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Iran’s New Drone Similar To Captured US RQ-170 UAV
October 3, 2016 @ 02:38 PMIrans newly built long-range attack drone, ‘Saeqeh is similar to a US drone captured five years ago after it entered Iranian airspace, according to local media. The report described the new drone as a home-grown aircraft "made by reverse engineering of [an] American Lockheed Martin RQ-170" vehicle that was downed in December 2011
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UK Approves £1.3 Billion To Start Construction Work On Successor Nuclear Submarines
October 3, 2016 @ 02:15 PMUK has announced £1.3 billion of new investment to start construction work on Successor nuclear-powered missile submarine, which will begin to replace the current Vanguard-class in Royal Navy service in the early 2030s
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Lockheed To Fit Combat Systems Into Australian Future Submarines
September 30, 2016 @ 02:46 PMLockheed Martin has won a US$1.06 billion contract to supply the combat systems for Australia's new fleet of 12 French submarines
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Huntington Ingalls Wins $400 Million To Repair US Nuclear Submarines
September 30, 2016 @ 06:41 AMHuntington Ingalls Industries (HII-NNS) is being awarded contract to perform repair efforts for in-service nuclear-powered submarines, special mission submersibles, moored training ships, and submarine support facilities. Specifically, repair efforts include overhaul, maintenance, repair, modernization upgrades, technical engineering support, supplies and services, and nuclear related touch labor support efforts
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US Approves $20 Billion Fighter Jet sales To Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait
September 29, 2016 @ 03:17 PMThe US has approved a sale of $20 billion fighter jets by Boeing and Lockheed Martin to Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait. The potential sales include 72 Boeing F-15 jets to Qatar and 32 F/A-18 E/F fighters to Kuwait
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Russian Nuclear Submarine Test Fires Two Bulava Missiles
September 28, 2016 @ 03:59 PMRussian submarine Yuri Dolgoruky has test launched two Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles from the White Sea today. "Both missiles were fired from the submarines silos in a routine regime
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North Korea Possesses 88 Pounds Weapons-Grade Plutonium
September 28, 2016 @ 12:41 PMNorth Korea has drastically progressed in miniaturization of its nuclear weapons and allegedly possesses at least 88 pounds of weapons-grade plutonium. The North had reinforced its strategic capabilities and is continuing development of nuclear and biochemical weapons and ballistic missiles, South Korean Defense Ministry was quoted as saying by
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US Sanctions Chinese Firm For Aiding North Korea's Nuclear Program
September 28, 2016 @ 12:40 PMThe US has imposed sanctions on a Chinese firm Dandong Hongxiang Industrial Development (DHID) that has been suspected to have provided financial services and illicit goods to North Korea for its nuclear and missile program. The US Treasury on Monday blacklisted the industry machinery wholesaler, and four of its executives, including founder Ma Xiaohong,
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Indo-Israeli Medium Range Surface-To-Air Missile Test Next Week
September 19, 2016 @ 11:54 AMIndias Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has scheduled to conduct a test series of Indo-Israeli joint venture Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) from Tuesday. Developed jointly with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), DRDO has considered to test launch at least five MRSAM at Chandipur-on-sea, a defence base off the Odisha coast,
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Nuclear Weapons Delivery Capability Helped Clinch Rafale Jet Deal For India
September 19, 2016 @ 11:09 AMThe nuclear weapons delivery capability of the Dassault Rafale and France shifting this year from Mirage 2000 to Rafale for its strategic strike role might have helped clinch the aircraft deal in India. “The deciding factor in buying the Rafales, even though in such small numbers was its ability to be used as airborne strategic delivery system,”
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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