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Additional Lurssen patrol boats joins Egypt’s Naval fleet

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Another Bayraktar TB2 drone shot down in Libya

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IDEX 2021: Milkor UAE displays 40 mm automatic grenade launcher

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IDEX 2021: Russia unveils brand-new Kord assault rifle for special forces

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IDEX 2021: Russia unveils brand-new Kord assault rifle for special forces

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African Lion military exercise set for June despite COVID-19

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Indian Army orders Kalyani M4 4×4 armoured vehicles

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IDEX 2021: UAE confirms order for Denel Seeker UAV

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IDEX 2021: Milkor displays UCAV and Desert Sting guided munition

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IDEX2021: Paramount and Bharat Forge to produce the Mbombe 4 in India as Kalyani M4

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IDEX 2021: Paramount unveils N-Raven swarming UAV

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IDEX 2021: Kalashnikov unveils Zala VTOL UAV

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IDEX 2021: Kalashnikov’s AK-19 and Kord assault rifle featured

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US Navy’s Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams arrive South Africa

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Nigerian Air Force Beechcraft King Air B350 aircraft crashes

Ekene Lionel

IDEX 2021: Rosoboronexport to present a new integrated counter UAV system

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IDEX 2021: Russia’s State-of-the-art Armaments

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Reaction as FG set to Recruit 30,960 Graduates As Community Security Officers.

Niyi Daniels

Largest order for Aeronáutica SDLE anti-drone system

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Kalashnikov futuristic MP-155 Ultima Smart Shotgun

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Kalashnikov unveils Modular Carry System for Special Forces

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India to deliver 50 metre patrol vessel to Seychelles

Sarah Lesedi

Egypt requests sale of 168 RIM‑116C Rolling Airframe Missiles from US

Darek Liam

Kalashnikov PLK compact pistol ready to hit the market

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Causes and Solutions to rising insecurity in Nigeria

Niyi Daniels

INTERVIEWS

[Interview] Sameer Rehman -Bell Helicopters’ Managing Director for Africa and Middle East

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[Interview] Russia’s Military-Industrial Company, Director General Alexander Krasovitsky

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[INTERVIEW] DEMFAS Aerosystems CEO, Fasasi Dayo

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Aerospace

Nigerian Air Force Beechcraft King Air B350 aircraft crashes

Ekene Lionel

First Kenyan C-145 Skytruck aircraft arrives

Patrick Kenyette

Additional Mi-24 attack helicopter for Ivory Coast

Ekene Lionel

Second Nigerian ATR-42 ISR aircraft in Germany for maintenance

Ekene Lionel
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Land Warfare

Additional Lurssen patrol boats joins Egypt’s Naval fleet

Darek Liam

Germany aids Niger with 15 IAG Guardian Xtreme armoured vehicle

Kazim Abdul
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Botswana receives additional Mowag Piranha 8×8 armoured vehicles

Patrick Kenyette

Kenya orders 118 Katmerciler Hizir armoured vehicles from Turkey

Patrick Kenyette
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Naval

Additional Lurssen patrol boats joins Egypt’s Naval fleet

Darek Liam

US Navy’s Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams arrive South Africa

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India to deliver 50 metre patrol vessel to Seychelles

Sarah Lesedi

Egypt requests sale of 168 RIM‑116C Rolling Airframe Missiles from US

Darek Liam
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Egyptian Navy FREMM Bergamini-class frigate ENS Al-Ghalala FFG 1002 delivered

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Morocco getting four MQ-9B SeaGuardian drones

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Nigerian Air Force CH-4 combat drone (UCAV)

Technology

Largest order for Aeronáutica SDLE anti-drone system

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Egypt getting U.S. infrared countermeasures and Sniper advanced targeting pods

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Algerian Army adopts Gladius Future Soldier System

Algerian Army adopts Gladius Future Soldier System, joins Africa’s elite club

Kazim Abdul

OP NEWCOMBE: UK task force enters Mali, deploys exotic combat systems

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Defense Industry

IDEX 2021: Milkor UAE displays 40 mm automatic grenade launcher

Patrick Kenyette

Indian Army orders Kalyani M4 4×4 armoured vehicles

Sarah Lesedi

IDEX 2021: UAE confirms order for Denel Seeker UAV

Patrick Kenyette

IDEX 2021: Milkor displays UCAV and Desert Sting guided munition

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Training | Simulation

African Lion military exercise set for June despite COVID-19

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Nigerian Air Force, Hungary collaborate on training and maintenance

Ekene Lionel

Paramount Group set-up new training division, acquires Burnham Global

Sarah Lesedi

150 Somali special forces training in Turkey

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Unmanned Systems

Another Bayraktar TB2 drone shot down in Libya

Kazim Abdul

IDEX 2021: UAE confirms order for Denel Seeker UAV

Patrick Kenyette

IDEX 2021: Paramount unveils N-Raven swarming UAV

Sarah Lesedi

IDEX 2021: Kalashnikov unveils Zala VTOL UAV

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Missile Systems

Egypt requests sale of 168 RIM‑116C Rolling Airframe Missiles from US

Darek Liam
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Egyptian Air Force now operating MBDA SCALP cruise missile

Darek Liam
Libyan pantsir s1 air defence system

US military whisks away Russian-made Pantsir from Libya

Kazim Abdul

PATRIOT Air Defense systems and G550 aircraft for Morocco

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C4ISR

Second Nigerian ATR-42 ISR aircraft in Germany for maintenance

Ekene Lionel

US delivers communications equipment to Nigeria to enhance air and artillery strikes

Ekene Lionel

BIRD Aerosystems and HENSOLDT signs follow-on PrecISR radar control contract

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KankaraBoys: mysterious ISR aircraft flies over Nigeria in search of missing school boys

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Infantry Weapons

IDEX 2021: Milkor UAE displays 40 mm automatic grenade launcher

Patrick Kenyette

IDEX 2021: Russia unveils brand-new Kord assault rifle for special forces

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IDEX 2021: Kalashnikov’s AK-19 and Kord assault rifle featured

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Kalashnikov futuristic MP-155 Ultima Smart Shotgun

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Security | Stability

Reaction as FG set to Recruit 30,960 Graduates As Community Security Officers.

Niyi Daniels

Causes and Solutions to rising insecurity in Nigeria

Niyi Daniels

Germany upgrades MINUSMA logistics hub, to deploy A400 strategic airlifter

Ekene Lionel

Pan-Turkism as a Rising Threat to Regional Stability

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Africa’s most powerful main battle tank in 2020

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Top 10 Best Special Forces in Africa 2019

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Military Ranking in Africa 2020

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Top 10 best navy in Africa 2019

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The Top 10 best Air Force in Africa in 2019

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Top 10 Best Army In Africa 2019

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