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South Korea Refuses To Renegotiate Costs Involved In Thaad Missile Deployment
May 1, 2017 @ 10:44 AMSouth Korea has refused renegotiation possibilites to share estimated US$1 billion expenses spent by US for deploying Thaad missile defense system on land of the East Asian country. "I don't think it's an issue for renegotiation," Moon Sang-gyun, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, was quoted as saying by
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BAE Systems Launches Fourth Astute-class Attack Submarine
April 29, 2017 @ 02:35 PMBAE Systems launched the fourth of seven Astute class attack submarines being built for the Royal Navy on Thursday. The 97-metre long, 7,400 tonne highly-capable nuclear powered submarine which was officially named ‘Audacious at a ceremony in December last year, emerged from the site's giant Devonshire Dock Hall yesterday
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N. Korea’s KN-17 Ballistic Missile Launch Fails: Report
April 29, 2017 @ 02:28 PMNorth Korea launched a ballistic missile on Saturday that appears to have failed, amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula. It was likely a medium-range KN-17 ballistic missile and broke up minutes after launch, the Associated Press reported, citing an unidentified U
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Indian Army Tests Agni-III Ballistic Missile
April 27, 2017 @ 02:58 PMIndian Army test-fired a surface-to-surface intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) Agni-III from a defence test facility off Odisha coast today, as part of its user training exercise. Defence sources told The Indian Express that the indigenously built highly sophisticated missile blasted off from a mobile launcher at the launching complex–IV of Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Abdul Kalam Island at about 09
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US Begins THAAD Missile System Installation In South Korea
April 26, 2017 @ 03:57 PMUS has started to deploy major components of Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) Missile System at its site in South Korea. On Wednesday, six trailers carrying parts of the THAAD system arrived at a former golf course in the county of Seongju in the country's southern region, Yonhap news agency and YTN television reported today
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USAF Test Launches Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
April 26, 2017 @ 01:14 PMUS Air Force today test launched an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile on a flight to a target in the Pacific Ocean. The mission was part of a program to test the effectiveness, readiness, and accuracy of the weapon system
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Electric Boat To Manufacture Missile Tubes In Support Of US, UK Columbia-Class...
April 22, 2017 @ 12:28 PMElectric Boat has won a US$95.5 million contract to produce 17 missile tubes in support of the next generation Columbia-Class Submarines as part of the United States-United Kingdom common missile compartment program
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Nuclear Arsenals Decline Globally Primarily Due To Cuts Made By Russia, US:...
April 21, 2017 @ 10:39 AMRussia and the United States are slowly reducing their nuclear arsenals but are modernizing their capabilities according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) annual report. The SIPRI said that there were 455 fewer nuclear warheads at the start of 2016 among nine nuclear states than a year earlier
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EDA To Run Three Multi-Sensor Detection System Programs To Counter IEDs
April 20, 2017 @ 08:49 PMThe European Defense Agency (EDA) within the EDA IED Detection (IEDDET) program will run three new projects to counter Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) in order to support the development of improved Route Clearance Capabilities for the contributing nations (Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands, Norway and Poland). Around 40 government representatives as well as military, industrial and research experts met in Vienna in March for the kick-off meeting for three new projects, EDA said in a statement Wednesday, The IEDDET programme aims to develop and demonstrate multisensor detection systems for countering Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) in order to support the development of improved...
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US Approves Assault Rifles, Humvee Vehicles Sale To Iraq
April 20, 2017 @ 01:53 PMThe US State department has approved $295.6 million worth military equipment sale including 4,400 assault rifles, 46 machine guns and 36 Humvee vehicles to Iraq
U.S. Navy Deploys New AI-powered System to Detect Houthi Threats in Red...
U.S. Navy Awards $383M Contract to Lockheed Martin for Trident II Missile...
First Arafura-class Offshore Patrol Vessel Delivered to Australian MoD
Dutch F-35s Train for Rapid Deployment in Estonia
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