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Indian Coastal Defence Comes Good In Intercepting Suspected Terrorist Boat
January 3, 2015 @ 01:08 PMIndias coastal defences, beefed after the Mumbai attacks in 2009, came good in thwarting a suspected terrorist attack from the sea near the Indo-Pakistan maritime boundary on December 31. The Indian Navy, Coast Guard and intelligence agencies had set up radars and improved coordination to identify and intercept terrorist threats coming from the sea after the Mumbai attacks in which 200 innocent lives had been lost
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New F-35 Jet Lacks Software Ability To Fire Gun
January 2, 2015 @ 01:52 PMThe Pentagons F-35 Joint Strike Fighter worth $400 billion will not be able to fire its 25mm cannon during the operational missions until 2019. Even though F-35 is supposed to join frontline U
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Mace Security Expands Less-Lethal Tactical Munitions Product Offerings
January 2, 2015 @ 10:36 AMMace Security International expanded its offering through its subsidiary, Mace Tactical Solutions (MTS) to include a complete line of less than lethal munitions and weapon systems to its law enforcement, corrections and military customers. Mace Brand started offering customers a “one-stop shop” for acquiring supplies needed to perform and train for their indispensable duties
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Iran Fires Cruise Missiles, Torpedoes On Last Day Of Military Exercise
January 1, 2015 @ 02:56 PMIran displayed Its naval offensive capability firing home-made cruise missiles, torpedoes and other weapons on the last day of its tri-services exercise which concluded on December 30. Iranian Navy vessels fired the Nour and Nasr cruise missiles on the sixth day of the massive Mohammad Rasoulallah (PBUH) drills on Tuesday, domestic news agency, FARS news reported
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Next-Gen Russian Armata Tanks To Undergo State Trails In 2016
December 31, 2014 @ 09:26 AMRussia's next-generation Armata main battle tank will undergo state testing in 2016, Oleg Bochkaryov, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Military-Industrial Commission said on Monday. Bochkaryov specified that after taking part in the May 9, 2015 Victory Day military parade, commemorating 70 years since the defeat of the Nazi Germany, several dozens of Armata machines will be tested in the army
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Iran Tests Skyguard And Indigenously-Built Shalamcheh Missile Systems
December 29, 2014 @ 12:23 PMIran on December 27 successfully tested its Skyguard Air Defense System to shoot down hypothetical enemy drones, according to Fars News Agency. The Skyguard missile defense system was put on test on the third day of the ongoing Mohammad Rasoulallah (PBUH) military exercises
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Toufan Missile, Other Latest Iranian Weapons To Feature In Military Drill
December 26, 2014 @ 12:52 PMIran yesterday began a tri-services military drill where its latest SAM, the Toufan will be fired along with the other weapons. “The high-precision Toufan missile with a range of 4 km can both be used as a land-based missile and be fired from helicopters during the wargames,” Iranian Ground Force Commander Lieutenant General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said
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RS-24 Yars Missile Test-Fired
December 26, 2014 @ 10:26 AMRussias intercontinental ballistic missile RS-24 Yars has been test fired from the Plesetsk military cosmodrome in the countrys northwest. The missiles dummy warheads with given accuracy hit a target at the Kura range in Kamchatka in the Russian Far East
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Raytheon Wins $2.4 Billion Qatar Patriots Contract
December 22, 2014 @ 01:43 PMRaytheon has won $2.4 billion contract for 10 Patriot fire units with spares for the State of Qatar
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Russian PAK-FA Fighter Deliveries By 2020
December 19, 2014 @ 12:18 PMRussia will receive 55 Sukhoi PAK-FA (T-50) fighter aircraft by 2020, said Vladislav Goncharenko, the deputy director of the United Aircraft Corporation's (UAC's) combat aircraft department. "The number of prototypes is increasing; the state trial programme is being conducted as per schedule," Goncharenko was quoted as saying by Echo of Moscow Radio on 16 December
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