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Lockheed Martin, Electro Optic Systems Set Up New Space Debris Tracking Facility...
December 3, 2015 @ 06:37 AMLockheed Martin and Electro Optic Systems (EOS) have set up a space object tracking facility in Australia to detect possible debris in orbit, ranging from spent rocket parts to pieces of defunct satellites. The new space object tracking site will give satellite operators a clearer picture of the debris that could damage their networks and how they can avoid potential collisions, the company said in a statement Wednesday
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Syrian Militants Attack Russian Reporters With US-Made TOW Missiles
November 28, 2015 @ 12:53 PMThe Syrian militants have used the US manufactured TOW Anti-Tank System to target Russian Journalists. Russian journalists were attacked with anti-tank missile on November 23 while passing to Dagmashliya, a Syrian town located 20 kilometres from the Turkish border
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India Completes Agni-I Nuclear-Capable Missile Test
November 27, 2015 @ 12:05 PMIndia has test fired home-made nuclear capable Agni-I missile that can hit target from a distance of 700kms. The missile was launched from off the Odisha coast as a part of Strategic Forces Command (SF) training centre, NDTV reported today
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Elbit To Supply Hermes 900 UAS To Switzerland
November 26, 2015 @ 12:45 PMElbitSystems has won $200 million contract from the Swiss Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) to supply Hermes 900 HFE (Heavy Fuel Engine) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The contract also includes supply of an advanced ground segment for command, control and communications, the company announced today
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France Testing New Weapons In Anti-Islamic State Strikes
November 25, 2015 @ 03:50 PMFrance has tested new weapon loads, including GBU-12 laser guided bombs, on its fighter aircraft attacking Islamic State positions in Syria. French air force Dassault Mirage 2000N, which is being modified to carry four GBU-12 laser guided bombs, has taken off on a strike mission from its advanced air base in Jordan
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Thales Wins NATO Ballistic Missile Defense Testing Sub-Contract
November 20, 2015 @ 01:21 PMThales has won a sub-contract for the verification of the NATO's Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) architecture on the integrated test bed in The Hague. As per the contract, Leidos and its eight teammates from Canada, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Turkey, the UK, and the US, will support NATOs BMD programme by working together as an integrated product team to deliver BMD capability, Thales said in a statement Friday
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India Ready To Test Fire Barak NG Long Range Missile
November 17, 2015 @ 02:28 PMIndia's Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LR-SAM), Barak NG, being co-developed by DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries, is set to be test-fired from a naval warship this month. The LR-SAM is capable of intercepting incoming targets at a range of 80 km
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Russia Training Iranian Troops To Operate S-300 Air Defence Missile System
November 11, 2015 @ 10:31 AMIranian troops are being trained in Russia on how to operate the S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system in preparation to Tehran taking delivery of it by this year end. Irans defence minister, Hossein Dehghan told local journalists yesterday that the “executive stage” of the agreement is over and that his country would receive a "major part" of the shipment in less than two months, Press-TV reported
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Syrian AF Fights ISIS With Antiquated MiGs
November 7, 2015 @ 12:51 PMThe Syrian Air Force is using its antiquated MiG aircraft to defense Syria against terrorists and their supporters. Syria is using its over four decades old MiG-21 which it bought in the 1960s and MiG-23 which were bought a decade later in the fight against Islamic State
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Indian Nuclear Capable Agni-IV Missile Flight Test Scheduled On November 9
November 6, 2015 @ 10:59 AMIndia will flight test its surface-to-surface missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads, Agni-IV on November 9. The test will be carried out on the Wheeler Island off Odhisha, the Hindu news daily reported Friday
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Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
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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