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US Littoral Combat Ship 'Little Rock' Completes Acceptance Trial
September 2, 2017 @ 11:25 AMFutures fifth Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Little Rock has completed US Navy acceptance trials last week. Following the trails, now Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine are readying the LCS for delivery in the coming weeks, the Naval service announced Friday
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US Approves $360 million Upgrade to Australia’s MH-60R Helicopters
September 1, 2017 @ 04:02 AMThe US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Australia for an upgrade program for MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopters costing $360 million. Australia has requested a follow-on ten-year upgrade program for twenty-four (24) MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopters and associated training devices, spare and repair parts, support and test equipment, engineering and technical services
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Japan Air Defense Forces Conduct PAC-3 Missile Deployment Training
August 31, 2017 @ 09:13 AMThe Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces has conducted Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) deployment training at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Aug. 29, 2017
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Guam Residents Oppose US Military’s $78 Million New Firing Range
August 31, 2017 @ 07:56 AMDozens of Guam residents reached governors office to protest against US militarys plan to construct a new live-firing range in the territory. The protesters held signs saying, “not your target practice” and “death by firing range” during a protest march held against setting up a new firing range on land that the community says is one of the last pristine places on the US territory,
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Did North Korean Missile Outsmart Japan’s Defence Systems?
August 30, 2017 @ 02:03 PMThe North Korean ballistic missile which overflew Japanese territory and landed in the Pacific Ocean yesterday appears to have got the better of Japans sophisticated defence systems including the land-based PAC-3 and ship-mounted Standard Missile-3. These anti-missile systems had been on alert in view of Pyongyangs threat to launch missiles at the US military base in Guam
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SolAero Technologies Delivers Solar Wing For Bye's StratoAirNet UAV
August 30, 2017 @ 10:29 AMSolAero Technologies Corp (SolAero) has delivered the first solar wing for Bye Aerospace's "StratoAirNet", a solar-electric unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). SolAero is integrating their advanced high-efficiency solar cell technologies on the graphite composite StratoAirNet wing using proprietary methods to maintain the critical laminar flow surface on the wing, the company announced Tuesday
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Royal Navy Unveils Futuristic Submarine Concept Capable Of Launching Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
August 29, 2017 @ 06:12 PMThe Royal Navy has unveiled a series of futuristic submarine concepts which mimic real marine lifeforms aimed to change the world's future underwater combat environment. British engineers have come up with a concept based on a crewed mothership capable of launching unmanned underwater vehicles shaped like eels and carrying sensor pods which dissolve on demand to avoid enemy detection, and fish-shaped torpedoes sent to swarm against enemy targets
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S. Korea Releases Video Footage Of 800km Range Ballistic Missile Tests
August 29, 2017 @ 11:09 AMSouth Korea's military on Tuesday unveiled a rare footage of ballistic missile tests hours after North Korea fired a missile over Japan. The video footage showcasing test-firing of a 500-kilometer-range ballistic missile with improved warhead power and that of another two missiles with a range of 800 km was released by the state-run Agency for Defense Development (ADD),
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New Russian Su-30SM Jet Fighters join Combat Aviation Regiment in Kursk region...
August 29, 2017 @ 04:44 AMNew 4+ Generation Sukhoi Su-30SM jet fighters have made a flight from the Irkutsk aviation plant to the Western MD to reinforce squadrons in the Kursk regions. The regiment has received two Su-30SM supermanoeuverable fighters
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India Navy Receives Long-Range Surface-To-Air Missile
August 28, 2017 @ 03:01 PMIndian Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday has handed over the Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM) jointly developed by India and Israel, to the Indian Navy. The handing-over ceremony took place at Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL) in Hyderabad,
French DGA Awards Contract to Procure 75 Million Rounds of Small Arms
French Army’s All New 'Cheetah' Attack Helicopter Conducts First Firing During Flight...
China’s Upgraded Y-9 Anti-submarine Patrol Aircraft Makes First Public Appearance
U.S. Hits 7 Bridges in 6th Night of Aggression, Iran says 7...
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