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Iran Fails In Missile Launch Test From Submarine: US Officials
May 4, 2017 @ 11:33 AMIran made an unsuccessful missile launch attempt from a submarine early Tuesday in the Strait of Hormuz, the US Defense officials said. The Yono-class submarine attempted to launch a cruise missile but failed, the military official was quoted as saying by VOA on Wednesday
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Pentagon Awards Multiple Contracts Worth $73M To Northrop Grumman
May 4, 2017 @ 11:19 AMNorthrop Grumman has been awarded multiple contracts worth $73 million by the US Department of Defense to provide Battlefield Airborne Communications Nodes and radars, respectively. The first contract is to upgrade and install Battlefield Airborne Communications Nodes on the US Air Force jet-propelled EQ-4B Global Hawk autonomous airborne system for $40 million
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Indian Army Test Fires Brahmos Block-3 Missile From Mobile Autonomous Launcher
May 3, 2017 @ 02:42 PMIndian Army has test-fired Brahmos Block- III missile from a mobile autonomous launcher (MAL) in Andaman & Nicobar Islands Tuesday. The launch of the Brahmos Block-III missile demonstrated the weapons lethality of hitting the centre of a designated target with “bulls eye” precision, a senior Army officer was quoted as saying by
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US Approves MD 530F helicopter Sale to Kenya
May 3, 2017 @ 12:23 PMThe US Department of State has approved a $253 million sale of 12 MD 530F helicopters along with associated weapons and ammunition to Kenya to support the East-African country's operations against al-Shabaab terror group. The sale would improve Kenyas security as the country is undertaking "critical operations" against al-Shabaab terror group, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a release on Tuesday
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Israel To Manufacture Tavor, Galil Assault Rifles In India
May 3, 2017 @ 11:28 AMIsrael Weapon Industries (IWI) has entered into a JV with Indias Punj Lloyd to manufacture Tavor 21 and Galil assault rifles under technology transfer arrangement. “We have established a plant to manufacture assault rifles, carbines, light machine guns and snipers in our plant
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Boeing To Continue CH-47 Helicopter Production For Netherlands
May 1, 2017 @ 02:57 PMBoeing has secured a $541 million foreign military sales contract for production lot 15 CH-47F cargo renew and new build helicopters for Netherlands. Work will be completed by December 31, 2020, the US department of defense announced today
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Successful First Flight OF China's AG600 Amphibious Aircraft Strengthens Territorial Claims
May 1, 2017 @ 02:15 PMChina's home made developed AG600 amphibious aircraft has taken its maiden flight Saturday. Launched from the southern city of Zhuhai, the AG600 was designed to extinguish forest fires and carry out rescue missions at sea
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Latvia Signs Agreement With Austria For Self-Propelled Howitzers
April 28, 2017 @ 03:29 PMLatvia has signed a bilateral agreement with Austria for the purchase of 47 howitzers for the armed forces. The agreement is for buying the type M109A5Oe self-propelled howitzer system, including fire control centre and training platforms
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Indian Army Tests Agni-III Ballistic Missile
April 27, 2017 @ 02:58 PMIndian Army test-fired a surface-to-surface intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) Agni-III from a defence test facility off Odisha coast today, as part of its user training exercise. Defence sources told The Indian Express that the indigenously built highly sophisticated missile blasted off from a mobile launcher at the launching complex–IV of Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Abdul Kalam Island at about 09
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Final Trials For Su-30MKI-Launched BrahMos Missile By June
April 27, 2017 @ 11:46 AMIndian Air force will conduct final trails of the air-launched BrahMos cruise missile in Pokhran firing range in Jaisalmer by June first week. “The air launched version of the formidable missile shall be test-fired against a live sea-based target in second half of the May followed with a final test-fire against a live land target in Pokhran by May last week or June first week,” official sources at BrahMos Aerospace told
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One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
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