Foreign troops under NATO command will leave Afghanistan as part of the drawdown, following the United States suit. “Standing shoulder to shoulder, we have paid a high price in both blood and in treasure
Dutch Air Defense Command Vessel, HNLMS Evertsen will join UK Carrier Strike Group on its voyage to the Sea of Japan following a six-week period of maintenance at Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam. The shipyard prepared the warship for the voyage of nearly 40,000 km that it will soon be making to Japan together with the UK Carrier Strike Group
Iran has begun enriching Uranium Hexafluoride to the purity level of 60% in newer generation of centrifuge machines at the Natanz nuclear facility and will accumulate the product next week, Iranian envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Kazem Gharibabadi, said Wednesday. “This will improve significantly both the quality and quantity of radiopharmaceutical products,” he added
The Russian troops will get their hands on Okhotnik (S-70 or Hunter) heavy drones that can operate under the control of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter, in 2024. “Okhotnik deliveries to the troops are planned to begin as early as in 2024
Lockheed Martin announced a new line of mid-size tactical Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) satellites on Monday. The company is pitching the new satellite- about the size of a small refrigerator- as an alternative to tactical surveillance platforms like airplanes and drones
Elbit Systems said today it will supply an additional J- MUSIC DIRCM (Direct Infrared Countermeasures) self-protection system to the Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet (MMF). This time for the ninth Airbus A330 MRTT aircraft, the last addition of the fleet, to be equipped with Elbit Systems J-MUSIC DIRCM system
The UK Royal Navy's Type 23 frigates could be equipped with "ship-killing" SEA SERPENT missiles produced by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Thales. "IAI & Thales UK have joined forces to offer SEA SERPENT the most advanced ship-launched anti-surface missile in the free world to equip the Royal Navy Type 23 frigates with an anti-ship and anti-surface missile that can strike targets at ranges significantly in excess of 200km," IAI announced Tuesday
Russias Rubin Central Design Bureau has developed perhaps the worlds first patrol ship with a diving capability so that it functions like a submarine for a short time, TASS reported quoting Rubins press service
Turkey has reportedly frozen an $83 million deal to buy Leonardo helicopters after Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi called its President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a “dictator.” According to La Repubblica and Il Fatto Quotidiano, Turkish authorities have started to send "threatening signals" since there is no reaction from Rome
Turkeys space agency has successfully tested its first hybrid engine that will be used in a rocket that will send a payload to the Moon Mustafa Varank, technology and industry minister said on Sunday that he had received information about the test,