• Military Menu                       

• Introduction
• Systems
• Facilities
• Agencies
• Industry
• Operations
• Countries
• Hot Documents
• News
• Reports
• Policy
• Budget
• Congress
• Links

• WMD
• Intelligence
• Homeland Security
• Space

Operations
Defense Policy / Programs
Defense Industry
Other Conflicts
News Reports

Current Operations

Defense Policy / Programs

Defense Industry

• United Arab Emirates Signs Agreement For Purchase Of 80 Lockheed Martin F-16s Lockheed Martin 05 Mar 2000 -- Officials of the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) and Lockheed Martin Corporation announced that they have signed contractual agreements providing for the U.A.E.'s purchase of 80 F-16 aircraft and associated equipment for an estimated $6.4 billion.

Other Conflicts

• NIGERIA GOVERNOR Voice of America 05 March 2000 -- In southeastern Nigeria, the governor of Abia state is warning that sectarian and ethnic violence could resume if members of the Ibo ethnic group are attacked again in the northern part of the country.
• ISRAEL/LEBANON Voice of America 05 March 2000 -- The Israeli Cabinet has voted unanimously to withdraw its forces from south Lebanon by July, but says it wants to carry out the redeployment within the framework of a peace agreement.
• RUSSIA/CHECHNYA Voice of America 05 March 2000 -- Russian troops are battling Chechen fighters near villages south of Grozny, the capital of the war- torn Chechen republic. Fierce clashes erupted when about 70 Chechens moved out of the Caucasus Mountains into the lowland areas.

News Reports