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N. Korea Threatens Nuclear Bomb Test Over Pacific Ocean After Trump’s UN...
September 22, 2017 @ 12:46 PMNorth Koreas foreign minister has warned that Pyongyang could test a powerful nuclear weapon over the Pacific Ocean in response to US President Donald Trump's threats of military action during UN meeting. Ri Yong-ho, who is due to address the UN general assembly at the weekend, told reporters in New York: “It could be the most powerful detonation of an H-bomb in the Pacific
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US Navy Awards $5 Billion to General Dynamics for Nuclear-Powered Submarine Design
September 22, 2017 @ 04:40 AMGeneral Dynamics Electric Boat is being awarded a $5,071,534,074 contract for the Integrated Product and Process Development design completion for the Columbia-class nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs). The submarine is intended to fire nuclear missiles at enemy positions after remaining hidden under-water
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Chinese Navy Gets Nuclear Submarine: Reports
September 21, 2017 @ 07:08 AMThe Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has received an unspecified nuclear submarine from the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC). The handing over could have taken place anytime in the last five years since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2012
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US Senate Poised to Pass $700 Billion Defense Policy Bill
September 18, 2017 @ 12:20 PMThe US Senate is likely to pass a $700 billion defense policy bill to boost military spending such as weapons and wartime missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and elsewhere. The legislation is expected to be approved on Monday which will require the Defense Department to deploy 14 additional ground-based interceptors at Alaska that will expand to 58 the number of interceptors designed to destroy incoming warheads
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North Korea Building Nuclear-powered Submarine: Japanese Newspaper
September 18, 2017 @ 11:12 AMNorth Korea is reportedly building a nuclear-powered submarine likely to be ready in three years, according to a report by Japanese newspaper cited by
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US Military Deploys B-1B Bombers, F-35 Fighters in Exercise near North Korean...
September 18, 2017 @ 09:40 AMThe US military has deployed a pair of B-1B bombers and four F-35B fighter jets in a bombing drill with South Korea along the border with North Korea. "They dropped inert bombs onto the Pilseung shooting range in Taebaek, Gangwon Province, during the exercise held from noon till 2:30 p
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Boeing, Lockheed to Compete for US Navy’s Unmanned Autonomous Submarine Competition
September 16, 2017 @ 12:13 PMBoeing and Lockheed Martin will be competing for a competition for unmanned submarines that can navigate autonomously for the US Navy. Boeing has developed a 51-foot long vessel, ‘Echo Voyager as part of the bid process for the US Navys unmanned submarines competition
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South Korea Tests Two Ballistic Missiles, One Fails
September 15, 2017 @ 01:41 PMSouth Korea test fired two homegrown ballistic missiles in response to Norths missile launch on Friday, one of which crashed into the sea immediately after the launch. The missile is question is Hyunmoo II-A intermediate-range ballistic missile that splashed into the East Sea within a few seconds of being launched
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Indian Navy to Receive First Scorpene-class Nuclear Submarine in September
September 13, 2017 @ 10:34 AMThe Indian Navy is likely to be commission its first Scorpene-class submarine, Kalvari, in the middle of this month. “The delivery is to take place around the middle of September,” one of the people quoted above said
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Russia Tests Nuclear-capable Intercontinental Ballistic Missile ‘RS-24 Yars’
September 13, 2017 @ 09:17 AMRussia successfully tested a Yars silo-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Tuesday at Plesetsk space center. "The test launch of a RS-24 Yars silo-based solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, equipped with a multiple independently targeted reentry vehicle [MIRV] was carried out by a unit of Russia's Strategic Missile Forces," Russian ministry said in a statement
Norway Receives Three More F-35 Fighters
Morocco Receives First AH-64E Apache Helicopters
EU Unveils €800 Billion 'ReArm Europe' Defense Plan
First French-made Griffon Armored Vehicles to Belgium in July
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