dand-e-Ghori járást) megtisztították a fegyveres lázadóktól. Helyi biztonsági tisztek (beleértve Daud Daudot, a Pamir 303-as zóna rendőrparancsnokát) azt mondják, a nem részletezett „biztonsági bázisok” (security bases) létesítése nemcsak a a biztonságot, hanem a régió fejlődését is előmozdítják, mivel a donorszervezetek – amelyek eddig a biztonság hiánya miatt nem láthattak hozzá az új projektek, illetve a helyreállítási feladatok megvalósításához – eljuthatnak a helyszínekre és elindíthatják a munkát. Ez egyben munkahelyteremtést is jelent a helybélieknek.

 

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2011.01.13. 23:31 007nullanullahet

Tbiliszi 35 milliárd dollárt, csaknem kétéves GDP-jét követeli Moszkván a 2008-as háború okozta károkért


A grúz parlament nemzeti területi integritást helyreállító bizottságának az elnöke, Sota Malashia ma újságíróknak bejelentette, hogy az ország 35 milliárd dolláros számlát nyújt be az oroszoknak a 2008-as háborúban okozott károkért.

Ez az ország vásárlóerő-paritáson számolt csaknem kétéves bruttó nemzeti terméke, GDP-je. Ebből húsz milliárd a közvetlen katonai károkért, további 15 milliárd pedig a grúz ökoszisztémát ért pusztításért jár, tette hozzá az elnök. Az abháziai „bábrezsimet” további 13 milliárd dollár megfizetésére akarják kötelezni, nem részletezett okokból. (Tudomásunk szerint nem arról van szó, hogy Grúzia ezért a tetemes summáért úgy adná el Abháziát, mint annak idején a cári kormány Alaszkát az amerikaiaknak).
 

A grúz jelentések nem tudnak ellen-kártérítési igényről, noha Chinvalit, Dél Oszétia fővárosát a grúz hadsereg orosz gyártmányú BM21-es rakéta-sorozatvetői (MLRS – az egykori Katyusák modernebb utódai) nagymértékben lerombolták. A modern hadtudomány kevés esetet tud, amikor ezeket a jellegzetesen terület-lefogásra, pl páncélos ékek támadásának megállítására (nem városok ellen!) használt, eléggé pontatlan fegyvereket lakott települések ellen vetették volna be.

 

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2011.01.12. 22:18 007nullanullahet

Daily English News Summary (for details visit www.defsec.info)

 

Croatian Arms Export in 2010: USD116.4mn - The New Minister Met with DefInd Leaders

12 Jan 2011, 22:08
Davor Božinović, the new Croatian Minister of Defence and Đuro Popijač, Minister of Economy, Labour met with Croatian manufacturers of military equipment and weaponry, morh.hr reported.
12 Jan 2011, 21:44
At the invitation of Turkinsh Defence Minister Vezdi Gönül, his Bulgarian colleague, Anyu Angelov arrived in Turkey. The delegation is to visit leading Turkish defence industry enterprises, md.government.bg reported.
12 Jan 2011, 21:31
The new structure of the Bulgarian Armed Forces and the new command structure will be regulated by law. Today's cabinet meeting in Sofia approved draft amendments to the Armed Forces.
12 Jan 2011, 21:02
Four Pandur II CZ M1 AFVs arrived at Shank logistics base from Kabul, which were recently shipped to Afghanistan and are designed to perform functions with the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Logar province, army.cz reported.
12 Jan 2011, 20:19
Ukraine's arms export in 2010 is estimated at about USD1.2 billion (some USD200mn less than in 2009), the director of the Research Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament (CIAKR) Valentin Badrak told journalists in Kiev on Wednesday.
12 Jan 2011, 18:20
The first brigade-level winter exercises involve more than 3500 troops, 650 vehicles of the Kazakhstani Armed Forces, tasked with anti-terrorist operations, 1,000km relocation of troops, the Kazakhstani Ministry of Defence reported.
12 Jan 2011, 17:20
BRG Josef Blotz, ISAF spokesman, in an exclusive interview granted to TOLOnews, said that the U.S. annually invests USD12 billion in equipment and training of the Afghanistani security forces.
12 Jan 2011, 21:18
Wednesday FYROM Defence Minister Zoran Konjanovski and Chief of Staff GEN Miroslav Stojanovski attended send-off ceremony in Stip Barracks Jane Sandanski for 149 members of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade to serve in ISAF.
12 Jan 2011, 20:41
The Czech Armed Forces' (ACR) 25th Air Defence Brigade as of 1 Jan commenced standby period in the NATO Reaction Force (NRF) 2011/1, the Czech Ministry of Defence reported.
12 Jan 2011, 20:03
How and by what means military security of Ukraine is to be provided, military forces in the future, especially at a time when Ukraine has returned to the non-aligned status and the issue of joining NATO is not on the agenda.
12 Jan 2011, 17:53
According to Mr Imankulov, Dep. Head of Kyrgyzstan's NatSec Committee, explosive devices were made very skillfully, but the individuals who organized the bombings in Bishkek, were trained in Afghanistan and Tajikistan. In Kyrgyzstan.
12 Jan 2011, 16:36

Tajikistan's parliament on Wednesday ratified the intergovernmental protocol on demarcation and delimitation of state borders with China, which ended the 130-year territorial dispute between the two countries, Tajikistani Minister of Foreign Affairs announced.

 

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2011.01.12. 17:11 007nullanullahet

Ötezer katonával, 50 helikopterrel erősítették meg Észak-Afganisztánt, alapvetően Baglán és Kunduz tartományokat

 

mondta Josef Blotz dandártábornok (Bundeswehr), ISAF szóvivő a Tolonews tv-csatornának adott interjújában (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUhzepUGaow&feature=player_embedded).

Az afgán kérdező meglehetősen borúlátóan ítélte meg a helyzetet, ellentétben Blotz tábornokkal, aki szerint tavaly nyáron Baglánban, Kunduzban valóban rossz volt a biztonsági helyzet, de az ötezres csapat-átcsoportosítás (döntően amerikaiak) és az ötven helikopter javított a helyzeten.
 
A tábornok elismerte, hogy a tálib rezsim bukása után az afgánok és a nemzetközi közösség (a szövetséges erők) alábecsülték a tálibok erejét, befolyását. Nagy hibának nevezte, hogy a szovjet csapatok 1989-es távozása után a nemzetközi közösség magára hagyta Afganisztánt. Ez a hiba nem ismétlődhet meg, mondotta, a szövetségesek nem hagyják magára az országot. Hogy ez mit jelent (harcoló szövetséges alakulatok maradnak 2014 után is az országban?), nem részletezte.
 
Arra a kérdésre, hogy a szövetségesek segítsége miért nem nagyobb, hatékonyabb, Blotz tábornok – részben elismerve a kritika jogosságát -  elmondta, csak az amerikaiak évi 12 milliárd dollárral (a teljes magyar katonai költségvetés hozzávetőlegesen tízszeresével, a magyar nemzeti hadsereg felszerelésre és kiképzésre fordított éves összegének mintegy negyven-ötvenszeresével) támogatják az afgán fegyveres erők felszerelését, kiképzését. A támogatás hatékonyságára nem tért ki.
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