Russia's stationing of Iskander missiles at Kaliningrad in retaliation to US upgrade of German nuclear arms might trigger nuclear race in Europe. Russia on Wednesday said that it will station Iskander ballistic missile as counter-measures if US upgrades nuclear arms in Germany
India is likely to become a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) that would enable the nation to get close to technology control regimes. The move is supported by the US which has indicated it would to share sensitive technologies such as armed drone with India if the former signs up for the MTCR
Airbus has developed a Counter-UAV System to detect illicit intrusions over critical areas at long ranges and offers electronic countermeasures minimizing the risk of collateral damage. “All over the world, incidents with universally available small drones have revealed a security gap with regards to critical installations such as military barracks, airports or nuclear plants,” Thomas Müller, head of the electronics business line at Airbus Defense and Space said in a statement Thursday
Saab has delivered Automatic Warning and Reporting (AWR) system to a customer in Kuwait for the detection, identification, warning, monitoring and reporting of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) hazards. The system, which is a flexible, modular and future-proof solution, can be operated from fixed locations, carried by personnel or mounted on vehicles, the company announced today
Russia has put its Kirov class nuclear battle cruiser, Pyotr Veliky for repairs. The Pyotr Velikys repairs at the Roslyakovo shipyard near Murmansk are geared to keep the ship, which was commissioned in 1996, on the water until 2018, when its expected that the Sevmash shipyards in Severodvinsk would have space to begin an extensive modernization of the battle cruiser, Russian Media reported Friday
South Korea will set aside part of 38.95 trillion won ($32
The US Air Forces Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) will fly at subsonic speeds over an extensive range and carry a variety of munitions including nuclear weapons. Details of the LRS-B program, intended to yield 80 to 100 strategic bombers to replace aging B-52s and B-1s, beginning in the mid-2020s were revealed in a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report released on September 1
The US will be resupplying Saudi Arabia with Thousands of precision-guided weapons that include Boeings Joint Direct Attack munitions. “Also included would be a resupply of Raytheons Paveway bombs,” Bloomberg quoted unnamed sources familiar with the proposal as saying
Huntington Ingalls Industries has won a $109.4 million contract from the US Naval Sea Systems Command of the District of Columbia to support services for nuclear submarines
The US is seeking to upgrade its 50-years-old radar system in the North Pole for intercepting Russian ballistic missiles. Radars were installed at the Thule military base, the US most northern base in Greenland during the 1950s and they need to be modernized if they are to operate as an adequate early warning system, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said during a panel discussion with troops on Tuesday