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Giant Pilotless Aircraft - Israel

New Unmanned Aircraft that can remain in the air for over 24 hours has been added to Israeli Air Force family. The drone named ‘Eitan’ meaning ‘Strong’ in Hebrew is said to be 24 meters long and 26 meters wide wingspan. Similar to Boeing-737 which weighs about 4.5 tonnes and as it can remain in the air for nearly 24 hours, it can fly to and from Persian Gulf.

SAS

Special Air Service or popularly known as SAS is a special force within the British Army. The SAS was a unit of British Army during WW II formed in 1941 by David Stirling as a commando operating behind enemy lines during the war in North Africa and Europe. Although the personnel are are broadly trained [...]

Nepalese Army

Nepalese Army or Nepal Army is the major force of Nepalese Defence Force. Nepalese Army also consists of Nepal Army Air Service and has no navy. Service in the Nepalese Army is voluntary and the minimum age of enrollment is 18 years of age. The total personnel of Nepalese Army are about 95,000 with about [...]

Gurkha soldier’s body flown to UK

The body of Yubraj Rai, from the 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, based in Folkestone, who was killed by emeny fire on 4th of November 2008 in Afghanistan has been flown to UK. The 28 year old young man from Khotang district in the eastern Nepal was the first Gurkha to die in the [...]

TroopTube

TroopTube is a video-sharing websites for troops (US to begin with), their families and their supporters. After being restricted to access YouTube and other similar video-sharing websites, US Military with the help of Delve Networks, Seattle, WA, has launched this website.
TroopTube lets people to register as member of one fo the armed forces, family, civilian defence [...]