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British recon troops demonstrate combat readiness in Mali

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Forward deployed troops from British Long Range Recce Group (LRRG) in Mali has successfully carried out a month-long deep reconnaissance

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Paramount Marauder

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Army 

Togo acquires 20 Marauder armoured vehicles for Malian deployment

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Togo has placed an order for twenty South African-made Paramount Marauder armoured vehicles, for use in Mali under the UN

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Pictured: Kingsmen from Burma Company 1 LANCS on board an RAF C-17 Globemaster Aircraft beginning their journey back to the UK.

The first British troops to leave Afghanistan return home today as security in their area of Helmand Province is handed over to Afghan forces.
The soldiers, all from Burma Company of 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancasterís Regiment (abbreviated ë1 LANCSí), are returning to their barracks in Catterick, North Yorkshire as their patrol base has been closed and the Afghan Uniformed Police (AUP) take responsibility for security in the region.
1 LANCS are part of Task Force Helmand, currently led by the British Armyís 4th Mechanized Brigade, known as ëThe Black Ratsí, and Burma Company are the first of the 500 British troops to be sent home from Afghanistan as announced by the Defence Secretary Phillip Hammond earlier this year.

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Security 

Logistics delays British deployment to Mali

Kazim Abdul ,

Since the United Kingdom pledged to contribute a 250-man long-range reconnaissance task group to the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization

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Technology 

MINUSMA deploys Multi-Mission Hemispheric Radar (MHR) to protect its base

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The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has now acquired RADA Electronic Industries Multi-Mission Hemispheric Radar (MHR)

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