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Singapore To Increase Aerial, Maritime Surveillance Capabilities With Aerostat System
November 30, 2016 @ 04:37 AMSingapore Armed Forces (SAF) has begun local tests of a 55 m tethered aerostat system that was acquired to enhance the republic's continuous airborne radar coverage and maritime surveillance capabilities. The system, which can detect aerial and seaborne threats at distances of up to 200 km, will be operated by the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) at the Choa Chu Kang Camp, which is located in the western part of the island,
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Singapore Army Commissions Protected Combat Support Vehicle
November 29, 2016 @ 04:34 PMSingapore Army has inducted a 20-tonne four-wheel drive platform Belrex Protected Combat Support Vehicle (PCSV) on Friday. In a ceremony presided over by the countrys second minister for defense, Ong Ye Kung, the PCSV was commissioned at a Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) live firing area in the western part of the island,
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Raytheon To upgrade Taiwanese Missile-Warning System
November 29, 2016 @ 10:28 AMRaytheon has won a $26 million US Department of Defense contract to modify Taiwans Early Warning Radar Surveillance Missile Warning Center. Under the contracts terms, Raytheon will upgrade the Taiwanese missile-warning system to address concerns that it could become obsolete, the Defense Department announced Monday
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Turkey Claims Islamic State Used Chemical Weapons In Syria; Media reports
November 28, 2016 @ 11:34 AMThe Islamic State (IS) might have used chemical weapons against Turkish-backed Syrian rebels in Northern Syria that wounded 22 on Sunday. The Russian defense ministry is looking at the possible chains supplying toxic substances to Syrian militants after a mustard gas mine was found near the city of Aleppo, the ministrys press service said on Saturday
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Turkey Offers Fast Attack Missile Boat FAC-55 To Pakistan
November 28, 2016 @ 09:23 AMTurkey is offering its newest Fast Attack Craft, ‘FAC-55 to Pakistan Navy. The Turkish shipbuilder Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik ve Ticaret A
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IS Militants Stole Russian Kalashnikov Assault Rifles, RPG-7 Grenade Launchers: Russian Media
November 25, 2016 @ 02:26 PMRussian weapons that Islamic State (IS) militants have stolen include Kalashnikov assault rifles and RPG-7 shoulder-launched anti-tank grenade launchers, according to documents obtained by Sputnik Arabic from Iraqs city of Mosul. Apart from Kalashnikov assault rifles, RPG-7 shoulder-launched anti-tank grenade launchers, other documents specify registration numbers of bullpup straight-pull bolt-action rifles, VSSK Vykhlop magazine-fed sniper rifles and other weaponry,
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Indian Navy Launches Seventh Landing Craft Utility
November 25, 2016 @ 09:05 AMIndian Navy has launched the seventh ship of LCU MK IV project Thursday at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd, Kolkata. LCU-L57 is the seventh vessel in the series of eight Landing Craft Utility Ships being designed and built by GRSE for the Indian Navy
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Indian Navy Deploys Interceptor Craft In Lakshadweep
November 24, 2016 @ 12:33 PMIndian Navys Fast Interception Crafts (FICs) that has speed up to 45 knots has been deployed to supplement the existing surveillance assets at Lakshadweep and Minicoy (L&M) group of islands. Deployed at Androth island, FICs will undertake patrolling around the Northern group of L&M islands, monitor shipping traffic and provide quick response to any developing security situation,
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Sharif Invites Foreign Defense Firms To 'Make In Pakistan'
November 22, 2016 @ 02:35 PMPakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif invited foreign companies to expand their business linkages with Pakistan in the field of defence production. “Pakistan was committed to discouraging arms race and promoting “the motto of arms for peace, which has always been the tagline of IDEAS,” Sharif was quoted as saying by
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India Test-fires Agni-I Missile
November 22, 2016 @ 10:04 AMIndias Strategic Forces of Command (SFC) successfully test-fires the indigenously built nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni I, from a test range off the coast of Odisha on Tuesday. Agni-I missile was tested from the Integrated Test Range on the Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast, at 10
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