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UK Removes Final Chemical Weapon components From Libya
September 2, 2016 @ 07:19 AMUk Royal navy has helped, destroying the last stockpile of chemical weapons from Libya to keep them from reach of terrorists. RFA Mounts Bay, Bay-class auxiliary landing ship, escorted a shipload of chemical weapon ingredients through the Mediterranean from Libya, for destruction in Germany
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General Dynamics To Provide MK82 Bomb Casings To Saudi, UAE, France And...
August 31, 2016 @ 09:29 AMGeneral Dynamics has won $39 contract to supply MK82-1, MK82-6, MK84-10 bomb bodies to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, France and Iraq. Work is expected to be completed by December 31, 2017
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Russia Plans Anti-IS Flights From Turkey’s Incerlik Air Base, Also Used By...
August 24, 2016 @ 02:52 PMRussia has reached out to Turkey, requesting access to the US-built Incerlik air base, which is already a which is used by anti-IS coalition forces to hit targets in Iraq and Syria. Russia considers Incerlik air base as convenient launch pad for Syrian airstrikes, Sputnik News reported Tuesday
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Composite Blades For Russian Mi28NM Choppers Following Syrian Ops
August 18, 2016 @ 10:20 AMThe Russian Air Force plans to replace the full metal blades of Mi-28NM military helicopters with new ones made form composite materials. The helicopters are currently in operation in Syria
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USAF Offer $35,000 Bonus To Lure Drone Pilots
August 11, 2016 @ 10:42 AMThe US Air Force is facing shortage of fighter and drone pilots and is offering $35000 bonus for drone operators who sign-up for the contract. The shortfall will likely rise to more than 700 pilots (from a force size of 3,500 fighter pilots) by the end of this fiscal year, and as high as 1,000 in the next two years, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and the service's Chief of Staff, General David Goldfein, was quoted as saying by
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45000 Islamic State Fighters Killed, Remaining Easy Targets: US General
August 11, 2016 @ 10:19 AMOver the past 11 months, the US and its allies have killed about 45,000 Islamic State (IS) terrorists, a top US commander estimated. "We estimate that over the past 11 months, weve killed about 25,000 enemy fighters
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US Approves Billion Dollar Abrams Tank, Machine-gun Sale to Saudi Arabia
August 10, 2016 @ 09:54 AMEven as fresh civilian deaths were reported in a Saudi Arabian attack on Yemen, the Pentagon has approved the sale of up to 153 tanks, hundreds of machine guns and other military gear in a deal worth $1.15 billion to the country
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Insitu Wins $8M ScanEagle UAV Support Contract For Iraq
August 10, 2016 @ 06:26 AMInsitu Inc. has won the US Navy contract worth $8 million to procure support equipment, and support services for the ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft System operations for Iraqi armed personnel
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Iraq Receives Four F-16 Fighter Aircraft From US
August 9, 2016 @ 11:28 AMIraq has received four new F-16 fighters from the US as part of its $2 billion purchase of 36 aircraft. "The new aircrafts will have a substantial impact on the advancing ground troops especially when the Mosul offensive starts," said Nasir Nouri a spokesperson from the ministry was quoted as saying by
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Pakistan Continues To Use Bogus Bomb Detectors Despite Global Ban
August 8, 2016 @ 03:05 PMPakistan continues to use bogus bomb detectors ADE-651 to guard its high-value facilities such as airports and government installations despite being officially banned last month. Pakistan bought more than 15,000 of a new variant of the absolutely useless handheld device,
Israeli Airstrike Targets UNRWA Clinic in Jabalia, 19 Killed
Ukraine Tests Long-Range FPV Drones with Fiber Optic Control
Russian Forces Deploy Homemade Chemical Munitions on Drones
U.S. Army Orders Oshkosh PLS A2 Trucks Worth $95M
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...