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Pakistan Navy test fires missiles in Arabian Sea manoeuvres

In this handout picture released by the Pakistan Navy, a target ship is hit by a missile during a naval firepower test conducted by the Pakistan Navy in the north Arabian Sea on March 12, 2010. Pakistan successfully test fired new missiles and torpedoes from ships, submarines and aircraft in the Arabian Sea, the navy announced. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE    AFP PHOTO/HO/PAKISTAN NAVY

Says the exercise was a message to “nefarious” forces

Saturday, Mar 13, 2010
Source: The Hindu

Islamabad: The Pakistan Navy on Friday fired a variety of missiles and torpedoes from warships, submarines and aircraft in an intensive firepower drill in the north Arabian [...]

Joint Exercises Key to South Korean Defense

Army Gen. William Skip Sharp, commander of United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea, talks with reporters about the Key Resolve and Foal Eagle exercises under way to train U.S. and Republic of Korea forces to defend South Korea against aggression. DoD photo by Donna Miles

By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
Source; US Dept of Defense

SEOUL, South Korea, March 11, 2010 – Military exercises under way are refining command and control capabilities that will be critical for the U.S. and South Korean militaries to defend against [...]

Iran begins war games to protect nuclear sites

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Five-day drill will cover an area a third of the size of Iran

Associated Press
updated 8:49 [...]

Bold Quest 2009: Cherry Point Serves as Nerve Center for International Exercise

In combat, knowing the difference between friend and foe can mean life or death.

11/9/2009 By Cpl. Jennifer Poole, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
Source: US Marines

The ability to accurately identify coalition forces from enemy combatants is crucial in combat effectiveness. [...]

Russian Tochka-U missile accidentally self-destructs during exercises

06 November 2009
By Bruce Jones
Source: Jane’s

The Russian Defence Ministry has revealed that an army OTR-21 Tochka-U (SS-21 ‘Scarab B’) ballistic missile accidentally self-destructed during live-firing exercises on 28 October in the northwest of the country.

The incident took place at the [...]

Israel Uses Juniper Cobra to Gauge BMD

Nov 6, 2009
David Eshel/Tel Aviv
Source: Aviation Week

The largest and most advanced deployment of antiballistic-missile assets in the region was the central feature of Operation Juniper Cobra, the biennial military exercise conducted by Israel and the U.S. Experts say this year’s [...]

NZ Deploys Two Ships on Mine Exercise

03 November 2009

Source: Naval Technology

The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) is to deploy its dive tender HMNZS Manawanui and the principal survey vessel HMNZS Resolution on a mine exercise in the New Caledonia Lagoon from 5-20 November 2009.

The two navy [...]

AFSOUTH Airmen participate in Exercise ‘Salitre II’

Posted 10/21/2009

by Tech. Sgt. Eric Petosky
12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) Public Affairs
Source: USAF

10/21/2009 – DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. (AFNS) — More than 190 Air Forces Southern Airmen are representing the United States during Exercise SALITRE II, a Chilean [...]

Indian, U.S. Troops Meet for Air, Land Exercises

By VIVEK RAGHUVANSHI
Published: 19 Oct 2009 14:41
Source: Defense News

NEW DELHI – Air and land forces from the United States and India are exchanging expertise in two ongoing military exercises held in India this month.

During Cope India-09, being held Oct. 19-23 [...]

Storm in the plain. Military drill in Kazakhstan

War games in Kazakhstan have put into action more than seven thousand troops, fifteen hundred armored vehicles and hundreds of aircraft from five countries.

Five leaders from post-Soviet states observed the first-ever drill of their countries’ joint rapid response force.

The participants, [...]