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Turkey To Employ Home-grown Combat Drones To Fight Terror
May 10, 2016 @ 12:35 PMTurkey will employ indigenous armed drones to fight terror. Chief of General Staff Gen
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Islamic State Producing Chemical Weapons On Its Own?
May 6, 2016 @ 12:26 PMIslamic State (IS) group may be producing chemical weapons on their own in Syria and Iraq, the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said. "Although they could not attribute this to Daesh (IS)
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Russia Delivers New Batch Of Su-25 Fighters To Iraq
April 18, 2016 @ 03:40 PMRussia has delivered a new batch of Sukhoi Su-25 strike fighters to Iraq. "A batch of Su-25 (three aircraft) has arrived in Iraq in accordance with the contract signed with the Russian side," spokesman for the Iraqi Defense Ministry Nasir Nouri Mohammed al-Tamimi was quoted as saying by Tass Monday
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US Deploys B-52 Bombers In Qatar To Fight IS
April 11, 2016 @ 03:57 PMUS Air Force (USAF) has deployed its B-52 Stratofortress aircraft in Qatar to counter Islamic State (IS) threat in Iraq and Syria. "The B-52 will provide the coalition continued precision and deliver desired airpower effects,” said Lt
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Is US Trafficking Arms To Syrian Rebels?
April 11, 2016 @ 02:32 PMThe US may have helped Syrian rebels by delivering Russian origin weapons from Romania to Turkey and Jordan late last year. The US governments Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website had solicited bids to transport a number of weapons and ammunition being sent to from a port in Romania to Turkey and Jordan
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Iraqi Mi-35 Helicopter Crashes
April 5, 2016 @ 04:00 PMAn Iraqi Mi-35 helicopter crashed south of Baghdad due to a technical glitch Monday. A colonel in Iraq's Joint Operations Command was quoted as saying by AFP that an "Mi-35 training helicopter crashed as a result of a technical problem," but that the crew survived
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Textron Wins $65 Million Contract To Supply APCs To Iraq, Columbia
April 5, 2016 @ 03:49 PMTextron has won $65 million contract to provide variants of Commando Select Armored Personnel Carriers to Iraq and Columbia. Textron has to provide 54 Commando Select APCs each along with 40/50 turret; four Commando Select APCs with 40/50 turret and command and control variant and two each Commando Select APCs to Iraq and Columbia, the Pentagon said in a statement Tuesday
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AM General Wins $10 Million Humvee Contract For Iraq
March 22, 2016 @ 06:59 AMThe government of Iraq has requested for an undisclosed number of High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) under the foreign military sales contract from the US firm AM General. “AM General, South Bend, Indiana, was awarded a $10,402,481 modification (P00017) to foreign military sales contract W56HZV-15-C-0155 (Iraq) for High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles,” the US Department of Defense announced Monday
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Saudi Anti-Tank, Anti-Aircraft Missiles For Syrian Rebels
March 4, 2016 @ 01:37 PMSaudi Arabia is willing to supplu Syrian rebel groups with anti-air and anti-tank missiles capable of striking Russian T-90 tanks and MLRS rocket launchers. Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi defense minister, plans to arm Syrian rebels militias with missiles capable of striking the new Russian T-90 tanks,
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US Working On New Cyber Attack Tactics To Overload IS Computer Networks
March 1, 2016 @ 07:58 AMThe Pentagon has accelerated the anti-IS campaign with the new cyber war tactics to be used against Islamic States widespread computer networks. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told AFP today that the US-led coalition is working to disrupt IS's command chain "to cause them to lose confidence in their networks
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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