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Pakistan Test-Fires Extended Range ‘Smart Weapon' from JF-17 Fighter Jet
March 13, 2019 @ 10:49 AMThe Pakistan Air Force has test-fired a new domestically developed extended range air-to-surface smart weapon from JF-17 fighter aircraft. No details of the new missile were released by the Pakistani Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) other than calling it a ‘smart weapon
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Russia’s Robotic Anti-Aircraft Artillery System To Undergo State Trials This Year
March 13, 2019 @ 09:52 AMRussias robotic Derivatsiya-PVO anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) system will undergo state trials in November 2019, Defense Ministry announced Friday. “The state tests of the system are expected to be completed in November,”
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Qatar Purchases Turkish Altay Battle Tanks
March 13, 2019 @ 08:57 AMQatar signed a deal for Turkeys first indigenously-made main battle tank, the Altay, on Tuesday. “According to the agreement, Qatar will buy up to 100 tanks from Turkey and 40 of them will be delivered to the Gulf country in the first phase,” Ali İhsan Yavuz, Vice Chairman of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) told Daily Sabah
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India Tests Pinaka Guided Weapons System
March 12, 2019 @ 11:53 AMIndias state-run Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) test fired the Pinaka guided rocket system at Pokhran desert in the north-western state of Rajasthan. It is equipped with a guidance kit comprising of advanced navigation and control systems
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Rheinmetall Offers Lynx IFV for Australian Army’s Land 400 Phase 3 Tender
March 8, 2019 @ 01:22 PMRheinmetall has offered submitted the Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) with the Lance turret, Lynx Manouevre Support Vehicle (MSV) in response to the Australian Armys Land 400 Phase 3 - Mounted Close Combat Capability Request For Tender (RFT). The Lynx IFV and the Lynx MSV have been designed and tested to meet the demanding requirements of the Australian Army, NATO and NATO allies, the company said in a statement Friday
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Kawasaki-Airbus BK117 D-3 Helicopter Lands First Customer in Japan
March 8, 2019 @ 10:36 AMKawasaki Heavy Industries, has released new H145//BK117 D-3 helicopter (BK117 D-3), which was jointly developed with Airbus Helicopters. The Central Helicopter Service which operates 10 BK117 helicopters for EMS, disaster prevention operations and VIP transportations in Japan, will be the first customer to useH145//BK117 D-3 in Asia, the company said in a statement Wednesday
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India Leases Mothballed Russian Nuclear Submarine for $3 billion
March 8, 2019 @ 07:56 AMIndia inked a deal to lease a mothballed nuclear-powered Akula-1 class submarine from Russia for over $3 billion (INR 21,000 crore) on Thursday. The
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Pak Pays ‘Tributes’ to Two Pilots who shot down Indian Aircraft on...
March 6, 2019 @ 05:58 PMPakistan today officially named two pilots - Squadron Leader Hassan Siddiqui and Wing Commander Nauman Ali Khan who it claimed shot down two Indian jets on February 27 when its aircraft were engaged in a dogfight with Indian warplanes. Pakistani media has since speculated that the second Indian Air Force (IAF) warplane was a Su-30MKI jet, the main strike arm of the IAF
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MD Helicopters Unveils Military Variant of MD-902 at Heli-Expo 2019
March 6, 2019 @ 01:05 PMMD Helicopters unveiled an armed-variant of its rotorless, twin-engine MD-902 Explorer helicopter at the ongoing Helicopter Association International (HAI) Heli-Expo 2019 in Georgia, US. The new MD-969 aircraft is being developed as a part of US' Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) programme, the company said in a statement Tuesday
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India To Equip Su-30MKIs With Israeli Spice-2000 Bombs
March 6, 2019 @ 11:23 AMIndia is likely to equip its Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighters with Israeli Spice-2000 bombs in the near future. The Indian Air Force (IAF) is reportedly running trials to mount and fire the Spice-2000 smart bombs from Sukhoi jets
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