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Taiwan Begins To Upgrade Its Fleet of F-16 Jets
January 17, 2017 @ 03:28 PMTaiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) with Lockheed Martin has started to upgrade the first four 144 F-16A/B fighters to the latest F-16V standard. The NT$110 billion (US$3
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US Army Test Fires Miniature Hit-to-Kill Missile From Multi-Mission Ground Launcher
January 17, 2017 @ 11:33 AMUS Army has tested fired Miniature Hit to Kill (MHTK) missile, AIM-9X Sidewinder and Hellfire missile from its new Army Multi-mission launcher (MML). The interceptor missile is developed to protect forces on the ground by destroying incoming enemy fire from artillery, rockets, mortars, cruise missiles and even drones and aircraft,
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Russia Tests Topol-M Inter-continental Ballistic Missile
January 17, 2017 @ 10:25 AMRussia has fired an inter-continental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk space launching port at an hypotethical target. "The missile's exercise head hit a hypothetical target at a firing range in the Kamchatka Peninsula with high degree of precision
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US To Provide Components For Taiwan's MIM-72 Surface To Air Missiles
January 16, 2017 @ 03:21 PMUS has approved to spend $23 million to provide new components for several hundred MIM-72 surface to air missiles (SAMs) that Taiwan purchased from the Americans in the 1980s. These missiles were used on the 90 Chaparral air-defense missile systems Taiwan purchased
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US Navy’s ‘Night Hunter’ Drone Ship To Stalk Russian, Chinese Submarines
January 16, 2017 @ 11:42 AMThe US navy is expanding the mission capabilities of its experimental submarine-hunting drone ship Sea Hunter that is capable of stalking Russian and Chinese submarines. The diesel-powered submarine is able to stalk for 10,000 nautical miles on a single tank of fuel at a speed of up to 27 knots
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Wing Deployment Delay caused Nirbhay Missile’s Third Failure: DRDO
January 14, 2017 @ 12:25 PMDelay in the process of wing deployment has led to third failure of India's Nirbhay subsonic cruise missile, according to Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The failed mission of subsonic cruise missile Nirbhay was pointing towards a slight ‘pause during the wing deploying process, resulting in the missile developing a very high roll-rate, which led to the Inertial Navigation System (INS) losing its frame of reference,
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USA Developing Design Concepts For New Tanks
January 14, 2017 @ 12:25 PMThe US Armys Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, or TARDEC, is presently involved in the development of design concepts for various super high-tech tank platforms. The TARDEC in charge of the necessary design and simulation modeling, and conceptual work, is overseeing the project
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India Test-Fires Guided Pinaka Rocket
January 13, 2017 @ 07:50 AMIndia has test-fired the Guided Pinaka rocket from Integrated Test Range (ITR) launch pad at Chandipur in Odisha on Thursday. The Guided Pinaka is a modified version of the Pinaka rocket, equipped with a navigation, guidance and control kit
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US Army Seeks Proposals For Biodegradable Ammo For Training Purposes
January 11, 2017 @ 01:36 PMThe US Army has sought proposals for biodegradable ammunition to be used for training purposes. According to the
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Achieved Second Nuke Strike Capability With Sub-Launched Cruise Missile: Pak Army
January 11, 2017 @ 09:33 AMPakistan has claimed successful second strike capability with the launch of a submarine-based cruise missile that can carry nuclear missiles upto a 450 km range on Monday. Second strike capability means that Pakistan can respond to a nuclear strike on its soil from a mobile platform located at sea and hit at targets in the enemys territory
NATO Special Forces Select Thales-Leonardo Consortium to Deliver Communication System
Ukraine Blames Lack of Patriot Interceptors as Russian Missiles Rain Down on...
Ammunition Factory of Indonesian PT Pindad Breaks Ground
China Tests Nuclear-capable Missile that Can Hit Targets 10,000 km Away
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