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Korea To Buy Aerial Refueling Tanker Next Year
November 28, 2013 @ 03:19 PMKorea will pick an aerial refueling aircraft next year with a goal of deploying it by 2017 with the tender to be announced in January, 2014. The total cost will be about $1 billion (W1 trillion) for four refueling tankers between 2017 and 2019
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Vietnam To Get Two More Russian Submarines Next Year
November 8, 2013 @ 08:24 AMRussia will deliver the two more Varshavyanka class diesel-electric submarines to Vietnam in 2014, a Russian official was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti. The Varshavyanka-class (Project 636) is an improved version of the Kilo-class submarines and features advanced stealth technology, extended combat range and the ability to strike land, surface and underwater targets
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India Proposes BrahMos Missile Requirement For Next Submarines
October 3, 2013 @ 09:41 AMThe Indian Defense Ministry has decided to mount the Indo-Russian BrahMos cruise missile onto the six conventional submarines purchased under a $12 billion tender. Indias Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which is jointly producing the BrahMos with Russia, has persuaded the MoD to incorporate the requirement for the tender, expected to be floated by the end of the year, according to Defense News
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INS Sindhurakshak ‘Battle-Ready’ At The Time Of Explosion
August 14, 2013 @ 12:59 PMThe Russian shipyard in charge of the INS Sindhurakshaks overhaul and refit today issued a statement saying that the recent work on the sub has no connection to the explosion that occurred early Wednesday morning. “The vessel was battle-ready and technically sound,” an official at Zvezdochka shipyard told Interfax news agency
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Fire Started In Weapons Bay of Fully Armed Submarine
August 14, 2013 @ 12:40 PMIndias newly upgraded kilo-class "battle-ready" submarine, the INS Sindhurakshak that was destroyed by a fire early Wednesday morning was reportedly fully-armed at the time of the incident. According to reports, the fire began in the weapons bay of the Russian-made submarine with torpedoes and missiles on board
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Newly Refurbished Indian Submarine Gutted After Explosion
August 14, 2013 @ 09:48 AMIn a huge setback to the Indian Navy, the INS Sindhurakshak, Indias most advanced diesel-electric submarine was destroyed after an explosion broke out at a high-security military dockyard in Mumbai. According to reports, 18 Navy personnel are feared dead and the submerged half of the submarine is still under fire
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South Korea To Acquire Four New Aerial Tankers
August 13, 2013 @ 09:26 AMSouth Korea is to acquire four aerial refueling tankers to enhance operational capabilities of its Air Forces fleet of F-15Ks and KF-16s, according to the U.S Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA)
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India To Test "Secret" K-4 UnderSea Missiles
August 12, 2013 @ 10:05 AMIndia is contemplating to go for the maiden trail for its long range nuke-capable undersea missile K-4 by next month, which was kept a secret so far. According to reports, the indigenously built submarine launched ballistic (SLBM) missile, which has a strike range of 3000-km to 3,500-km will be test fired from a submerged pontoon off the Vishakhapatnam coast
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German Navy Gets New Fuel Cell Submarine
May 16, 2013 @ 02:54 PMThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG is now offering modern non-nuclear submarines after the very first one meant for the German Navy was named today. The U36 is the second boat of the second batch of HDW Class 212A submarines destined for operation in the German Navy, according to a statement
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Russian Navy To Get Three Nuclear Subs This Year
April 24, 2013 @ 12:02 PMThe Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday announced that its Navy will take delivery of two Project 955 Borey-class ballistic-missile submarines, the Alexander Nevsky and the Vladimir Monomakh, and one Yasen-class attack submarine, the Severodvinsk, by the end of the year. Everything is going according to plan and there will be "no delays," said Andrei Vernigora, director of the ministrys state defense contracts department, refuting reports the Alexander Nevsky would only be put into service only in 2014
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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...