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China Builds Final Type 056 Corvette
January 14, 2020 @ 10:06 AMChina completed construction of the last Type 056 stealth-capable, guided-missile corvette, the Aba, in December. “China has completed work on its final coastal defensive Type 056 corvette,” military analysts were quoted as saying by
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Finnish Air Force Commences Eurofighter Flight Evaluation for HX Fighter Procurement
January 14, 2020 @ 07:48 AMThe Finnish Air Force (FAF) has commenced flight evaluation trials of the Eurofighter jet as part of its
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LCA Navy Makes First Arrested Landing on India's INS Vikramaditya
January 11, 2020 @ 11:13 AMThe naval variant of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas completed its maiden arrested landing onboard INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier on Saturday. "After completing extensive trials on the Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF), Naval version of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) did a successful arrested landing onboard INS Vikramaditya at 1002 hrs today," the Indian Ministry of Defense said in a statement
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Iraq Accelerates S-300 Negotiations After Attack on Airbases
January 11, 2020 @ 07:56 AMIraq has resumed talks with Russia regarding its purchase of S-300 air defense systems, days after attack on its air bases hosting American troops. "Iraq has resumed its talks on the purchase of Russian S-300s
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What Brought Down the Ukrainian Passenger Plane?
January 10, 2020 @ 10:08 AMThe reason behind Ukrainian Boeing 737 crash that killed all of the 176 onboard the aircraft on Tuesday remains shrouded in mystery- was it a technical glitch or did Iran “accidently” shoot it down as claimed by the US and its allies? The Ukraine International Airlines flight, PS752, crashed near Tehran minutes after take-off. Turbulence in the Middle East reached unprecedented heights when a top Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani, was killed in US drone strikes just outside Baghdad airport on January 3
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Turkey’s Altay Tank, ATAK Helicopter Held up Due to Engine Non-availability
January 9, 2020 @ 09:45 AMTurkeys major indigenous defence programs such as the Altay tank and the ATAK combat helicopter could face significant delays over denial of engine technology by European firms. While the Altay tank project is certain to miss a production deadline set for this year as the engine manufacturer, MTU of Germany has remained non-committal on supply after providing just 4 engines
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Junked Railway Rake Mistook for Indian ICBM
January 6, 2020 @ 11:22 AMImages sent by Western satellites of Tinsukia Railway station where a rake had been lying below the surface was confused for an Indian Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). The images of the rake sent from sparsely populated Tinsukia hamlet, located in the Assam state close to the Indian border, piqued the curiosity of international satellites including US Landsat 8 that mistook it to be a secret, concealed mobile ICBM that India had been developing,
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Did Trump Order Soleimani Killing to Boost Re-election Prospects?
January 3, 2020 @ 09:59 AMQasem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-Quds Force, was killed in a US airstrike approved by President Trump in Baghdad in the early hours of Friday. As Trump enters an election year buoyed by improved economic data over the Obama years, the Soleimani hit may bolster his tough commander-in-chief credentials just as the Osama Bin Laden kill did to President Obama
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Finland Launches HX Challenge to Evaluate Competing Jets In €10 Fighter Procurement
January 2, 2020 @ 10:31 AMUpto two pairs of Boeing Super Hornets, Eurofighter Typhoons, Lockheed F-35s and Saab Gripen fighters will be flown to Finland to take part in a series of tests designed to check whether they fit in the criteria specified under the €10 HX fighter competition, commencing January 9.Information provided by the companies will be verified “in a fair manner” and under low temperature conditions and tests specified by the Ilmavoimat (Finnish Air Force)
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Pakistan, China Sign Agreement to Manufacture Commercial Airplanes
December 31, 2019 @ 10:17 AMThe Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC) signed an agreement for co-production of Chinese commercial aircraft. It is not yet known what type of CATIC commercial aircraft could be manufactured in Pakistan
Pentagon to Arm Warfighters with ‘Made in America’ Low-Cost Drones
Norway to Buy 9 Sikorsky HH-60W Helicopters Worth $2.6 Billion
L3Harris Delivers First Overhauled P-8A Poseidon from 139-Aircraft Navy Fleet
South Korea’s DAPA Finishes Incheon Class Frigate Search Radar Upgrade
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
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...