India-Russia Helicopter JV To Manufacture 190 Helicopters in 9 years
The Russian-Indian enterprise created by Russian Helicopters, JSC Rosoboronexport and India's HAL Corporation must arrange the localization of production and supply of 200 light multirole Ka-226T for 9 years. The first...
Geoff Hoon To Depart AgustaWestland
Former UK Defence Secretary, Geoff Hoon who was AgustaWestland's international director, has announced his intention to leave the company. In an email to media contacts Monday, Hoon said, “After almost six...
India Faces Shortage Of Interpreters To Translate Intercepts Of Terrorist Conversations
Indian army is facing shortage of trained interpreters in Urdu, Pashtun and Dari to translate the intercepted conversation between terrorists. Though shortage of trained men to interpret has existed for long,...
Pakistan Uses India's 'Surgical Strike' To Launch Cyber Attack: Local Media
Pakistan is launching a cyber war, using computers and virus-laden emails to ‘attack Indian Army. Spoofed emails with the subject line ‘Actual Story of Surgical Strike are being sent by the...
Taiwan Eyes New Defense Tech Wing Similar To US DARPA
Taiwan will establish a new defense technology department with an allocation of NT $3 billion on the lines of US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to boost indigenous capabilities. The...
S-400 Air Defence System Can Be A Game-changer For India
India and Russia last week signed a $5 billion deal to acquire five new generation Russian S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems along with other defense equipment. The deals were announced following talks held between Prime...
Russia Deploys Armed Pick-Up Trucks In Syria
Russian Defense Ministry has deployed a group of UAZ Patriot trucks equipped with Kord 12.7 mm heavy machine guns and AGS-17 grenade launchers to Syria
Russia To Display Tiger Class Corvette, 130 Naval Hardware At Euronaval 2016
Rosoboronexport will be displaying more than 130 Naval products, including the advanced Tiger-class corvette, equipped with Club-N integrated missile system and vertical launchers at the EURONAVAL 2016 exhibition, held from 17-21 October in France. The display...
China Launches Spacecraft Carrying Two Astronauts In Space
China has launched manned spacecraft Shenzhou-11 that will dock with the space lab Tiangong-2. Shenzhou-11 is carrying two male astronauts on board and was launched at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi desert...
British Army Eyes Buying £3 Billion 800 Military Vehicles From Germany
The British Army is eyeing to buy 800 infantry vehicles for £3 billion from Germany at £4 million apiece. The British ministry of defense (MoD) is desperate to upgrade its existing armored fleet and wishes to...
China Displays Decommissioned Nuclear Submarine
China is displaying its newly decommissioned nuclear-powered submarine at the Chinese Navy Museum in Qingdao, a port city in East China's Shandong Province. The first nuclear-powered submarine was towed to a wharf of the museum on...
India, Russia sign Deals For Kamov, S-400 ‘Triumf’, Stealth Vessels At Brics...
India has signed various defense deals with Russia at Brics summit 2016 today, including the one to buy US$5 billion worth S-400 Triumf anti aircraft weapon system. Russia will start supplying advanced anti-aircraft defense system S-400...
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