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India’s Home-Grown Subsonic Nirbhay Missile Test Postponed to Friday
October 14, 2015 @ 09:57 AMIndias Defense Research Development Organization will now test the indigenous sub-sonic cruise missile Nirbhay for the third time on October 16 after the Prime Ministers Office put the testing on hold for Thursday. The PMO has also put a couple of other missile tests on hold ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modis foreign tour
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DCNS To Deliver Two Mistral Class Command Ships To Egypt
October 12, 2015 @ 01:09 PMDCNS has signed a contract October 10 to deliver two Mistral class projection and command ships to Egypt. Hervé Guillou, Chairman and CEO of DCNS announced, “After the contracts for the supply of four GOWIND corvettes and a FREMM frigate, we have signed a contract for the delivery of two MISTRAL-class BPCs
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Indian Navy's Home Grown Nuclear Submarine To Undergo Missile Tests This Month
October 12, 2015 @ 08:15 AMThe Indian Navy's first indigenously developed nuclear submarine, INS Arihant is set to undergo Nirbhay and another missile tests later this month. “The missile test from the nuclear-powered submarine is aimed at paving the path for handing over it to the Indian Navy during the International Fleet Review in Visakhapatnam in February next year,” Indian Media quoted unnamed defense ministry sources as saying Monday
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North Korea Showcases 10,000 kms Range KN-08 Ballistic Missile
October 10, 2015 @ 11:36 AMNorth Korea has showcased a new version of intercontinental ballistic missile that has range of 10,000 kilometres in a military parade. The improved version of the KN-08 missile has a modified warhead, Yonhap news agency reported today
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Indian Military To Start Training in UAV Command and Control
October 10, 2015 @ 11:36 AMThe Indian militarys Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment (TACDE) is in the process of including command and control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in its curriculum. This shows the growing importance of UAVs in the armys military strategy
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US Approves $243 Million 4 MQ-9 Reaper Drones To Spain
October 7, 2015 @ 05:03 AMThe US Department of Defense has approved the sale of four MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft to Spain for $243 million. The deal would include four MQ-9 Block 5 drones, 20 embedded Global Positioning Systems, two mobile ground control stations, five targeting systems and five radars, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement
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South Korea, Indonesia Likely To Sign Accord For Joint Development Of KF-X...
October 7, 2015 @ 04:48 AMSouth Korea and Indonesia may sign an industrial engagement agreement for the joint development of Korean next generation fighter aircraft later this month. Earlier this week, South Korean government decided to develop some of its own KF-X fighters with some help from outside after the US denied did not allow exports of four major technologies promised for the South Korean project in a decision made in April
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Australia To Spend $1.3 Billion On 1,100 Hawkei Light Armored Vehicles
October 5, 2015 @ 02:57 PMAustralia will spend US $1.3 billion on home-made new light-armored vehicles to replace aging Land Rover fleet for the Army
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Internet Control Fast Becoming the First Line of Homeland Defense
October 1, 2015 @ 11:33 AMGovernments around the world are looking to control the internet as the first line of defense against internal dissent and external threats to their communications and knowledge infrastructure. State agencies often try to build a bizarre web of controls to know who is sending what message and intercept it if needed
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Afghan Forces Criticize US Made MD Helicopters
September 29, 2015 @ 04:31 PMThe Afghan Air Force has criticized its newly acquired American-made MD 530F helicopters after one of them was destroyed in an accident recently. According to a report by New York Times, the accident happened after a tailwind tipped the helicopter over the edge of a mountain it landed on
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South Korea’s DAPA Finishes Incheon Class Frigate Search Radar Upgrade
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
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...