Tag: Deployment

Kenyan court allows military deployment to quell protests

The Kenyan High Court has approved the use of military force to restore order, following days of anti-tax protests that at some point overwhelmed police. More than 20 people have reportedly been killed in the nationwide protests that are largely led by young people opposed to government plans to increase taxes. Armoured military vehicles patrolled […]

Germany’s Bundestag extends army deployment in Bosnia

Germany’s armed forces are to continue their deployment in Bosnia-Herzegovina as part of an international mission, lawmakers agreed on Thursday. The Bundestag, as Germany’s parliament is known, extended the mandate for the EU mission Eufor Althea by a large majority. Up to 50 German soldiers are to ensure compliance with the Dayton Peace Agreement, which […]

‘On track for commercial deployment this year’

The shipping industry is responsible for roughly 3% of all planet-overheating air pollution — but one new solution could bring that number down substantially without having to alter the ships themselves at all, New Atlas reported. The “Blue Visby Solution,” which New Atlas referred to as “head-slappingly obvious,” would have cargo ships simply change the […]

Russia missile video misrepresented amid Caribbean deployment

After Russia deployed military vessels to waters around Cuba for exercises in 2024, social media users claimed a video showed one of its submarines firing missiles off the coast of Florida. This is false; the clip is from a 2018 White Sea test in the Arctic Ocean. “Russia appears to be conducting marine exercises with […]

Finland sees first NATO deployment as its jets join mission in Romania

CONSTANTA, Romania (Reuters) – Finland on Tuesday made its first deployment for NATO since joining the alliance in April 2023, sending seven F-18 fighter jets to a military base in southeastern Romania where they will conduct air shielding missions with Romanian and British jets. A Finnish Air Force commander said the mission would help speed […]

China’s defence ministry condemns US missile deployment in Philippines

By Laurie Chen and Mikhail Flores BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) – China’s defence ministry on Thursday strongly condemned the deployment of a U.S. intermediate range missile system in the northern Philippines during military drills in April, saying it “brought huge risks of war into the region”. Defence Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian told a press briefing in Beijing […]

Amphibious combat vehicle’s first deployment may yield repair lessons

The U.S. Marine Corps is monitoring the first deployment of its amphibious combat vehicle to see if these extended operations from a ship yield new lessons on maintaining and operating the vehicle, according to the service’s top program official. The ACV had its operational debut this month at the Philippines-based Balikatan exercise, during which the […]

‘Massive’ French police deployment arrives to secure New Caledonia

By Kirsty Needham and Camille Raynaud SYDNEY/PARIS (Reuters) -French police reinforcements have started arriving in New Caledonia as part of a massive operation to regain control of the capital Noumea, the top French official in the Pacific island territory said on Friday. The number of police and gendarmes on the French-ruled island will rise to […]