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Sea Ceptor Supersonic Missile Defence System Offered to Indian Navy
January 18, 2020 @ 02:45 PML&T MBDA Missile Systems Ltd has submitted its first bid to the Indian Armed Forces- offering the latest generation Sea Ceptor naval air defence system, in its RFP response for the Indian Navys Short-Range Surface to Air Missile (SRSAM) requirement. The Sea Ceptor, that made its debut at DefExpo-2018, will be built in India
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US Approves $1.5B Australian Surface Combatant Deal
January 17, 2020 @ 07:52 AMThe United States approved the $1.5 billion sale of long lead items, engineering development activities, and other defense services to support the Australian Surface Combatant Program to modernise three AEGIS capable Hobart-class destroyers, and build three Hunter-class frigates
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Philippines Naval Vessel Detects US Submarine In Manila's Territorial Waters
January 17, 2020 @ 07:16 AMAn anti-submarine warfare (ASW) vessel of the Philippine Navy detected a United States submarine plying below the surface within the 12-mile territorial waters of the Philippines. The protocol for submarines was for them to surface when conducting innocent passage through a countrys territorial waters
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China Commissions Type 055 Destroyer, its Most Powerful Warship
January 13, 2020 @ 06:12 AMChina inducted its first Type 055 guided-missile destroyer, the Nanchang, to the Peoples Liberation Army Navy on Sunday in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. The Nanchang, China's first Type 055 guided-missile destroyer, was commissioned in the People's Liberation Army Navy on Sunday morning in the port city of Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province
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Northrop Completes Initial In-water Testing of Mine Hunting Sonar
January 7, 2020 @ 10:46 AMNorthrop Grummans AQS-24 mine hunting sonar recently completed initial in-water testing of AQS-24B Deploy and Retrieval (D&R) payload. Operated from the Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vessel (MCM USV), the AQS-24 D&R demonstrated the unmanned operations needed to perform a mine hunting mission off the MCM Mission Package aboard the littoral combat ship (LCS), Northrop said in a
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Junked Railway Rake Mistook for Indian ICBM
January 6, 2020 @ 11:22 AMImages sent by Western satellites of Tinsukia Railway station where a rake had been lying below the surface was confused for an Indian Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). The images of the rake sent from sparsely populated Tinsukia hamlet, located in the Assam state close to the Indian border, piqued the curiosity of international satellites including US Landsat 8 that mistook it to be a secret, concealed mobile ICBM that India had been developing,
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US to Deploy Patriots in Middle East as Iran Puts Ballistic Missle...
January 3, 2020 @ 01:30 PMIran has reportedly put all of its ballistic missile bases "on high alert" and the US plans to deploy Patriot air defense systems in the Middle East as US-Iran tensions rise after the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, head of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-Quds Forces in US air strikes. "IRGC Aerospace Force has put all of its ballistic missile bases on high-alert
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Pakistani Ships, Submarines Test Fire Missiles
December 27, 2019 @ 01:35 PMThe Pakistan Navy test fired air-defence, anti-ship, and other missiles from its aircraft, ships and submarines in the north Arabian Sea and at Makran Coast on Friday. The Navy's warships and airplanes fired anti-ship missiles at sea level
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French Nuclear Submarine's Reactor Switched on for First Time
December 26, 2019 @ 08:10 AMFrances Naval Group announced the switching on of the reactor of nuclear powered submarine, Suffren, in an event called "divergence." “Divergence is conducted from the Propulsion Control Station (PCS) of the Suffren
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MBDA Mistral Missile Tested Against Leonardo's New M-40 Target Drones
December 24, 2019 @ 12:02 PMLeonardo has demonstrated its new M-40 target drone against MBDA-made Mistral surface-to-air missile, in Italy. "Leonardo has concluded a series of flights with its M-40 target drone as part of a trials campaign in Italy
Ukrainian MP Accused of Enabling Russian Infiltration of Anti-Corruption Bureau
Bangladesh Air Force’s Chinese-made Jet Crashes into School during Class, Killing 19
Israel Signs $150M Deal for Humvee Purchase from U.S. Firm AM General...
Bad Weather Helps Russia Strike Ukrainian Targets with Drones, Missiles
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...