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Russia Backs Syria Against International Condemnation Over Chemical Attack
April 5, 2017 @ 02:43 PMRussia has justified its ally Damascus against international uproar over Syria's chemical attack, stating that the air strike hit a terrorist warehouse that makes bombs with toxic substances. Russia, which backs Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government, admitted that Syrian planes had attacked Khan Sheikhoun
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UK Plans Military Training Support To Jordan Air Force
April 3, 2017 @ 01:02 PMUK has plans to deploy military trainers in Jordan for helping the Middle Eastern country in its fight against IS militants in Iraq and Syria. UK Prime Minister Theresa May is likely to announce about the move during a visit to the Jordanian capital of Amman on Monday,
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Poland To Sign $7.5 Billion Patriot Missile System Contract By Year-End
March 31, 2017 @ 01:37 PMPoland will sign a $7.5-billion agreement on the purchase of eight Patriot anti-ballistic missile batteries by the end of 2017
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AM General To Procure 150 Humvee Combat Vehicles For Iraqi Forces
March 29, 2017 @ 09:54 AMAM General has won a contract worth $28 million from the US Army to procure 150 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled vehicles (HMMWV or Humvee) for the Iraqi forces. “AM General LLC, South Bend, Indiana, was awarded a $28,195,632 modification (P00025) to foreign military sales (Iraq) contract W56HZV-15-C-0155 to procure 150 M1151A1B1 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled vehicles for the government of Iraq,” the US Department of Defense announced Tuesday
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Northrop Grumman To Provide LITENING Multi-Sensor Targeting System For Danish F-16 Aircraft
March 15, 2017 @ 11:16 AMNorthrop Grumman won a contract to provide the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) with pods containing a multi-sensor targeting and surveillance system known as LITENING for use on F-16 aircraft. LITENING allows coordinated air-to-ground and air-to-air capabilities, data links for cooperative targeting, laser spot search and track, laser markers and J-series weapons employment capabilities
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IDEX 2017: Future F-16 Fighter Jets To be Made in USA
February 22, 2017 @ 11:54 AMFuture customers of F-16 fighter jets will get them shipped from the USA, a Lockheed Martin executive said implying an end to licence-manufacture of the aircraft in foreign countries. Rick Groesch, Lockheeds regional vice president, was quoted as saying at the IDEX 2017 show in Abu Dhabi yesterday, "The next customer that we sell F-16 to we will build them in the US
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Foreign Customer Testing China’s CH-4 Networked Drones
February 6, 2017 @ 02:29 PMTeams from a foreign military customer of Chinas CH-4B series of attack drones recently tested four such drones networked to perform as a fleet. Networked attack drones could be a formidable force multiplier in a battlefield scenario with each drone ‘assigned to one or several target which eliminates the need for bombing populated areas such as during the war in Yemen or Syria
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IS Unveils ‘Drone Weapon’ Based On US-Built MQ-9 Reaper
January 25, 2017 @ 01:07 PMIslamic state, a Jihadist militant group in Iraq and Syria, have unveiled a new deadly ‘drone weapon through a video that is modelled on a US design. Based on US-built ‘MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle, these drones are filmed carrying out an attack on US-backed allied forces, the first by the terrorist group,
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Day After Trump Inauguration, Russia Attacks Daesh Targets in Syria With Tu-22M3...
January 21, 2017 @ 02:26 PMA day after the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president, Russian launched one of its deadliest attacks against Islamic State in Syria with six T-22M3 bombers that took off from Russia and dropped bombs at Daesh targets near Dier ez-Zor. The bombers were covered by Su-30SM and Su-35S fighter jets that flew from Hmeymim air base in a coordinated strike
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Second Libyan MiG-23 Fighter Shot Down In A Week
January 16, 2017 @ 02:49 PMA MiG-23 fighter jet flown by forces loyal to Libyan government was shot down as it carried out raids on jihadist positions over Benghazi. This is the second fighter jet to go down in the past week
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Denmark Joins Multinational Common Armoured Vehicle System Programme
U.S. Army Awards Lockheed Martin $4.94B Contract for Precision Strike Missiles
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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...
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...