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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
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North Korea Warns US And Its Allies Of ‘Super-Mighty Pre-Emptive Strike’
April 20, 2017 @ 12:18 PMNorth Korea has warned US of a ‘Super-Mighty Pre-Emptive Strike that will reduce not just the US invasion forces in South Korea and its surrounding areas but the US mainland as well. North Koreas official news daily, Rodong Sinmun report said, "In the case of our super-mighty preemptive strike being launched, it will completely and immediately wipe out not only US imperialists' invasion forces in South Korea and its surrounding areas but the U
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USAF Nuclear Sniffer Aircraft Sorties Over S. Korea To Pick Possible Nuke...
April 20, 2017 @ 09:49 AMThe US Air Force nuclear sniffer aircraft was dispatched Thursday towards the east sea of Korean Peninsula amid speculations about North Koreas imminent bomb test. Thursday's flight appears to be meant for checking whether the secretive communist nation has detonated a nuclear bomb, Yonhap reports
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UK MoD Awards BAE Systems With EURO 1.4 Billion Astute Class Submarine
April 20, 2017 @ 09:17 AMBAE Systems has been awarded a £1.4 billion contract by the UKs Ministry of Defence to deliver the next Astute class submarine to the Royal Navy
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US Air Force F-22 Fighters Intercept Two Russian Nuclear-capable Tu-95 Bombers Near...
April 19, 2017 @ 12:37 PMUS Air Force scrambled two F-22 stealth fighter jets and an E-3 airborne early warning plane to intercept two Russian nuclear-capable Tu-95 bombers near Alaska Monday night. The two bombers flew approximately 280 miles southwest of Elmendorf Air Force base within US Air defense identification zone Monday night, two US officials were quoted as saying by
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