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In a tactical shift, Turkish warplanes strike Islamic State targets across the border in Syria
In a major tactical shift, Turkish warplanes struck Islamic State group targets across the border in Syria on Friday, a day after IS militants fired at a Turkish military outpost. A Syrian rights group said the airstrikes killed nine IS fighters.
Military | 207689 hits | 11:10 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
In a major tactical shift, Turkish warplanes struck Islamic State group targets across the border in Syria on Friday, a day after IS militants fired at a Turkish military outpost. A Syrian rights group said the airstrikes killed nine IS fighters.
Edmonton police probing alleged abuse at Kipnes Centre
Edmonton police are investigating an allegation of abuse of a senior at the Kipnes Centre for Veterans, according to Health Minister Sarah Hoffman. Band goes bomb hunting
Ten members from British Columbia's Okanagan Indian Band have been selected for specialized training to learn how to rid their reserve of the buried bullets and bombs that have accumulated over a century. Navy's East Coast flagship probably 'will never sail again,'
The flagship vessel in the Royal Canadian Navy's East Coast fleet has been called back to Halifax from deployment to fix serious deficiencies, including problems with the propulsion system.Women sexually harass female soldiers, says report
Nearly four out of 10 women surveyed had received unwanted comments of a sexual nature in the past year, report finds
Military | 206685 hits | 11:24 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Nearly four out of 10 women surveyed had received unwanted comments of a sexual nature in the past year, report findsISIS carry out rocket strike on Egyptian navy patrol boat in the Mediterranean
The Egyptian military said earlier a coastguard vessel had exchanged shots with militants just two miles off the coast of northern Sinai, an area bordering Israel and the Gaza Strip.
Military | 206852 hits | 4:42 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Egyptian military said earlier a coastguard vessel had exchanged shots with militants just two miles off the coast of northern Sinai, an area bordering Israel and the Gaza Strip.
Japan's lower house OKs expanded military role
As opposition lawmakers walked out in protest, Japan's lower house of parliament approved legislation on Thursday that sharply changes the country's postwar defence policy by allowing an expanded role for the military.
As opposition lawmakers walked out in protest, Japan's lower house of parliament approved legislation on Thursday that sharply changes the country's postwar defence policy by allowing an expanded role for the military. Veteran died and lay undiscovered in his house for 4 months, says sister
A retired member of the Canadian military with a mental illness lay dead in his Conception Bay South, N.L., home for four months before he was discovered, says his sister. Firefighting soldier in Saskatchewan got lost while heeding Mother Nature's call | CTV NewsMilitary | 206631 hits | 5:58 PM on Tuesday | posted by Guy_Fawkes
Cree language used as secret weapon in WWII
When Checker Tomkins went off to war, he took with him a top-secret weapon the Germans knew nothing about. Canada's CF18 bases won't have radar units replaced as $55M deal cancelled
The Harper government has quietly pulled the plug on a $55-million deal to provide mobile radar units to Canada's CF-18 bases. Public Works won't say why the contract, signed in 2010, went bust, but it's the latest procurement project to go sour. HMCS Fredericton returns home after NATO mission
Hundreds of people gathered dockside in Halifax Sunday morning for the return of HMCS Fredericton after a seven month deployment in Europe. Canada's CF18 bases won't have radar units replaced as $55M deal cancelled
The Harper government has quietly pulled the plug on a $55-million deal to provide mobile radar units to Canada's CF-18 bases. Public Works won't say why the contract, signed in 2010, went bust, but it's the latest procurement project to go sour. Teen with Asperger's whose birthday snub went viral steers navy warship
Odin Camus is too young to drive a car, but the navy let the 13-year-old steer HMCS Montreal around Halifax Harbour on Friday night. Canadian Rangers test new 'top-tier weapon'
The Canadian Rangers, the Canadian Armed Forces Reserve in isolated areas, are now testing the new weapons that will replace their Lee-Enfield rifles, used since the group's inception in 1947.US army to cut 40,000 troops over next two years
Under the plan the Army will have 450,000 soldiers at the end of the 2017 budget year, its smallest number since before the United States entered
Second World War
Military | 206711 hits | 9:33 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Under the plan the Army will have 450,000 soldiers at the end of the 2017 budget year, its smallest number since before the United States entered
Second World WarRussian Bombers Fly Near U.S. on July 4th
Russian Bombers Intercepted on Independence Day
Military | 206641 hits | 1:19 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Russian Bombers Intercepted on Independence DayRussia's 'superweapon' can switch off satellites and enemy weapons
Its Russian makers say it is a 'fundamentally new electronic warfare system' - but has refused to reveal how the Krasuha-4 system works.
