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Japan To Equip F-2 Fighters With New Air-to-Ship Missiles
July 19, 2017 @ 12:35 PMJapan's Air Self-Defense Force will equip its F-2 fighters fleet with a new air-to-ship missile that travels three times faster than the type 93, from next fiscal year. The government will allocate huge amount in a budgetary request for fiscal 2018 to mass produce the missile, which is currently under development
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Philippines Army Buys 3000 Pistols From ARMSCOR Global Defence Inc
July 19, 2017 @ 11:23 AMThe Philippines army has purchased 3000 .45 caliber handguns from local firearms manufacturer, ARMSCOR Global Defence Inc
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Chinese Soldiers Practiced Taking Out Enemy Bunkers In Tibet Drill
July 18, 2017 @ 08:18 AMSoliders of the Chinese Peoples' Liberation Army (PLA) practiced how to attack enemy bunkers and border posts in live-fire drills held last. Various international media inferred that the drill was aimed at simulating an attack against India following its border standoff in the Tibetan plateau last week
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US Navy Deploys World’s First Active Laser Weapon System
July 18, 2017 @ 07:43 AMThe US Navy test-fired the worlds first active laser weapon system (LaWS), capable of travelling at the speed of light to destroy incoming missiles. The LaWS is capable of travelling at 50000 times faster the speed of an Inter-continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)
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US, Coalition Strike Islamic State Targets 31 Times Since July 15 in
July 17, 2017 @ 02:19 PMThe US and coalition military forces have intensified strikes on the Islamic States of Syria and Iraq since July 15, conducting 31 strikes consisting of 51 engagements, a press release by Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve states. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted 22 strikes consisting of 34 engagements against ISIS targets destroying IS check points near Abu Kamal, and three weapons caches, two staging areas, a wellhead, 18 fighting positions, two vehicle bomb factories, mortar system and a tactical vehicle in three other cities
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Chinese Army Conducts Live-Fire Drills in Tibet
July 17, 2017 @ 11:59 AMThe People's Liberation Army (PLA) conducted live-fire exercises in Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Friday. The brigade that conducted the drills was from the PLA's Tibet Military Command and is one of China's two plateau mountain brigades
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Indian Army Conducts Field Trials Of Two M-777 A-2 Ultra-Light Howitzers
July 17, 2017 @ 06:29 AMThe Indian Army is carrying out field trials on two M-777 A-2 long-range ultra-light howitzers (ULH) in Pokhran which it received in May this year. The test-firing of the guns is primarily aimed at collating and determining various critical data like trajectory, speed and frequency of fire of the M-777 A-2 ULH which are expected to be mostly deployed along the border with China
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Russia's Foreign Ministry Suffers Cyber Attack, Spokesperson Maria Zakharova Says
July 16, 2017 @ 01:18 PMRussias Foreign Ministry has experienced “large-scale” cyber-attacks originating in Iran and Hungary last month, including the one on the ministry's mail server. The attacks on the ministrys mail server occurred on June 29
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Turkey Signs Agreement With France, Italy To Develop National Missile Defence System
July 15, 2017 @ 05:20 AMTurkey has signed an agreement with fellow NATO members France and Italy to develop its national missile defense systems, the Turkish defense minister said on Friday. Turkish companies would work with Italian-French missile maker consortium Eurosam, defense minister Fikri Isik said on Friday speaking during a reception at the French embassy in Ankara,
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Eurofighter Typhoon Test Fires Brimstone Air-to-Surface Missile
July 14, 2017 @ 03:47 PMThe first live firing of MBDAs Brimstone air-to-surface missile from a Eurofighter Typhoon has been successfully completed as part of ongoing development work to significantly upgrade the capability of the aircraft. The trial is part of work to integrate the Phase 3 Enhancement (P3E) package for Typhoon, which will also deliver further sensor and mission system upgrades
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Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles