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US-Israel Conduct Exercise with One Another's F-35 Jets
March 30, 2020 @ 02:19 PMThe US and Israel conducted an air exercise on Sunday involving F-35 jets from one anothers air force. This is the first time Israel Air Force (IAF) F-35I "Adir" jets participated in an exercise alongside USAF F-35s in Israel
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Yemen Strikes Riyadh With Locally-made Drones, Ballistic Missiles
March 30, 2020 @ 08:12 AMYemeni Armed Forces have claimed to have attacked “strategic and sensitive” targets in Riyadh with locally-built combat drones and ballistic missiles. “Our Sammad-3 (Invincible-3) unmanned aerial vehicles and Zulfiqar short-range ballistic missiles struck designated targets in Riyadh last night with great precision,” Brigadier General Yahya Saree was quoted as saying by
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Japan To Improve Electronic Warfare Capabilities of Fighter Fleet
March 30, 2020 @ 07:31 AMJapan is set to provide its existing F-15 fighters with Electronic Warfare (EW) capabilities besides buying additional F-35 stealth jets possessing this ability to use focused energy to defeat adversarys electronics, this year. In its
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Tests of Russia’s S-500 Launcher in Final Stage
March 28, 2020 @ 09:31 AMTests of certain elements of Russias latest S-500 “Prometheus” air defense system are in the final stages. “We are completing trials of the S-500s launcher, components of a multi-functional locator and missile defense locator, equipped chassis for a command post, and transport units for an early-warning radar system,” CEO of the Design Bureau of Special Machine-Building which is part of Almaz Antey company, was quoted as saying by Russias National Defence magazine on Thursday
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Indonesia to Order 79 Additional Russian BT-3F Armored Vehicles
March 28, 2020 @ 07:38 AMIndonesia is mulling the purchase of 79 additional BT-3F armored personnel carriers (APCs) from Russia for an estimated $289 million. In April 2019, Russias state arms exporter Rosoboronexport reported signing of contract to supply an unspecified number of BMP-3F infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) and BT-3F APCs
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Raytheon Receives $2.14B Standard Missile-3 Block IB Contract
March 27, 2020 @ 07:14 AMThe Pentagon has awarded Raytheon a $2.14 billion contract for Standard Missile-3 Block IB missiles that can destroy ballistic missiles on land and at sea
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Germany Extends Saudi Arms Embargo till December
March 26, 2020 @ 08:58 AMGermany has extended an arms embargo against Saudi Arabia, imposed after the Khashoggi murder, till December 31 this year. During a press briefing, a spokesman for the German chancellery announced Monday that "no new requests (for export licenses) on Saudi Arabia will be authorized until December 31, 2020
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Pentagon Exercises, Deployments Suspended Following 60-day Stop Movement Order
March 26, 2020 @ 08:29 AMUS Secretary of Defense Mark Esper enacted a 60-day stop movement order for all DoD uniformed and civilian personnel and their sponsored family members overseas. This stop movement order will impact exercises, deployments, redeployments and other global force management activities
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Lockheed Wins $933M to Build THAADs for US, Saudi Arabia
March 25, 2020 @ 05:07 AMLockheed Martin has won a $932.8 million contract for the production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor missiles for the US Missile Defense Agency and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Russian Arms Sales Growing in Africa
March 24, 2020 @ 01:35 PMRussia has emerged as the biggest supplier of weapons to Africa and accounts for half of the regions arms market pie, more than twice that of China and the United States. According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
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Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
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...