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North Korean Naval Ships Used Japanese Civilian Radar Components
February 12, 2016 @ 10:20 AMAccording to an investigation report by the United Nations, it revealed that North Korea has reconfigured Japanese made civilian radar systems for use by naval ships as showcased at an anti-ship missile test reported last year. The document also cites a ship linked to a UN blacklisted North Korean shipping company berthed near a city in western Japan for a few days last March, Japan Times news daily cited a Kyodo News report
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Belarus Air Force Yak-130 Combat-Trainer Launches R-73 Guided Missile
February 11, 2016 @ 10:50 AMPilots of the 116th Guards Assault Air Force Base and Air Defense of the Republic of Belarus carried out missile launches from the Russian-made Yak-130 combat training aircraft. During the exercise, R-73 air-to-air guided missiles were launched and hit the designed target, an Irkut statement said today
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BAE Systems To Design UK Navy's ‘Nuclear Deterrance’ Submarine
February 11, 2016 @ 09:15 AMBAE Systems has been awarded a £201 million contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to design successor of the Royal Navy's Vanguard class submarines. The contract is to design the new class of submarines, which will carry the UK's independent nuclear deterrent, including the layout of equipment and systems, and to develop manufacturing processes
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North Korea Executes Chief Of Military Staff Citing Graft
February 11, 2016 @ 09:00 AMNorth Korea has executed the Chief of its military on corruption and other charges earlier this month. Army General Ri Yong Gil, Chief of Staff of the Korean Peoples Army faced charges of pursuing personal gain and was executed, Yonhap news agency quoted unnamed sources familiar with the DPRK affairs as saying Wednesday
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US Awards Contract To Build Aegis Land-based Missile System in Poland
February 11, 2016 @ 06:53 AMThe US plans to build a land based missile defence system in Poland called Aegis Ashore as part of the European Phased Adaptive Approach Phase III. AMEC Programs Inc
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Infantry Fighting Vehicles Manufacturer Of Russia Files For Bankruptcy
February 10, 2016 @ 12:41 PMKurganmashzavod (KMZ) - Russias only enterprise manufacturing infantry fighting vehicles (BMP) has filed for a bankruptcy with the Kurgan Arbitration Court, the court press service said Tuesday. The petitioner is MTE Group registered in Moscow,
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Russia To Resume Tu-60 Bomber Production By 2023
February 10, 2016 @ 11:16 AMRussia is planning to resume production of Tu-60 strategic bombers by 2023. Preparation for the reproduction of strategic bombers Tu-160 goes according to plan as outlined earlier, Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov during a visit to Samara Company "Kuznetsov" (part of United Engine Corporation - JDC) said in an interview with reporters Tuesday
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Are Russian T-90 Tanks Outsmarting US-Made TOWs?
February 9, 2016 @ 03:28 PMIn the battle for Aleppo in Syria where Sunni rebel forces are in retreat is the role played by Russian T-90 tanks which is claimed to be getting better of the Saudi-supplied tube-launched, optically-tracked, wireless-guided (TOW) Weapon System. The TOW anti-tank missiles, made by US firm, Raytheon are understood to have been the main rebel weapons against the Syrian army's T-52 and T-72 tanks and BMP armored vehicles
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Atlas ElektroniK UK Delivers Unmanned Surface Vehicle to German Navy
February 9, 2016 @ 03:05 PMIn December 2015 Atlas ElektroniK UK (AEUK) delivered an ARCIMS multi-role USV to the German Naval Technical Centre, WTD71, based within the Eckernfoerde Naval Base. This follows the recent success earlier in 2015 where AEUK secured a major contract with the UK MoD to supply the Royal Navy with an Autonomous Minesweeping Capability
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Rosoboronexport To Supply Mi-8/17 Mobile Service Center To Peru
February 8, 2016 @ 12:59 PMRosoboronexport is ready to supply Peru with a mobile service center to provide high-quality and timely maintenance of Mi-8/17 series helicopters, including the Mi-171SHs whose delivery was completed in December 2015. “These helicopters were purchased in full compliance with the law
Norway Receives Three More F-35 Fighters
Morocco Receives First AH-64E Apache Helicopters
EU Unveils €800 Billion 'ReArm Europe' Defense Plan
First French-made Griffon Armored Vehicles to Belgium in July
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U