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China Commissions New Nuclear-capable Intermediate-range Ballistic Missile
April 27, 2018 @ 02:08 AMChinas new nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic missile, Dong-Feng 26 (DF-26) has entered service with the Peoples Liberation Army Rocket Force. The Dongfeng-26 has been commissioned into the PLA Rocket Force
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Russian Navy’s First Improved Borei-A-class Nuclear Submarine to Undergo Trails in 2019
April 26, 2018 @ 10:25 AMRussias first improved Borei-A-class strategic nuclear submarine Prince Vladimir will undergo a series of trials in 2019. "Yes [in 2019]
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Russian Navy Received Nuclear Sub, 3 Warships, 2 Helicopters, 50 Kalibr Cruise
April 19, 2018 @ 07:57 AMThe Russian Navy has received a nuclear submarine, three warships, two helicopters and about 50 Kalibr cruise missiles in the first three months this year. "The Navy took delivery of the repaired Project 667BDRM strategic underwater missile cruiser Tula, three warships and support vessels of the auxiliary fleet, two helicopters and 46 Kalibr tactical cruise missiles," Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov was quoted as saying by Tass Wednesday
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Indian Government to Create Defense Planning Committee
April 19, 2018 @ 05:32 AMThe Indian government has decided to create a permanent planning committee for defense that will overlook military and security strategy, draft capability development plans and guide (and accelerate) defence equipment acquisitions. The DPC (Defense Planning Committee) body will be chaired by the National Security Advisor and will comprise the chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, three service chiefs, the defense, expenditure and foreign secretaries,
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Pakistan Test Fires Enhanced Range Nuclear-capable Cruise Missile
April 16, 2018 @ 09:26 AMPakistan has test fired an enhanced range version of its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Babur cruise missile. Babur Weapon System-1 (B) is capable of striking targets both at land and sea, at a range of 700 kilometres, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced on Saturday
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France Makes First Operational Strike of MdCN Cruise Missile in Syria
April 14, 2018 @ 01:25 PMFrance has conducted the first operational use of its long-range, sea-launched, stand-off cruise missile, MdCN (Missile De Croisière Naval – naval cruise missile) when it was fired from a frigate on Syria Saturday. French Defense Minister Florence Parly posted a video of a FREMM frigate firing a naval cruise missile on her twitter handle Saturday
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Goa Shipyard, Naval Group To Co-develop Simulators For Indian Navy's Future Requirements
April 13, 2018 @ 04:45 PMIndias Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) has signed a ‘Letter of Intent on 12th April with Frances Naval Group to expand their collaboration in the field of design and production of all shore based simulators for Scorpene Submarine project and also for other future advanced simulator requirements of the Indian Navy. The two companies had also signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) (latest one in Oct 17 for simulators for submarines Combat Management System (CMS))
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Pakistan Tests Cruise Missile from Underwater Platform
March 30, 2018 @ 02:32 PMPakistan tested a cruise missile from an underwater dynamic platform mimicking a submarine-launch yesterday. This was the second successful test of the indigenously developed Submarine Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM) Babur having a range of 450 km
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Qatar Makes Down Payment for Additional Rafale Fighter Jets
March 28, 2018 @ 03:42 PMDassault Aviation announced Tuesday that it has begun exercising an option to deliver more Rafale fighter jets to Qatar. The firm said that it has received Qatars down payment for a follow-on batch of 12 Rafale fighters, bringing into force the order it awarded in December last year
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US Navy Commissions USS Colorado, its Most Advanced Nuclear Submarine
March 18, 2018 @ 03:59 PMNuclear attack submarine USS Colorado (SSN-788) was commissioned Saturday morning at the US Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton. The 377-foot long and 7,800 ton submarine is said to be the US Navys most advanced undersea platform ever built
First Arafura-class Offshore Patrol Vessel Delivered to Australian MoD
Dutch F-35s Train for Rapid Deployment in Estonia
Turkish Baykar to Make Drones in Morocco
Sweden Announces $1.2B Military Support, its Biggest Ever to Ukraine
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