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Headlines

5 NAO report questions UK force strength

UK to deploy Typhoons in Afghanistan

6 Second bid stalls to re-role B-52s into jammers

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Interview

42 JDW talks to

Lieutenant General

Peter Stieglitz, Chief

of the German Air

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Romania rolls out Saur APCs

Venezuela turns to Antonov

7 Taiwanese lawmakers soften on US arms deal

Analysis

22 A leap of faith for Lebanon’s security: Plans to

improve the capability of the Lebanese Armed

Forces are not without wider risk. Nicholas

Blanford reports

Command of ISAF X takes shape

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on 2

November launched the country’s third major

joint military exercise of 2006 – ‘Great Prophet 2’.

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The Americas

8 US export controls could hit Canadian

programmes

Business

23 DCN, Navantia face split over submarine

designs

NLOS-C FP begins firing trials

10 ACS partners may diverge on aircraft choice

US Army requests help of more JTAC operators

in close air support

12 US military studies Spike missile for UAVs,

helos

13 Raytheon unveils control station for UASs

Sensor and fuel-cell development lagging, say

US officials

RAF C-130s fitted with protective foam

US budgetary pressure rises

US Navy calls for low-cost drones for

swarming practice

US agency awards bandwidth upgrade

contracts

Saab teams with Aerotech for Danish Gripen bid

24 BAE Systems Inc guns for growth

Opinion

25 Beating brownout is a CSAR priority: Howard

Wheeldon argues that beating brownout is a

vital factor for the US CSAR-X programme

Europe

14 Aero Vodochody plays down threat to L-159

Poland looks to all-volunteer forces

16 Warrior armament is revised to align with FRES

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24 Wide aspirations: Increasing overseas

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Nicholas Fiorenza

Asia Pacific

18 China air show: RD-93 engines to power JF-17

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Naval Forces

37 Sweden goes to sea with full Hydra suite

38 Italy, Russia aim submarine at export market

40 Swordship shows future vision

China air show: RDC-1 refuelling pod makes debut

China air show: China developing 10-ton

helicopter

19 Japanese Defence Agency may become a

ministry

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