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Canadian Forces Team Sent To Kandahar To Deal With Stranded Sea Containers
From Canadian Press: OTTAWA – A team of 15 Canadian soldiers has been dispatched to Kandahar on a month-long assignment to assess whether dozens of military containers are still seaworthy enough… more →
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Canadian Forces Team Sent To Kandahar To Deal With Stranded Sea Containers
wrote 32 minutes ago: From Canadian Press: OTTAWA – A team of 15 Canadian soldiers has been dispatched to Kandahar o … more →
U.S. Budget Cuts Mean Canadian Forces Snowbirds Only Military Jet Demo Team Flying in North America
wrote 1 hour ago: U.S. military budget cuts have left the Canadian Forces Snowbirds as the only military aviation jet … more →
Reaper UAVs Heading To Mali
wrote 1 hour ago: While Germany was running into trouble with its UAVs (see the earlier Defence Watch posting) France … more →
Germany Scuttles UAV Program, According To Reports
wrote 2 hours ago: Agence France Press is reporting that Germany has cancelled a planned ‘Euro Hawk’ UAV pr … more →
Afghan Lawmakers Block Law Aimed To Protect Women's Freedoms
wrote 2 hours ago: From Associated Press: KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan legislator says conservative lawmakers h … more →
Conservative Government Excels At Canadian Forces Recruiting Magic
wrote 12 hours ago: By David Pugliese Defence Watch Sometimes governments are kind of like magicians…..making things dis … more →
Royal Military College Saint-Jean Marks End of Academic Year With Parade
wrote 1 day ago: News release from the CF: SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, QUEBEC–(Marketwired – May 18, 2013) … more →
More Photos of the Future Of Aviation Warfare
wrote 1 day ago: As Defence Watch readers know, for the first time in history, the U.S Navy launched a jet-powered, f … more →
Raytheon Reports Successful Missile Intercept Test Standard Missile-3 Block IB
wrote 1 day ago: News release from Raytheon: Using A Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) Standard Missile-3 Block IB fired f … more →
Capability of Russia's Ballistic Missile Submarine Force Questioned
wrote 1 day ago: The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) recently obtained information from the U.S. Navy suggest … more →
Photos: Beach Landing Involving 150 Canadian Forces Personnel
wrote 1 day ago: Troops came ashore during a beach landing exercise Friday near Victoria, British Columbia. The activ … more →
Royal Military College Saint-Jean Year-End Parade To Be Held Saturday
wrote 1 day ago: From the CF: The traditional Royal Military College Saint-Jean year-end parade will be held Saturday … more →
F-35A Completes High Angle of Attack Testing
wrote 2 days ago: From Lockheed Martin: The latest in a series of Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35A high angle of attack (AO … more →
War Against Al Qaeda To Go For Decades Says Pentagon Chief
wrote 2 days ago: Dangerroom at Wired.com has this article: The war in Afghanistan may be winding down. But the Pentag … more →
Canadian Firm and U.S. Navy Complete Successful Tests On Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Sonar
wrote 2 days ago: News release from Kraken: ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND – MAY 17, 2013 – Kraken Sonar Systems Inc. announ … more →
No Decision On Whether To Extend The Life of the CF-18 Fleet Until The Government’s “7 Point Plan” Is Complete….But When Is That?
wrote 2 days ago: By David Pugliese Defence Watch Will the life of the RCAF’s fleet of CF-18 fighters be extended? Som … more →
Australia Looks To Purchase Long-Range Maritime UAVs - Potential Cost is $3 Billion
wrote 2 days ago: Reuters news service is reporting that Australia is set to buy up to $3 billion worth of long-range … more →
Veterans, Regular and Reserve Force Members and Cadets On Parade For Victoria Day
wrote 2 days ago: From MARPAC: ESQUIMALT, B.C. – Local veterans, Regular and Reserve Force members of the Canadian For … more →
Royal Canadian Navy Opens Its Submarine, HMCS Victoria, For Public Tours
wrote 3 days ago: From the RCN: ESQUIMALT, B.C. – Her Majesty’s Canadian Submarine (HMCS) Victoria arrived at the Cana … more →
