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A dogfight over Delhi
How France won the multibillion-dollar deal to supply India’s air force with modern fighters
DND being ripped off by contractors, union alleges Taxpayers are on the hook for shoddy construction work at Defence Department buildings and are being overcharged by private contractors providing services at military installations across the country, a new report to be presented Tuesday to a Commons comm
Could Iran become another Iraq?This stuff sounds like some of the things said during the build up to the Iraq war.
Fear is a good thing for the United States
Doubts raised about future of Afghan army funding
The commander of the Canadian army says he doubts the international community will have the cash or the political stomach after 2014 to sustain the sprawling Afghan security force being trained by NATO allies.
Military convoy begins trek to the Arctic
Hundreds of military vehicles and personnel are beginning a three-day trek from CFB Edmonton to Yellowknife to test themselves and their gear in a harsh winter environment.
U.S. nuclear sub nearly hit freighter near B.C.
A freighter captain's keen eye helped avert a run-in with a nuclear-powered American submarine in Juan de Fuca Strait, a body of water that splits Washington State and B.C. coasts, according to a U.S. periodical.
US faces more headaches with F-35 fighter
The US military's F-35 fighter program, already suffering repeated delays, faces a spate of technical problems that the Pentagon expects will slow the pace of production, officials said Wednesday.
IMP rolls out first of refurbished Auroras
IMP Group Ltd., the Halifax-based aerospace outfit, rolled out a refurbished CP-140 Aurora aircraft Friday, the first of 10 airplanes to be refitted as part of a $1.5-billion fleet overhaul.
Inside the company’s cavernous four-storey airport hangar, t
US troops massing on Jordan-Syria Border
According to first-hand accounts by several sources in Jordan, during the last few hours foreign military groups, estimated at hundreds of individuals, are spreading near the Jordanian and Syrian border. Another report received from our source in Amman id
Canada ready to assist in Syria, MacKay says 
While any intervention in Syria would have to follow a series of United Nations sanctions, Canada's armed forces are "prepared for all inevitabilities," Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Sunday.
Canadian Forces may need U.S. help supplying Arctic
The Canadian military will have to look to commercial contractors and possibly even exchanges with the Americans in order to sustain itself when forces are built up in the country's far North, a series of internal Defence Department documents show.
Chinese recruited for war had secret passage through Canada
Some 140,000 Chinese men were recruited by the Allies during WWI to fill a critical labour shortage. While their contributions have often been overlooked or even forgotten, there is evidence of their work everywhere in and around Ypres and along the coast
The need for Remembrance Day enduresThere are no longer any living veterans from WWI and the number of veterans from WWII dwindles with each passing year. Even the Korean War veterans are aging.
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