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Japan Dumping Aegis Ashore Missile Defence Linked to $1.87 Billion Fix
June 20, 2020 @ 01:32 PMJapans announcement to cancel the $2.15 billion Aegis Ashore missile defence system is rooted in a fix costing nearly 200 Billion yen (US$1
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Iran Shows Video of Last Year’s US Triton Drone Shooting
June 19, 2020 @ 06:02 PMIrans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IGRC) released new footage which showing the homegrown Khordad 3 air defense system shooting down the US Navys US Navy MQ-4C Triton drone in June 2019 a day after it launched a cruise missile capable of a 280 km range. The video release was to mark the “first anniversary of the downing” by the IGRC, Iranian media reported
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North Korea Blows Up Inter-Korean Liaison Office in Reaction to ‘Leaflet’ War
June 16, 2020 @ 09:34 AMNorth Korean soldiers blew up an inter-Korean liaison office in the DPRK's border town of Kaesong as retribution against North Korean defectors running a leaflet campaign at the border. The South Korean ministry in charge of inter-Korean affairs said in a brief statement that the DPRK blew up the Kaesong joint liaison office at 2:49 p
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Japan to Halt Aegis Ashore Deployment
June 16, 2020 @ 03:27 AMThe Japanese Defense Ministry is ‘halting plans to deploy Aegis Ashore missile defense system, Defense Minister Taro Kono told Journalists Monday, citing costs and technical problems. The decision to halt the proposed deployment comes after residents of the city of Akita and Abu district of Yamaguchi Prefecture opposed setting up the Aegis Ashore system in their area
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India’s Nuclear Stockpile Dwarfed by China, Pakistan
June 15, 2020 @ 01:55 PMIndia is believed to possess 150 nuclear warheads, less than half of Chinas 320-strong weapons stockpile. According to a
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General Dynamics Awards AECOM $544M for Submarine Building Facility
June 13, 2020 @ 06:51 AMGeneral Dynamics Electric Boat has signed a $544 million contract with AECOM infrastructure firm to continue building a facility at Groton shipyard, a town in New London County, Connecticut, to support construction of new class of ballistic-missile submarines. “General Dynamics Electric Boat today announced that it had signed a contract to begin the next phase of construction on a facility to support construction of the nations new class of ballistic-missile submarines,” the company said in a release Friday
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Chinese PLA Commissions PCL-181 Vehicle-mounted Howitzer in Southern Border with India
June 11, 2020 @ 09:52 AMThe Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) 75th Group Army recently commissioned a batch of vehicle-mounted PCL-181 howitzers and immediately used it in exercises in Nanjiang Haojiao, or Horn of the Southern Border amid border tensions with India. The official WeChat account of the 75th Group Army, revealed in a statement released on Tuesday, Chinese media reported
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GE Marine Delivers First Lightweight Composite Gas Turbine Module to Austal USA...
June 11, 2020 @ 05:11 AMGE Marine announced Wednesday it delivered its first new lightweight LM2500 composite gas turbine module to Austal USA for the future USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) Independence-class littoral combat ship. This new module, which was fully certified by the United States Navy in 2019 after receiving MIL-S-901D shock qualification, provides a 5,500-pound weight savings (50% wall weight reduction) and 60% quieter enclosure
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Donald Trump’s ‘Super-Duper Missile’ Failed in Test?
June 10, 2020 @ 04:54 AMA missile test of the DARPA/US Air Force Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) program was destroyed during a test flight recently, US based Aviation Week reported
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Elbit, Harris Demo Anti-submarine Capability Using Unmanned Surface Vehicle
June 9, 2020 @ 11:19 AMElbit Systems UK completed a series of Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) trials with the UK MoD. Elbit Systems UK used its ‘Seagull USV (Unmanned Surface Vehicle) for these trials, with the USAs L3 Harris providing the sonar
Italy Orders 14 Additional M142 HIMARS Rocket Systems
German Chancellor Blocks €3B Ukraine Aid with IRIS-T Systems Ahead of Elections
Ukraine to Get Thousands of Drones Worth Over $125M
Serbia Cancelling Arms Contracts with Russia, Preferring Chinese Weapons Instead
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