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Russian Amphibious Assault Ship 'Peter Morgunov' conducts Artillery Trials
May 30, 2020 @ 07:38 AMThe Russian Navys ‘Peter Morgunov Ivan Gren-class large amphibious assault ship conducted artillery firings during final stage of shipbuilders sea trials in the Baltic Sea. Russian defense ministry
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India Bolsters Military Near Border with China, Situation Stable Says Beijing
May 27, 2020 @ 09:10 AMIndia appears to be fortifying its border with China by reinforcing military facilities besides deploying drones as Sino-India relations continue to sour. Along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, India is said to have inducted additional troops and surveillance drones
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US Missile Warning Satellite System Completes Payload Preliminary Design Review
May 26, 2020 @ 05:33 PMThe U.S
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Spanish Indra to lead CROWN Project to give European Jets Control of...
May 25, 2020 @ 09:28 AMIndra has announced it will lead the European CROWN R&D project that will equip European fighters and aircraft with capabilities which combine radar, communications and electronic defence to dominate radioelectric space and operate at an advantage over the enemy. The company will coordinate the work of a consortium formed by Thales, Office National DEtudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales (ONERA), Hensoldt, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, SAAB, Totalforsvarets Forskningsinstitut (FOI), Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Leonardo, Elettronica, and Baltijos Pazangiu Technologiju Institutas (BPTI)
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Laser Weapon Fired from US Warship Destroys Target Drone
May 23, 2020 @ 04:40 PMA laser weapon mounted on a US Navy warship (USS Portland) shot down a target drone during in the first at-sea test of the Navys high-energy laser weapon system. The test termed successful, took place off Pearl Harbor on May 16, U
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Navy’s USS Zumwalt Destroyer Completes First Live Fire Test
May 21, 2020 @ 01:08 PMUS Navy sailors aboard USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) guided-missile destroyer have successfully concluded a structural test fire of the Mark 46 MOD 2 Gun Weapon System (GWS). The work was executed by the sailors with engineers and technicians from Navy Surface Warfare Centers on the Naval Air Weapons Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) Sea Test Range in Point Mugu on May 16, the US Navy said in a release Wednesday
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US Approves $180M Heavy Weight Torpedo Sale to Taiwan; Overpriced and Useless...
May 21, 2020 @ 09:12 AMThe United States has given the go-ahead to sell 18 Heavy Weight Torpedoes to Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) for $180 million. TECRO had requested to buy eighteen (18) MK-48 Mod6 Advanced Technology (AT) torpedoes
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KMW, Nexter and Rheinmetall to Start Initial MGCS Architecture Study
May 20, 2020 @ 01:22 PMThe Franco-German ambitious project to build a Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) is one step closer to seeing the daylight with companies- KMW, Nexter and Rheinmetall, receiving the go-ahead to begin initial architecture study. "With the contract on a system architecture definition study concluded between industry and the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBwBundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr), the future German-French Main Ground Combat System (MGCSMain Ground Combat System) has reached its next milestone," German Federal Ministry of Defense said in a statement Wednesday afternoon
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Credit Card Details of 2,208 easyJet Customers Stolen
May 20, 2020 @ 08:13 AMBritish airlines EasyJet has admitted credit card details of 2,208 customers had been stolen by hackers who have also managed to access email addresses and travel details of approximately 9 million people. “We are informing our customers that EasyJet has been the target of an attack from a highly sophisticated source
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Data Link Solutions, Viasat Win $2B to provide MIDS JTRS Terminals
May 20, 2020 @ 05:45 AMData Link Solutions and Viasat have each been awarded nearly $1 billion by the Pentagon to provide MIDS JTRS terminals that makes use of high-speed jam-resistant Link-16 tactical data exchange network. The companies won $998
Korean Hanwha’s Chunmoo Missiles to be Launched from Thales’ X-Fire Launchers
Russian Helicopters to Supply Iran with 12 Mi-171 Helicopters
No MiG-29 Jets to Ukraine Until Kyiv Transfers Drone Tech to Poland
Three Ships Sail Past U.S. Naval Blockade, Iran Claims
One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
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