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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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Turkey To Receive U.S BLU-109 Bunker Bursting Bombs
February 27, 2016 @ 04:03 AMThe Pentagon has awarded a contract for the sale of an unspecified number of BLU-109 bunker bursting bombs to Turkey. Ellwood National Forge and General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems have been awarded a $682,900,000 foreign military sales contract (Turkey) for BLU-109 penetrator bomb bodies and components
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Germany Considers Training Tunisian Soldiers To Counter Islamic State
February 22, 2016 @ 10:32 AMGermany is mulling to send troops to Tunisia in order to train soldiers in the fight against IS. Representatives of the defense and foreign ministries will be holding discussions on Thursday and Friday on how Germany could support a training mission
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US Firms Win $49 Million Orders To Supply Nonstandard Weapons To Multiple
February 19, 2016 @ 07:43 AMCulmen, Defense Technology, Multinational Defense Services, Sierra Four and UDC US were awarded a $49 million contract for the production of nonstandard weapons parts and accessories for multiple countries under foreign military sales. The weapon parts and accessories will be for Chad, Afghanistan, Iraq, Romania, Somalia, Niger, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Pakistan, Peru, Congo, Jordan and Colombia, US department of Defense said in a statement Thursday
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UK, Sweden Reject Pro-Assange Ruling By UN Panel
February 5, 2016 @ 01:03 PMThe UK and Sweden have rejected the ruling by the UN panel favouring Julian Assange. The UN Panel examining the case of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange on Friday ruled that he should be allowed to walk free and compensated for his, “deprivation of liberty”
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US Air Force Awards $272 Million Contract To Expand Balad Air Base...
January 30, 2016 @ 08:09 AMThe US Air Force has awarded a $272 million contract to Sallyport Global Holdings in Virginia to run security and life support operations at Balad Air Base in Iraq over the next year. Work is expected to be completed by January 31, 2017, the US Department of Defense announced Friday
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US Approves Smart Bombs, Missiles, Munitions Worth $2 Billion For Iraqi F-16
January 21, 2016 @ 01:02 PMThe US Government has approved sale of smart bombs, AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles and other munitions for use on its fleet of 36 F-16 fighter jets in a deal valued at up to $1.95 billion to Iraq
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Kuwait Allocates Additional $10 Billion For Military Modernization
January 19, 2016 @ 02:16 PMKuwait has allocated an additional $10 billion funds to purchase new fighter jets, tanks and air defense systems over the next decade. Kuwaits parliament unanimously approved a request by the state government
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Iraq Gets Pentagon Approval For Hellfire Missiles Sale Worth $800 Million
January 8, 2016 @ 03:09 PMThe US State Department has approved a $800 million Foreign Military Sale of Hellfire missiles to Iraq. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of this sale on January 6, 2016, the Pentagon said Thursday
As U.S. Halts Military Aid, Ukraine on the Verge of Losing Kursk...
Mirage-2000 Jet Intercepts Russian Cruise Missile in First Kill in Ukraine
Russian Air Defense Radar in Crimea Destroyed in Unknown Fire
Hiroshima Bomber Enola Gay to lose "Gay" as Pentagon Purges Transgender Names
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