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		<title>Turkish-Korean defense cooperation at full speed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KAI and TAI, the respective aerospace companies  operating in South Korea and Turkey, will deliver their first jointly  manufactured basic trainer aircraft, the KT-1T, to the Turkish Air Force  next month. Following increasingly warm diplomatic relations, the two  countries share close economic and trade ties

Korea Aerospace Industries, or KAI, and  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trdefence.com/?p=1414</link>
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		<title>STM Prepared Feasibility Report for Turkish Indigenous Helicopter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A feasibility report for the construction of the Turkish Indigenous Helicopter,  which is included among the targets planned for meeting the  requirements of the Turkish Defence Industries with national means, was  prepared and submitted to the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries  (SSM) by STM.
In the report,  which was completed in quite [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trdefence.com/?p=1411</link>
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		<title>Arms Race on the Caspian ?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nations around the Caspian Sea are boosting their navies. With Russia and the West involved as well, its getting complicated.
By Joshua KuceraAbout the author
The Caspian Sea, an oil-rich body of water on the border of Iran and the  former Soviet Union, has seen an unprecedented amount of naval activity  this year: Iran has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trdefence.com/?p=1407</link>
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		<title>No end to the crisis in Greece &#8211; Analyst</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Union told Greece last week that it must make about 5 billion Euros in order to be in conformity with the bailout plan, so the Greek government is trying to figure out where to find the 5 billion euros from.
Most likely, Prime Minister George Papandreou is contemplating further increasing taxes, which is the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trdefence.com/?p=1401</link>
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		<title>Turkey&#8217;s Arms Race</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Turkey, unlike its NATO allies, is increasing its defense spending. Currently, Turkey spends 1.8 percent of its GDP on defense, versus an average of 1.6 percent for all NATO members. France, Britain, Poland, Bulgaria and Greece all spend between 2-2.6 percent.
Turkey has to spend more for several reasons, one of them being they still have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trdefence.com/?p=1396</link>
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		<title>Armenia criticizes new UN resolution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Armenia&#8217;s Foreign Ministry has warned Azerbaijan against trying to push a fresh resolution accusing Yerevan of occupying Azerbaijani lands through the United Nations General Assembly, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, or RFE/RL, reported Thursday on its website.
The ministry said such a move would hamper a peaceful resolution to the Nagorno Karabakh issue.
The draft resolution, which the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trdefence.com/?p=1389</link>
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		<title>Russian base in Armenia to stay through 2044</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Russia secured a long-term foothold in the energy-rich and unstable Caucasus region last week by signing a deal with Armenia that allows a Russian military base to operate until 2044 in exchange for a promise of new weaponry and fresh security guarantees.
The 24-year extension will allow the base&#8217;s fighter jets and thousands of troops to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trdefence.com/?p=1385</link>
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		<title>Turkey asks for removal of Congress veto on US arms sale</title>
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Turkish officials have asked the United States administration to increase its pressure on Congress to approve a pending arms sale to Turkey, which needs arms in the fight against terror, according to diplomatic sources.
“We have realized that we should inform members of Congress better on Turkey and current issues. To this end, we will send [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trdefence.com/?p=1381</link>
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		<title>Israel &amp; Greece: Increased Cooperation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Israeli and Greek leaders have been increasing diplomatic overtures with one another in an attempt to throw Turkey off balance. With this cooperation, Israel wants to distract Turkey from its attempts to become a Middle Eastern power, while a weakened Athens wants to show Ankara it has options for maintaining the balance of power in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trdefence.com/?p=1377</link>
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		<title>Silajdzic says Turkey’s role in Balkans ‘very positive’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The president of Bosnia and Herzegovina has said he finds Turkey’s Balkans policy “very positive” and knows that many in Europe have positive thoughts about Turkey’s new role in the Balkans just days ahead of President Abdullah Gül’s scheduled visit to the Balkan country.
“Three-way meetings [between Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia] are perfect and very successful. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.trdefence.com/?p=1371</link>
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