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India’s Nuclear Powered Submarine To Undergo Missile Tests This Year
July 10, 2015 @ 11:11 AMIndias nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant will undergo first underwater missile and deep diving tests this year. “INS Arihant will go for deep sea diving this year and along with a series of tests, we would like to test B-05,” Director-General of Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Secretary (Research and Development), S Christopher said to Indian media Thursday
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Russian Air Force To Get 50 New Tu-160M Strategic Bombers
July 10, 2015 @ 10:43 AMRussian air force will purchase at least 50 new Tu-160M strategic bombers besides commencing production of the T-50 (PAK-FA) fighter by 2017. “In order to cover the expenses at least 50 aircraft of the type will be purchased, the Minister of Defense has made the decision to resume production of Tu-160M aircraft,” Commander-in-Chief of Russian air forces, Colonel-General Viktor Bondarev was quoted as saying by Interfax Thursday
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Thieves Steal Munitions From French Military Base
July 9, 2015 @ 01:20 PMGrenades, detonators and plastic explosives have been reportedly stolen from a major military base in France. According to a report by the Telegraph quoting judicial sources, the "Very well informed" thieves broke into the Miramas arms depot northwest of Marseille, southern France, in the early hours of Monday cut open two wire fences
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Indian Navy To Buy Additional Four P-8I Maritime Surveillance Aircraft
July 9, 2015 @ 10:09 AMThe Indian Navy plans to buy additional four Boeing P-8I Maritime Surveillance andanti-submarine warfare Aircraft. “The Cost Negotiating Committee (CNC) has recently completed the negotiations
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DCNS Validates Maritime Surveillance Solution in Piracy-hit Gulf of Guinea
July 9, 2015 @ 09:45 AMTogether with the French Navy, DCNS conducted three demonstrations of its POLARIS mission system and the interoperable NIDL tactical data link solution. These tests took place in the coastal waters of the Gulf of Guinea, an area in which over one quarter of worldwide acts of piracy are concentrated
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Cubic To Show Littoral Combat Ship Virtual Training System
July 7, 2015 @ 04:02 PMCubic Global Defense will showcase the US Navys Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) virtual training program at the 10th Annual Capitol Hill Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Expo in USA on July 9th. Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Immersive Virtual Courseware is set within the Immersive Virtual Shipboard Environment (IVSE) and trainees perform tasks in a realistic multi-user environment
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Airbus Unveils Bluecopter Eco-friendly Helicopter Demonstrator
July 7, 2015 @ 02:44 PMAirbus Helicopters today unveiled its Bluecopter demonstrator which promises quieter and more fuel efficient rotorcraft flights. “With Bluecopter, we have met our goals of decreasing fuel consumption by 40 percent, significantly reducing CO2 emissions, and lowering noise to approximately 10 decibel effective perceived noise (EPNdB) below ICAO noise certification limits, while raising the maximum payload and the passenger comfort
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US To Order 94 F-35 Fighter Aircrafts For $920 million
July 6, 2015 @ 02:36 PMThe US military will be placing a $920.4 million order to procure 94 F-35Lightning II joint strike fighter combat jets
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China's J-10B Fighter Aircraft To Enter Export Market
July 6, 2015 @ 12:29 PMChina could possibly export its J-10B fighter to Pakistan, Asia, Latin America and Africa. Russia has agreed for a deal to sell its advanced AL31FN engines which will be fitted to the J-10B, Kanwa defense review reported Sunday adding that the first batch of the engines is expected this year
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B-52 Stratofortresses Completes 44-hour, Nonstop Mission from US to Australia
July 3, 2015 @ 07:20 PMTwo B-52 Stratofortresses have successfully completed 44-hour, non-stop mission on Thursday flying between the US to Australia. The strategic bombers were assigned to 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base in the USA, where it demonstrated the US' ability to project its flexible, long-range global strike capability and provided opportunities to synchronize strategic activities and capabilities with a key ally in the US Pacific Command (USPACOM) area of operations
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Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
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European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
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