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Russian Pacific Fleet To Get Six Submarines
January 18, 2016 @ 08:32 AMA series of six conventional submarines will be built for the Pacific Fleet, the Russian Navy official said Saturday. "In the perspective the Navy is making attempts and, evidently, they should find a confirmation in construction of another six submarines (project 636), which would go to the Pacific Fleet," Chief of the Russian Navys shipbuilding management department Captain 1st Rank Vladimir Tryapichnikov said, TASS reported quoting the Russian News Service radio station
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Boeing Upgrades USAF B-52s To Carry GPS-Guided Bombs
January 14, 2016 @ 05:22 PMBoeing has upgraded Six US Air Forces B-52 bombers to allow the aircraft to carry GPS-guided or “smart” bombs in the weapons bay for the first time. “The upgrades to the B-52 bombers internal weapons bay have made it possible to have zero gap on the bombers long-range bombing capabilities as we transfer from Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missiles to Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile – Extended Range,” said Col
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Assembly of Israel’s First F-35 ‘Adir’ Fighter Begins
January 12, 2016 @ 10:40 AMIsraels F-35A designated as ‘Adir officially began its mate process where four major components of the fifth generation fighter aircraft will be assembled in the Electronic Mate and Assembly Station to form the aircraft's structure. Lockheed Martin and Israeli Ministry of Defense officials commemorated the beginning of the first F-35A "Adir" (meaning "mighty one" in Hebrew) manufactured for Israel at Fort Worth Jan
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US Releases Footage Of Iranian Rockets Fired Near Aircraft Carrier
January 11, 2016 @ 02:49 PMThe US Navy has released a footage that showed Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels firing rockets near warships in December last year. The footage released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request was shot from a Seahawk helicopter, the US Navy said Saturday
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Nigeria To Acquire 3 Pak-Chinese JF-17 Fighters For US $25 Million
January 8, 2016 @ 08:44 AMNigeria has set aside $25 million to acquire three JF-17 Thunder multirole fighters in 2016 from Pakistan, local media reported. Apart from the fighters, the Nigerian government also plans to acquire 10 PAC Super Mushshak basic trainers and two Mi-35M helicopters, Nigerian newspaper Punch reported quoting information obtained from a leaked copy of the government procurement plans in the 2016 budget, Wednesday
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South Sudan’s Army Acquires Shoulder Missiles From Unidentified Source: Report
January 5, 2016 @ 01:11 PMThe Sudan Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA), an official army of South Sudan, has admitted to have recently acquire supplies of shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles from an unidentified source, local media reports. A high ranking military officer in the army and a longtime military ally of President Salva Kiir told Sudan Tribune on the New Year Eve that the army had obtained dozens of shoulder missiles
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China’s First Operational Aircraft Carrier to Set Sail In 2016
January 5, 2016 @ 06:27 AMChinas second aircraft carrier and its first operational combat carrier will set sail later this year “based on current progress.” The first ocean-going aircraft carrier combat taskforce of the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the new aircraft carrier, will possess initial combat capability in 2018 or 2019, according to an insightful article in China Military sourced from Southern Weekly
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Goa, New Star On World Defense Exhibitions’ Calendar
January 2, 2016 @ 10:26 AMGoa is likely to become a major attraction for global defense and aerospace companies following Indian governments decision to make the state, permanent destination for Aero India and Defexpo exhibitions. Based on right to information (RTI) documents quoted by Times of India news daily Tuesday, Goan government has already agreed “in-principle” to making Goa a permanent venue for the Aero India Show and for the Defexpo
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China’s Rocket Force To Impose Strategic Nuclear Deterrence
January 2, 2016 @ 08:47 AMChinas newly formed Rocket Force will impose strong strategic deterrence with missiles capable of launching nuclear weapons. However, Chinas nuclear capability will be kept at the minimum level required for safeguarding its national security, Chinese MoD spokesperson Yang Yujun said at a press conference yesterday
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Conventional Power, Ski-Jump For China's Second Aircraft Carrier
December 31, 2015 @ 01:35 PMChinas second aircraft carrier under construction in Dalian port will have conventional propulsion system and a ski jump deck for aircraft to take off. Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun said today during a news conference in Beijing that the design is based on experiences from the country's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, bought from Ukraine in 1998 and refitted in China
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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...