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Saudi Arabia To Buy $1.9 Billion 10 Sikorsky MH60R Choppers, Precision Weapons
May 22, 2015 @ 08:56 AMSaudi Arabia will be buying 10 Sikorsky SeaHawk MH60R multi-mission helicopters equipped with Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) and Hellfire II missiles from US for $1.9 billion
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North Korea Claims Miniaturizing Nuclear Missile Warheads And Long Range Rockets
May 21, 2015 @ 07:58 AMNorth Korea claims to have succeeded in miniaturizing its nuclear weapons on high-precision long range rockets, various media reported today. "It has been a long time since we began miniaturising and diversifying our means of nuclear strike," the National Defence Commission (NDC) said in a statement to the official Korean Central News Agency
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Boeing, Lockheed, GD, Raytheon Likely To Benefit From $1.9 Billion Munitions sale...
May 20, 2015 @ 11:24 AMBoeing, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Ellwood Group and Raytheon are likely to benefit from $1.9 billion US contract for supplying variety of munitions to Israel, Flight Global reported Tuesday
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Armed Russian Military Robots Work Together As A Unit
May 19, 2015 @ 01:08 PMRussian Military Robots worked together a field unit performing various tasks such as firing weapons for the first time in a training drill, Russian media reported. Russia's Uran family of multirole battle robots have successfully passed military tests at the Novorossiysk proving grounds, RIA Novosti reported quoting an unnamed source
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Obama Scraps Some Military Equipment For Police
May 18, 2015 @ 02:07 PMThe US Federal government will no longer provide military equipment to local law-enforcement, President Barack Obama announced Monday. According to the announcement, the local departments will not have armored vehicles that run on a tracked system instead of wheels, weaponized aircraft or vehicles, firearms or ammunition of
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Pilatus PC-12s Accumulate 5 Million Flight Hours Worldwide
May 18, 2015 @ 01:14 PMThe global fleet of over 1,300 Pilatus PC-12 aircraft has accumulated 5 million flight hours since the first aircraft was delivered in October, 1994, the company announced today. Ignaz Gretener, Vice President of the General Aviation Business Unit of Pilatus said, “The fleet is extremely active, notching up over half a million hours per year, with some individual PC-12s flying more than 2,000 hours annually
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Greater Indigenization To Improve Combat Readiness of India’s Arjun Tank
May 16, 2015 @ 12:38 PMIndia defense research and development organization (DRDO) is aiming for higher localization of components of its Arjun Mark-II main battle tank (MBT) as a way to get over shortage of imported parts which were affecting the combat readiness of the tank. Denying media reports that 75% of the tank fleet had been out of commission for want of spares and components, the sources told defenseworld
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Airbus Helicopters To Deliver 15 Multi-Role Military Rotorcraft To Germany By Year
May 15, 2015 @ 12:37 PMAirbus Helicopters announced today that it will deliver 15 H145M multi-role twin engine military rotorcraft to German Air Force by year end after the rotorcraft was certified by European EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) for the military type approval. The delivery to Royal Thai Navy, the second H145M customer will begin in 2016
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Lockheed Martin Wins $174 Million Tactical Missile System Contract For UAE
May 14, 2015 @ 10:34 AMLockheed Martin announced Wednesday that has won a $174 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract to produce Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) for the United Arab Emirates. Some of the productions are also meant for USA
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Boeing Offers Advanced Harpoon Missile To US Navy
May 13, 2015 @ 03:56 PMBoeing has offered an upgraded anti-ship and land attack weapon, which doubles the range of the services existing Harpoon to US navy. The Harpoon Next-Generation is a sea-skimming land, submarine, air or surface launched missile guided by GPS and inertial navigation systems for destroying a range of targets such as enemy ships, small boats and land targets, Military
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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