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Microsoft to Supply U.S. Army with Augmented-Reality Devices

United States Army announced on 31 March awarding a contract to Microsoft to work on the production phase of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) programme. The augmented-reality devices will be delivered to the U.S. Army over the next decade, based on existing HoloLens. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. Microsoft said on Wednesday…
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U.S. Central Command Official Visits Egypt

The U.S. Embassy in Egypt said that on 17-19 March the  Director for Strategy, Plans, and Policy of the U.S. Central Command,  Major General Scott Benedict, visited Egypt.   Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. According to Washington's embassy in Cairo, Major General Benedict met with senior Egyptian officials including Assistant Minster of Defense of…
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By Sanctioning Turkey, the U.S. is Sanctioning Itself

American President Trump calls Turkish President Erdogan “a friend.” Turkey is a NATO ally since 1952, and the Turkish Armed Forces is the second largest standing military force in NATO, after the United States. Yet, the Trump administration did not spare any effort to pressure and control the expanding military power of Turkey, by playing…
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Iron Dome Battery Delivered to U.S. Army by Israeli MoD

On 30 September, the Israel Missile Defence Organization in the Directorate of Defence R&D (DDR&D) delivered to the US Army an Iron Dome battery; the first of two Iron Dome batteries in the framework of a 2019 agreement. These two batteries are to be deployed for the defence of US troops against a variety of…
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U.S. AF to buy Turkey’s F-35 Jets – It is Official Now

The United States Department of Defence has announced, through its daily contract announcements, that U.S. Air Force will officially buy eight F-35 A conventional takeoff and landing jets originally built by Lockheed Martin for Turkey as part of a $862 million contract modification. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. "Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics…
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Interview Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S.

Arms Control Today has published an interview with Anatoly Antonov, Russian ambassador to the United States on issues including the current status of U.S.-Russian strategic stability talks, the future of New START treaty, talks on intermediate-range missile systems, involving China in arms control agreements, and President Vladimir Putin’s proposal for a summit of the leaders of the…
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Challenges in Transitioning to National Currency Settlements within BRICS

One of the pertinent directions of work for the BRICS countries within their union is transitioning to settlements in national currencies. However, despite the increasing attention paid to this direction in recent times, countries face several challenges on the path to creating new financial mechanisms, as outlined by Ivan Timofeev, Director of the Russian International…
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The US have “Extended” its Military Presence in the Indo-Pacific Region

The U.S. Senate has allocated $7.1 billion to finance a the Compacts of Free Association (Cofa) — an agreement that provides the US with exclusive military access to Palau, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia in exchange for economic support for a period of 20 years. The Financial Times newspaper reported on the Senate's decision. The…
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US administration requests $2.2 bln for the enriched uranium production

The White House has sent a request to the US Congress to allocate $ 6 billion to ensure "Protect American Security and Bolster Energy Independence," $2.2 billion of this amount is planned to be spent to "improve long-term, domestic enrichment capabilities for low-enriched uranium and high-assay low-enriched uranium." The press release says that the allocation…
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Stability is Cracking: Interim Results of the NPT Review Conference

The Tenth NPT Review Conference is still ongoing, and this year the conference is taking place in very specific circumstances and in the context unprecedented tension between the nuclear weapons states since the end of the Cold War. Thus the statements made by the parties during the conference to some extent clarify the shape of…
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