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Rheinmetall, FRAEN to Manufacture Military fuzes in JV

May 27, 2019 @ 01:20 PM

Rheinmetal and FRAEN Corporation have set up a joint venture, "Rheinmetall Fraen Fuzes LLC" to develop and produce military fuzes. Rheinmetall will hold a 51% share in the new company, with the remaining 49% held by FRAEN Corp, the company said in a statement Monday
China’s Type 001A Aircraft Carrier In Final Sea Trials

May 27, 2019 @ 12:26 PM

Chinas locally-made aircraft carrier, "Type 001A," headed out on Saturday for its final sea trials before its formal induction into the PLA Navy fleet later this year, local media reported. "The likely sixth sea trial could feature comprehensive and final tests before the warship's commissioning into the PLA Navy," Li Jie, a military expert, told Global Times
China Unveils New Mobile Self-propelled Anti-aircraft Gun To Destroy Precision Weapons

May 27, 2019 @ 10:30 AM

China unveiled a new mobile self-propelled anti-aircraft gun to destroy precision weapons on Sunday, during a comprehensive exercise conducted by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Army Academy of Artillery and Air Defense. "The new artillery could eliminate threats from precision weapons such as drones and cruise missiles," Chinese media reported Monday quoting military experts as saying
Indian Sukhoi-30 MKI Aircraft Test Fires Homegrown Guided Bomb

May 25, 2019 @ 07:32 AM

Indias Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday successfully test fired an indigenously-developed 500 kg class guided bomb from a Sukhoi combat jet at Pokhran in Rajasthan. The defence ministry said the guided bomb achieved the desired range and hit the target with high precision
Trump Uses Emergency Authority to approve $8 B Arms Sales to Saudi,

May 25, 2019 @ 06:11 AM

The United States approved arms sales worth an estimated $8 Billion to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and some other countries after President Donald Trump used emergency authority to approve nearly two dozen such deals. The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) put up some of the State Department approvals of the deals on its website while various US media reported that the combined value of the deals as $ 8 Billion
Angola Receives Last Batch of Su-30K Fighters From Belarus

May 24, 2019 @ 11:11 AM

Belarus has delivered last of 12 Su-30K fighters to Angola last month, after they were upgraded by the 558th Aviation Repair Plant in conjunction with Russias Rosoboronexport. The last two Su-30Ks were delivered to Angola in April this year, Alexander Vorobey, Deputy Director for Development at the 558th Aviation Repair Plant told the TASS news agency
Rand Corporation Suggest Options to "Overextend and Unbalance" Russia

May 24, 2019 @ 09:52 AM

An influential United States think tank, Rand Corporation has suggested that the United States could use a variety of economic, military and ideological strategies to divide and destabilize Russia. According to a report by the Rand Corporation sponsored by the US Army, the US and its allies could employ “nonviolent, cost-imposing options” to weaken Russias economy, military and government structures
S Korean Naval Officer Killed in Accident during Welcoming Ceremony for Destroyer

May 24, 2019 @ 07:18 AM

One Navy officer was killed and four were injured Friday in an accident involving a destroyer that returned home after an anti-piracy mission off Somalia. Yonhap News reported that the accident occurred at 1015 hours at a naval base in the southern port of Jinhae when a rope used to secure the 4,400-ton Choi Young destroyer to the dock snapped for an unknown reason, the report said quoting unknown officials
Steel Cut for US Navy’s Columbia Class Ballistic Missile Submarine

May 24, 2019 @ 06:03 AM

A plasma-burning machine cut the first steel plate that will be used to build Columbia (SSBN 826), the United States Navys lead ballistic missile submarine on Thursday. The event marked the first class of submarines that will be built using fully digital blueprints
First IAF Woman Fighter Pilot Qualifies For Combat Missions

May 24, 2019 @ 05:56 AM

Indias air force pilot Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth has become the first woman fighter pilot qualified for combat missions by day. She has successfully completed a training program for performing combat missions on a MiG-21 ‘Bison fighter jet, PTI news agency reported on Thursday

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