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Blind Bombing By Saudi-Led Coalition Consumes Yemeni Home for the Blind
January 7, 2016 @ 09:23 AMMissiles are reportedly fired by Saudi Arabian coalition aircraft and struck the al Noor Center for Care and Rehabilitation of the Blind in Yemeni capital, Sanaa. Saudi Arabia after the Saturday mass execution of 47 people, it is now leading a bombing campaign in Yemen
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Northrop Grumman Wins Full-Scale Demonstration Program Of Tern Next-Gen Unmanned System
January 6, 2016 @ 09:09 AMNorthrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded the third phase of the Tern unmanned systems program by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), for maritime ISR and strike. Phase three plans to include final design, fabrication and a full-scale, at-sea demonstration of the system
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South Sudan’s Army Acquires Shoulder Missiles From Unidentified Source: Report
January 5, 2016 @ 01:11 PMThe Sudan Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA), an official army of South Sudan, has admitted to have recently acquire supplies of shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles from an unidentified source, local media reports. A high ranking military officer in the army and a longtime military ally of President Salva Kiir told Sudan Tribune on the New Year Eve that the army had obtained dozens of shoulder missiles
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Russian Aerospace Forces Receives S-400 Triumph Missile Regiment
January 5, 2016 @ 08:32 AMRussias Aerospace Forces has received S-400 Triumph air defence missile system for Moscow and the Central Industrial District, the Russian Defence Ministry told local media on Monday. "A new regimental set of the S-400 Triumph air defence missile system has arrived by train at the place of permanent deployment in the Moscow region from the Kapustin Yar range in the Astrakhan region where systems live fire exercise was held," the ministry was quoted as saying by TASS
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Indian Navy Plans To Equip 23 Warships With Barak-8 Missile
January 4, 2016 @ 12:53 PMThe Indian navy plans to equip 23of its destroyers and frigates with Indo-Israel Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LRSAM), Barak-8. The warships include aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya during its mid-life upgradation (MLU), the two indigenous aircraft carriers being designed and built, the three Delhi-class of destroyers (built under Project 15), three Kolkata class destroyers (Project 15A), four Vishakhpatnam class destroyers (project 15B), three Shivalik class (Project 17) during MLU and seven frigates under Project 17A
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China’s Rocket Force To Impose Strategic Nuclear Deterrence
January 2, 2016 @ 08:47 AMChinas newly formed Rocket Force will impose strong strategic deterrence with missiles capable of launching nuclear weapons. However, Chinas nuclear capability will be kept at the minimum level required for safeguarding its national security, Chinese MoD spokesperson Yang Yujun said at a press conference yesterday
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Indian Air Force Base Under Attack, Two Soldiers Killed
January 2, 2016 @ 08:09 AMThe Indian Air Force (IAF) base in the northwestern state of Punjab was attacked by a group of gunmen on Saturday morning. Four of the gunmen were killed by the security forces at the base in Pathankot, located about 50km from the Pakistan border, Al Jazeera reported Saturday
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Rosoboronexport Plans Hardsell Of Uran-9 Combat Robotic System Next Year
December 30, 2015 @ 11:09 AMRosoboronexport will begin promoting its Uran-9 combat multipurpose robotic system in the international market next year. The Uran-9 is designed to provide remote reconnaissance and fire support to combined arms, recon and counter-terror units
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India Test Fires Long Range Surface to Air Barak-8 Missile Successfully
December 30, 2015 @ 07:37 AMIndia has successfully test-fired its Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM), Barak-8, from a warship today. Spokesperson of the Ministry of Defense tweeted Wednesday, "Successfully test fires long range surface to air missiles from INS Kolkata
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India’s S-400 Missile Systems Procurement To Protect National Capital
December 24, 2015 @ 11:04 AMIndias decision to procure five batteries of S-400 surface-to-air missile at an estimated cost of $6 billion to $7 billion from Russia will be used to protect the national capital. The Defense Acquisition Council approved the purchase of five S-400 Triumf missiles earlier this month
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