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Russia Plans Anti-IS Flights From Turkey’s Incerlik Air Base, Also Used By...
August 24, 2016 @ 02:52 PMRussia has reached out to Turkey, requesting access to the US-built Incerlik air base, which is already a which is used by anti-IS coalition forces to hit targets in Iraq and Syria. Russia considers Incerlik air base as convenient launch pad for Syrian airstrikes, Sputnik News reported Tuesday
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Pakistan To Participate In Turkey’s TFX Next-Gen Fighter Aircraft Program
August 23, 2016 @ 01:47 PMTurkey has invited Pakistan to participate in the development of its next-generation fighter program, TFX. Pakistans Minister of Defence Production Rana Tanveer Hussain in an interview with PTV last Sunday, said that Turkey had requested Islamabad to be part of the development program for its next-generation fighter aircraft
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Iran Unveils First Indigenous Long-Range Missile Defense System
August 22, 2016 @ 10:09 AMIran has released images of its first indigenous long-range missile defense system. The images on local news agencies showed President Hassan Rouhani and Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan standing in front of the new Bavar 373 missile defense system
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Joint Missile Development With US Part Of $51 Billion Japanese Defense Budget
August 19, 2016 @ 11:27 AMThe Japanese defense ministry plans to seek increase in military spending to 5.1 trillion yen (US $51 billion) for the fiscal year 2017 which will include joint development of SM-3 missile with the US
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Russian Su-34 Airplanes Attack Islamic State Positions in Syria
August 17, 2016 @ 01:00 PMA day after launching air strikes against Islamic State positions in Syria using long range bombers, Russia today deployed Su-34 attack aircraft for more precision strikes. Russian Su-34 warplanes deployed at an airbase in the west of Iran carried out airstrikes against IS militants in Syria Wednesday
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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
NATO Special Forces Select Thales-Leonardo Consortium to Deliver Communication System
Ukraine Blames Lack of Patriot Interceptors as Russian Missiles Rain Down on...
Ammunition Factory of Indonesian PT Pindad Breaks Ground
China Tests Nuclear-capable Missile that Can Hit Targets 10,000 km Away
One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
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