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BAE Systems Demonstrates Silver Bullet Precision Guidance Kit For Artillery Shells
May 12, 2015 @ 10:12 AMBAE Systems live fire test demonstrated Rokar Silver Bullet precision guidance kit can transform a standard 155mm artillery shell into a highly accurate munition, the company said in a statement Monday. The systems ability to self-correct in flight greatly increases effectiveness while reducing collateral damage, allowing for more precise engagement in urban environments and against protected targets
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Romania, Thailand Receive Lockheed Martin Sniper Sensor System For F-16 Fleets
May 12, 2015 @ 09:39 AMLockheed Martin announced Monday that the Romanian Air Force and Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) have selected its Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) for their F-16 fleets. Lockheed Martin will integrate and field Sniper ATPs on existing RoAF and RTAF aircraft and provide initial sustainment support
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North Korea To Develop Missile Submarines In 2-3 Years
May 11, 2015 @ 03:35 PMNorth Korea will develop fully operational ballistic submarine in about two to three years, a senior South Korean defense official said Monday. The photos of a test of North Korea's submarine-launched ballistic missile appeared authentic, the official was quoted as saying by Reuters Today
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China Plans To Produce 42,000 Drones
May 11, 2015 @ 01:37 PMThe Pentagon's annual report on the People's Liberation Army (PLA) revealed China's plan to produce nearly 42,000 land-based and sea-based unmanned weapons and sensor platforms. The report released on Friday added that apart from operating many armed and unarmed China drone aircraft, China is also developing long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for intelligence gathering as well as bombing attacks
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Taliban Allegedly Use Russian SAM-7B Anti-Aircraft MissileTo Hit Pakistani Helicopter
May 11, 2015 @ 10:21 AMPakistani Taliban on Sunday released a video showing a Russian surface-to-Air Missile (SAM-7B) allegedly used to down Mi-17 army helicopter in PoK that killed seven including two ambassadors. Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed that the chopper was turning due to which the missile hit the tail rotor of the helicopter so it did not get destroyed fully in the air
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North Korea Test Launches Underwater Ballistic Missile
May 9, 2015 @ 10:19 AMNorth Korea has test-fired a submarine-based ballistic missile, which would allow North Korea to deploy projectiles far beyond the Korean peninsula. The countrys leader Kim Jong-un said "a strategic weapon capable of wiping out hostile forces in any waters", the North's official news agency KCNA reported Saturday
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India Test Fires BrahMos Land-Attack Cruise Missile
May 8, 2015 @ 02:12 PMAn advanced version of BRAHMOS land-attack cruise missile was successfully test fired on Friday to revalidate the weapons precision strike capability. The land-to-land configuration of BRAHMOS Block – III version was launched from a Mobile Autonomous Launcher (MAL) for its full-range of 290-kms, Brahmos Aerospace announced on Friday
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Flight Launch Of BrahMos Mounted Su-30MKI To Happen Soon
May 8, 2015 @ 01:26 PMBrahmos Aerospace officially revealed today that the flight trail of air version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Indian Air Forces Su-30MKI strike fighter will happen very soon. The air version of the supersonic missile is being readied and a trail from Su-30MKI will happen soon, the company said
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Russian Improvised AK-74M To Be 50 Per Cent More Accurate
May 7, 2015 @ 01:28 PMRussian Kalashnikov Concern claims that new upgraded version of its AK-74 assault rifle allows 1.5 times combat effectiveness at a distance of up to 300 meters in different climatic conditions than the earlier version
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Turkey's ATAK Helicopters Deployed Against Counter-Terrorism Operations
May 5, 2015 @ 04:00 PMTurkey has deployed the first indigenously developed helicopters, T129 ATAK to support counter terrorism operations against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Anadolu agency reported . Two T129 ATAK helicopters assigned to the 3rd Commando Brigade can cruise at 269 kilometers per hour (167 miles per hour) and are capable to carry Hellfire missiles and guided rockets
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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