Search Results
-
China's First Air-Independent Propulsion Submarine Achieves 10-Year Service Milestone
June 22, 2017 @ 12:10 PMChina's First AIP (air-independent propulsion) Submarine has achieved a 10 year service milestone, following performance of 50 important tasks and voyage of hundreds of thousands of miles since it was put into service a decade ago. The information was disclosed in a feature published on the website of the Ministry of National Defense on June 14
-
Japan conducts Patriot Missile Interceptor Training
June 15, 2017 @ 09:40 AMJapan has started training its troops Thursday to use Patriot air-and-missile defense systems against a threat from North Korea. "The one-hour exercise took place at the Komaki base in the Aichi prefecture
-
Israel’s Arrow-3 Anti-ballistic Missile Scheduled For Tests Soon
June 12, 2017 @ 01:20 PMIsrael and the US Missile Defence Agency (MDA) will reportedly test the Arrow-3 anti-ballistic missile system for the first time in coming months. The test will take place at Alaskas Kodiak test site and is scheduled to be accomplished within few months, Israels Channel 2 broadcaster reported Sunday
-
Russia To Modernize Antey Submarines With Kalibr Missiles By 2025
June 3, 2017 @ 02:55 PMRussias Defense Ministry is planning to equip Kalibr missile systems on four Antey nuclear-capable submarines for the Pacific Fleet to 2025. "We plan modernization of the multi-purpose nuclear submarines of project 949," Deputy Minister Yuri Borisov said on Saturday during a visit to the Zvezda plant in the Far East
-
India Tests Nuclear-capable Prithvi-II Missile From Mobile Launcher
June 2, 2017 @ 01:46 PMIndia has test-fired the land version of the short range surface–to–surface ballistic missile Prithvi-II, mounted on a Mobile Tatra transporter-erector Launcher (MTL). The missile was fired from the launching complex - III (LC-III) of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea in the morning,
-
India's Second Kalvari-class Submarine 'INS Khanderi' Ready For Sea Trials
June 1, 2017 @ 11:47 AMIndias second conventional submarine, INS Khanderi, built at the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd will start sea trials this week at Mumbai coast. INS Khanderi is slated to begin its long sea trials from Thursday,
-
Pakistan Comes Under United Nations' Scrutiny Over Alleged Nuke Material Supply To...
May 30, 2017 @ 03:16 PMUnited Nations Security Council (UNSC) is examining the role of Pakistan in supplying restrictive nuclear materials ‘Monel and ‘Inconel to North Korea. Pakistan is one of few countries having both a diplomatic and an economic relationship with North Korea that goes back to the 1970s, when then Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto visited Pyongyang as part of his foreign policy campaign to strengthen relations with socialist states
-
Iran Builds Third Underground Missile Production Facility
May 26, 2017 @ 01:30 PMIran has built a third underground ballistic missile production factory and will keep developing its missile program. "Iran's third underground factory has been built by the Guards in recent years
-
First Lockheed Martin LM-100J Freighter Completes Maiden Flight
May 26, 2017 @ 10:45 AMThe first Lockheed Martin LM-100J commercial freighter aircraft achieved a critical milestone with the completion of its first flight Thursday. "This new model will perform many commercial roles in the decades to come, like humanitarian service following natural disasters and others like nuclear accident response, oil spill containment, and firefighting
-
Nine Russian Missile Regiments Rearmed With Intercontinental Ballistic Missile ‘Yars’
May 25, 2017 @ 09:36 AMRussian Armed Forces are being rearmed with modern Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) systems. Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu said that nine regiments have already been armed with such systems, TASS reports
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