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China Displays Anti-ship Ballistic at Airshow China 2018
November 7, 2018 @ 07:18 PMA Chinese company displayed an anti-ship ballistic missile system at the Airshow China 2018 in Zhuhai which it claims has unique features that make it stand out among precision-strike missiles. China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited (CASIC) showcased the anti-ship missile attack system, CM-401, whose hypersonic ballistic missile that can reach as fast as Mach 6, according to a description the company released at the air show
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US Army Black Hawk Helicopter’s Autonomous Flight Demo in 2019
October 30, 2018 @ 11:01 AMSikorsky and the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have begun to integrate the Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) into a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter for testing and flight demonstration of the pilot-less technology in 2019. “Weve chosen the Black Hawk as the platform we want to demonstrate full integration of ALIAS type capabilities; all the circuit breakers and switches and instruments in the aircraft, so that the capability ALIAS provides to a crew member is really like a co-pilot,” said Graham Drozeski, the DARPA program manager for ALIAS
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Japanese MOD to Develop High-speed Gliding Missiles
October 15, 2018 @ 11:09 AMThe Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) plans to introduce "high-speed gliding missiles" having a range of 300-500 kilometers which glide to their target using small wings attached to the projectile. The target for delivery to the Ground Self Defence Forces (GSDF) is 2026,
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Roscosmos Announces Cause of the Soyuz-FG Rocket Aborted Launch
October 12, 2018 @ 12:40 PMA preliminary investigation into the Soyuz-FG booster rockets aborted launch earlier this week has revealed that it was caused by collision of elements during the separation of the carrier rockets first and second stages, Roscosmos Executive Director for Manned Flights Sergei Krikalyov said on Friday. "The primary cause is related to the collision of a side element making part of the first stage
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Polish Military University Orders Saab Land Forces Training System
October 12, 2018 @ 11:50 AMSaab has received an order from the General Tadeusz Kosciuszko Military University of Land Forces (AWL) in Poland to expand its GAMER laser-based training capability (LSS). With the new system – the Laser Tactical Simulator (LTS), AWL is going to grow the number of participants in exercises and functionalities of their current GAMER live training system
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India Test-fires Surface-to-Surface Short-range Tactical Ballistic Missile
September 21, 2018 @ 06:58 AMIndia has test-fired its home-made surface-to-surface short-range tactical ballistic missile, ‘Prahaar from Odisha coast Thursday. The missile developed by state-run Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is capable of filling the gap between the multi-barrel rocket system 'Pinaka' and medium-range ballistic missile 'Prithvi'
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App Warns Syrians of Air Strikes
September 14, 2018 @ 12:39 PMTwo US individuals have introduced an early warning alert system that warns Syrians of an incoming attack before the strike on the city happens, according to a report by Reuters. The warning system, known as Sentry, estimates the planes trajectory and sends a warning, triggering Facebook and Telegram messages, Tweets and, most importantly, loud sirens throughout cities in opposition-held Syria, ahead of an attack
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India Inducts First Home-grown Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile
August 20, 2018 @ 05:34 PMIndia has inducted its first home-grown nuclear capable Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) after nearly two decades of development. The SLBM code-named B-05 was secretly test fired back-to-back from an indigenously built nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant off Visakhapatnam coast earlier this month,
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Indian Army Successfully Test Fires BrahMos Cruise Missile
July 17, 2018 @ 08:10 AMBrahMos, Indias supersonic cruise missile was successfully test-fired on July 16 from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Balasore, Odisha. The test-firing conducted from a Mobile Autonomous Launcher was part of service life extension programme for Indian Army under extreme weather condition
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China Advances in Air Defence Missile System Development
July 9, 2018 @ 09:37 AMResearchers from the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp's Second Academy have developed a control systems or the "brain" of a new air defence missile system. “Compared with previous generations of air-defense missiles, the new-generation missile system will have a wider range of targets……, taking China into the ranks of a handful of nations capable of designing and producing such a system, an article in Chinamil, the official news website of the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) said
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