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Canada Starts Negotiations To Buy 18 Boeing Super Hornet Fighter Jets
February 1, 2017 @ 07:49 AMCanada government has started to negotiate with USA about sole-source purchase of up to 18 F/AQ-18 Super Hornet jet fighters from the US. The move, intended as a stopgap solution to ease pressure on the air force's aging fleet of CF-18s, could cost taxpayers between $5 billion and $7 billion over the lifetime of the aircraft, according to data circulating within the Department of National Defence,
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Ka-52 Alligator Attack Helicopter Production Doubled To Meet Russian, Foreign Orders
January 31, 2017 @ 12:08 PMRussian Helicopters will double the production of Ka-52 Alligator reconnaissance and combat helicopter to meet domestic and export orders in 2017. The helicopter built at Progress has already completed all ground and flight tests required by the technical terms and conditions of the government contract
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Trump Authorised Spl Ops in Yemen Kills US Soldier, 16 Civilians
January 30, 2017 @ 11:20 AMSixteen civilians and a soldier were killed in the first US president Donald Trump authorized military operations carried out in Yemen last Saturday. The US military said it killed 14 militants from “al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula” (AQAP), the organizations branch in Yemen, in an attack launched on the rural Yakla district of al-Baida province
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Intensified Missile Tests By N Korea, China, India and Pakistan in 2016
January 28, 2017 @ 02:24 PMNorth Korea, India and Pakistan launched a total of about 37, some capable of carrying nuclear weapons in 2016 making it one the busiest years for medium-to-long-range missile tests in recent memory. North Korea reportedly carried out about 25 medium to long range missile test launches of which just one was claimed as a success by Pyongyang
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Russia To Get Advanced MiG-35 Fighters Next Year
January 27, 2017 @ 02:58 PMRussia has plan to equip its Aerospace Forces with advanced MiG-35 multirole fighters by 2018. "We are starting a big testing program, and I plan that a year from now this aircraft will enter into direct service with the Russian Aerospace Forces," MiG Director General Ilya Tarasenko said
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China Joins UN Sanctions Against North Korea, Bans Dual-use Products Export
January 27, 2017 @ 11:07 AMChina has released a list of goods that are banned for export to North Korea in compliance with UN sanctions that include items and technologies used to build 'weapons of mass destruction'. Chinas resolution also serves as a warning to North Korea not to conduct a nuclear test during the Chinese New Year as it did in 2016, according to the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) statement posted Wednesday
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Vietnam Receives Sixth Russian-built Diesel-electric Submarine
January 25, 2017 @ 02:38 PMVietnam has received the last Varshavyanka-class diesel-electric submarine from Russian arms exporter Rosoboronexport under 2009 contract. The contract for the construction of a batch of six Project 636
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White House Twitter Accounts Vulnerable To Cyber Attacks
January 25, 2017 @ 02:22 PMTwitter accounts of the US President (@POTUS), First Lady (@FLOTUS) and Vice President (@VP) are highly vulnerable to cyber attacks, since they lack required security settings, according to a hacking expert who hacked over 500 accounts disseminating extremist propaganda. The current security settings of the White House accounts allowed anyone to click on the "forgot password" button and see a partially hidden email address associated with the account, a hacker who calls himself WauchulaGhost explained to
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Boeing F15-SA Fighter Jet Joins Royal Saudi Air Force Fleet
January 25, 2017 @ 12:47 PMSaudi Arabia today commissioned new batch of US-built F15-SA fighter aircraft during the inauguration of King Faisal Air Academys 50th anniversary marking its foundation. Inaugurated by the King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, these F15-SA jets, also known as ‘Eagle Fighters joined Saudi Royal Air Force fleet after a deal was penned with the United States in 2012 for the purchase of 84 units,
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China Deploys New Ballistic Missile After Trump’s Remark
January 25, 2017 @ 10:52 AMChina early this week announced the deployment of its new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) ‘Dongfeng-41 to Heilongjiang Province, a move which is seen as a response to newly-elected US President Trump's provocative remarks on the country. Most military experts say this is the second Dongfeng-41 strategic missile brigade for deployment in northeastern China and this is classified at the highest military levels,
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