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South Korea May Double Missile Warhead Weight To Combat North
September 5, 2017 @ 03:41 PMSeoul is likely to double its missile warhead weight as US has agreed Monday “in principle” to remove a warhead weight limit on its missiles. However, the missiles would still be bound by a flight range cap of 800 km as no changes to the flight range were mentioned in the Blue House statement
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Employees of Indian Arms Manufacturer Want MoD To Cancel Samsung K-9 Howitzer...
August 29, 2017 @ 12:32 PMAll India Defence Employees Federation (AIDEF) has written to the Defence Minister requesting to review its decision to buy South Korean howitzer guns instead of locally made Dhanush 155 mm Artillery Gun. The request of AIDEF follows death of South Korean soldiers in an K-9 howitzer explosion during South Korean army's artillery training session,
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BEL Sets Up AESA Radar Test Facility Near Bangalore
August 27, 2017 @ 07:26 AMIndias Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has set up a Near Field Antenna Test Range (NFTR) near Bangalore to calibrate and test Radars with AESA (Active Electronically Steerable Array) based Antenna arrays. A BEL statement said it is a critical infrastructure for calibration and testing of Radars and communication antennas
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US Navy Begins 60-days Review On Four Naval Ships Collision Incidents
August 25, 2017 @ 10:26 AMThe US Navy has formally began investigation into recent collision incidents involving four surface warship which resulted in millions in damage, the confirmed death of eight sailors and nine more sailors missing. According to a Thursday memo outlining the scope of the review, the Navy begins 60-days review on the collisions of guided-missile destroyers USS John S
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Killing Terrorists is Cornerstone of Trump's New Af-Pak Strategy
August 22, 2017 @ 02:38 PMUS President Donald unveiled a new policy for Afghanistan where killing terrorists will take precedence over all other factors. “We are a partner and a friend, but we will not dictate to the Afghan people how to live or how to govern their own complex society
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US Navy To Commission Expeditionary Sea Base As Warship In Bahrain
August 17, 2017 @ 11:51 AMThe US Navy will commission the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) during a 5 p
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Lockheed Martin To Hold Job Fair Seeking 1000 Workers For F-35 Fighter...
August 17, 2017 @ 10:26 AMLockheed Martin has announced a job fair to be conducted on August 29 seeking about 1000 skilled people for F-35 Lightning II fighter production at its Fort Worth plant, Texas. The US Firm said it hopes to issue 800 to 1,000 letters of intent that same day out of an expected 2,000 applicants
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Eurofighter Typhoon Flew 1000 Anti-Daesh Missions, Dropped 850 Paveway Bombs
August 11, 2017 @ 05:53 PMEurofighter Typhoons Belonging to the US-led Anti-Daesh coalition flew 1000 sorties, dropping 850 Paveway 4 bombs in Iraq and Syria since 2015 as part of operation SHADER. SHADER is the operational code name given to the contribution of the United Kingdom in the ongoing military intervention against IS militants
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UK-based Sub-contractor Accused of Fund-misuse In Afghanistan Training Contract
August 10, 2017 @ 09:45 AMA US Senator has accused a UK-based sub-contractor of misusing funds meant for training intelligence officers in Afghanistan by spending on luxury vehicles and six-figure salaries to employees' 'significant others.' Senator Claire McCaskill on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee blew the whistle on a federal contract following an audit that left taxpayers on the hook for over $50 million in questionable costs, including seven luxury vehicles and $400,000 average salaries for 'significant others' of corporate officers to serve as “executive assistants
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Armtec Awarded $18M to Provide Infrared Countermeasures To Egypt and Iraq
August 9, 2017 @ 08:56 AMArmtec Countermeasures Co., has been awarded an $18 million modification to Foreign Military Sales (Egypt and Iraq) contract for the procurement of infrared countermeasure flares (409,400, M206; 42,840, MJU-7A/B; and 11,472, MJU-10/B) to protect military aircraft
Thales’ Hybrid Kits to Support French Army Vehicle Communications with 5G, OneWeb
Denmark Joins Multinational Common Armoured Vehicle System Programme
U.S. Army Awards Lockheed Martin $4.94B Contract for Precision Strike Missiles
Denmark Invests $290M in Soldier Equipment Through Acceleration Fund
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...
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...