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India Eyes Russian S-400 Missile Defense System
October 12, 2015 @ 10:36 AMIndia has plans to acquire Russian new-generation S-400 Triumf air defense missile systems capable of destroying incoming hostile aircraft, stealth fighters, missiles and drones at ranges of up to 400-km. “The Indian Air Force (IAF)s proposal to buy about a dozen S-400 long range missile systems from Russia will soon be taken up by the Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by the Defense Minister, Manohar Parrikar,” Times of India news daily quoted unnamed sources as saying Sunday
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France, Egypt To Sign Mistral Deal This Weekend
October 9, 2015 @ 05:08 PMFrench Prime Minister Manuel Valls will sign a contract on the sale of two French-made Mistral warships to Egypt during his visit to Cairo on October 10-11. Egypt emerged as Frances replacement customer for Mistrals in September 2015 after Moscow and Paris had terminated the $1
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Russia Readies Precision Guided Bomb For PAK-FA Stealth Fighter
October 9, 2015 @ 10:56 AMIn what is seen as Russias answer to the US Small Diameter Bomb, the countrys air force is testing the KAB-250 precision-guided bomb on board the Sukhoi Su-34 fighter. The Small Diameter Bomb is meant for the US F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters and the KAB-250 is designed to fit on the external and internal mounts of the PAK-FA or T-50 stealth fighter under development by Russia
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Russian Sets-Up Unofficial No-Fly Zone Over Syria: Reports
October 5, 2015 @ 03:53 PMBy deploying Navy cruiser Moskva armed with S-300 ship-to-air missiles opposite the Syrian coastal town of Latakia, Moscow has effectively enforced a no-fly zone over most of Syria. Israeli website Debkafile quoting intelligence sources said that all US and European aircraft currently deployed over Syria besides Israeli warplanes would be exposed to the S-300 anti-aircraft system
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Russia Using An Array Of Guided Weapons In Syria
October 5, 2015 @ 01:43 PMRussia is using its latest guided weaponry that include laser-guided missiles H-29L, KH-25 and KAB-500, Betab-500 air bombs in Syria. The Russian Air Force used high-precision laser-guided H-29L missiles in air raids on "terrorist positions" in Syria, Spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, Col
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France Cancelled Mistral Deal Under Pressure From Poland, East-European NATO Allies
September 30, 2015 @ 02:33 PMPoland and other East-European NATO allies threatened to cancel defence deals with France if it sold the Mistral Warship to Russia. This information has been revealed in recently released transcripts from the French Senate's International Affairs Committee that Eastern European NATO member states have put "significant pressure" to scrap the USD$ 1
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Russia Test Fires SSC X-8 Cruise Missile
September 28, 2015 @ 02:27 PMRussia has test fired a new ground-launched SSC-X-8 cruise missile this month, which an anonymous Obama administration official has claimed is a violation of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty. Russia launched the missile on Sept
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Rostec Offers Electronic Warfare, Communication Systems To Egypt’s Mistral Warships
September 28, 2015 @ 01:37 PMKRET and United Instrument Manufacturing Corp (UIMC) are ready to equip Egypts Mistral Warships with Electronic Warfare and Communication systems. “KRET has proposed to outfit the Mistral ships, previously intended for the Russian Navy with 5P28 Pobeditel electronic warfare defense systems, which can be installed on large ships such as aircraft carriers, helicopter carriers, and cruisers
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Egypt To Buy 50 Ka-52 Helicopter From Russia
September 24, 2015 @ 03:46 PMRussia and Egypt have reportedly signed a deal for the 50 Ka-52 helicopters possibly meant to be stationed on the Mistral carrier. "An agreement on the supplies of fifty Ka-52 helicopters has been signed," Tass quoted an unnamed source as saying Thursday
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Is Russia Deploying S-300 Missiles In Syria?
September 24, 2015 @ 10:18 AMRussia might have possibly deployed S-300 anti-aircraft missiles in Syria. According to Debkafile, a news website close to Israeli defense forces in a report earlier this week said, “Troops at the Russian base outside the coastal Syrian city of Latakia were seen preparing to deploy batteries of advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles
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