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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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Tank, Gun And Rocket Among Words In IS Mobile App For Children
May 12, 2016 @ 02:03 PMA new mobile application reportedly launched by Islamic State (IS) directed for educating children with Arabic alphabet and vocabulary has jihadist themes along with words like ‘tank, ‘gun and ‘rocket. The IS's 'Library of Zeal' has released an application for teaching the Arabic alphabet to children on Android devices, the
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IS Shoots Down Syrian Military Helicopter
May 11, 2016 @ 01:19 PMThe Islamic State (IS) claimed to have downed a Syrian military helicopter in the countryside of the central province of Homs on Tuesday. The IS affiliated news agency, Amaq, said its fighters shot down the helicopter over the town of Huwaysis in the eastern countryside of Homs, Xinhua reported
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Turkey To Employ Home-grown Combat Drones To Fight Terror
May 10, 2016 @ 12:35 PMTurkey will employ indigenous armed drones to fight terror. Chief of General Staff Gen
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Iran Tests Ballistic Missile Capable Of Reaching Israel: Media Report
May 10, 2016 @ 10:01 AMIran reportedly tested a medium-range ballistic missile successfully two weeks ago that can reach as far as Israel, the local media reported Monday. "We tested a missile with a range of 2,000 kilometres (1,240 miles) and eight metres error margin two weeks ago
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Pakistan Rejects US Terms For F-16 Fighter Sale
May 9, 2016 @ 02:45 PMPakistan has rejected the conditions US has attached over the sale of eight F-16 fighter jets. Speaking to the media after a meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry Saturday said, “No conditiona should be attached to the sale of F-16s as Pakistan plans to use the fighters to fight terrorists and nobody else,” Dawn reported Monday
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Kalibr Missile Launched From Stary Oskol Diesel Sub
May 7, 2016 @ 09:42 AMRussias Northern Fleet has successfully carried out a sea-based trial of the Kalibr missile system from the Stary Oskol diesel-electric submarine. "The missile was launched from the underwater position at a Northern Fleet range in the Barents Sea
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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