The US is preparing to sell eight new f-16 fighter jets to Pakistan despite Islamabad admitting a day ago that it has small tactical nuclear weapons aimed at India. The sale plans, not yet made official by Washington come despite persistent concerns about Pakistans ties with Taliban and quickly expanding nuclear arsenal, various media reported today
Canada has signalled to withdraw its fighter jets from fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Canadas Prime Minister-elect Justin Trudeau on Tuesday told US President Barack Obama that the Canadian fighter jets will no longer be part of the fight against ISIL in Iraq and Syria
Russia is planning to set up tri-services military base in Syria aimed at eliminating ISIS militants. “Russia may end up having one massive military base in Syria, which would be shared by the Navy, the Air Forces and the Ground Forces,” Gen
The US Army has procured an unspecified quantity of BAE Systems Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWSTM) laser-guided rockets for use in on going operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. This deployment marks the first time U
AM General has won a $42 million HMMWV vehicles and parts contracts for Iraq, Afghanistan, Tunisia, Israel, Turkey, Kenya, Lebanon and the US. The recently announced contracts noted above cover items to include new production vehicles, international ambulance vehicles, automotive kits, spare parts and training
Iraq has officially launched a China-made CH-4B combat drone. There are two versions, the CH-4A and CH-4B
Raytheon has won a $18.6 million contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to help the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (GoHKJ) secure its borders with Syria
The Iranian ministry of defense has denied a US media claim that four of 26 cruise missiles fired from Russia's Caspian fleet at Syrias IS militants have fallen in Iran. We have not received any report indicating the crash of the Russian missiles on Iranian territories, an unnamed official at the Iranian Defense Ministry responded
A joint anti-IS information center is being established on the basis of the information center in Baghdad involving Russia, Syria and Iran. The joint information center will be based in Baghdad and will gather, process and analyze information about the situation in the Middle East to fight IS
As Russia and France bombs Islamic State (IS) positions in Syria, both have been touting the prowess of their respective fighter aircraft- the Sukhoi Su-34 and the Dassault Rafale. While Russia has launched air strikes on the side of the Syrian government and France on the side of the anti-Assad rebels, but against one common enemy, the Islamic State terrorist group, both seem keen to highlight the precision bombing capabilities of their respective aircraft