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The United States on Friday announced the inclusion of 1,000 rounds of a 155mm precision ammunition as part of a new $400 million aid package – believed to the Raytheon-made Excalibur shell that can land within 5 meters of its assigned target. A Pentagon official at a background briefing did not confirm that the new round is the Excalibur ammunition stating that he did not wish to get into details for operational reasons
A Department of Defense official on Wednesday strongly urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to quickly approve the request of Finland and Sweden to join NATO. "The Department of Defense assesses that Finland and Sweden are ready for NATO membership," Celeste A
Czech company Aero Vodochody recently presented Iraqs defense minister Juma Inad with L-159 Alca light combat aircraft used by the Iraqi Air Force. The main purpose of the visit was a presentation of the L-159 modernization project, demonstration of the L-39NG jet trainer prototype, and further development of business relations between the OMNIPOL Group and Iraq, the company said in a release
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Malaysian firm Advanced Defence Systems (ADS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nexter Systems to provide the Caesar self-propelled artillery system to Malaysian Armed forces. The MoU was signed during the Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2022 exhibition in Kuala Lumpur on March 29
Latvian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Artis Pabriks has confirmed the countrys interest in buying Bayraktar TB2 combat drones from Turkey, which have been used on battlefields in Syria, Libya, Azerbaijan, Ethiopia, Iraq; and now in Ukraine. In an interview with
Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) issued a stern warning to Israel following a retaliatory missile strike in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil. An official IRGC statement said the ‘operation was in response to an Israeli airstrike on the Syrian capital of Damascus last Monday, in which two IRGC officers were killed
Russian tanks, artillery and trucks deployed to the areas close to the Ukrainian borders sport mysterious markings, which experts say appear shortly before combat. Videos and images of the army vehicles shared on social media show letter ‘Z painted on their sides, either by itself or enclosed by a white triangle, square or circle
Iraq is reportedly negotiating with China to procure FD-2000 surface-to-air defense missile (SAM) systems. The FD-2000 is the export variant of the HQ-9 a long-range semi-active radar homing (SARH) system developed by the Chinese defense industry