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Thales launches New friend-foe identification system for Warships
October 19, 2020 @ 02:28 PMThales today unveiled the TSA6000, the world's first Identification Friend-Foe (IFF) interrogator to use flat fixed-array active antenna technology that will provides 360° coverage around the vessel, with no trade-off in range capabilities, along with a fast identification capability. Based on all-digital flat fixed-array technology, the TSA6000 IFF identification system provides a smart 360° electronic scanning (or e-scan) capability enabling extremely fast identification of new types of threats
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Iran Says will Export Arms, Pompeo Threatens Sanctions
October 19, 2020 @ 12:31 PMFollowing the expiry of UN arms embargo against Iran, Tehran asserted that United States is afraid of its potential for arms exports and hence threatening sanctions against countries that trade in arms with the Islamic republic. “Iran possesses more export potential rather than being a market for purchase [of arms],” Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told a press conference on Monday, reminding that 90 percent of the countrys defensive needs are being manufactured indigenously
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China Tests Rocket-propelled Landmine Launchers in Tibet
October 16, 2020 @ 11:34 AMThe Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently conducted a live-fire training exercise of its rocket-propelled landmine launchers that spread a large number of mines over a given area in a short time. The test, conducted in Tibet will lead to a “rapid regional lockdown during combat,” state sponsored media reported
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Russia Could Use Hypersonic Missile as Bargaining Chip in Arms Control
October 8, 2020 @ 11:00 AMRussia could use its Hypersonic anti-ship missile, “Tsirkon” as a bargaining chip in arms control negotiations with the United States. The Russian ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, said yesterday that the successful tests of the newest Russian hypersonic missile Tsirkon (also spelt as "Zircon") gives confidence to Russian diplomats in the United States in arms control negotiations
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Russia Tests Tsirkon Hypersonic Cruise Missile
October 7, 2020 @ 09:03 AMRussia successfully test launched Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missile in the Barents Sea on Tuesday. “On October 6, 2020 from the White Sea, the lead frigate of Project 22350 Admiral Gorshkov for the first time fired a hypersonic cruise missile ‘Zircon at a sea target located in the Barents Sea,” Russian Ministry of Defense said in a
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GE Engines to Power Pakistan’s Turkish-built MILGEM Corvettes
October 6, 2020 @ 06:01 PMGE Marine has signed a contract with Turkeys STM (Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik Ve Ticaret A.Ş
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Egypt Orders 2 Italian FREMM Frigates for €1.2B: Report
October 3, 2020 @ 05:54 AMEgypt has reportedly placed an order for two Italian FREMM Bergamini-class frigates for $1.2 billion
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Dutch, Russian Armies Show Different Approaches to Battling Hostile Drones
October 1, 2020 @ 05:14 PMThe Dutch and Russian Armies today revealed different approaches to battling hostile drones which are becoming a growing threat to ground-based assets While the Dutch Army today announced the creation of a ‘Stinger Platoon equipped with man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS), the Russian Army said it was developing smaller, and cheaper missiles to hit at drones. Dutch Stinger Platoon The Dutch Army has created a platoon equipped with shoulder-launched ‘Stinger MANPADS to tackle low-flying threats such as drones
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UK Frigates to get Bofors 40 Mk4, Bofors 57 Mk3 Naval Guns
October 1, 2020 @ 11:21 AMBAE Systems won a contract to produce and deliver Bofors 40 Mk4 and Bofors 57 Mk3 naval guns for the U.K
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Pentagon Awards General Dynamics $1.2 Billion to Produce IM-SHORAD System
October 1, 2020 @ 07:16 AMGeneral Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded a $1,219,170,958 hybrid contract to produce, test and deliver Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) systems. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept
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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