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France To Repair Perle Nuclear Attack Submarine Destroyed in June Fire
October 24, 2020 @ 07:43 AMThe French Minister of Armed Forces Florence Parly announced that the Navys Perle nuclear attack submarine will soon begin undergoing repairs, four months after it was destroyed in fire. Experts from Naval Group, the Fleet Support Service of the French Navy and the Directorate General for Armament (DGA) agency had been analyzing the damage and reported that the submarine could be repaired, the defense ministry said in a
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Russia to Use Hypersonic Missiles in New START Negotiations with US: Putin
October 23, 2020 @ 12:23 PMRussia has signalled readiness to include hypersonic weapons in the New START arms control treaty negotiations. “High-precision hypersonic weapons have not been taken into account
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French Nuclear Submarine ‘Suffren’ Fires MdCN Cruise Missile
October 21, 2020 @ 10:58 AMThe French Navys first nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) Suffren test-fired a long-range, stand-off cruise missile, MdCN (Missile De Croisière Naval – naval cruise missile), today. “The Suffren has just successfully fired a naval cruise missile (MdCN) test
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South Korea To Get Global Hawk Intelligence System
October 21, 2020 @ 09:20 AMSouth Korean military will soon receive a system used to analyze imagery taken by its fleet of four RQ-4 Global Hawk drones from the United States. Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said Tuesday that the devices would be brought in by December following delays incurred by COVID-19 and prolonged negotiations with U
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US Sanctions Chinese Firms for Deals with Iran Shipping Lines After UN...
October 20, 2020 @ 10:01 AMThe United States today imposed sanctions on six Chinese companies for their dealings with Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), a day after a U.N
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Iran Says will Export Arms, Pompeo Threatens Sanctions
October 19, 2020 @ 12:31 PMFollowing the expiry of UN arms embargo against Iran, Tehran asserted that United States is afraid of its potential for arms exports and hence threatening sanctions against countries that trade in arms with the Islamic republic. “Iran possesses more export potential rather than being a market for purchase [of arms],” Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told a press conference on Monday, reminding that 90 percent of the countrys defensive needs are being manufactured indigenously
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COVID-19 Outbreak on UK Submarine After US Port Visit
October 15, 2020 @ 12:09 PMOver thirty sailors aboard UK Royal Navys HMS Vigilant (S30) nuclear submarine have contracted COVID-19 virus following a port visit to US Navys East Coast SSBN hub. A US official confirmed British media reports that said crew members of the submarine violated isolation rules and caught the virus
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Russia to Build New ‘Doomsday Plane’ Based on Il-96-400M
October 14, 2020 @ 06:05 AMRussias new Airborne Command Post, dubbed as “Doomsday plane,” will be built on the basis of an Ilyushin Il-96-400M quadjet long-haul wide-body airliner. Airborne Command Posts were nicknamed Doomsday planes in the United States, as they are designed for use in the event of a nuclear war or a major disaster that destroys ground-based command infrastructure
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North Korea Displays New ICBM in Night Military Parade
October 10, 2020 @ 02:06 PMNorth Korea displayed new types of ballistic missiles, including what appears to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) carried on trucks with 11 wheels at its first night military parade on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. Leader Kim Jong Un pledged at a party meeting last December to unveil a "new strategic weapon" to be possessed by the nation "in the near future
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Russia Could Use Hypersonic Missile as Bargaining Chip in Arms Control
October 8, 2020 @ 11:00 AMRussia could use its Hypersonic anti-ship missile, “Tsirkon” as a bargaining chip in arms control negotiations with the United States. The Russian ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, said yesterday that the successful tests of the newest Russian hypersonic missile Tsirkon (also spelt as "Zircon") gives confidence to Russian diplomats in the United States in arms control negotiations
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Ukraine Drone Strike Damages Pantsir Air Defense System, Aircraft at Russian-Used Crimea...
China's Indigenous C909 Airliner Operates First International Flight
U.K. Air Force to Replace Hawk Trainer with Locally-made Aircraft
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
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
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...
