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Russia Sets Afloat Large Amphibious Assault Ship
May 28, 2018 @ 11:27 AMRussias new large amphibious assault ship Pyotr Morgunov has been floated out at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad, the defense ministry announced on May 25. "The Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship is the newest development of Project 1171, under which the Yantar Shipyard built a series of 14 warships in the 1960s-1970s
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Chinese Navy Intercepts US Warships Near Disputed South China Sea Islands
May 28, 2018 @ 11:01 AMChinas military intercepted two US warships around the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea on Sunday, Ministry of National Defense said. Wu Qian, spokesperson for the Ministry, said two U
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Israeli Military Demonstrates Armed Unmanned Vehicles
May 28, 2018 @ 10:48 AMIsraeli Defense Forces (IDF) has completed the first trials of Elbit Systems Drakonit's remotely controlled weapons. The trials included guns mounted on Drakonit firing at a series of targets at a distance of 1
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India, Russia Conclude S-400 Price Negotiations
May 28, 2018 @ 09:23 AMIndia has agreed to buy four S-400 Triumf air defense missile systems for nearly $5.9 billion (INR 40,000 crore) from Russia
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Chinese Satellite Navigation System To Get New Homemade Missile-borne Anti-jamming Antenna
May 25, 2018 @ 10:17 AMChina's domestic Beidou Navigation Satellite System will equipped with the new missile-borne anti-interference antenna developed by a Chinese defense technology firm, this year, local media reports. "The domestically-built missile-borne anti-interference antenna is based on array signal processing technology, and will greatly help the country's People's Liberation Army (PLA) units counter the enemy's jamming efforts against the BeiDou system in battle," Jin Zhongshu, deputy general manager of the Beijing Li Gong Navigation Technology Co, told Global Times on Thursday on the sidelines of the China Satellite Navigation Exhibition at the ongoing 9th China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC) in Harbin of Northeast...
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Leonardo Demonstrates first Satellite-controlled MALE-class Drone
May 24, 2018 @ 09:29 AMLeonardo announced successfull completion of the first flight campaign to demonstrate satellite control of a European-built MALE-class (Medium Altitude Long Endurance) drone. A team comprising Telespazio and Piaggio Aerospace carried out the activity using a remotely-piloted P
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Malaysian Government to Investigate Scorpene, other Defense Deals during Najib’s Tenure
May 23, 2018 @ 11:20 AMMalaysias newly formed government will conduct its own internal probe and audit in regard to defense spending under the previous administration, the new Defense Minister Mohamad Sabu has said. “We will investigate
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Russia’s Borei-class Nuclear Sub Test Fires Four Bulava Missiles
May 23, 2018 @ 10:37 AMRussias Borei-class strategic nuclear submarine Yuri Dolgoruky successfully test fired four Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles from the White Sea, the press service of the Russian Northern Fleet said on Tuesday. "On May 22, the Project 955 Borei-class lead strategic nuclear submarine Yuri Dolgoruky made a successful test salvo launch of four Bulava ballistic missiles from the designated area in the White Sea to targets at the Kura range on the Kamchatka Peninsula," TASS quotes the press service statement as saying
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Russian Helicopters M-171A2 Completes First Flight
May 21, 2018 @ 10:24 AMRussian Helicopters has carried out the maiden flight of its first multi-role M-171A2 helicopter and will deliver it to UTair-Helicopter Services for experimental operation in polar-regions. "It's a brand new machine, with advanced digital technologies on board and entirely different performance characteristics
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US Marine Corps Receives First CH-53 King Stallion Helicopter
May 17, 2018 @ 10:18 AMSikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, delivered the first of an expected 200 CH-53 King Stallion helicopter to the U.S
KNDS Delivers First Fully Modernized LEOPARD 2 SWE Tanks to Sweden
Air Greenland to Provide Transport and Surveillance to the Danish Armed Forces'...
Russian Mi-28NM Helicopters Get Novel Anti-FPV Drone Electronics
Israel’s Rafael, SpearUAV to Develop Anti-FPV drone Interecptor, Iron Wasp
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