North Korea Ignoring Souths Military Hotline Calls For 3rd Consecutive Day

North Korea has not been responding to regular calls from South Korea via a military communication line for a third consecutive day for unknown reasons, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported on Sunday, citing the country's defense ministry officials.

UK holds biggest Air Force exercise in 13 years for "Russian attacks"(media)

The UK’s Royal Air Force held the biggest exercise over British skies in the past 13 years to repel a Russian threat, The Sunday Times reported...

Triumph missile systems moved to Ashuluk range for tactical drills

The second active phase of the scheduled tactical exercise with field firing will be held in the Astrakhan Region...
 
MOSCOW, August 11. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia’s Aerospace Defense Forces have started the redeployment of personnel and military equipment to the Ashuluk range in southern Russia (Astrakhan region), the Russian Defense Ministry told ITAR-TASS on Monday.
The second active phase of the scheduled tactical exercise with field firing will be held there, the ministry added.
“The first train with the S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems, special engineer equipment, as well as supplies for the deployment of a field camp for the personnel has arrived at the Ashuluk range,” the ministry said.

L'Ukraine confirme le retrait des troupes russes de la frontière

La Russie retire ses troupes de la frontière ukrainienne à l'exception de certaines unités spéciales, a déclaré mercredi à Kiev le directeur du Service ukrainien des gardes-frontières, Nikolaï Litvine.

"Selon nos données, la Russie retire ses troupes de la frontière d'Etat. Des unités de renseignement et de liaison restent sur place", a indiqué N.Litvine lors d'une conférence de presse.

China warns Japan over ADIZ. -Tokyo aircraft ignore ‘no fly’ notices

China's Ministry of National Defense on Sunday warned Japan to stop all reconnaissance and interference activities after China scrambled jets on Saturday when Japanese aircraft entered China's East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) during its maritime exercises with Russia.

The ministry said the Japanese aircraft had entered the zone despite "no fly" notices being issued ahead of the exercises.

"Japanese military planes intruded on the exercise's airspace without permission and carried out dangerous actions, in a serious violation of international laws and standards, which could have easily caused a misunderstanding and even led to a mid-air accident," the ministry said.

China, Japan Accuse Each Other of 'Dangerous' Flight Activities. (Senkaku/Diaoyu issue)

Japan and China have accused each other's air forces of "dangerous" behavior over disputed waters in the East China Sea.
A Japanese Defense Ministry spokesman said a Chinese fighter jet flew close to a Japanese surveillance plane where the countries' air defense identification zones overlap.  The ministry also said a second Chinese warplane flew close to a Japanese electronic intelligence aircraft in the same area.

Putin’s China visit may seal landmark gas agreement. China and Russia will hold a joint naval drill (the "Joint Sea 2014")

Russian President Vladimir Putin will next week travel to China for a visit expected to see Moscow and Beijing seal a landmark gas agreement, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.

During the May 20 visit to Shanghai, Putin will oversee the signing of a number of "important agreements" in trade and energy, the Kremlin said without providing further details.

Russie : un bombardier stratégique tire six missiles pendant des exercices (video RT)

Un bombardier stratégique russe Tu-95MS a tiré jeudi six missiles de croisière contre des cibles situées sur un polygone de la région militaire russe de l'Ouest, lors d'exercices dirigés par le président Vladimir Poutine, a annoncé le ministère russe de la Défense.

Selon le ministère, tous les missiles ont détruit leurs cibles imitant des sites d'infrastructure militaire ennemie.

Britain defends Falklands exercises after Argentine protest

London (AFP) - The Foreign Office on Saturday brushed off condemnation by Argentina of British military exercises in the Falkland Islands, saying they were "routine".

Buenos Aires condemned the manoeuvres, set for April 14 to 27, as a new "act of aggression" against Argentina and said it was summoning the British ambassador in protest.

The islands in the South Atlantic have been ruled by Britain since 1833 but Argentina claims them as their own and in 1982 attempted to seize control in a brief but bloody war.

Putin orders surprise drills in two military districts

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Defence Ministry to hold surprise military exercises to check combat readiness of armed forces in Western and Central Military Districts.

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Defence Ministry to hold surprise military exercises to check combat readiness of armed forces in Western and Central Military Districts as well as several branches of the armed forces, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday.

US Leaves 700 troops in Jordan as CIA Trained Militants Fighting in Syria. The Los Angeles Times said CIA operatives have been secretly providing the Syrian militants with training on the use of anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons for months.

US President Barack Obama said the United States left around 700 combat-ready troops in Jordan after a training exercise in the country.

In a letter to US House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Friday, Obama said that the deployment was made at the request of the Jordanian government. He stated that about 700 of the US troops deployed to Jordan as part of a military training exercise, which ended on Thursday, would stay in the country.
“The troops will stay until the security situation becomes such that they are no longer required”, Obama claimed, but provided no further details.

“This detachment that participated in the exercise and remained in Jordan includes Patriot missile systems, fighter aircraft, and related support, command, control, and communications personnel and systems,” Obama said.

S. Korea: DPRK may conduct nuclear test on Monday (VIDEO CCTV)

South Korea’s Chosun Daily says the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea could hold its third nuclear test on Monday. South Korean president, Lee Myung-bak has ordered his government to be fully prepared.
According to the report, a South Korean government official says the DPRK’s preparations for the nuclear test are in their final stages.

Recent satellite photos show Pyongyang may have been sealing a tunnel into a mountainside, where the nuclear device could be detonated.

Ασκήσεις του Πολεμικού Ναυτικού της Κίνας σε τρεις θάλασσες

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Οι δυνάμεις του Πολεμικού Ναυτικού της Κίνας έστειλαν τρία πλοία για ασκήσεις στην Κίτρινη θάλασσα, τη θάλασσα της Νότιας Κίνας και της Ανατολικής Θάλασσας της Κίνας, ανέφερε σε δήλωσή του το Υπουργείο Άμυνας της χώρας.

«Τα πλοία θα διεξαγάγουν πάνω από 20 τύπων ασκήσεις, μεταξύ άλλων και για την κατάσταση στη στρατιωτική θαλάσσια αντιπαράθεση, στρατιωτικές ασκήσεις μακριά από τις ακτές, καθώς και ασκήσεις προστασίας του ναυτικού δικαίου», αναφέρεται στη δήλωση του Υπουργείου.

US and Israel to launch major military drill

The United States and Israel are set to launch a major military exercise in a show of unity aimed at Iran, despite friction between American and Israeli leaders over how to counter Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
The air defence drills, dubbed "Austere Challenge 2012," will unfold later this month and last about three weeks, with 3,500 US troops and 1,000 Israeli forces taking part, officers said on Wednesday.