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Asian Nations Accelerating Missile Race
August 17, 2016 @ 12:20 PMAsian nations are acquiring or modernizing missile defense capabilities to match emerging threats from their neighbours in turn accelerating a missile race in the region. The Japanese government on Monday decided on a plan to develop land-to-sea missiles with a range of 300 km (186 miles) to protect the nations isolated islands, including the Senkaku against Chinese ‘encroachment plans
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Russian 'Backfire' Bombers Attack Syrian Terrorist Depots From Iranian Base
August 16, 2016 @ 03:17 PMRussian Tu-22M3 bombers for the first time delivered airstrikes on Islamic State terrorist weapon depots in Aleppo, Deir-ez-Zor and Idlib provinces in Syira operating from Irans Hamadan airbase. Moscow and Tehran signed a military agreement allowing the Russian aircraft to be stationed at the airport in West Iran
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Sri Lanka To Call International Bids For Buying Eight Multi-role Fighter Aircraft
August 13, 2016 @ 04:11 PMSri Lanka plans to invite proposals from international fighter aircraft manufacturers to buy eight multi-role fighter aircraft to replace a largely grounded fleet of its air force. Quoting cabinet minister Rajitha Senaratne, Sri Lankan publication Economynext said on August 10 that the multi-role fighters would be used for national defence and maritime protection requirements
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Russia To Turn Syrian Base To Fully Operational Facility
August 11, 2016 @ 12:39 PMRussia plans to turn the Hmeymim base in Syria into a fully operational facility for its armed forces. "After an agreement on its legal status, Hmeymim will become a base of Russian armed forces, all the appropriate infrastructure will be built there and our servicemen will live in decent conditions," Franz Klintsevich, the first deputy chairman of the Defense and Security Committee of the Federation Council (the upper house of Russia's parliament) was quoted as saying in an interview with the Russian Izvestia newspaper
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45000 Islamic State Fighters Killed, Remaining Easy Targets: US General
August 11, 2016 @ 10:19 AMOver the past 11 months, the US and its allies have killed about 45,000 Islamic State (IS) terrorists, a top US commander estimated. "We estimate that over the past 11 months, weve killed about 25,000 enemy fighters
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US Delivers 50 Armored Vehicles, 40 Artillery And 50 Grenade Launchers To
August 10, 2016 @ 01:25 PMThe United States has delivered 50 armored vehicles, 40 artillery pieces and 50 grenade launchers to Lebanon worth $50 million. The equipment is part of the aid package that has crossed $220 million in the past year to counter threat from militant groups in Syria,
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US Approves Billion Dollar Abrams Tank, Machine-gun Sale to Saudi Arabia
August 10, 2016 @ 09:54 AMEven as fresh civilian deaths were reported in a Saudi Arabian attack on Yemen, the Pentagon has approved the sale of up to 153 tanks, hundreds of machine guns and other military gear in a deal worth $1.15 billion to the country
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Malware Called 'South China Sea RAT' Spied on Philippines, Other Targets
August 9, 2016 @ 02:48 PMA malware known as NanHaiShu or “South China Sea Remote Access Trojan (RAT)” in Mandarin was discovered to have gathered intelligence related to the South China Sea arbitration case from the Philippines and organizations involved in assisting the South East Asian country which won an international arbitration case against China. Hackers believed to be from China have attacked government and private-sector organizations linked to the row over the key waterway, a Japan Times report said quoting an analysis by Finnish cybersecurity firm F-Secure
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China Could Station 24 Fighter Planes In Spratly Islands Claimed By Philippines
August 9, 2016 @ 12:30 PMChina could place upto 24 fighter aircraft in hangers it is building in the disputed Spratly Islands, which the Philippines' claims is a part of its exclusive economic zone. Beijing has built three operational runways in the disputed Fiery Cross, Mischief and Subi Reefsislands which it claims is for civilian use but in reality, military fighter and transport planes regularly operate to the islands, a report in Philstar
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Iraq Receives Four F-16 Fighter Aircraft From US
August 9, 2016 @ 11:28 AMIraq has received four new F-16 fighters from the US as part of its $2 billion purchase of 36 aircraft. "The new aircrafts will have a substantial impact on the advancing ground troops especially when the Mosul offensive starts," said Nasir Nouri a spokesperson from the ministry was quoted as saying by
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China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
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The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles