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General Atomics Secures $1.2B EMALS Contract for U.S., French Aircraft Carrier Projects...
June 8, 2023 @ 07:18 AMGeneral Atomics has won nearly $1.2 billion to provide Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) hardware for the CVN 81 aircraft carrier
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Germany’s thyssenkrupp Teams Up with Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders to Build Subs for...
June 8, 2023 @ 06:19 AMthyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) on the intended construction of conventional, air-independent propulsion submarines on 7 June 2023. “We look back on a trusting and decade-long partnership with India
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Ukraine, Russia Trade Charges as Hydroelectric Dam Hit, Floods Parts of Kherson
June 6, 2023 @ 08:32 AMA part of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station in occupied Ukraine was destroyed following an explosion last night, causing flooding in the downsteam Kherson region. While Russia said the destruction of the upper part of the Soviet-era dam was caused by Ukrainian shelling, Ukrainian media reported that Russian forces mined the dam to stop the Ukrainian armys current counter-offensive
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Ukraine to Deploy F-16s Later This Year; No Clarity on How it...
June 6, 2023 @ 08:05 AMUkraine will be able to deploy F-16 jets by autumn or winter of 2023, but these fighters will not be available during the current summer offensive. Ukraines Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov told the media during a visit to Singapore today that while training of pilots has commenced, infrastructure for maintenance is still to be set up
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Spent Nuclear Core Forces Russian Navy to Decommission Akula-class Submarine
June 2, 2023 @ 07:30 AMThe Russian Navy has decommissioned Project 941 Akula-class heavy nuclear-powered missile-carrying submarine cruiser Dmitry Donskoi due to its spent nuclear core. "The Dmitry Donskoi could no longer be in service due to its spent nuclear core," a source close to the Russian Navy told government-owned TASS on Thursday
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Malaysia signs Contract to Lease 4 Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopters, Orders ATR
May 25, 2023 @ 03:11 PMMalaysia has signed a contract worth of RM187 million for the leasing of 4 Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopters for the Malaysian Army Aviation. The contract was signed with a local outfit, Aerotree Defence & Services, at the ongoing Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) exhibition
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Russia Shocks the World - Preparing to Launch Small Nuclear Weapons from...
May 25, 2023 @ 12:53 PMRussia today announced that it had entered into an agreement with it ally Belarus, to store tactical nuclear weapons. These non-strategic nuclear weapons are meant to be launched from the Iskander surface-to-surface missile which has a range of 500 km besides the Su-25 aircraft whose combat radius is 357 km
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Russia Sign Agreement with Belarus for Nuclear Weapons Storage
May 25, 2023 @ 09:10 AMRussian defense minister Sergey Shoigu and his Belarusian counterpart Viktor Khrenin have signed an agreement defining the procedures for storing Russian nuclear weapons at a special storage facility on Belarusian territory. "During the meeting (between the defense ministers), documents determining the procedure for keeping Russian non-strategic nuclear weapons in a special storage facility on the territory of the Republic of Belarus were signed," the ministry's press service confirmed today
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Australia Opens R&D Centre to Study Operations in Hazardous Environments
May 19, 2023 @ 12:09 PMThe Australian Defence Forces ability to operate safely in hazardous environments is being enhanced with a new national research and innovation centre opened in Melbourne dedicated to solving Operating in Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Environments (OCE) problems. The Centre for Advance Defence Research and Enterprise – OCE (CADRE-OCE), based at the University of Melbourne, was officially opened May 19
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Britain’s Refusal to Supply Ejection Seats forces Retirement of Argentine Super Etendard...
May 19, 2023 @ 06:28 AMThe bitter war fought between Argentina and the UK over Falkland Islands has forced the latter to retire its Super Etendard fighters over the formers refusal to supply ejection seats for the aircraft. Argentine Minister of Defense Jorge Taiana formally announced the retirement of both the original models purchased in 1979 and those acquired second-hand from France in 2019, earlier this week
Latvia to Procure 42 ASCOD IFVs from Spain's General Dynamics Land Systems
Philippines' Marcos Offers to Return U.S. Missiles If China Stops Harassing its...
Airbus Launches SpainSat NG Satellites to Increase Spain's Communications Capacity Ten Folds
Italy to Procure 380 KF51 Panther Tanks, 1,050 IFVs
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