Poland To Build Territorial Defense Force By 2019
Poland will build a 800 million Euros worth new territorial defense force of 53,000 volunteers by 2019 in order to guard against threats from Russia. The force will be similar to...
Russian Frigate Targets Terrorists With Kaibr Cruise Missile In Syria
Russia has started using its Admiral Grigorovich frigate carrying Kalibr cruise missiles targeting terrorists in Syria. "Today, we started a large-scale operation on launching massive strikes on Daesh and al-Nusra Front...
Russia To Modernize T-80 Main Battle Tanks With New Engines, Fire-Control Systems
The Russian Defense Ministry, Omsktransmash and tank repair factory at St. Petersburg have completed all the procedures for signing a contract to modernize the main battle tank (MBT) T-80BV
Iran Negotiating $10 Billion Arms From Russia, But Needs UNSC Permission
Russia and Iran are in talks over an arms deal worth around $10 billion that would see Moscow deliver T-90 tanks, artillery systems, planes and helicopters even as Tehran needs...
Indian Navy To Receive P8I Submarine Killer, Reconnaissance Aircraft In 2020
The Indian Navy will start to receive additional P8I submarine killer, maritime reconnaissance aircraft from July 2020. The work of providing India with an updated version of the combat plane is...
Russia Turns Down Pak Request For Su-35 jet Buy; Russian Media
Russia has turned down a request from Pakistan to purchase the Su-35 fighter jet, an aircraft it has sold to Islamabads closest ally, China. A report in Russian publication,
India's Reliance Defence To Manufacture Kalashnikov weapons In JV With Israeli Firm
Reliance Defence and Engineering has considered to joint venture with Kalashnikov Israel for manufacturing Kalashnikov class of weapons for Indian armed forces. Kalashnikov Israel, a subsidiary of the CAA Company of Israel, has agreed to jointly...
Russian Helicopter To Display Mi-171A2, Ansat and Ka-226T rotorcraft At Iran's Airshow...
Russian Helicopters will showcase a Mi-171A2, an Ansat and a Ka-226T in the passenger mode at the 8th International Airshow, November 16-19 on Kish Island, Iran. Russian Helicopters will show a wide range of multirole civilian...
First Drone-based Explosive Detection Sensor ‘SpectroDrone’ Debuts At HLS & Cyber Expo
Laser Detect System (LDS) Ltd unveiled SpectroDrone, the first drone-based explosive detection sensor, today at Israels HLS & Cyber Expo, held from November 15-16 in Tel Aviv. At the exhibition, SpectroDrone is displayed integrated on the...
Elbit Systems Unveils GroundEye Surveillance System For Forensic Debriefing
Elbit Systems has unveiled GroundEye, a line of systems for ground-based wide-area, focused and persistent surveillance at the Israel HLS & Cyber Conference, taking place this week in Tel Aviv. The line of systems provides situational...
Russian MiG-29K Jet Crashes After Take-off From Admiral Kuznetsov, Pilot Safe
Russian MiG-29K jet crashed during an exercise flight after taking off from the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft-carrying cruiser, the Russian Defense Ministry said Monday. "An aviation accident with carrier-based fighter MIG-29K occurred during exercise flights as a...
L-3 Communications To Supply Binocular Night Vision Devices To US Navy For...
L-3 Communications is being awarded a $49 million contract with a five-year ordering period for binocular night vision devices (BNVD) for the US Navy. This procurement is for a follow-on contract for the next generation...
One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles