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How to Get a Job or Internship at ROKETSAN
How to Get a Job or Internship at ROKETSAN
RSF Special Tasks Commander Defects to Sudan’s Army: What Is Confirmed
RSF Special Tasks Commander Defects to Sudan’s Army: What Is Confirmed
BMC Kirpi in Africa: What Is Publicly Known About Its Mine and IED Protection Record
BMC Kirpi in Africa: What Is Publicly Known About Its Mine and IED Protection Record
Planning Begins for African Lion 2027, Africa’s Largest Military Exercise
Planning Begins for African Lion 2027, Africa’s Largest Military Exercise
China’s Newest Naval Hospital Ship Makes First-Ever Call at Guinea
China’s Newest Naval Hospital Ship Makes First-Ever Call at Guinea
Nigeria Asks Czech Republic to Help Build an Ammunition Production Line
Nigeria Asks Czech Republic to Help Build an Ammunition Production Line
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How to Get a Job or Internship at ROKETSAN

How to Get a Job or Internship at ROKETSAN

How to apply for ROKETSAN jobs and internships: the R-Force and Stage Technical programmes, CAMPus, eligibility, open roles and what's known about pay.

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RSF Special Tasks Commander Defects to Sudan’s Army: What Is Confirmed

RSF Special Tasks Commander Defects to Sudan’s Army: What Is Confirmed

Lt. Col. Mohamed Azraq al-Fanjari, who led the RSF's Special Tasks Group, says he has left the paramilitary force and sided with the Sudanese Armed Forces. The reported 300 troops...

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BMC Kirpi in Africa: What Is Publicly Known About Its Mine and IED Protection Record

BMC Kirpi in Africa: What Is Publicly Known About Its Mine and IED Protection Record

Tunisia, Libya's Tripoli forces and Somalia all field the Turkish BMC Kirpi MRAP. Deliveries are well documented; blast-survivability outcomes are not. A sourced look at the evidence, the gaps and...

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Planning Begins for African Lion 2027, Africa’s Largest Military Exercise

Planning Begins for African Lion 2027, Africa’s Largest Military Exercise

Moroccan and US planners have held the first planning conference for Exercise African Lion 2027, the continent's largest multinational military exercise, with more than 45 countries expected to take part...

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China’s Newest Naval Hospital Ship Makes First-Ever Call at Guinea

China’s Newest Naval Hospital Ship Makes First-Ever Call at Guinea

The Chinese navy hospital ship Auspicious Ark docked in Conakry for a seven-day visit, the first-ever call by a Chinese naval hospital ship in Guinea and the latest stop on...

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Nigeria Asks Czech Republic to Help Build an Ammunition Production Line

Nigeria Asks Czech Republic to Help Build an Ammunition Production Line

Nigeria's Minister of State for Defence has asked the Czech Republic to help the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria build a domestic ammunition production line, as Abuja also explores Czech...

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