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S Korea Increases Defense Budget By 4% For Next Year
December 5, 2016 @ 06:39 AMSouth Korea has increased its defense budget to 40.34 trillion won (US$34 billion) for 2017 from 38
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Estonia's Milrem Demonstrates Tracked Modular Infantry System
December 1, 2016 @ 12:07 PMThe Estonian defense solutions provider Milrem has demonstrated its tracked modular infantry system (TheMIS) alongside Estonian Land Forces personnel, conducting operationally representative manoeuvres. The demonstration was conducted alongside a series of trials held in first week of November at the land forces' training facilities at Tapa,
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US Finds India's First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant 'Non-operational For Decade'
December 1, 2016 @ 09:20 AMThe US Naval engineers who inspected Indias first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikranthave found it as non-operational for up to decade. They found the carrier with shortcomings like lacking at least small missile system to defend itself, a limited ability to launch sorties and no defined strategy for how to use the ship in combat
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Turkey Working On Home-grown Military, Passenger Aircraft
November 30, 2016 @ 01:46 PMTurkey is working on developing a military aircraft, passenger airliner and a satellite, Turksat 6A. "We continue to work on the creation of national military and passenger aircraft," Turkeys Science, Industry and Technology Minister Faruk Ozlu was quoted as saying by the Anadolu news agency on Tuesday
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S Korea Launches First Combat Support Ship With Improved Load Capability
November 30, 2016 @ 10:53 AMSouth Korea has launched its first combat support ship 'Soyang' which is capable of carrying 1,050 tons of stores that is nearly 2.3 times larger than what can be taken on by existing support vessels
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Turkey Claims Islamic State Used Chemical Weapons In Syria; Media reports
November 28, 2016 @ 11:34 AMThe Islamic State (IS) might have used chemical weapons against Turkish-backed Syrian rebels in Northern Syria that wounded 22 on Sunday. The Russian defense ministry is looking at the possible chains supplying toxic substances to Syrian militants after a mustard gas mine was found near the city of Aleppo, the ministrys press service said on Saturday
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Turkey To Equip Its ATAK Helicopters With Home-made Long Range Anti-Tank Missiles
November 25, 2016 @ 02:35 PMTurkey will equip domestically produced long-range, anti-tank missile UMTAS and laser guided UMTAS on their ATAK helicopters. The missiles manufactured by Rocketsan will be used on helicopters manufactured by Turkey
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Airbus Helicopters Delivers Six EC135T2+ Helicopters For Australian Defence Force
November 22, 2016 @ 10:42 AMAirbus Helicopters has achieved Factory Acceptance of new EC135T2+ for the Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) for the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The last six helicopters acceptance marks on-time completion of deliveries of the full fleet of 15 EC135T2+ helicopters
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Turkey Reaches Out To Russia For S-400 Missile System Buy
November 18, 2016 @ 01:41 PMTurkey is seeking to buy Russian S-400 air defense systems to bolster the countrys missile defense, Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik said Friday. "As for missile defense, work is continuing
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Korean Defence Procurement Official Held For Leaking Info To BAE Systems
November 17, 2016 @ 02:37 PMA South Korean defense procurement official has been held for a possible leak of confidential information on the KF-16 fighter jet upgrade program to BAE Systems. Investigators from the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office raided the offices of the state Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) Tuesday and detained the official in charge of contracts for questioning, Yonhap reported Thursday
Swedish Startup NAD Raises $3M, Set to Launch Unique Drone
Indonesian Pilot Flies South Korea’s KF-21 Fighter in First Test Flight
Australia to Acquire $2.12B in AMRAAM Missiles
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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
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
