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Canada Submits Expression of Interest to Buy Used Australian Boeing F/A-18 Jets...
October 10, 2017 @ 11:39 AMThe Canadian government has submitted an expression of interest to buy used Boeing F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets from Australia amidst a trade dispute with the United States. "Canada expects to receive a response by the end of this year that will provide details regarding the availability and cost of the aircraft and associated parts that Canada is considering," the Canadian government said in a statement yesterday
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Embraer Welcomes Establishment of WTO Panel To Analyse Bombardier Funding
September 29, 2017 @ 02:46 PMBrazilian firm Embraer has issued a statement Friday supporting the establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO) panel in Geneva that will examine Brazils case against Canadian subsidies worth US$3 billion for planemaker Bombardier Inc. Brazil has threatened for months to open the WTO dispute, arguing that support for Bombardiers new CSeries was undercutting the market for commercial jets made by Brazilian rival Embraer SA
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Israel Continues to Sell Weapons to Myanmar despite Ethnic Cleansing Reports
September 29, 2017 @ 01:40 PMIsrael has been criticized by rights advocates calling for the nation to end sale of weapons and training to Myanmar and other conflict zones after evidence cropped up from social media public posts by Myanmar General and certain Israeli companies. The Facebook posts by Myanmar army Chief Gen
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Canada Won’t Do Business with Boeing until It Drops Charge Against Bombardier:...
September 19, 2017 @ 01:15 AMThe Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that Canada would not do business with a company that is busy trying to sue them. Trudeau said that Boeing can forget about selling fighter jets to Canada as long as its trade complaint is ongoing against Bombardier
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Boeing Promises to Spend $18B Over 10 Years if Canada Awards Contract...
September 18, 2017 @ 08:55 AMBoeing has promised to spend $18 billion in Canadian aerospace industry over the next decade if the contract is awarded. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to discuss the five-month old dispute between Boeing and Bombardier with his British counterpart Theresa May on Monday
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United States Supplying Weapons Worth $2.2B To Syrian Terrorists Organization: Report
September 14, 2017 @ 06:01 PMTwo investigative documents have emerged stating that the United States have been supplying arms and ammunitions purchased from several Eastern European countries to terrorists groups in Syria under the guise to fight Daesh. According to a report by the
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Canada Eyes Second-hand Australian Fighter Jets Instead of Boeing Super Hornets
September 6, 2017 @ 10:51 AMThe Canadian government is looking at buying second-hand fighter jets from Australia instead of buying a new fleet of 18 Super Hornets from Boeing. The government is refusing to sign a planned multibillion-dollar contract for Super Hornets as long as Boeing pursues its complaint against Bombardier at the International Trade Commission in the US,
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S Korean Army Suspends K-9 Howitzer Use Pending Blast Enquiry
August 24, 2017 @ 10:24 AMThe South Korean Army has decided to halt exercising with the Samsung Techwin K-9 artillery gun pending an enquiry to find out what caused the explosion of the self-propelled howitzer that killed two soldierand injured five others last week. The explosion inside the K-9 Thunder gun occurred during an artillery training exercise last Friday in Cheorwon, Gangwon Province
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K-9 Howitzer Malfunction Killed Two S Korean Soldiers
August 21, 2017 @ 10:38 AMThe explosion of a self-propelled howitzer ‘K-9 Thunder that killed South Korean soldiers last week is appeared to have caused by the combustion of gunpowder that is used to propel artillery shells toward the target, local media reports. “For reasons unknown, there was smoke inside the howitzers breach block assembly,” the South Korean Army official was quoted as saying by
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Nigerian Air Force Commissions Five Pakistan-made Super Mushak Trainer Aircraft
August 14, 2017 @ 03:22 PMThe Nigerian Air Force (NAF) inducted five Super Mushshak trainer aircraft into its inventory on August 9 for the primary training of its pilots at 401 Flying Training School (FTS), Kaduna. At the same time, 16 ab-initio student pilots, including 2 female cadets, graduated from the 401 FTS
U.K. Navy's New Drones Can Trick Sea Mines into Exploding Harmlessly
Turkey’s ASELSAN Demonstrates Laser Defense System Against Infrared-Guided Missiles
Russia Targets Patriot Battery in Kyiv as Germany Pushes for New U.S....
Dutch Intelligence: Russia Using WWI-Era Chemical in Ukraine
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...
