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Pakistan Fails To Clinch F-16 Deal As Letter Of Acceptance Deadline Expires
May 28, 2016 @ 12:00 PMPakistan will no longer be able to purchase US-made F-16s as Islamabad failed to provide a letter of acceptance to the Pentagon by its May 24 deadline. The US$699 million deal for eight F-16C D Block-52 multi-role fighters (2 C and 6 D models), was to be partially financed through the US Foreign Military Financing (FMF) programme but the US Congress disallowed selling the fighters at a subsidized price of US$270 and asked Islamabad to pay the full price
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Beijing Intercepted US Spy Plane As Per China-US Treaty
May 27, 2016 @ 11:55 AMChina intercepted an US surveillance plane in Chinese airspace near Hainan Province as per the treaty signed with US, a Chinese military spokesperson said. In response to the US accusation of two Chinese aircraft of performing unsafe maneuver when they intercepted the US surveillance plane while it was flying in the air space near Hainan Province, Senior Colonel Yang Yujun, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense (MND) of the People's Republic of China (PRC) was quoted by
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Pakistan Military Orders undisclosed number of AgustaWestland AW139 Choppers
May 25, 2016 @ 04:15 AMPakistan has signed a contract for an undisclosed number of AgustaWestland AW139 intermediate twin engine helicopters with Leonardo-Finmeccanica. The signing was held in Islamabad yesterday in the presence of the H
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Indian Interceptor Missile Test A Failure: Indian Newspaper
May 24, 2016 @ 03:26 PMThe interceptor missile tests carried out on May 15 was a failure despite claims by Indian Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) as a success. According to a report by
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Five Pakistani Naval Officers Sentenced To Death Over Warship Hijacking Plan
May 24, 2016 @ 02:53 PMFive Pakistani Naval officers were sentenced to death in a 2014 Karachi Naval Dockyard attack case on Monday. “Sub-Lieutenant Hammad Ahmed, and four other naval officers had been convicted of the naval dockyard attack that took place on Defence Day around two years ago,” Retired Major Saeed Ahmed in a trial of his son was quoted as saying by
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US Lifting Vietnam Arms Embargo Should Worry Russia
May 23, 2016 @ 01:00 PMUS lifting a 50 year old arms embargo against Vietnam should have Russia worried as Moscow currently meets over 80% of Hanois defence imports in value terms. Russia recent despatched the last of six Kilo-class submarines as part of a procurement contract worth US$2 billion signed in 2009
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US B-52 Bomber Catches Fire in Guam, Crew Safe
May 19, 2016 @ 09:13 AMThe US Air Force B-52 strategic bomber has crashed in Guam, a US island territory in the Western Pacific, today. "A B-52H Stratofortress preparing to take off for a Continuous Bomber Presence mission aborted on take-off and caught fire at approximately 8:30 a
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MBDA To Win $590 Million UK’s Spear 3 Weapon Contract
May 16, 2016 @ 03:24 PMMBDA is all set to win a £411million (US $590 million) contract from the UK Ministry of Defence to develop the Spear 3 weapon. The Spear 3 is described as the sister weapon to MBDAs Brimstone already in service with the RAF in Iraq and Syria against so-called Islamic State,
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South Korea, US and Japan To Carryout Anti-Missile Exercise To Counter North
May 16, 2016 @ 12:14 PMSouth Korea along with the United States and Japan will carry out their first joint anti-missile exercise in Hawaii in June to counter North Korean nuclear and missile threats, The trilateral missile defense exercise will take place on the sidelines of the Rim of the Pacific Exercise, or RIMPAC, the world's largest US.-led international maritime warfare exercise, to be held from June to August around the US island, Yonhap reported citing the South Korean defense ministry Monday
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Indian Interceptor Missile Knocks-down Prithvi-Size Ballistic Missile
May 16, 2016 @ 10:38 AMIndia has intercepted an incoming Prithvi size ballistic missile launched from a ship with an indigenous supersonic interceptor missile on Sunday. In response to the missile test Pakistani advisor to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs told
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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