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Pakistan To Buy JF-17 Fighter Jet Engines Directly From Russia
February 16, 2015 @ 06:12 AMPakistan will be importing JF-17 fighter engines from Russia, The Express Tribune Daily reported Saturday. Pakistan was importing engines via China earlier
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DRDO To Conduct User Trails Of Prithvi And AAD Interceptor Missiles
February 13, 2015 @ 10:33 AMIndias Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) will conduct user trail of Army version of Prithvi weapon system and developmental trail of Advanced Air Defense (AAD) interceptor missile later this month or early March. “The Strategic Forces Command (SFC) of the Army will carry out the test of Prithvi from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea while the interceptor missile will be tested from the launching complex-IV located in Wheeler Island near Dhamra in Bhadrak district,” an unnamed source was quoted as saying by Indian Express Daily Thursday
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Iran Unveils Drones With ‘Smart Missiles’
February 13, 2015 @ 10:16 AMIrans drones will now be equipped with high precision smart missiles travelling at supersonic speed, Fars news agency reported today. “The new drones are capable of destroying different types of aircraft that include fighter jets, drones and helicopters,” Deputy Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami was quoted as saying by Fars
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Iran Unveils Fighter Trainer
February 9, 2015 @ 12:53 PMIran has launched indigenously-built combat fighter, Saeqeh 2 (Thunderbolt 2), on Monday for training purposes. "The double-cockpit supersonic fighter jet which has been designed and built by the defense ministry's aerospace industries organization in cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran's Air Force will do close-range cover and backup in tactical missions as well as advanced pilot training missions," Iranian Deputy Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami was quoted as saying by Fars News Agency
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Russia Delivers Four Mi-28 Attack Helicopters To Iraq
February 3, 2015 @ 11:12 AMRussia has delivered four Mi-28 attack helicopters to Iraq to counter Islamic State (IS), Russian Military Source was quoted as saying by Interfax Sunday. The helicopters were part of earlier contracts Iraq signed worth around $4
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Iran Shows Offs Home-Made Hovercraft
February 2, 2015 @ 02:23 PMIran on Monday unveiled two indigenized hovercrafts in its Northern territorial waters in the Caspian Sea. The Two hovercrafts were unveiled in a ceremony to mark the 36th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran (1979) at the Naval base of Bandar Anzali port city in the Northern province of Gilan, FARS news reported
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Indian Navy Operationalizes Radar Network For Coastal Security
February 2, 2015 @ 01:51 PMA radar network for coastal security has been operationalized on the mainland, Indian Navy stated while submitting its response to the Bombay High Court in response to a public interest litigation filed by an NGO Association for Aiding Justice. Setting up of radar sensors on the island territories is also now nearly completed, Indian Navy was quoted as saying by The Indian Express
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Serbia Test-Fires Missiles With LRSVM Morava Multiple Rocket
January 31, 2015 @ 11:08 AMThe Serbian Armed Forces successfully test-fired missiles with the newly developed LRSVM Morava multiple rocket launcher on Friday. The system should become operational by year-end, according to InSerbia
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China To RePay $14 Million Debt To Crimea For Zubr-class Landing Craft
January 29, 2015 @ 03:30 PMChina will pay Crimea the balance $14 million for the purchase of Zubr-class air-cushioned landing craft from Crimea's Feodosia Shipbuilding Company and Fiolent plant instead of Ukraine. In 2009, China had signed a contract worth $315 million for purchase of landing craft from Ukraine
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Religious Extremism, Big Powers’ Dynamics Key Security Concerns: Singapore Def Minister
January 27, 2015 @ 07:58 AMThe threat of religious extremism in Asia stemming from the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the need to monitor the dynamics among US, China and Japan are some of the key security concerns facing Asia. Singapore Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen raised these issues in his keynote address at the third International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue Sherpa Meeting in Singapore yesterday
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