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US Approves $1.8 Billion Artillery Rocket, Land-Attack Missile Sales to Taiwan
October 22, 2020 @ 04:51 AMAs China prepares to invade Taiwan, the US has approved sale of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) Missiles besides MS-110 Recce Pods altogether worth $1.8 billion
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Iran Military to Hold Aerial Drills
October 21, 2020 @ 10:13 AMIranian Revolutionary Guards Command (IGRC) has announced a massive aerial drill starting Wednesday, the first week after the expiry of UN sanctions against the Islamic state. The large-scale drills, codenamed Modafean-e Aseman-e Velayat 99 (Guardians of Velayat Sky 99), will begin on Wednesday under precise supervision of experts from the Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base, Brigadier General Qader Rahimzadeh, who will command the exercise, said on Tuesday
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US Sanctions Chinese Firms for Deals with Iran Shipping Lines After UN...
October 20, 2020 @ 10:01 AMThe United States today imposed sanctions on six Chinese companies for their dealings with Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), a day after a U.N
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Iran Says will Export Arms, Pompeo Threatens Sanctions
October 19, 2020 @ 12:31 PMFollowing the expiry of UN arms embargo against Iran, Tehran asserted that United States is afraid of its potential for arms exports and hence threatening sanctions against countries that trade in arms with the Islamic republic. “Iran possesses more export potential rather than being a market for purchase [of arms],” Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told a press conference on Monday, reminding that 90 percent of the countrys defensive needs are being manufactured indigenously
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DRDO Flight Tests Indigenously Developed Anti-Radiation Missile from Su-30MKI jet
October 9, 2020 @ 03:34 PMIndias state-run DRDO flight tested a new generation Anti-Radiation Missile RUDRAM today onto a radiation target located on Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha. The missile was launched from SU-30 MKI fighter aircraft
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GE Engines to Power Pakistan’s Turkish-built MILGEM Corvettes
October 6, 2020 @ 06:01 PMGE Marine has signed a contract with Turkeys STM (Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik Ve Ticaret A.Ş
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India Tests Torpedo with Supersonic Missile Assisted Release
October 6, 2020 @ 09:36 AMThe Indian Ministry of Defence tested Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) on October 5 from Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha. All the mission objectives including missile flight upto the range and altitude, separation of the nose cone, release of Torpedo and deployment of Velocity Reduction Mechanism (VRM) have been met perfectly, the ministry said
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UK Carrier Embarks Largest Number of Warplanes Ever for NATO Exercises
September 23, 2020 @ 05:36 PMThe UK Navys HMS Queen Elizabeth has embarked the largest number of warplanes ever onto deck as it prepares to take its place at the heart of a UK-led NATO Carrier Strike Group. Two squadrons of F-35B stealth jets, the RAFs 617 Squadron (The Dambusters) and the US Marines Corps VMFA-211 (The Wake Island Avengers), have joined the 65,000-tonne carrier as it sails for exercises with allies in the North Sea
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Taiwan Deploys MIM-23 Hawk Missile System: Reports
September 22, 2020 @ 10:56 AMTaiwan has reportedly deployed MIM-23 Hawk air defense systems (ADS) in light of recent alleged airspace violations by China. Photographs circulating in social media show the ADS being deployed in an open field in Taiwans Tainan city
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Chinese Navy Minesweepers Exercise to Break Taiwan Sea Mines Ring
September 22, 2020 @ 06:31 AMThe Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Navy held live-fire anti-sea mine exercises involving warships and minesweeping robots to thwart Taiwans alleged attempt to surround Taiwan Strait with mines. Chinese experts said the recent PLA drills displayed its ability to destroy mines laid by Taiwan to buy time for U
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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
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
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...
