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4 November

About 2,000 More N.Korea Troops in Russia’s Kursk: Pentagon

The number of North Korean troops in Russia's Kursk region has risen by about 2,000, the Pentagon said, bringing the total in the area bordering Ukraine to some 10,000.

4 November

Chaiseri First Win Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle

Rojoef Manuel

Pakistan to Acquire 100 MRAP Vehicles From Thailand

Pakistan has signed an agreement with the Thai government to procure 100 Chaiseri First Win Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles.

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30 October

Rojoef Manuel

HDT to Provide Hunter Wolf for US Army Multipurpose UGV Effort

HDT Global has confirmed the selection of Hunter Wolf for the US Army’s Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport program.

30 October

A Chinese and an Indian soldier at their countries' border along the Himalayas.

Christine Casimiro

India, China Agree to De-Escalate Himalayan Border Tensions

India and China have agreed on patrolling arrangements and have begun withdrawing troops and temporary structures along their disputed Himalayan border.

29 October

Pictured: A Merlin Mk4 of 845 NAS performs a snow landing using MAOTS BV Vehicles as reference. 845 NAS and CDO MOAT TRAIN WITH RN MEDICS IN ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT. 845 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) and the Commando Mobile Air Operation Team (Cdo MAOT) have conducted training with the Medical Squadron of Commando Logistic Regiment. The objective of the training was to teach the attached Royal Marines, Royal Navy Medical Assistants, Naval Nurses, and Medical Officers of the Forward Surgical Teams (FSTs) and as a group, known as the Commando Forward Surgical Group (CFSG) in Stage 1 Evacuation drills from the Merlin Mk4 and Arctic Casualty Loading Drills in the field. As the CFSG team were dropped off by 845 NAS, Cdo MAOT assisted by the MAOT team of the Joint Helicopter Support Squadron (JHSS) took over the training by first getting them into a ‘Arctic Huddle’ to protect themselves from the freezing downwash of the merlin as they took back off. The CFSG were then shown how to assess suitable Helicopter Landing Sites in deep snow and frozen areas. Op CLOCKWORK (Formally Exercise CLOCKWORK) has been running at Bardufoss for over 50 years and delivers Environmental Flying Qualifications, Cold Weather Survival, Tent Group Commanders and Snow and Ice driving courses to ensure that the personnel of the Joint Helicopter Command (JHC) are trained to operate in the harshest of environments.

Rojoef Manuel

Royal Navy to Renovate Merlin Helicopter Fleet Base in Cornwall

The Royal Navy has held a groundbreaking ceremony for a project to revamp its primary Merlin anti-submarine warfare helicopter fleet base in Cornwall, England.

29 October