Military | 207125 hits | 1:17 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Its Russian makers say it is a 'fundamentally new electronic warfare system' - but has refused to reveal how the Krasuha-4 system works. U.S.-led coalition carries out deadly strikes against ISIS in RaqqaMilitary | 206763 hits | 10:00 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
U.S.-led coalition aircraft unleashed a wave of airstrikes targeting the Islamic State group's stronghold of Raqqa in eastern Syria in what the coalition said Sunday was one of its most sustained aerial operations carried out in Syria to date. Military pledges to finish home renovations for wounded Edmonton soldier
The Canadian Forces has pledged to complete the renovations to the house of a wounded Edmonton soldier, who was in danger of losing his home after a frustrating two-year struggle to get it outfitted for a wheelchair.US latest F-35 stealth jet is beaten in dogfight by F-16 from 1970s
The U.S. military's new F-35 stealth jet was outperformed by the F-16 model in a dogfight over the Pacific Ocean, despite the fact it has already cost the military more than a trillion dollars to create.
Military | 206959 hits | 12:22 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The U.S. military's new F-35 stealth jet was outperformed by the F-16 model in a dogfight over the Pacific Ocean, despite the fact it has already cost the military more than a trillion dollars to create.As Kurds gain in Syria, Turkey ponders stronger military action
As Kurdish rebels in northern Syria rack up wins against the Islamic State group, Turkish media is abuzz with talk of a long-debated military intervention to push the Islamic militants back from the Turkish border -- a move that will also outflank any Kur
Military | 207906 hits | 6:24 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
As Kurdish rebels in northern Syria rack up wins against the Islamic State group, Turkish media is abuzz with talk of a long-debated military intervention to push the Islamic militants back from the Turkish border -- a move that will also outflank any Kur Canadian soldiers deployed to Poland as part of NATO responseMilitary | 207649 hits | 1:30 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
About 90 soldiers from 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in Valcartier, Que., have deployed to Poland as part of a NATO response to Russian actions in central and eastern Europe. Final hurdles being cleared for Ukraine mission, Kenney saysMilitary | 207550 hits | 9:34 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Legal and diplomatic obstacles to deploying Canadian military trainers in Ukraine have largely been cleared away, Defence Minister Jason Kenney says.Russia 'rehearsed SCANDINAVIA invasion that would stop NATO reinforcing Baltic'
33,000 Russian soldiers rehearsed a takeover of Swedish and Norwegian territory near the Baltic Sea a security expert said in a report for the US-based Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).
Military | 207674 hits | 12:36 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
33,000 Russian soldiers rehearsed a takeover of Swedish and Norwegian territory near the Baltic Sea a security expert said in a report for the US-based Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).Military | 208203 hits | 12:33 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The U.S. Air Force has been rehearsing with a 30,000 pound bunker busting bomb in case Iran continues toward developing nuclear weapons. Air force memo warns of risk to operations due to poor recruitingMilitary | 207614 hits | 10:20 AM on Thursday | posted by shockedcanadian
Canadian military operations will suffer "devastating" effects if recruiting efforts for the Royal Canadian Air Force don't improve, a briefing note prepared for the commander of the air force warned last fall as Canada was marshalling forces to fight ISI Kitchener Colt Canada plant to produce Rangers' new rifles
Kitchener's Colt Canada plant will supply the next generation of rifles for the Canadian Rangers. Ottawa to talk with Davie shipyard about temporary naval supply ship
The Government of Canada will have "preliminary discussions" with Quebec's Davie shipyard about retrofitting a commercial cargo ship to serve as a temporary naval supply ship, Defence Minister Jason Kenney announces.There is a military strategy against Islamic State
Forget supporting Baghdad and training its army; we must provide massive assistance to our real allies who can win on the battlefield
Military | 207158 hits | 10:54 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Forget supporting Baghdad and training its army; we must provide massive assistance to our real allies who can win on the battlefield Teammate saves fellow U.K. serviceman after parachute fails
A British military stunt team member whose chute failed to open properly owes a big thank you to a teammate who grabbed his parachute and got them both to a safe landing.Man finds nearly 400 live Second World War grenades | World | News | Toronto Sun
VIENNA -- An Austrian construction worker knew he had struck metal with the shovel of his excavator. But it took police to determine what he had unearthed -- nearly 400 live World War II grenades.
