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Australian Company Offers Cheaper Submarines Than That Offered By Foreign Shipyards
November 20, 2014 @ 12:51 PMAn Australian state owned shipbuilder has claimed that it could construct a new fleet of submarines for less than the AUS $24 billion which the MoD was planning to spend on foreign procured subs, The Age reported today. The interim head of Adelaide based ASC, Staurt Whiley was quoted as saying to the senate hearing on Thursday morning that the firm believed that it could offer the 12 submarines that will replace the ageing Collins Class Subs for an approximate $18 billion to $24 billion
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DCNS Sets Up New Subsidiary In Australia Targeting SEA 1000 Program
November 20, 2014 @ 12:06 PMDCNS announced the opening of the companys new subsidiary in Australia on Wednesday. The move is likely aimed at getting closer to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)s Submarine Australian Program (SEA 1000)
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Pentagon To Spend $1 Trillion To Upgrade Its Nuclear Arsenal
November 17, 2014 @ 08:55 AMThe Pentagon announced Friday that it would spend $1 trillion to upgrade an array of missiles, submarines and bombers, local media reported. The emergency spending program will be carried out in order to update its ageing nuclear arsenal
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India Successfully Tests Agni-II Ballistic Missile
November 10, 2014 @ 08:50 AMIndia successfully conducted a test launch of a medium-range nuclear capable Agni-II ballistic missile from a military base in Orissa. The routine user-trial was conducted from Wheeler's Island in Bhadrak district, around 200km on November 9
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Russia Test Fires Intercontinental Missile From Submarine
November 5, 2014 @ 12:21 PMRussia has test-fired a Sineva intercontinental missile from a submerged submarine in the Barents Sea on Wednesday as part of a check on the reliability of the navy's strategic forces, the ministry of defense announced. "Within the frameworks of testing the reliability of marine strategic nuclear forces, the Tula [nuclear submarine] launched a Sineva intercontinental ballistic missile from the Barents Sea to the Kura Range [in Kamchatka]," the statement says
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French MdCN Cruise Missile Set For Operational Deployment Next Year
October 30, 2014 @ 10:27 AMFrench defense procurement agency, the Direction Générale de lArmement (DGA) successfully carried out the final qualification firing of the Missile de Croisière Naval (Naval cruise missile, MdCN)system on October 27, MBDA said in a statement. The cruise missile is set for operational deployment beginning next year
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DCNS Unveils New Conventionally Powered Attack Submarine At Euronaval 2014
October 28, 2014 @ 01:07 PMAt Euronaval 2014, DCNS will unveil the SMX®-Océan conventionally powered attack submarine. The new vessel draws extensively on the design of a state-of-the-art nuclear-powered submarine, with a number of key innovations that give this diesel-electric adaptation truly outstanding performance
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Boeing Supplies Plane Parts To Iran After 35 Years
October 23, 2014 @ 09:14 PMBoeing has sold airplane parts to Iran Air, national flag carrier of Iran, for the first time since the 1979 hostage crisis between Iran and the US,Anatolian News Agency reported Thursday. Boeing has stated in a report that it generated approximately $120,000 in revenues and overall $12,000 net profits during the third quarter of 2014 from Iranian contracts
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China To Build Second Aircraft Carrier Locally: Report
October 22, 2014 @ 10:45 AMChina will soon start building its second locally designed aircraft carrier in Shanghai. According to the Kanwa Asian Defense, Shanghai's Jiangnan Shipyard was preparing to start work on the carrier
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Russia To Build Nuclear Powered And Gas Turbine Versions Of Leader Class...
October 21, 2014 @ 01:51 PMRussia has plans to build nuclear powered and gas turbine versions of Leader class destroyer; a high-ranking source from the Russian Defense Ministry was cited as saying by Tass Today. “The technical design specification prepared by the Navy command has been signed by the Defense Ministry leadership that approved the engineering design for two versions of the destroyer — nuclear-powered and gas turbine
Denmark to Reorient Patrol Ships Design for Arctic Operations
UAE's Edge Signs Contract with Hungary to Supply CARACAL Sniper Rifles
Russian Su-57 Jet to Set the Skies on Fire at Aero India
U.S. Navy Deploys New AI-powered System to Detect Houthi Threats in Red...
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...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U