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Russia Developing 80MM ‘Light’ Multiple Launch Rocket system
June 6, 2021 @ 06:42 PMA new ‘light Multiple Launch Rocket system (MLRS) based on an 80 mm rocket is being developed in Russia with serial production planned for 2024. The new MLRS will be unveiled at the Army-2021 land forces exhibition which will be held from August 22 to 28 at the Patriot Exhibition Center near Moscow
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Army 2021: Rostec to Unveil New Munition to Shield Armor from Precision
June 5, 2021 @ 02:46 PMRussias Central Research Institute of Precision Machine-Building (TsNIITochMash) under state-owned Rostec will unveil new munition to boost armors survivability on the battlefield and shield it from precision weapons. "The new counter-munition has been developed in the 76mm caliber and weighs 2
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Dynetics Unveils ‘Enduring Shield’ Air Defense, Possible Competitor to Israeli ‘Iron Dome’
June 5, 2021 @ 01:41 PMAmerican firm, Dynetics has unveiled Enduring Shield, a mobile ground-based weapon system designed to acquire, track, engage and defeat unmanned aircraft systems, cruise missiles, and rockets, artillery and mortars. Enduring Shield is capable of firing a range of missiles while, providing current and future growth capabilities
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India Okays $5.9B Submarine Project, $830M Procurement of Air Defence Guns
June 5, 2021 @ 06:31 AMIndias Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) under the Ministry of Defence green-lighted two big projects Friday: one to build high-tech conventional submarines and another to procure air defence guns. Headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, DAC approved the issuance of a Request For Proposal (RFP) for the construction of six conventional submarines under Project-75I at an estimated cost of INR 43,000 crore ($5
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Flare Counter-measures for Armored Vehicles Developed by Russian TsNIITOCHMASH
June 4, 2021 @ 10:07 AMA new flare counter-measures system to protect armored vehicles from precision weapons has been developed by the Russian Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering (TsNIITOCHMASH), a part of Rostec Corporation. When a threat is detected, a protective projectile is fired in the direction of the incoming missile or guided weapon creating an “aerosol-dipole interference curtain,” thereby "blinding" the guidance systems of the enemy's precision weapon, a Rostec statement said today
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Northrop to Provide U.S. Army with Illumination Flares
June 4, 2021 @ 08:19 AMNorthrop Grumman will produce illuminating flares for General Dynamics – Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS) that will be used for the U.S
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Australia to buy 29 AH-64E Apache Helicopters Worth $3.5B
June 4, 2021 @ 07:51 AMThe U.S
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Huge Blaze in Iranian Oil Refinery, Day after Fire Sinks Naval Ship
June 3, 2021 @ 02:18 PMA huge fire broke out at the Tondgooyan oil refinery in Southern Iran on Wednesday evening, a day after its Navys largest ship, a training and logistical vessel sunk in the Gulf of Oman after a mysterious blaze. Head of the refinerys public relations department has dismissed reports about an act of sabotage
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P-8A Poseidon Planes Fire Harpoon Missiles in NATO Exercise
June 3, 2021 @ 05:04 AMThree Boeing P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft for the first time fired AGM-84D Harpoon missiles during a NATOs three week-long At-Sea Demo/ Formidable Shield 2021 exercise. Patrol Squadron FOUR (VP-4) successfully conducted a coordinated missile launch with VP-40 using two Air-to-Surface Missile (AGM-84D) Harpoons against a target barge off the coast of Norway on May 31, the Navy said
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Hanwha Defense Offers New K9 Howitzer Variant to the British Army
June 2, 2021 @ 03:51 PMSouth Koreas Hanwha Defense has offered a new variant of the K9 self-propelled howitzer to the British Army under the Mobile Fires Platform (MFP) programme. A Request for Proposal (RFP) for MFP is due to be released in 2022
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