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The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT) is a federal Australian territory covering 520,902 square miles  with a total population size of 245,000 (8th largest in Australia). A brand new  report  from the NT Police Commissioner indicates an elite unit of the Australian Federal Police called  Territory Response Group (TRG) will be using military grade weapons to patrol Alice Springs and Darwin at night. Commissioner Reece Kershaw confirms TRG’s deployment to the area and said,  it’s in response to concerned communities as the youth crime wave spirals out of control. Timing of the deployment is for the holiday season, as many local officials believe crime will surge. Police estimate more than 50 percent of property break-ins in NT are from youths as young as 10 to 12-years old. TRG will be using military grade equipment and weapons to monitor people  kids “acting suspiciously”. “We’ve had information around Alice Springs of kids jumping onto roofs of hotels and stealing pe

Opening ceremony in Northern Uganda marking the beginning of joint exercises with U.S. Army soldiers in 2009. (Photo: AFRICOM/flickr/cc) Written by  Benjamin Cote  exclusively for  SouthFront Importance of Forces in Africa On October 4 th , 2017, Nigerien forces and American Green Berets were ambushed by Islamic militants during an intelligence gathering mission along the border with Mali. Fifty fighters from an African affiliate of the Islamic State attacked with small arms, vehicle mounted weapons, rockets propelled grenades, and mortars. Roughly an hour into the firefight, American forces radioed in for assistance. French Mirage jets provided close air support and the militants disengaged. Helicopters arrived to take casualties back for medical assistance. When the battle ended four Green Berets had been killed in the fighting and two others were wounded. Staff Sgt. Bryan Black, Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Johnson, Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright, and most publicized of all the fataliti

FILE PHOTO: The first three F-35 fighter jets ordered by Norway’s Air Force arrive in Oerland Main Air Station, near Trondheim, Norway © Norsk Telegrambyra AS / Reuters Originally appeared at RT Norway’s new F-35 fighter jets boast an impressive array of high-tech gadgetry, but Norwegian defense officials were surprised to learn of one unadvertised feature: the pricey plane relays sensitive data back to its US manufacturer, Lockheed Martin. The Royal Norwegian Air Force recently received the first three of the 40 F-35 fighter jets it ordered from Lockheed Martin. Major General Morten Klevar, the director of Norway’s F-35 program, has described the fabled fighter jet as  “crucial to the continued modernization of our armed forces and our ability to preserve Norwegian and allied security and interests.” But while pouring billions of dollars into the troubled jet, the Scandinavian nation may have got more than it bargained for. Norway is the first foreign country to acquire