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India To Buy Cannon Ammo For Su-30MKI, Mi-35 Gunship From Russia
January 20, 2017 @ 12:31 PMIndia's Ministry of Defense officials will soon be visiting Russia to fast-track the delivery of rockets and ammunition for Mi-35 helicopter gunships and Su-30 fighter jets for the Indian Air Force (IAF). The Indian Armed Forces (IAF) has considered buying 50,000 rounds of 30mm GsH ammunition for Su-30 fighter jets and more than 60,000 rounds of 12
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Rolls-Royce To Pay More Than $832 Million In Fines To Settle Bribery
January 18, 2017 @ 03:12 PMRolls-Royce has agreed to pay $832 million to settle a long-running investigation into bribery and false accounting of the british engine-maker in several countries. According to the settlement, the engine-making company would need to pay a total of 671 million pounds ($832
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China Develops Nuclear Submarines That Can Carry 12 Ballistic Missiles
January 13, 2017 @ 04:51 PMChina's new nuclear submarines, whose images have emerged, are possibly able to carry 12 submarine-launched ballistic missiles with a range of over 11,000km (6,835m) The 'Jin' Type 094A has a large 'hump' concealing 12 submarine-launched ballistic missiles and hence are capable of striking the United States. The 'big waves' are believed to be China's new generation of intercontinental-range ballistic missiles, the JL-3, the
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US Deploys Sea-Based X-Band Radar To Counter North Korean Nuclear Missile Launch
January 12, 2017 @ 10:57 AMUS department of Defense has deployed high-tech sea-based X-band radar to look out for a North Korean long-range-missile launch in the coming months. The deployment of sea-based X-band radar (SB-X) is the first US military response to North Koreas threat that it could launch an intercontinental ballistic missile
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China Warns 'Small and Medium Size' Countries Not To Side with Big...
January 11, 2017 @ 12:26 PMA white paper released today by China on Asia-Pacific security cooperation has warned ‘small and medium size countries not to take sides in disputes between big countries, without naming the countries in question. The white paper, "China's Policies on Asia-Pacific Security Cooperation" was released by the State Council Information Office Wednesday on policies related to Asia-Pacific security cooperation， which also clarified the nation's stance on issues of regional concern
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Achieved Second Nuke Strike Capability With Sub-Launched Cruise Missile: Pak Army
January 11, 2017 @ 09:33 AMPakistan has claimed successful second strike capability with the launch of a submarine-based cruise missile that can carry nuclear missiles upto a 450 km range on Monday. Second strike capability means that Pakistan can respond to a nuclear strike on its soil from a mobile platform located at sea and hit at targets in the enemys territory
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US Navy's Columbia-Class Submarine Enter Engineering Development Phase
January 10, 2017 @ 01:56 PMUS Navys Columbia-class submarine program has cleared milestone B last week, allowing the submarine to move into the Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase. During this engineering, Manufacturing development phase, the focus would be achieving an 83 percent design maturity prior to construction start in 2021,
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Safran To Build New Inertial Navigation System For French Ballistic Subs
January 10, 2017 @ 11:50 AMSafran Electronics and Defense has won a contract to design, develop and build an improvised version of global inertial navigation system used on French ballistic missile submarines. The contract from the country's military procurement agency calls for a variant of the system used on Triomphant-class nuclear submarines
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Pakistan Test Fires Nuclear-capable Submarine-launched Cruise Missile
January 9, 2017 @ 03:42 PMPakistan on Monday test fired a Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM) Babur-3 capable of carrying a nuclear warhead from an undisclosed location in the Indian Ocean. The missile, with a range of 450 kilometers, was fired from an underwater, mobile platform and it has hit its target with precise accuracy
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India's First Rafale Fighter Jet Squadron To Replace MiG-27s In Eastern Sector...
January 9, 2017 @ 02:56 PMIndia has planned to base its first squadron of Rafale fighter jets in the eastern sector as part of policy to eventually build nuclear and conventional deterrence against China. The IAF has now already confirmed its plans for the first 18 Rafales to be stationed at the Hasimara airbase in Bengal from late-2019,
Yemeni Forces Launch Hypersonic Missile at Ben Gurion Airport
Ukraine Drone Strike Damages Pantsir Air Defense System, Aircraft at Russian-Used Crimea...
China's Indigenous C909 Airliner Operates First International Flight
U.K. Air Force to Replace Hawk Trainer with Locally-made Aircraft
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
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...
