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Pakistani Missile, Defence Facilities Sanctioned For Anti-US Activity
December 31, 2016 @ 12:35 PMThe US government has announced sanctions against seven Pakistani government-owned and commercial entities allegedly associated with the countrys missile, defence and nuclear programmes, says an official notification. The notification by the US Department of Commerce said that the entities added to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) list “have been determined by the US government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States”
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BWX Technologies To Develop Payload Tubes For Virginia-class Submarines
December 28, 2016 @ 10:33 AMBWX Technologies has won a $35 million contract from General Dynamics‘Electric Boat business unit to develop and build Virginia Payload Module launch tubes for Virginia-class submarines. BWXT Nuclear Operations Group will start the fabrication of the payload tubes in 2017 at its manufacturing facility in Mount Vernon, Indiana with the first delivery set for 2019, BWXT announced Tuesday
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Indian ICVs To Get Automatic NBC Protection Systems To Counter Pakistani Nasr...
December 27, 2016 @ 10:11 AMIndia has decided to equip its 1500 infantry combat vehicles with automatic Nuclear Biological Chemical (NBC) protection systems to counter Pakistani deployment of nuclear capable Nasr short-range missiles. Currently, the ICVs have manual versions of NBC protection system
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India Tests Nuclear Capable Mobile Launched Agni-V ICBM
December 27, 2016 @ 08:54 AMIndia has carried out test firing of nuclear capable Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), Agni-V on Monday. The ICBM was test-launched from Wheeler island off Odisha coast and was the fourth and could be the final test of the missile
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Japan's 2017 Defense Spending To Hit $43.6Bn; Interceptor Missile System Procurement Likely
December 23, 2016 @ 12:20 PMAmid escalating tension with China and North Korea, the Japanese government on Thursday announced increase in defence budget for fiscal 2017 starting April 1, that covers a new amphibious force and a new sea-based ballistic missile interceptor system. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abes cabinet approved ¥5
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Japan Did Not Share Info On Pyongyang's Missile Test: Seoul
December 21, 2016 @ 10:22 AMSouth Korea claims Japan did not adhere to a bilateral intelligence-sharing pact signed last month, as it didnt share any intelligence on Pyongyang's recent test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). "We have found that the North carried out a land-based experiment on an SLBM, but there is no information that we have received from the Japanese side regarding the test," the source declining to be identified told Yonhap Thursday
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Australia, France Seal A$50 Billion Submarines Deal
December 20, 2016 @ 08:41 AMAustralia today sealed a 50 billion Australian dollars ($37 billion) submarines deal with France, termed the “largest defense procurement program in Australias history”. The inter- governmental agreement (IGA) signed by Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, is for 12 sophisticated submarines to be built by French defence major DCNS
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Australia, France To Sign US$37 Billion Submarine Deal On Tuesday
December 19, 2016 @ 01:37 PMFrance and Australia will sign a multibillion dollar for 12 state-of-the-art submarines tomorrow. Australias Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Frances Minister of Defense, Jean-Yves Le Drian, will ink the intergovernmental accord estimated 50 billion Australian dollars ($37 billion) in Adelaide on Tuesday with the French shipbuilder DCNS designing and building the Shortfin Barracudas, AFP reports
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Seized US Underwater Drone May Have Gathered Data On Chinese Subs: Chinese...
December 19, 2016 @ 12:57 PMChinese military analysts have said that the US underwater drone that was seized in South China Sea last week must have gathered military intelligence like the movements of submarines. Song Zhongping, a military commentator at Phoenix TV, told the
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BAE Systems To Support Weapons Systems On US Navy's Submarines
December 15, 2016 @ 11:00 AMBAE Systems has won a $368 million five-year contract to provide systems engineering and support services to the US Navys Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) office. SSP oversees the Strategic Weapons System and Attack Weapons System on board current US Ohio and UK Vanguard class submarines, as well as on future Ohio replacement and the UK Dreadnought class of submarines
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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