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Taiwan Coast Guard Ship Confronts Chinese Fishing Vessels with Water Cannons
January 3, 2019 @ 12:01 PMA Taiwanese coast guard ship, CG 126 Tainan was used to repel 25 Chinese fishing boats by shooting water jets at them over the last three days for bottom trawling at waters around Penghu, located in Taiwan Strait. On Saturday, the 2000 tonne CG 126 Tainan and an armed patrol vessel were dispatched by the coast guards immediately after a police squad leader observed two of the boats fishing using bottom trawling- a process in which the net dragged across the seafloor scoops up everything in its path – from the targeted fish to incidentally caught, centuries-old corals, Taipei Times reported
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US, South Korea Cost-sharing Deal Expires Amidst Calls by North to End...
January 1, 2019 @ 12:15 PMWashington and Seoul failed to renew an agreement on sharing the cost of maintaining a US military presence in South Korea amid a standoff between the two sides over President Donald Trumps demand for more South Korean contribution. The expiry of the cost-sharing deal has come at a time when the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un on Tuesday urged South Korea to “completely halt” military exercises with the US
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US Sets Up Two New Military Bases in Iraq
December 26, 2018 @ 03:42 PMThe United States (US) Army has set up two new military bases at Anbar, a western province of Iraq, days after Washington announced the pullout of American forces from Syria. “The US Army has established two new military facilities in uninhabited parts of the province
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Russia Starts Tests of Nuclear Propulsion System for Underwater Drone
December 26, 2018 @ 11:03 AMRussia has started underwater trials of its nuclear-capable drone, ‘Poseidon capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads. "In the sea area protected from a potential enemys reconnaissance means, the underwater trials of the nuclear propulsion unit of the Poseidon drone are underway,"
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Chinese S-400 Shoots Down Ballistic Missile Target in Test
December 24, 2018 @ 12:37 PMThe Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) shot down a ballistic missile target during a test fire of one of its S-400 air defense missile systems. The Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) of China test fired one of the S-400 missile defense systems it bought from Russia in May 2018
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Japan Plans Selling F-15 Jets to US to Fund F-35 Fighter Purchase
December 24, 2018 @ 11:31 AMThe Japanese government is considering selling some of its F-15 jets to the United States to raise funds for the purchase of F-35 stealth fighters. This would be the first sale of used defense equipment to the US, Washington in turn is eyeing to sell the outdated planes to Southeast Asian countries,
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Japan Plans to Buy 147 F-35 Fighters Jets in Next Decade
December 19, 2018 @ 11:45 AMIn what appears to be the largest F-35 order outside of the United States, Japan plans to buy 147 of the sixth generation stealth fighters in the next decade. The new planes will include 42 F-35Bs and will include 18 short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) B cariants of the F-35 that Tokyo wants to deploy on Japanese islands along the edge of East China Sea, Lockheed Martin said in a statement Tuesday
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Huntington Ingalls Launches Delaware Virginia-class Nuclear Submarine
December 18, 2018 @ 10:37 AMHuntington Ingalls Industries has launched the recently christened Virginia-class submarine Delaware (SSN 791) into the water for the first time at the companys Newport News Shipbuilding division. During a three-day process that began last Wednesday, the 7,800-ton submarine was moved out of a construction facility and into a floating dry dock using a transfer car system, the company said in a statement Monday
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Dassault Aviation Discussing with 60 Indian companies for Supply Chain Operations
December 17, 2018 @ 01:48 PMDassault Aviation has signed deal with 30 Indian companies and is talking to 60 more to set up a supply-chain network for its JV with Reliance Defence in Nagpur. The supply chain network will feed its JV with Reliance Defencewhich is engaged in executing offsets contract as part of India's buy of 36 Rafale fighter jets
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Reliability of Russian Su-35, Su-30 Fighter Jets in Syria Up to 4...
December 17, 2018 @ 11:07 AMRussia achieved excess of three to four times of projected levels of reliability indicators of its Su-35 and Su-30SM fighter aircraft operating in Syria, the countrys Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov has said. "The achieved reliability indicators… of the new Su-35 and Su-30SM aircraft in intensive combat operation were three-four times higher than the standard," Borisov was quoted as saying by
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Iran Reports Progress in Peace Talks with U.S. in Geneva
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