Troops from Russia’s Eastern Military District will undergo a six-month course at a test range in the southern Astrakhan region in order to handle the Iskander-M ballistic missile system.

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Sweden will send a small team of up to 120 troops to northern Iraq to train Iraqi and Kurdish fighters.

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Norway would like to carry out a mid-life upgrade of its Arthur weapon-location radar system and has given Saab a SEK115 million contract to build a prototype.

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Soon, the Polish border with Russian exclave of Kaliningrad will be dotted with watch towers.

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The French defense procurement agency DGA (Direction générale de l’armement) has announced a contract with Sagem (Safran) for “FELIN V1.3” concerning the integration of several operational improvements in the FELIN (Fantassin à Equipements et Liaisons Intégrés) infantry soldier modernization system already in service with the French army.

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