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Iran To Produce Octogen Explosive Materials To Power Weapon Systems
April 8, 2016 @ 08:07 AMIrans Defense Ministry announced this week the countrys plans to produce the powerful explosive Octogen to boost the penetration and destructive power of missile payloads. "Concurrently with its efforts to increase the precision-striking power of its weapons systems, the defense ministry has also paid attention to boosting the destructive and penetration power of different weapons' warheads and has put on its agenda the acquisition of the technical know-how to produce Octogen explosive materials and Octogen-based weapons," Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan was quoted as saying by
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South Korea To Test Two ISR Planes To Counter North’s Missiles
April 5, 2016 @ 04:19 PMSouth Korea plans to conduct flight tests of two new reconnaissance planes that can detect North Korean missile launches and other threats in the US later this week. The planes, part of the enhanced Baekdu program, will undergo their first flight tests in an airfield in Texas later this week, officials at the Defense Acquisition Program Administration were quoted as saying by Korea Hearld Tuesday
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China Bans Jet Fuel, Oil Exports To North Korea
April 5, 2016 @ 12:09 PMChinese Commerce Ministry has decided to ban trade with North Korea including import of gold and rare earth metals and export of jet fuel, oil products used to make rocket fuel. Chinas move to ban trade with North Korea comes in line with new United Nations sanctions on Pyongyang,
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Thales Wins French MoD’s Telecom Network Upgrade Contracts
March 30, 2016 @ 11:47 AMThales has won two contracts to upgrade French Ministry of Defense data and telephony infrastructure networks under the DESCARTES program. The French Defence Procurement and Technology Agency (DGA) has awarded Thales two key contracts: the upgrade of the SOCRATE resilient network and deployment of the POINCARE network to interconnect MoD sites in metropolitan France and overseas, the company said in a statement Wednesday
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No Proposal For Leasing Second Russian Nuclear Submarine From India
March 29, 2016 @ 09:37 AMRussia has not received any proposal from the Indian government for leasing of second nuclear submarine. We haven't received any proposal for leasing of a second nuclear submairne from the Indian government, Sergie Chemezov, Rostec CEO said during a press briefing on the second day of the ongoing DefExpo India 2016 in Goa
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India To Spend $3 Billion To Procure 5000+ UAVs In 10 Years
March 27, 2016 @ 11:58 AMThe Indian government has prepared a blueprint to spend nearly $3 billion for procuring more than 5000 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles over the next 10 years. “Only state-run Indian companies could get tenders, as the government has no immediate plan to directly involve foreign companies in the project
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N.Korea Tests Solid-fuel Missile Engine
March 24, 2016 @ 12:06 PMNorth Korea has announced that it has successfully tested a solid-fuel engine that boosted the power of its ballistic rockets. The test was supervised by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un who later said that, “the successful test helped boost the power of ballistic rockets capable of mercilessly striking hostile forces
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Russia Developing Unmanned Underwater Vehicles For Fifth-Gen Subs
March 21, 2016 @ 01:55 PMRussia is developing unmanned underwater vehicles for deployment by fifth-generation submarines. "The Rubin and Malakhit [design bureaus] are involved in the development
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North Korea Fires New Short-range missiles Into Sea Despite UN Sanctions
March 21, 2016 @ 09:10 AMNorth Korea has fired several new short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast in defiance of UN sanctions. North Korea had fired two mid-range ballistic missiles last Friday
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North Korea Continues To Export Missile Equipment, Weapons Despite UN Sanctions
March 17, 2016 @ 12:06 PMNorth Korean Companies continue to export equipment related to ballistic missiles and conventional weapons to Middle East, Asia and Africa despite sanctions from the UN. According to a recent report by United Nations Security Council (UNSC), North Korea has maintained a network that involves key DPRK companies currently under UN Sanctions that have been operating globally for years, Kyodo News reported Tuesday
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Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
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