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Defense Stocks Soar With Trump Victory
November 10, 2016 @ 11:20 AMThe victory of Republican Party in the US presidential election has soared the defense stocks all around the world. The US firms - Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have gained about 5
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New Nuclear Energy Agreement To Allow Japan To Opt Out If India...
November 3, 2016 @ 12:01 PMIndia and Japan will sign a nuclear energy agreement later this month that will allow Tokyo to opt out if South Asian nation tests its nuclear weapons. The agreement, the first by Japan with a nation that has not ratified the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, will be signed when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Japan later this month, a high-ranking Japanese Foreign Ministry official was quoted as saying by Asahi Shimbun Monday
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China Attempts Hacking US-Taiwan Defense Conference
October 29, 2016 @ 03:59 PMChinese hackers have recently launched a network attack for targeting people attending a US-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference. The attack was attempted this month at the conference, held in Virginia State of USA
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IAF Starts Contest to Make Single-Engine Fighters
October 10, 2016 @ 07:02 PMThe Indian Air Force has restarted a global contest, inviting international fighter jet manufacturers to set up a production facility in India to make single-Engine fighters. According to Business Standard report, Indian embassies in Washington, Moscow and Stockholm have written to jet manufacturers in these countries to confirm whether they would be interested in partnering with an Indian company in building a medium, single-engine fighter, with significant transfer of technology to the Indian entity
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Japan Likely To Reduce Cost In $1.6 Billion Shinmaywa Aircraft Deal with
September 12, 2016 @ 12:25 PMJapan is likely to reduce the cost in its $1.6 billion deal with India for 12 Shinmaywa US-2 Amphibious Search and Rescue aircraft
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US To Replace V-22 Osprey Transport Aircraft With New Variant
August 30, 2016 @ 07:43 PMThe US navy has considered to replace V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft in Japan with latest variant, likely from 2021. CMV-22Bs will replace the two aging C-2 Greyhounds attached to the US aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, which is based at the US Navys Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture starting in 2021, or as late as 2026, the official was quoted as saying Monday by
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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
Russian T-72 Tanks Don “Turtle-back” Anti-drone Protection
Russian firm Presents Counter-UAV System to Defeat Sea Drones at Fleet 2026...
Russia Modifies Su-34 Bomber for Reconnaissance Role
US Helicopter May Have Been on a Mission to Attack Iranian Boats...
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