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The deaths of Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe and Trooper Joshua Hammond have put the spotlight once again on the vulnerability of armoured vehicles used in Afghanistan and Iraq. Troops and coroners have repeatedly criticised equipment, including the "Snatch Land Rover", which is slowly being replaced. The Viking tracked armoured vehicle, in which Thorneloe and Hammond were killed, was deployed to southern Afghanistan at the end of 2006 to traverse the bridges, trenches, and irrigation canals of the "green zone" along the Helmand river. It was originally developed as an amphibious vehicle for the Royal Marines, not as an armoured vehicle. Since it was deployed seven soldiers and marines have been killed in Vikings. Last year the Ministry of Defence said the Viking had reached the limit of how much they could be armoured... [read full story]
Ashgabat, 22 November 2009 (nCa) --- The parliament of Turkmenistan unanimously approved Saturday the annual budget for fiscal 2010. Expected revenues are Manat 48280.7 million (US $ 16.94 billion) and assigned expenditures are...
China's growing influence in the Afghan economy has been hailed by the country's mining minister who has revealed that projects acquired to feed Beijing's industrial base will triple government revenues within five years.
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