S.Korean Submarine Explodes, Killing 3 Sailors
A South Korean submarine exploded Tuesday possibly due to gas accumulated within the vessel. The submarine was docked at the repair facility from May 3 for testing, before beginning its full...
Pakistan Offers Non-Testing Of Nuclear Weapons Agreement With India
Pakistan has offered a bilateral agreement over a mutual ban on non-testing of atomic weapons with India. The offer regarding non-testing of nuclear weapons agreement has already been made but, “Pakistan...
Su-30MKI To Be Stationed At India's Newest Airfield Near China
The Indian Air Force will get a new airfield this Friday capable of fielding all types of aircraft in the eastern region barely 100 km bordering China. “The refurbished advanced landing...
Russian 'Backfire' Bombers Attack Syrian Terrorist Depots From Iranian Base
Russian Tu-22M3 bombers for the first time delivered airstrikes on Islamic State terrorist weapon depots in Aleppo, Deir-ez-Zor and Idlib provinces in Syira operating from Irans Hamadan airbase. Moscow and Tehran...
Russia To Start Production Of Upgraded NK-32 Aircraft Engines By Yearend
Russia plans to produce a batch of upgraded NK-32.02 aircraft engines by the end of 2016
Cambridge Pixel To Supply Tracking Software For Lockheed Martin's Vigilance Radars
Lockheed Martin has selected Cambridge Pixels radar display and target tracking software modules for integration into the company's naval vigilance radar system. The navigation radar system is part of the Navigation Radar Programme (NRP), a £44m...
Egypt’s Latest MiG-29 Fighters To Get Infrared Search Stations And Electronic Warfare...
The new 50 Egyptian MiG-29 fighter jets ordered from Russia for more than $2 billion will be fitted with advanced infrared search and track (IRST) stations and electronic warfare pods. The MiG-29s will feature the latest...
US$ 7-8 Billion Upgrade For India's Su-30 MKI Fleet, Agreement By Year...
India is likely to conclude its Su-30 MKI fighter modernization agreement with Russia by this year end. India has progressed in discussion over modernization of all Su-30 MKI fighters during negotiation with a Russia team last...
China's New Twin-engined Helicopter Completes Maiden Flight
The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) has completed the maiden flight of its new twin-engined AC312E helicopter. Based on the techniques from the civilian helicopter AC312A, as well as both domestic and foreign market demands,...
UK Awards $238 Million Contract To Buy ASRAAM Missiles To Equip F-35
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded a £184 million contract to ensure the UKs new supersonic stealth combat aircraft will continue to be equipped with air-to-air missile. Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) is...
Rafale Deal Inching Towards Closure; Indian Negotiating Team Submits Report
The Indian Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, is likely to meet on August 18 to take up the final report submitted by the team negotiating the Rafale fighter jet deal...
Saab To Upgrade Australian Ground Based Air Defense Weapon System And Radar
Saab has signed a $25 million contract with the Australian Defence Force to upgrade the Armys RBS 70 ground-based air defence weapon system and Giraffe AMB radar. Delivered under the AIR 90 programme, the existing Identification...
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