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Indian Weapons Import Up By 111 Percent, According To SIPRI
March 17, 2014 @ 08:26 AMIndia continues to dominate global defense exports, importing nearly three times as many weapons as neighbors China and Pakistan in the past five years, according to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The total volume of arms sales was up 14 percent in 2009-13 compared to the previous five years, according to the Swedish think tank
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Indian Sukhoi 30 MKIs Suffering Multifunctional Display Failures; India Complains To Russia
March 7, 2014 @ 10:05 AMIndias fleet of Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft are suffering multiple failures of its cockpit display system, if leaked documents are to be believed. According to a communiqué between HAL and Irkut Corp dated 28 February 2014, the MC-1 or Mission Computer 1 and the head-up display (HUD) of the Su-30MKI has recorded “multiple cases of repeated failure”
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Indian Embassy's Systems in Moscow Hacked to Target Rosoboronexport
March 7, 2014 @ 08:00 AMThe Indian embassys network systems in Moscow were hacked to launch a cyber attack on Russian arms exporting agency, Rosoboronexport, if a claim by group calling itself the ‘Russian Cyber Command (RCC) is to be believed. The attack was launched earlier this week to steal some 1000 documents concerning Rosoboronexports dealings with India and other countries which import arms from Russia
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Russia To Acquire, Upgrade Weapons Worth $55 Billion
March 5, 2014 @ 10:01 AMRussias Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov on Wednesday said that Moscow will $55.6 billion to acquire new weapons and upgrade the existing armament of its Aerospace Defense Forces
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Afghanistan Receives First Batch Of Mil Mi-17V-5 Helicopters
February 28, 2014 @ 01:44 PMRussia has delivered six Mil Mi-17V-5 military-transport helicopters to Afghanistan under a US contract for 30 said helicopters, according to ARMS-Tass. The Kazan Helicopter Plant, that is the head contractor on the supply of 30 Mi-17V-5 helicopters to the US ground forces, is making a second batch of six aircraft of this type
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Egypt, Russia Sign Weapons Deal Worth Over $3 Billion: Reports
February 14, 2014 @ 01:34 PMEgypt and Russia have reached an initial agreement on how to implement a new arms delivery deal worth over $3 billion. According to Vedomosti newspaper, at the meeting the two sides initialed or signed contracts for the delivery of MiG-29M/M2 Fulcrum fighter jets, air defense missile complexes, Mi-35 helicopters, coastal anti-ship complexes, light weapons and ammunition
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Afghan Army Service To Receive More Mi-17 Helicopters This Year
February 13, 2014 @ 04:37 PMRussia's Rosoboronexport began the delivery Mi-17V-5 - the military transport helicopters to Afghanistan, under a contract to transfer total 30 said helicopters. To date, three vehicles have been already supplied to the Afghan side
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Russian Navy To Receive Varshavyanka-Class Submarines By 2016
January 30, 2014 @ 01:52 PMThe Russian Navy will deploy total six Varshavyanka-class diesel-electric submarines by 2016, with second boat to float out in May this year, according to RIA Novosti. The much anticipated delivery of the submarines, dubbed “black holes in the ocean” by the US Navy because they are nearly undetectable when submerged, is a key part of Russias naval strategy in the Mediterranean, where Moscow has recently deployed a permanent task force consisting of some 10 surface ships
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Russia Offers Joint Productions On All Future Defense Deals With India, As...
January 22, 2014 @ 11:24 AMJoint productions of all future projects is expected to be the new norm in Indo-Russian relations after Moscow last year offered to set up manufacturing facilities in the country for joint production of defence hardware. India and Russia agreed to set up manufacturing facilities in India for joint production of defence hardware during Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Rogozins state visit to New Delhi last year
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Russia Deploy Tactical Missiles On NATO Borders
December 17, 2013 @ 09:08 AMRussia confirmed that it deployed tactical ballistic missiles near the borders shared with NATO, assuring non-violation of international agreements. Russia had “quietly” moved 10 Iskander-M (SS-26 Stone) missile systems into its Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad and along its border with the Baltic States and NATO members Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, according to Bild newspaper
France to Modify Airbus A321 Airliner Into Boeing P-8-like Patrol Aircraft
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India Signs Deal with Russia for Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles for Submarines
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...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U