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France Doubles Arms Sales to Euro 16 Billion in 2015
January 20, 2016 @ 01:23 PMFrance doubled its arms sale to 16 billion euors in 2015 as against 8.3 billion in 2014 and may be a close third behind Russia as the worlds largest arms exporter for the year
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Robotic Demining System Enters Russian Army Service
January 18, 2016 @ 09:14 AMThe new robotic mine clearance systems has become operational with Russia's Southern Military District, Sputnik reported. The Uran-6 sophisticated robotic demining system is a multipurpose system which is powerful enough to replace 20 sappers and which can be remotely operated from a safe distance of about one kilometer
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General Dynamics Wins $75 Million US Army Contract For Stryker Vehicle Cannons
January 16, 2016 @ 08:22 AMGeneral Dynamics has been awarded a $75 million contract to design a 30mm cannon for the US Army Stryker infantry carrier vehicles. The contract awarded is for development of eight prototypes, the US Department of Defense announced Friday
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US Releases Footage Of Iranian Rockets Fired Near Aircraft Carrier
January 11, 2016 @ 02:49 PMThe US Navy has released a footage that showed Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels firing rockets near warships in December last year. The footage released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request was shot from a Seahawk helicopter, the US Navy said Saturday
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China’s First Operational Aircraft Carrier to Set Sail In 2016
January 5, 2016 @ 06:27 AMChinas second aircraft carrier and its first operational combat carrier will set sail later this year “based on current progress.” The first ocean-going aircraft carrier combat taskforce of the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, led by the new aircraft carrier, will possess initial combat capability in 2018 or 2019, according to an insightful article in China Military sourced from Southern Weekly
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Indian Navy Plans To Equip 23 Warships With Barak-8 Missile
January 4, 2016 @ 12:53 PMThe Indian navy plans to equip 23of its destroyers and frigates with Indo-Israel Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LRSAM), Barak-8. The warships include aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya during its mid-life upgradation (MLU), the two indigenous aircraft carriers being designed and built, the three Delhi-class of destroyers (built under Project 15), three Kolkata class destroyers (Project 15A), four Vishakhpatnam class destroyers (project 15B), three Shivalik class (Project 17) during MLU and seven frigates under Project 17A
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New Russian Navy Frigate Completes Certification Tests
December 31, 2015 @ 08:59 AMRussias newest frigate Admiral Grigorovich has completed trials in the Barents Sea, the Yantar shipyards official said. "The second and last phase of the certification tests is over
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India's Reliance Partners Rosoboronexport To Manufacture Ships, Subs
December 24, 2015 @ 11:53 AMIndias Reliance Defense has entered into a strategic partnership with Russian United Shipbuilding Corp (USC) and Rosoboronexport eyeing multi-billion dollar surface vessel manufacturing, refitting and modernization program for the Indian Navy. India is planning to manufacture four ‘Talwar class frontline warships costing over INR 30,000 crore (US $4
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German Tornadoes, Transport And Ground Troop Head Turkey Against IS
December 10, 2015 @ 03:52 PMGermany has set off two tornado jets, a transport plane and 40 soldiers and ground crew to Turkey to fight Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria. The planes will be based until their anti-IS mission
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Iran’s Cyber Police Arrests 53 IS Sympathizers In Last 20 Months
December 7, 2015 @ 02:59 PMIrans cyber police unit, FATA claims to have arrested 53 people supporting Islamic State (IS) sympathizers on the internet over the past 20 months. “Some of those individuals who had backed the IS dogma out of negligence were released on their own recognizance whereas the rest have remained in custody,” Head of Iran's cyber police Brigadier General Kamal Hadianfar was quoted as saying by Iranian PressTV on Monday
Australia Rejects U.S. Push for Advance War Commitments Over Taiwan
Chinese Carrier Based J-35 Jets Could Fly off Proposed New Russian Aircraft...
Pentagon to Arm Warfighters with ‘Made in America’ Low-Cost Drones
Norway to Buy 9 Sikorsky HH-60W Helicopters Worth $2.6 Billion
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
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...