Brazil To Send Official Inquiry For Russian Pantsir- S1 Missile Systems’ Purchase
Brazil will be sending an official inquiry regarding a possible purchase of Pantsir-S1 missile system from Russia, Sputnik reported Monday. On Saturday, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said that the...
North Korea To Develop Missile Submarines In 2-3 Years
North Korea will develop fully operational ballistic submarine in about two to three years, a senior South Korean defense official said Monday. The photos of a test of North Korea's submarine-launched...
Airbus To Test Flight A400M Transport Plane Despite Nations Grounding Aircraft Fleet...
Airbus will continue with test flight of its A400M military transport despite Britain, Germany, Malaysia and Turkey grounding their aircraft following a crash outside Seville on Saturday, killing four crew...
China Plans To Produce 42,000 Drones
The Pentagon's annual report on the People's Liberation Army (PLA) revealed China's plan to produce nearly 42,000 land-based and sea-based unmanned weapons and sensor platforms. The report released on Friday added...
Low Cost Tech To Improve Launch And Retrieval Of UAS And Maritime...
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is conducting two technology demonstration efforts for unmanned aircraft systems capabilties under its Tern initiative - a joint research and development program with US...
France May Seek Foreign Buyers For Mistral After Refunding Russia
France is unlikely to commission the two Mistral-class amphibious assault ships (Vladivostok and Sevastopol) to Russia but will instead look for international buyers after refunding Moscow for the cost of the ships. India, China and Brazil...
Large, Heavily Armed Vessels For Chinese Coast Guard: Report
China is turning its coast guard into the nation's second navy with the introduction of larger and more heavily armed vessels into service, according to US naval intelligence report cited on US military website Strategy...
Taliban Allegedly Use Russian SAM-7B Anti-Aircraft MissileTo Hit Pakistani Helicopter
Pakistani Taliban on Sunday released a video showing a Russian surface-to-Air Missile (SAM-7B) allegedly used to down Mi-17 army helicopter in PoK that killed seven including two ambassadors. Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed that the chopper was...
Airbus Complies With Make In India Policy
Airbus has informed that it is ready to invest, manufacture in India and to source from India, thereby contributing to the Make in India policy, Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh said. However, there...
AugustaWestland VVIP Chopper Probe At Advanced Stage
Indias Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in Agustawestland VVIP chopper deal has reached an advanced stage, Minister of State for Defense Rao Inderjit Singh said in parliament on Friday. The minister said in a written...
FGFA's R & D Phase Yet To Be Concluded
The Research & Development (R&D) phase of Indian Air Forces Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) project is yet to be concluded, Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar said in a Parliament today. As per the draft R&D...
North Korea Test Launches Underwater Ballistic Missile
North Korea has test-fired a submarine-based ballistic missile, which would allow North Korea to deploy projectiles far beyond the Korean peninsula. The countrys leader Kim Jong-un said "a strategic weapon capable of wiping out hostile forces...
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