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Indian Navy’s Indigenous Stealth Destroyer Ready For Launch
April 16, 2015 @ 12:20 PMIndian Navys indigenously built INS Visakhapatanam-class stealth destroyer is ready to launch, Free Press Journal reported Thursday. Visakhapatanam (Project-15B) built by the Mazagaon Dockyard Limited (MDL) is an improved stealth, power packed destroyer and more advanced than Kolkata class
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Indian Rafale Jets Likely From France’ Own Military Order
April 16, 2015 @ 12:08 PMFrance is eyeing to divert Rafale jets from its own military production in order to fulfill Indias urgent requirement for 36 warplanes, Press Trust Of India reported Thursday. The French are working out the modalities and nitty-gritty and will finalize once Indian and French government start talking in detail, French defense sources were quoted as saying
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India Successfully Test Fires Nuclear Ballistic Agni-III Missile
April 16, 2015 @ 11:47 AMIndia has successfully test-fired nuclear ballistic missile Agni-III for a lesser range from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast on Thursday. The missile has a strike range of more than 3,000 km
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India's Rafale Deal Negates RFP Exercise
April 14, 2015 @ 07:20 AMThe decision of the Indian and the French governments to enter into a government-to-government deal for procurement of Rafale fighter aircrafts by the IAF has actually negated the whole exercise of creating the most detailed RFP ever circulated. Of course, the life cycle costing (LCC) mechanism that was developed for the discovery of the correct price of various offers
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US, South Korea Launch Air Force Exercise
April 11, 2015 @ 11:51 AMSouth Korea and the United States launched a major joint air force exercise on Friday, as US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter visits Seoul. The two-week-long "Max Thunder" drill will involve around 100 military aircraft, including jet fighters and bombers carrying out tactical bombing runs, the South Korean Air force was quoted as saying in various media reports
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Ruling Party Leader Opposes Rafale Deal
April 11, 2015 @ 11:18 AMIndias ruling party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Subramanian Swamy on Friday took on the governments decision to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets in flyway condition from France. He said he will take the legal recourse if the government would go ahead with the decision
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Lockheed Martin To Provide Enhanced Airborne EW To Turkey
April 11, 2015 @ 08:03 AMLockheed Martin will provide the Turkish Air Force with electronic warfare modernization on board its fleet of F-16s under the terms of the US FMS contract announced in March. The contract, valued at $13
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France Takes Delivery Of Three VBCI Wheeled Armored Vehicle
April 11, 2015 @ 08:01 AMThe French Ministry Of Defence announced Thursday that the defense procurement agency, DGA, has taken delivery of the first three 32-tonne variants of the VBCI wheeled armored vehicle, which will be used to train crews of the 1st African Rifle regiment stationed at Canjuers. The modification of the vehicles, which were certified by DGA in October 2014, will increase the vehicles maximum authorized weight by 3 tonnes, allowing additional protection equipment required to safely operate on the harshest operational theaters where French troops are deployed
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Australian Navy’sSeahawk ‘Romeo’ Completes First Of Class Flight Trails
April 10, 2015 @ 04:17 PMThe Royal Australian Navys first Seahawk MH-60R ‘Romeo has successfully completed First of Class Flight Trials, RAN announced Friday. The helicopter was configured in a range of operational roles, which included the fitting of Hellfire missiles and torpedoes
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Russia To Deliver 14 Yakovlev-130 Aircraft To Bangladesh
April 10, 2015 @ 04:08 PMBangladesh is expected to receive 14 Yakovlev-130 aircraft that is used for training and light attacks, from Russia this year. The contract was signed last year and includes options for 10 more aircraft, Aviation International News reported Thursday
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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