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HAL Tests Locally-made Automatic Flight Control System for Light Combat Helicopter
February 2, 2018 @ 05:51 AMHindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) carried out the first flight of Light Combat Helicopter (Technology Demonstrator-2) with an in-house developed Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) for the first time in the country. The maiden flight was flawless and flew for 20 minutes with the engagement of the system throughout, a HAL release said
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First River-class Offshore Patrol Vessel Delivered To British Navy
January 26, 2018 @ 09:59 AMThe Britain's Royal Navy formally accepted the first River Class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) by BAE Systems at the company's Clyde shipyard in Scotland. Guto Bebb MP, the recently appointed UK Minister for Defence Procurement, accepted delivery of the HMS Forth on Thursday, witnessing the progress on the Type 26 programme as production started on the second hull section of GLASGOW, the first of the City Class frigates
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India’s ICBM ‘AGNI-V’ To Undergo Another Pre-Induction Test This Year
January 19, 2018 @ 01:25 PMIndias long-range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) ‘Agni-V will be inducted into the Tri-Service Strategic Forces Command (SFC) ‘within this year after it undergoes one more pre-induction trial. The nuclear-capable Agni-V is capable of covering a range of over 5,000 km, brings all of Asia, and thus China, within its nuclear strike capability, The Times of India reports
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Ukraine Test Fires Modernized ‘Pechora’ Anti-Aircraft Missile System
January 17, 2018 @ 01:43 PMUkraines Radionics successfully launched missiles from the modernized S-125 M "Pechora" surface-to-air missile complex early this week. It is noted that during the test, a 5V27D-M2 missile with an active radar homing head was launched from a modernized anti-aircraft missile system
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China Tests New Ballistic Missile ‘DF-17’ With Hypersonic Gliders
December 28, 2017 @ 08:47 AMChina has reportedly carried out first series of tests of a new ballistic missile equipped with a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV), The Diplomat reports, citing a U
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UK Navy’s Aircraft Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth Commissioned
December 7, 2017 @ 01:49 PMThe UK royal navy has formally commissioned its new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth. HMS Queen Elizabeth has been commissioned by Her Majesty the Queen at its home base of Portsmouth Thursday
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India Tests Indigenously Built 'Nirbhay' Cruise Missile Fifth Time
November 7, 2017 @ 10:15 AMIndia's indigenously designed and developed long range subsonic cruise missile ‘Nirbhay performed its fifth experimental test from a test range at Chandipur along the Odisha coast today. The state-of-the-art sleek cruise missile, which can carry warheads of up to 300 kg, took off from a specially designed launcher from the launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, near here, at about 11
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Lack of US-made Components May Delay South Korea's Newest Missile System
October 26, 2017 @ 11:28 AMCompletion of South Korea's home-made short-range missile system, KTSSM could be delayed by four years because the United States is yet to approve the export of components essential to make the missile operational, local newspaper Hankyoreh and news agencies reported Wednesday. The KTSSM surface-to-surface missile was successfully test-launched on Tuesday, the media reports said quoting the South Korean Military
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Russia To Likely Test Deadly 'Satan 2' Nuclear Missile
October 25, 2017 @ 10:09 AMRussia will soon test launch its new nuclear missile, which according to Russian media is so powerful that it could wipe out nearly all of the United Kingdom or France. The RS-28 Sarmat thermonuclear-armed ballistic missile is capable of beating any defences and wiping out entire countries, Daily Mail quoted Russias military as saying
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Raytheon's Air & Missile Defense Radar Tracks Ballistic, Cruise Missiles Simultaneously
September 25, 2017 @ 02:51 PMRaytheon Company's AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar acquired and tracked multiple threat- targets simultaneously during its third test at the U.S
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