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China Sets Up Oxygen Plant For Troops In High-Altitude Tibet
March 17, 2017 @ 09:58 AMChina has installed oxygen production and supply plant for troops stationed in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau and Pamir plateau regions. Under this project, People's Liberation Army has equipped about 800-plus troop units with 165 oxygen generation stations, eight hyperbaric oxygen chambers, 12 plateau oxygen trucks, 4,807 small oxygen generators and 6,830 oxygen cylinders,
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Pakistan Test-launches Land-based Anti-ship Missile
March 17, 2017 @ 08:03 AMPakistan Navy conducted a successful test launch of Land-based long-range anti-ship missile (AShM) on March 16. The trial was conducted from coastal region and missile secured hit on the target placed at Sea, the Pakistani militarys media arm the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a press release Thursday
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Russia Readies New Early Radar Warning Aircraft For Testing In July
March 17, 2017 @ 07:40 AMRussias next generation early radar warning aircraft, Beriyev A-100 Premier “flying radar”, will begin testing this July. "The Beriyev R & D Group in Taganrog (Russian acronym TANTK) is one of the parties engaged in the development of the early radar warning complex," Russian Deputy Minister of Defense Yuri Borisov told TASS Thursday after a tour of the production facility
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Thales Wins Missile Guidance Units Contract For Japan’s Sea Sparrow Missile
March 17, 2017 @ 07:19 AMThales Nederland BV, a Netherland-based firm has won a contract to provide two missile guidance units in support of Sea Sparrow Missile launch to the government of Japan. “Thales Nederland BV, Hengelo OV, Netherlands, is being awarded a $10,699,226 firm-fixed-price contract for two missile guidance units (MGU), spare parts, technical manuals, training and engineering support for the government of Japan,” the US Department of Defense announced in a press release Thursday
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Northrop Grumman Wins $68M US Navy Contract For Littoral Combat Ship Gun...
March 17, 2017 @ 07:09 AMThe US Navy awards a $68 million worth contract to Northrop Grumman to produce gun mission modules of Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). “Northrop Grumman Systems Corp
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Sweden Hopes To Sell Gripen Fighter Jet To Columbia
March 16, 2017 @ 02:27 PMSweden has signed a defence cooperation deal with Colombia, hoping to export Gripen fighter jets to the South American nation. Swedens minister for enterprise and innovation, Mikael Damberg, signed the deal on Tuesday during his visit to Colombia, which recently passed a peace agreement after several years of tough negotiations with the Farc guerilla group
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US Drone Worth $200 Shot Down By $3 Million Patriot Missile, Says
March 16, 2017 @ 01:35 PMA US ally reportedly has used a $3 million worth Patriot missile to shoot down a $200 worth drone aircraft. "A very close ally used the surface-to-air missile to bring down the drone, US General David Perkins told a military symposium
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Lockheed Martin Wins $347 Million To Support US Defense Cyber Crime Center
March 16, 2017 @ 01:28 PMLockheed Martin has won a $347 million contract for the US Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3), delivering a range of technical, functional and managerial support. Under the on-going five-year contract (one base year plus four one-year options), awarded by the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM), Lockheed Martin will provide assistance in the investigation of criminal and counterintelligence matters, the company said in a statement Thursday
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Saab Offers Conceptual Gripen-M For Indian Navy's Fighter Jet Program
March 16, 2017 @ 12:50 PMSaab has offered its conceptual aircraft Gripen [M] (Maritime) for the Indian Navys Request For Information (RFI) for the procurement of 57 fighters worth about US $12 billion. "There is an RFI from India for a carrier aircraft, and we are responding with the Gripen [M]
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US Missile Defense Agency Fires Two SM-6 Interceptors At Once
March 16, 2017 @ 12:42 PMUS Missile Defense Agency has test Fired 2 SM-6 Interceptors at once, using a new seeker technology as part of its efforts to improve the probability of target kill. Using the "active seeker" technology, two SM-6 missiles were able to simultaneously track and destroy a single target
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One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
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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