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Lithuania To Buy $112 Million Worth Norwegian Air Defense Systems
September 26, 2016 @ 03:42 PMLithuania plans to buy $US112 million worth Norwegian and American mid-range air defense systems NASAMS. "We plan to spend a bit more than 100 million euros," Lithuanian Defense Minister Juozas Olekas told BNS news agency
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Russia To Manufacture Glonass Satellites With Indigenous Parts By 2020
September 26, 2016 @ 03:19 PMRussia has plans to build Glonass K-2 Satellites with its home made components by 2020 as part of governments efforts to substitute imports amid sanctions. “We are also going to start mass producing them before 2020,” Nikolai Testoyedov, chief designer at Reshetnev Information Satelllite Systems JSC, Russias number one satellite maker, told the media
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US Could Impose $10 Billion Retaliatory Duties Against Airbus For Receiving $22bn...
September 23, 2016 @ 03:17 PMUS is likely to impose $10 billion a year retaliatory duties against Airbus, following the World Trade Organization rule that the EU has failed to comply with its obligation to remedy the massive subsidies European governments have provided to Airbus for more than 40 years. “The next step for the US is to obtain WTO authorization to impose billions in retaliatory duties
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US Rejects Resolution To Block $1.15 Billion Weapons Deal To Saudi Arabia
September 22, 2016 @ 01:56 PMThe US senate has rejected a resolution to block weapons deal worth $1.15 billion to Saudi Arabia
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Google Reviewing Taiwan's Request To Blur Images Of Military Facilities in Disputed...
September 22, 2016 @ 12:11 PMGoogle is carrying out review on Taiwans request to blur imagery of unidentified Taiping Island military structures viewable on its Earth and Maps services. Four giant tetrapod-shaped structures on the north-western shoreline of the island Itu Aba controlled by Taiwan and also claimed by several other countries was visible on Google Maps satellite photo, Local media reported Wednesday
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US Approves $1.9 Billion Boeing KC-46 Refueling Aircraft Sale To Japan
September 22, 2016 @ 10:37 AMThe US State Department has approved a possible sale of KC-46A aerial refueling aircraft and related equipment, training, and support for $1.9 billion to Japan
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Bill To Designate Pakistan ‘State Sponsor Of Terrorism’ Moved In US
September 21, 2016 @ 12:43 PMEven as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharief is trying to drum up support for alleged rights violations in Kashmir at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, a US lawmaker has moved a bill to have the US administration declare Pakistan as a ‘state sponsor of terrorism. Congressman Ted Poe, the Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, along with Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, introduced H
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Pakistan Closes Airspace For Warplanes Rehearsal 'Amidst Indian Threats': Pak Media
September 21, 2016 @ 11:04 AMPakistani warplanes are said to have commenced a take-off-and-landing rehearsal in the northern region of the country this morning ‘amidst threats from India. The Express Tribune newspaper reported today that Pakistan International Airlines had cancelled flights from Islamabad to Skardu, Gilgit, Chitral and Peshawar this morning for an unspecified period to facilitate the rehearsal by the Pakistan Air Force
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US Approves Sentinel Air Defense Radar Sale To Egypt
September 20, 2016 @ 04:46 PMEgypt has received US State Department approval to acquire $70 million eight Sentinel AN/MPQ-64F1 radars to expand its existing air defense architecture for countering air-attack threats. "This will contribute to Egypt's military goal of updating its capabilities while further enhancing interoperability among Egypt, the United States, and other allies
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Syrian Warplane Shot Down, Pilot dead
September 19, 2016 @ 02:02 PMA day after a deadly US-led coalition attack on a Syrian Army position in Deir Ezzor claimed the lives of over 60 soldiers, a Syrian Air Force plane was shot down and its pilot killed. SANA, a Syrian publication quoting military sources said that the warplane was shot down while carrying out a combat mission against ISIS, and that the pilot was martyred
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Canada to Join GCAP Sixth Gen Fighter program as Observer
Commissioning of Taiwan’s First Indigenous Submarine Within Next 2 Months
US Armed Forces Members to Undergo Testing for Testosterone Levels
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