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Delivery Of Russian S-300 Missiles To Iran "Soon": Iranian Minister
May 26, 2015 @ 08:28 AMThe delivery of the Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to Iran will take place ‘quite soon, Iranian deputy foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Monday. "The negotiations on the subject have ended in success
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Western Tanks Are 15-20 Years Behind Armata: Russian Dy PM Rogozin
May 25, 2015 @ 11:38 AMRussian deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin on Sunday said that foreign countries in a race to build advanced battle tanks challenging Moscows new Armata tank lag behind by at least 15-20 years and can never catch up with them. Rogozin said in a reference to media reports about Germany and France preparing to jointly develop new main battle tanks to replace Leopard 2 tanks by 2030
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India's INS Vikrant To Be Relaunched On May 28
May 25, 2015 @ 09:01 AMIndias indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, will be re-launched on May 28 at Cochin Shipyard Limited in Kochi, marking the completion of the critical stage of phase II. “All major equipment has gone into the vessel, which has now acquired the shape of an aircraft carrier, with a finished hull
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OIS-AT, Rafaut Sign Weapons-to-Aircraft Interface Devices And Flight Controls Equipment Joint Venture
May 25, 2015 @ 08:21 AMOIS AT announced today that it has concluded a joint venture with French Rafaut SAS for joint research and development of a range of weapons- to- aircraft interface devices and flight controls equipment and sub-systems as part of the curtain raiser to the upcoming Paris Air Show next month. With this partnership OIS-AT is set to leverage the French firms know how to undertake manufacture of pylons and allied interface equipment that carry munitions and stores on aircraft and helicopters here in India at a new facility planned in Bengaluru
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Israel’s $5.66 Billion Defense Sale In 2014 Marks Lowest In Seven Years
May 23, 2015 @ 07:05 AMThe Israeli Ministry of Defense released data Thursday which indicates that Israeli defense sales last year plunged to their lowest point in seven years, with about $5.66 billion in new contracts signed in 2014
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Russia Expects Notification On Ka-226T Choppers Production In India
May 22, 2015 @ 01:04 PMRussia is expecting a formal notification from the Indian government on its decision to launch Ka-226T cargo-transport helicopter project at the earliest, Sputnik reported Thursday. We expect 200 aircraft to be manufactured in the initial phase, a formal notification from the Indian side is expected in the near future,” Alexander Mikheev, Russian Helicopters CEO was quoted as saying by the news website
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Elbit To Acquire Cyber And Intelligence Division Of NICE Systems
May 21, 2015 @ 11:29 AMElbit Systems announced today that it has signed a $157.9 million agreement to acquire NICE Systems Ltd
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North Korea Claims Miniaturizing Nuclear Missile Warheads And Long Range Rockets
May 21, 2015 @ 07:58 AMNorth Korea claims to have succeeded in miniaturizing its nuclear weapons on high-precision long range rockets, various media reported today. "It has been a long time since we began miniaturising and diversifying our means of nuclear strike," the National Defence Commission (NDC) said in a statement to the official Korean Central News Agency
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Pilatus PC-12s Accumulate 5 Million Flight Hours Worldwide
May 18, 2015 @ 01:14 PMThe global fleet of over 1,300 Pilatus PC-12 aircraft has accumulated 5 million flight hours since the first aircraft was delivered in October, 1994, the company announced today. Ignaz Gretener, Vice President of the General Aviation Business Unit of Pilatus said, “The fleet is extremely active, notching up over half a million hours per year, with some individual PC-12s flying more than 2,000 hours annually
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Greater Indigenization To Improve Combat Readiness of India’s Arjun Tank
May 16, 2015 @ 12:38 PMIndia defense research and development organization (DRDO) is aiming for higher localization of components of its Arjun Mark-II main battle tank (MBT) as a way to get over shortage of imported parts which were affecting the combat readiness of the tank. Denying media reports that 75% of the tank fleet had been out of commission for want of spares and components, the sources told defenseworld
NATO Special Forces Select Thales-Leonardo Consortium to Deliver Communication System
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Ammunition Factory of Indonesian PT Pindad Breaks Ground
China Tests Nuclear-capable Missile that Can Hit Targets 10,000 km Away
One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles