Tag: Military Drills
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N. Korea to counter US with nearly 0.8 million military enlistments
PYONGYANG: North Korean state newspaper reported, on Saturday, the administration claimed nearly 800,000 of its citizens had volunteered to re-enlist or join the military in the fight against the United States. According to the Rodong Sinmun newspaper, on Friday, almost 800,000 students and workers came forward with the desire to enlist in the military to…
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Russia announces end to military drills in Crimea
Russia on Wednesday said military drills in Moscow-annexed Crimea had ended and that soldiers were returning to their garrisons, a day after it announced a first troop pullback from Ukraine’s borders
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France conducts first military drills in space
Paris, March 9 (AFP/APP):France has begun its first military exercises in space to test its ability to defend its satellites, in a sign of the growing competition between world powers in Earth’s orbit. Michel Friedling, the head of France’s newly created Space Command, called the exercises a “stress test of our systems” and said they…