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Turkey, Qatar Start Joint Military Exercise With Armored Vehicles
August 2, 2017 @ 05:12 AMIn an endeavor seen as an attempt to block an invasion, Turkey and and Qatar started a joint military exercise yesterday with armored vehicles and personnel from both sides taking part. The joint military exercise on Aug
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Romania Approves $11.3B Spending Plans on Defense in Next Decade
August 2, 2017 @ 04:34 AMRomanias defense council has approved $11.3 billion (9
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India's Akash Missiles Found To Be Faulty: CAG Report
July 29, 2017 @ 01:40 PMThirty per cent of India's locally built Akash surface-to-air missiles (SAM) supplied to the Indian Air Force are found to be faulty, the Comptroller Auditor General of India (CAG) has observed. About 30 per cent of "strategic missiles" made by BEL - a defence public sector unit - failed when they were test-fired, the CAG repord said
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Eight Indian Navy Subs Running With Single Periscope: CAG Report
July 27, 2017 @ 12:42 PMIndian Navys eight front-line submarines operate with a single functional periscope, which makes them less efficient when deployed, a report by the Comptroller and Auditor Generals (CAG) revealed. In a report tabled in Parliament, the federal auditor pointed out that eight of India's 13 submarines currently operate single functional periscope and to install second one will take more than five years, Sputnik reports
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Ankara-Moscow Sign 'Documents' Related To S-400 Missile System Purchase: Erdogan
July 26, 2017 @ 10:31 AMAnkara and Moscow have signed 'certain documents' as part of a deal on the purchase of Russian-made S-400 long-range air defense missile systems, Turkeys President Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday. "Steps have been taken and signatures signed with Russia concerning the S-400s
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Critical Ammunition Shortage In Indian Army: Audit Report
July 22, 2017 @ 11:31 AMIndias Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has slammed the state-run Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) saying that among 152 types of ammunition used, 40 percent would run out in less than 10 days. The report by the CAG has raised issues of critical shortages in ammunition mentioning that another 55 percent of the ammunition was below the Minimum Acceptable Risk Level (MARL),
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29 Indian Fighters Including Five Su-30MKI Crashed In Past Five Years
July 22, 2017 @ 04:01 AMTwenty-nine fighter aircraft including five Sukhoi-30 crashed over the last five years due to technical defects and human error, Parliament was told on Friday. “During the last five financial years (2012-13 to 2016-17) and current year (upto July 18), 29 fighter aircraft including five Sukhoi-30 and three trainer aircraft have crashed,” Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre said in a written reply in the parliament
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Russia To Set Up Permanent Air Base In Syria’s Hmeymim Airfield
July 20, 2017 @ 11:49 AMRussia has got free use of Syrias Hmeymim Airfield for 49 years, extendable by another 25, to base its air group, TASS reported today. Russias upper house of parliament ratified a protocol to the Russian-Syrian agreement on the deployment of the Russian Aerospace Forces air group to Syria at its session on Wednesday
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India Still Looking To Buy Additional Boeing C-17 Heavy Lift Aircraft
July 19, 2017 @ 04:43 AMThe Indian government is pursuing the procurement of an additional C-17 heavy lift aircraft for the Indian Air Force, Minister of State for defence Subhash Bhamre, replying to a question in the Parliament Tuesday. India has already bought 10 C-17 aircraft from the US
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MKU Supplies Indian Army With 7,500 Ballistic Helmets
July 14, 2017 @ 09:43 AMIndian Army has received the first batch of 7,500 ballistic helmets to protect its infantry soldiers for the first time in 25 years. The first batch has arrived at the ordnance depots, whereas a second batch of 30,000 helmets is expected by 2017 end
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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
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...