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US To Deploy 16 F-35B Fighters At Japanese Airbase Next Year
August 23, 2016 @ 04:17 PMThe United States plans to deploy 16 F-35 fighters to the US military base in Japans Iwakuni in Yamaguchi. The plan is to deploy 10 aircraft in January and additional six in August next year
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Joint Missile Development With US Part Of $51 Billion Japanese Defense Budget
August 19, 2016 @ 11:27 AMThe Japanese defense ministry plans to seek increase in military spending to 5.1 trillion yen (US $51 billion) for the fiscal year 2017 which will include joint development of SM-3 missile with the US
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Japan Likely To Upgrade Patriot Missile System For 2020 Olympics
July 29, 2016 @ 10:07 AMJapan is likely to make a significant upgrade to its Patriot missile defence system in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and to be able to intercept more advanced North Korean ballistic missiles in future. The Missile Segment Enhancement could double the range of the current Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles to around 30 km (19 miles), sources aware of the plan told
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State Bank of India Named In 'Hall of Shame' List For Cluster...
June 20, 2016 @ 10:41 AMState Bank of India (SBI) has been named in a 'Hall of Shame' list of 158 banking and financial institutions globally that have invested billions of dollars in companies making cluster bombs. SBI, the only Indian entity joins the list of global giants like JP Morgan, Barclays, Bank of America and Credit Suisse that invested over $28 billion in seven producers of cluster munitions between June 2012 and April 2016, PTI reported citing a report by Dutch campaign group PAX
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Tokyo Metropolitan Police Orders Two AW109 Trekker Choppers
June 17, 2016 @ 01:46 PMThe Tokyo Metropolitan Police law-enforcement has signed a contract with Leonardo-Finmeccanica for two brand new AgustaWestland AW109 Trekker Helicopters. The two helicopters are scheduled to be delivered in 2017, making this customer the first Asian law enforcement operator of the type
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Russia Issues Tender For New Machine Guns
May 18, 2016 @ 02:12 AMRussian Ministry of Internal Affairs has launched a tender for new machine guns intended for urban Close Quarter Battles (CQB). Tokar-2, the machine guns development program will be designed for elimination of hostile man and firepower during CQBs and for supporting Special Forces assault groups, according to the MIA`s official notification published at the state purchases web-site
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Taiwan Plans $12 Million Upgrade To Two Aging Dutch-made Submarines
April 7, 2016 @ 01:54 PMThe Taiwanese Navy has announced a NT$400 million (US$12.35 million) program to upgrade the nations two aging Dutch-made Zwaardvis-class submarines
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Iran Tests More Missiles Amid Criticism
March 12, 2016 @ 09:31 AMIran recently conducted more missile tests, firing two rockets that successfully hit targets over 850 miles away. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps of Iran conducted a second successive day of missile tests on Wednesday from the eastern part of the Alborz mountain range that hugs the Caspian Sea in northern Iran, Tehrans official news agency IRNA reported Saturday
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Philippine Navy Plans To Lease Retired Japanese TC-90 Trainers
March 4, 2016 @ 08:02 AMThe Philippine Navy is planning to lease five retired Japanese training aircraft for patrolling missions in the disputed South China Sea. According to a Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun, the Philippines is eyeing Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force Beechcraft TC-90 aircraft
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Is Indo-Japanese US-2 Amphibious Aircraft Deal In Limbo?
February 29, 2016 @ 09:52 AMJapan has no immediate plans for ‘selling or delivering the US-2 amphibious aircraft to India, a senior diplomat was quoted as saying by the Hindu news daily Friday. “There is no decision about its delivery nor did the Foreign Secretaries discuss the timing of the delivery”, Yasuhisa Kawamura, Director General of Press and Public Diplomacy of Japan was quoted by the
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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...
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...