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Iran Fields New Long-Range Missile Launchers
May 27, 2013 @ 09:05 AMIranian military units have received a “massive” number of new long-range missile launchers, state TV reported on Sunday. The new weapon components delivered, allows them to appear stronger among enemies with the mass simultaneous fire of long-range surface-to-surface missiles, Iran Defense Minister, Gen
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Rheinmettal To Upgrade 25 Armored Trucks For Germany
May 24, 2013 @ 01:48 PMRheinmetall has won a $46.4 million contract to modernize 25 Fuchs/Fox armored transport vehicles in additional to the 177 trucks for the Bundeswehr
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Northrop Grumman Awarded U.S Navy Laser Contract
May 23, 2013 @ 01:49 PMNorthrop Grumman announced today that it has been awarded a U.S Navy R&D contract to develop next-generation laser gun to be used in shipboard defense
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Rheinmetall Wins Fox Upgrade Contract Worth €36 Million
May 23, 2013 @ 01:47 PMRheinmetall has been awarded a €36 million contract by German Army to upgrade an additional 25 Fuchs/Fox armoured transport vehicles. This contract will bring the old vehicles up to the new 1A8 version, enhancing the protection levels in the previous version
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India Commissions Large OPV; To Be Built Indigenously
May 22, 2013 @ 02:22 PMIndian Coast Guard Ship Vaibhav, the 3rd in the series of 90 meters class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) was commissioned today at Tuticorin byVice Admiral Anurag G Thapliyal, Director General Indian Coast Guard. This 90 metres OPV has been designed and built indigenously by M/s GSL and is fitted with the state-of-the-art navigation and communication equipment, sensors and machineries
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India Successfully Fires BrahMos Cruise Missile From Frigate
May 22, 2013 @ 12:19 PMIndia has successfully test-fired a 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from its latest frigate, the INS Tarkash, off the coast of Goa. The submarine-launched version of the missile was successfully tested under-water just two months ago
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Heightened Missile Activity In The Pacific Region
May 22, 2013 @ 08:57 AMIn the last five months, the Asia Pacific region has seen increased missile activity brought on by North Koreas heightened missile testing. Countries such as Japan, China and India are either testing their own ballistic missiles or are setting up missile batteries
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N. Korea Test-Fires Six Short-Range Missiles In Three Days, Angers South
May 20, 2013 @ 01:54 PMNorth Korea Monday test-fired two short-range missile off its east coast, making it six in a row, amid high tensions. With four short-range missiles fired in a previous two days, as part of a military drill
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U.S To Reposition Marine Base Amid Libyan Unrest
May 17, 2013 @ 10:45 AMThe United States will transfer 200 Marines and two planes to its base at Sigonella, Sicily to be deployed in Libya in case US diplomats come under attack, Italian officials announced today. Addressing the Parliament, Italys Foreign Minister Emma Bonino said the transfer is due to with bilateral agreements between Italy and the U
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Raytheon Successfully Fires SM-3 Block IB, Destroys Target
May 16, 2013 @ 02:32 PMRaytheons Standard Missile-3 Block IB fired from the USS Lake Erie destroyed a complex, separating short-range ballistic missile target with a sophisticated separating mock warhead, according to an official statement. Despite stressing conditions designed to challenge the missile's discrimination capabilities, the SM-3 successfully engaged the target using the sheer kinetic force of a massive collision in space
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China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
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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