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Saab to Provide Mid-Life Extension for UK’s Arthur Weapon Systems
March 11, 2020 @ 09:27 AMThe United Kingdoms Ministry of Defence has awarded Saab a 482 million SEK ($51 million) contract to provide mid-life extension and support for Arthur weapon locating system. Deliveries of the mid-life extension will take place between 2022 and 2023
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Iran Air Force Receives Locally-Overhauled Western Fighters, Cargo Planes
March 3, 2020 @ 07:34 AMThe Iranian military have received eight locally-overhauled aircraft that includes fighters such as F-14, F-4 and Mirage jets and C-130 transport plane. “The overhaul of military aircraft is a complicated process that only a few powerful countries in the world could do,” Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami was quoted as saying by
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Tunisia First to Buy Armed AT-6C Aircraft from US?
February 27, 2020 @ 04:05 AMThe US State Department has given its approval for the sale of 4 AT-6C Wolverine Light Attack Aircraft and related equipment to Tunisia for an estimated $325.8 million, which could be the first sale of the armed variant of the aircraft
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Israeli F-35I Jets Strikes “Large Convoy” in Syria
February 20, 2020 @ 06:50 AMIsraeli Air Force (IAF) F-35I “Adir” stealth fighter jets reportedly carried out a “successful” airstrike to destroy a “large convoy” of Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)- Quds Force, or Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) or of Lebanons Hezbollah, in Syria early on Thursday. “It is now confirmed that the F-35Is of Israel Air Force carried-out a very successful airstrike destroying a convoy of IRGC-Quds Force/Hezbollah/PMU on the way from Abu Kamal to Aleppo in Syria minutes ago
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Iran Installs Home-made Radar in Mirage F1 Warplanes
February 17, 2020 @ 07:25 AMIran has installed locally-made radar and other equipment in Mirage F1 warplanes flown to the country by Iraqi pilots during the 1991 US invasion of Iraq. “We have overcome the aircrafts previous shortcomings in the area of radar surveillance capability with our radars,” Iran Air Force Deputy Commander Brigadier General Amir Vahedi was quoted as saying by
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US Military Allowed to Lay Self-destruct Landmines
February 1, 2020 @ 07:12 AMThe United States has allowed it military to deploy self-destruct landmines in conflict zones such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria reversing an Obama-era policy prohibiting the US from using land mines outside of the Korean Peninsula. "The Department of Defense (DoD) has determined that restrictions imposed on American forces by the Obama Administration's policy could place them at a severe disadvantage during a conflict against our adversaries," the White House said in a statement Friday
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Nearly 3 Dozen US Personnel Diagnosed with Brain Injury Post Iran Strike
January 25, 2020 @ 06:18 AMThe fifteen Iranian missiles that struck two Iraqi air bases (Ain al-Asad, Erbil) on January 7 hosting the US military has left 34 of them with traumatic brain injuries, Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Rath Hoffman said Friday. The number has surpassed the military's last week's estimate of 11 injured personnel
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Seeking Weapons-for-Oil, Iraq Plans Delegations to Russia, China, Ukraine
January 23, 2020 @ 08:54 AMIraq is sending a team of delegates to Russia, China and Ukraine to negotiate barter trade- accept weapons from them in exchange for Iraqi oil. Baghdad has listed air defense systems such as S-300s and S-400s, as the primary item of procurement, especially after the heavily fortified "Green Zone" in the capital city of Baghdad hosting US Embassy and other important buildings was struck by Iranian missiles and rockets over the past few weeks
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Russian GLONASS Satellites Guided Iranian Missiles to US Target in Iraq
January 21, 2020 @ 11:47 AMIran used Russian GLONASS satellites to navigate its missiles while striking United States military bases in Iraq. The use of satellite guidance enabled precision strike on January 8- said to be with an accuracy of 10 meters- which has surprised US and Israeli specialists, Israeli news site, Debka File reported on Monday
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Iran Shot Ukrainian Plane Owing to F-35 Scare
January 18, 2020 @ 12:19 PMSpooked by the rumored presence of six F-35 stealth fighters in the vicinity amidst heightened tensions between US and Iran, Tehran is said to have downed the ill-fated Ukrainian passenger plane on January 8. "There were at least six F-35 fighters in the air in the Iranian border area (at the time)
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Taiwanese Female Officer Sucked into Fighter Jet Engine, Dies
Germany Commissions Thyssenkrupp for Submarine Missile Development
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...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U