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MOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Feb. 20 that Russia had launched "unprecedented" steps to boost the army as he played up his strongman credentials ahead of March 4 presidential polls he is likely to win.
DAMASCUS — Syrian troops massed around Homs, as Iranian warships docked at the port of Tartus in a show of force, sparking calls Feb. 20 for women and children to flee the besieged flashpoint city.
SEOUL — North Korea warned Feb. 19 it will bombard islands near the disputed Yellow Sea border with South Korea if an upcoming naval firing drill by Seoul violates its territorial waters.
Kabul — Afghanistan’s defense ministry has begun ordering soldiers who have families in Pakistan to move them to Afghanistan in a bid to rid the army of Taliban infiltrators, officials said Feb. 18.
The U.S. Army is hoping foreign sales will be sufficient to keep tank factories up and running until the Army needs them again in 2017.
Harris Corp. will show off a new ruggedized Android tablet designed to keep soldiers better connected on the battlefield at the upcoming Association of the U.S. Army winter symposium.
The United States is paying close attention to Syria’s weapons inventory, especially its stockpile of chemical weapons, U.S. State Department officials said.
NEW DELHI — India will next month test a new long-range nuclear-capable missile which can strike targets more than 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles) away, a defense research spokesman said Feb. 16.
ISLAMABAD — Islamabad publicly admitted Feb. 14 that it had allowed NATO to use Pakistani airspace to fly supplies into Afghanistan, despite a more than two-month blockade on the border crossings.
WASHINGTON — U.S. and Afghan officials are weeks away from clinching a security pact allowing an American military mission to stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Feb. 14.
MOSCOW — Russia has signed contracts to sell 120 T-90C tanks to Algeria and 30 to Turkmenistan, Vedomosti business daily reported Feb. 14 citing sources in the arms industry.
The U.S. Army plans to buy fewer trucks and terminate a handful of smaller procurement programs to meet its budget targets for the next five years, the service announced Feb. 13.
The White House has proposed capping war spending at $450 billion over the next decade, U.S. Defense Department officials said on Feb. 13.
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