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Raytheon Tests 'Hot fire rocket motor' For Defence Against Anti-ship Missiles
May 7, 2019 @ 04:07 AMRaytheon has tested a new rocket motor for the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agencys (DARPA) Multi-Azimuth Defense Fast Intercept Round Engagement System, or MAD-FIRES. The MAD-FIRES interceptor is designed to provide self-defence capability that defeats multiple waves of anti-ship missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as other threats, the company said in a statement Monday
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US Clinches $6.2Bn Patriot Missile Systems Deals with Bahrain, UAE
May 4, 2019 @ 08:14 AMThe United States has secured two Patriot missile systems sales deals, one with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for $2.728 Billion and another with Bahrain for $2
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US Tests Nuclear-capable Minuteman III ICBM
May 2, 2019 @ 10:17 AMThe United States (US) has tested an unarmed nuclear-capable Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the US Air Force announced on Twitter Wednesday. The missile was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base
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Indian Air-launched BrahMos Missile to be Tested in Combat Mode
April 30, 2019 @ 10:22 AMIndia is planning a test of the air-launched BrahMos supersonic cruise in combat mode to test its ability to penetrate hostile environment. The test planned for the next few days will be the second of the BrahMos from the belly of a Su-30MKI fighter jet
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Iran Announces Development of Three Helicopter-borne Missiles
April 26, 2019 @ 03:49 PMIran's Ministry of Defense and the Army Aviation have developed three new missiles with range over kilometers to be mounted on the militarys attack helicopters, with a view to their mass-production in near future. The missiles are respectively dubbed Heidar, Qamar-e Bani Hashem, and the airborne version of the Dehlaviyeh armor-piercing missile, Fars News Agency reported on Thursday
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Turkish S-400 Air Defence Systems to have Local Software: Foreign Minister
April 25, 2019 @ 01:39 PMThe software deployed in the Turkish S-400 Air Defence Systems will have locally developed software and will operate with unique radar, detection and surveillance systems. Turkish Foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said today that the system will be programmed in such a way as not to detect NATO systems as hostile
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Pakistan Test-fires Indigenous Cruise Missile
April 24, 2019 @ 10:25 AMPakistan Navy test-fired a domestically developed unindented cruise missile in the north Arabian sea on Tuesday. "The indigenously developed cruise missile has anti-ship missile and land attack capability," Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media arm of the Pakistan Armed Forces, said in a statement Tuesday
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New Israeli Missile Can Speed Past Russian S-300 Air Defence System
April 23, 2019 @ 12:53 PMIsrael has developed a new supersonic air-to-surface missile that can speed past the Russian S-300 air defence system without getting intercepted, a journalist from Germany, Florian Rötzer, has claimed. The “Rampage” missiles were used by the Israeli military during an airstrike in the Syrian province of Hama last week, according to a report by
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NATO Reacting Positively To Form Joint Working Group With Turkey Over S-400...
April 19, 2019 @ 12:43 PMNATO has positively approached Turkey's proposal to form a joint working group to ease concerns over its purchase of Russian S-400 missile systems, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Friday. “We still haven't heard back from the US but NATO has approached our proposal positively,"
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US To Deploy THAAD Defense System In Romania
April 16, 2019 @ 08:44 AMThe United States has planned to deploy to Romania one of its seven Terminal High-Altitude Area-Defense (THAAD) missile-interceptor batteries, the army has announced. The planned summer 2019 deployment coincides with a shut-down of the US Aegis Ashore missile-defense site, also in Romania, for a scheduled upgrade
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India Test-fires "Nirbhay" Subsonic Cruise Missile
April 15, 2019 @ 02:46 PMIndia completed test-firing "Nirbhay" long-range subsonic cruise missile from a test range in Odisha on Monday. The missile was test-fired from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near Balasore, sources in Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said
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Russian S-500, S-350 Air Defence Systems 'Almost Ready'
April 13, 2019 @ 10:08 PMRussian S-500 and S-350 air defence systems, successors to the S-400 and S-350 respectively, are ‘almost ready, for deployment. The two new systems have several advancements over the S-400 and S-300, Sputnik reported without specifying the features stating that they are classified
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GD Unveils Prototype of Stryker A1 IM-SHORAD, Stryker A1 MCWs Ready for...
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Lockheed Unveils “Raider X” for US Army’s FARA Contest
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S Korean KFX Fighter Jet Mock-up Displayed Without Indonesian Identity
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US Accelerates Work on Hypersonics, Directed Energy for Advanced Weapons and Defense...
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Russian S-300s, S-400s Fail to Detect Israeli F-35s Flying Over Syria: Reports...
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New GJ-11 Stealth Combat Drone with Flying Wing Design takes part in...
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China to Deploy Sharp Sword Stealth Drone on Type-001A Carrier by Year-end...
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USAF Develops "Thor" Electromagnetic Weapon to Hammer Enemy Drones
September 30, 2019
US, Europe Arms Embargo to Derail Several Turkish Procurement Programs
Several joint production and direct procurement programs could be halted if the US and Europe carry through with their threat...
Unconventional Military Hardware from Iran
Sanctions-hit Iran has found ingenious ways to develop military hardware
Artificial Intelligence to Drive Future Weapons Development
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly permeating the defence industry to aid and improve human decision-making
Are Days Numbered for Russia’s Su-35 Fighter Jet?
Upgrade of Russias Sukhoi Su-30SM fighters to equip them with armaments, radar, sensors and engines from the more powerful Su-35...
US Companies Threatened With Sanctions May be Denied Chinese Rare Earth Materials
US companies sanctioned by China for supplying weapons to Taiwan may be denied rare earth elements (REEs), which have critical...
Russian Su-57 Preparing to Compete with F-35 for Stealth Jet Market Share
While the US F-35 stealth aircraft has become one the fastest selling fighter jets in the world aircraft market, thanks...