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US Test Fires Minuteman III ICBM
February 10, 2017 @ 11:23 AMUS Minot Air Force Base test-launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with test re-entry vehicles. A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 91st Missile Wing at US Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, launched the missile on Feb
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South Korea, Indonesia Open KF-X Joint Program Management Office
February 9, 2017 @ 11:16 AMSouth Korea and Indonesia have opened a joint office to carry out consultations in the KF-X fighter aircraft development project. The office has been set up in Sacheon, 437 kilometers southeast of Seoul,
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South Korea Plans Special Units To Neutralize North's 'Leadership,' Key Facilities
February 9, 2017 @ 10:41 AMCreation of special units tasked to neutralize North Koreas leadership and key facilities in case of contingencies is part of Seouls revised its long-term defense reform plan. "We have made the revision in a bid to secure the most urgent defense capabilities against North Korean threats over the next five years (through 2021)," a high-ranking ministry official told reporters in a background briefing, Yohhap news and other South Korean media reported today
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Big Data To Help South Korea Forecast Enemy Threats
February 9, 2017 @ 09:54 AMSouth Korea is considering employing big data solutions to forecast enemy threats and strengthen its defense readiness. Defense officials, venture firms and experts gathered at a seminar in Seoul to discuss ways to further utilize big data in beefing up the military's defense capabilities against North Korea's growing nuclear and missile threats
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Airbus, ENGIE Ineo To Deliver Communications Network For France's Air Operations
February 7, 2017 @ 11:54 AMThe French ministry of defense has selected Engie Ineo and Airbus to deliver a high-availability communications network to control French Air Force's air operations. This eight-year contract signed with the French defence procurement agency (DGA) is part of the DESCARTES programme, the Airbus Defence And Space announced Monday
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China Tests Missile Equipped With 10 Nuclear Warheads
February 2, 2017 @ 01:15 PMChina has tested its new version of a missile, Dongfeng-5C, that is capable of carrying up to 10 nuclear warheads. The flight test of the DF-5C missile was carried out last month using 10 multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles, or MIRVs,
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South Korean JCS Seeks US Strategic Asset Deployment To Counter North’s Nuke...
February 2, 2017 @ 02:05 AMThe chairman of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) on Wednesday asked his US counterpart to deploy strategic military assets to the Korean Peninsula in a bid to counter North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile threats, the military said. Gen
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Intensified Missile Tests By N Korea, China, India and Pakistan in 2016
January 28, 2017 @ 02:24 PMNorth Korea, India and Pakistan launched a total of about 37, some capable of carrying nuclear weapons in 2016 making it one the busiest years for medium-to-long-range missile tests in recent memory. North Korea reportedly carried out about 25 medium to long range missile test launches of which just one was claimed as a success by Pyongyang
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N Korea Restarts Weapons-Grade Plutonium-Producing Reactor
January 28, 2017 @ 11:00 AMFresh satellite imagery shows that North Korea has apparently restarted its plutonium-producing nuclear reactor. "Imagery from January 22 shows a water plume (most probably warm) originating from the cooling water outlet of the reactor, an indication that the reactor is very likely operating," the website 38 North said in a report
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China Joins UN Sanctions Against North Korea, Bans Dual-use Products Export
January 27, 2017 @ 11:07 AMChina has released a list of goods that are banned for export to North Korea in compliance with UN sanctions that include items and technologies used to build 'weapons of mass destruction'. Chinas resolution also serves as a warning to North Korea not to conduct a nuclear test during the Chinese New Year as it did in 2016, according to the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) statement posted Wednesday
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