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Bechtel Wins $30M Naval Nuclear Propulsion Components Modification Contract
July 15, 2017 @ 05:22 AMBechtel Plant Machinery has won a $30 million modification contract for naval nuclear propulsion components. No completion date or additional information is provided on Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program contracts
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UK Defense Secretary Announces P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft Squadrons
July 13, 2017 @ 05:20 PMUK Defence Secretary has announced that number 120 Squadron and number 201 Squadron from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray would be operating nine new P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft. 120 Squadron was the RAFs highest scoring anti-submarine unit in the Second World War with 14 kills
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Australia Finds THAAD Unsuitable, To Develop New Missile Defense Program
July 10, 2017 @ 02:28 PMAustralia will soon come up with a missile defense program to protect its forces, a US shield system is unsuitable, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, system mentioned in recent briefings is “not really suitable for our situation,” Turnbull was quoted as saying by Bloomberg on Friday
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Australia Kickstarts Submarine Program With Opening Of New Office In France
July 10, 2017 @ 02:19 PMAustralian Department of Defense has set up a secure facility in Cherbourg, France together with Naval Group (formerly DCNS) and Lockheed Martin Australia which will house Submarine designers, naval architects and engineers who will work alongside each other on Australia's Future Submarine Program. More than 50 Australians will join Naval Group and Lockheed Martin Australia employees to progress the important work of developing a mature design of the Future Submarine
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Russian Tu-95 Bombers Strikes ISIS Targets In Syria Using Latest Kh-101 Cruise...
July 7, 2017 @ 09:42 AMRussia strikes Daesh terrorist organization targets in Syria with the latest Kh-101 cruise missiles from a group of Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers Thursday. Tu-95MS long-range strategic bombers departed Wednesday from an airfield in the southern Russian city of Engels carrying the latest Kh-101 long-range cruise missiles and successfully targeted an ISIS command center and three weapons storage depots in Aqirbat, a town in the western governorate of Hama, according to the Russian Defense Ministry statement
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India Adds 10 More Nuclear Weapons To Arsenal This Year: SIPR Report
July 6, 2017 @ 12:29 PMIndia is making progress with efforts to raise its arsenal of nuclear weapons while upgrading technology for an assured strike-back, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) stated in its annual report. India has added about 10 more nuclear warheads to its arsenal, which was estimated at 110-120 in 2016,
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South Korea, US Fire Missiles In Response To Pyongyang's ICBM Launch
July 5, 2017 @ 11:16 AMSouth Korea and the US fired a barrage of missiles, including Souths Hyunmoo-2A and US ATACMS sending a warning message to North Korea. North Korea had claimed a successful long-range missile test Monday
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Cruise Missile Test Launched From Russian Nuclear Submarine
July 5, 2017 @ 07:01 AMRussias Smolensk nuclear-powered submarine has test-launched a cruise missile that hit the designated target in the Barents Sea from underwater position. "From the underwater position, a Granit missile was fired against a combined sea-based target at a distance of about 400 kilometers," the Northern Fleets press service said on Wednesday
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North Korean Missile Lands In Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone
July 4, 2017 @ 09:21 AMNorth Korea has fired an intermediate range missile that is likely to have landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone. The missile flew 930 kilometers (580 miles) before landing in Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), the South Korean military and Japanese government was quoted as saying by
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India To Re-Test Nirbhay Cruise Missile After December Failure
July 3, 2017 @ 03:19 PMIndia plans to conduct a second test launch of its 'Nirbhay' long rage sub-sonic cruise missile by this month-end following the failure of the earlier launch in December last due to a 'recycled component'. The fourth test of Nirbhay designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), failed on December 21 last year because of use of faulty material, said Chairman of the DRDO and Secretary of Department of Defence R&D S
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Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
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NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
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Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
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