VIENNA -- An Austrian construction worker knew he had struck metal with the shovel of his excavator. But it took police to determine what he had unearthed -- nearly 400 live World War II grenades. Decommissioned LAVs used in Afghanistan being turned into war monuments
Light armoured vehicles that carried Canadians troops through wartorn Afghanistan are being turned into monuments. The LAV III, which was first introduced in 1999, served as an eight-wheeled, armour-plated military workhorse for Canadian soldiers during t Military sexual misconduct due to 'biological wiring,' Gen. Tom Lawson says
Sexual harassment is still an issue in the Canadian Forces because people are "biologically wired in a certain way," Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Tom Lawson said Tuesday, before issuing an apology for his "awkward" comment. Russian vessels track Canadian warship carrying Harper in Baltic Sea
Harper was on HMCS Fredericton, a frigate part of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization mission to reassure Eastern Europe members they will be protected should Russian aggression in Ukraine spread to other countries Canada surpasses 100 airstrikes, 1,000 sorties in mission against ISISMilitary | 206735 hits | 7:52 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Canada has now executed more than 100 airstrikes in support of the anti-ISIS campaign in Iraq and Syria.Tariq Aziz, Iraq foreign minister under Saddam Hussein, dies in prison awaiting execution
Tariq Aziz, the debonair Iraqi diplomat who made his name by staunchly defending Saddam Hussein to the world during three wars and was later sentenced to death as part of the regime that killed hundreds of thousands of its own people, has died in a hospit
Tariq Aziz, the debonair Iraqi diplomat who made his name by staunchly defending Saddam Hussein to the world during three wars and was later sentenced to death as part of the regime that killed hundreds of thousands of its own people, has died in a hospitHow to defeat a caliphate
How the press wailed about Boko Haram before Isis dominated the news, yet the defeat of one of the most vicious Islamist insurgencies in modern Africa has gone all but un-remarked.
Military | 207923 hits | 10:27 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
How the press wailed about Boko Haram before Isis dominated the news, yet the defeat of one of the most vicious Islamist insurgencies in modern Africa has gone all but un-remarked.Truck bombs: the Islamic State's 'air force'
They're easy to drive and hard to stop, can be made on a farm and destroy a city block: the Islamic State group's monstrous truck bombs are reshaping the battlefield.
Military | 207737 hits | 7:06 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
They're easy to drive and hard to stop, can be made on a farm and destroy a city block: the Islamic State group's monstrous truck bombs are reshaping the battlefield. Singer Ian Tyson gets personal in Heritage Canada project on WW1
Ian Tyson was the perfect candidate for a Heritage Canada project to pair iconic songs and military bands to honour Canada's World War I history. Canada's military more effective in Arctic than people believe: report
Canada's military is doing a much better job of protecting Arctic sovereignty in an increasingly busy North than Canadians think, says a new think-tank report. ISIS poses bigger threat after nearly a year of coalition bombing
A quick look at a map of Iraq, Syria and Jordan — to take in ISIS's most recent gains — and it's obvious that nearly a year after airstrikes against it began, the group poses a more immediate risk to more people and more important cities in the region tha Iraq lacks 'will to fight' ISIS, U.S. says
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria's takeover of the Iraqi city of Ramadi shows that Iraqi forces do not have the "will to fight," U.S. Defence Secretary Ash Carter says.US warns China not to challenge military flights over South China Sea
The U.S. warned China Thursday against confronting U.S. aerial patrols over the South China Sea days after a verbal dispute between a Chinese military dispatcher and a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft.
Military | 207643 hits | 1:11 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The U.S. warned China Thursday against confronting U.S. aerial patrols over the South China Sea days after a verbal dispute between a Chinese military dispatcher and a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft.Quarter of personnel 'preparing to quit UK armed forces'
A quarter of those serving in the UK's armed forces want to quit, a Ministry of Defence survey of nearly 12,000 personnel suggests.
A quarter of those serving in the UK's armed forces want to quit, a Ministry of Defence survey of nearly 12,000 personnel suggests. Royal Military College head apologizes for cadets' behaviour at harassment seminarsMilitary | 206713 hits | 10:59 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The general in charge of Kingston's Royal Military College apologized to an expert on the prevention of sexual assault for the "unprofessional behaviour" of the school's cadets, including "several incidents that could constitute harassment," after she wasWhy the U.S. strategy to take on ISIS isn't working
Military analysts say the fall of the central Iraqi city of Ramadi earlier this week shows that U.S. airstrikes and a reliance on the Iraqi army are not enough to beat back ISIS militants.
Military analysts say the fall of the central Iraqi city of Ramadi earlier this week shows that U.S. airstrikes and a reliance on the Iraqi army are not enough to beat back ISIS militants.Back to Canada News
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