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US Military's Failed Humvee Airdrop
April 26, 2016 @ 11:32 AMThree US military vehicles, High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) detached from their parachtes and crashed during an airdrop on a military base in Hohenfels, Germany. The video capture shows equipment being dropped by parachute from planes with the 173rd Airborne Brigade flying past until the first HMMWV breaks free and crashes on to the ground on April 11 this year. It is followed by a second and a third one crashing onto the ground.
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Russian Su-30 Jets Escort IL-76 Carrying Aid To ISIS-Besieged Syrian Town
April 18, 2016 @ 10:50 AMThe Russian Air Force video shows air dropping of 30 tons of humanitarian aid on April 6 over areas of Deir Ez-Zor. Cargo deliveries have been held from the Hmeymim Airfield by Il-76 transport aircraft of the Syrian Air Force escorted by Russian Su-30 and Su-35 fighter jets. The military transport aircraft has delivered food products from the Red Crescent International to Deir ez Zor which had been besieged by the ISIS militants.
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Russian Mi-28N Attack Helicopter Debuts In Syria
April 5, 2016 @ 10:56 AMRussias Mi-28N attack helicopter has made its combat debut in Syria. In a video posted by Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD), at least one Mi-28N helicopter is seen fighting Islamic State (IS) terrorists near the city of Palmyra, Tass reported Monday. In the footage, the aircraft used both types of Ataka (AT-9 Spiral 2) guided missiles namely, 9M120 with anti-tank shaped-charge warhead and anti-personnel 9M120F with combined high-explosive/aerosol-explosive warhead. Mi-28N eliminated hostile infantry fighting vehicle and destroyed a small building with terrorists inside. The helicopter`s gunner was guiding the missiles using radio command guidance system. The footage also shows image from the helicopter`s...
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DARPA’s ACTUV Drone To Hunt Submarines
April 4, 2016 @ 01:16 PMThe US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agencys (DARPA) Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program has designed, developed and constructed an entirely new class of ocean-going vessel—one intended to traverse thousands of kilometers over the open seas for months at a time, all without a single crew member aboard. The ACTUV technology demonstration vessel was recently transferred to water at its construction site in Portland, Ore., and conducted speed tests in which it reached a top speed of 27 knots (31 mph/50 kph). The vessel is scheduled to be christened on April 7, 2016, with open-water testing planned to...
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Russian Su-25 Fighter Crashes, No Casualties
March 30, 2016 @ 08:28 AMA Russian Su-25 fighter crashed early morning in the eastern Primorsky Krai region during a training flight. No casualties have been reported as the pilot managed to eject before the crash, Ria Novosti quoted an unnamed source as saying Wednesday. The Russian Defense Ministry in a statement said that, “The pilot ejected and is out of danger. The aircraft had no ammunition during the flight and there are no victims or destruction to property on the ground.”
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Russian 'Verba' MANPADS Test Firing
March 22, 2016 @ 12:36 PMThe video shows a newest Russian-made 9R 333 VFN man-portable air defence missile system (MANPDS being test-fired at suspended targets. The MANPADS is designed and manufactured by the KBM Scientific Production Concern, a subsidiary of JSC High Precision Systems Scientific Production Association. The MANPADS boasts of enhanced capability of engaging small-size targets with low thermal signatures such as cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles. It has enhanced jamming immunity to contemporary high-power pyrotechnical jamming devices and combat effectiveness against modern air strike weapons thanks to missile warhead and high-precision guidance system. The low-weight of the MANPADS enables it to engage air targets flying...
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Su-34 Bombers Land In Russian Voronezh Airbase From Syria
March 15, 2016 @ 12:34 PMRussias Su-34 multi-purpose bomber aircraft fleet from Syria has returned to an air base near Voronezh. The first group of multipurpose fighter-bomber Su-34, returned from Syria on Tuesday afternoon landed at an air base near Voronezh, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "Before landing, the aircraft passed over the airfield in the parade ranks air at low altitude, and then performed aerobatics" Dissolution ", the Russian MoD press service told the media.
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US Clears F-16 Sale To Pakistan: India Summons US Envoy
February 13, 2016 @ 07:47 AMThe Indian government has summoned the US ambassador over the clearance of F-16 fighter jets by the US administration to Pakistan worth nearly $700 million. "We are disappointed at decision of the Obama administration to notify the sale of F-16 aircrafts to Pakistan. We disagree with their rationale that such arms transfers help to combat terrorism," the ministry of external affairs said on Saturday. US ambassador to India, Richard Verma is to be summoned about the matter, news agency ANI reported Saturday. The Indian government said Pakistan's record in encouraging cross-border terrorism "for the last many years speaks for itself". Despite mounting opposition...
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Su-30SM Multi-Role Fighters With The Russian Falcons Aerobatics Team
February 13, 2016 @ 07:43 AMRussian Falcons Aerobatics Team flying a Sukhoi Su-30SM supermaneuverable fighter jets. Falcons of Russia (Sokoli Rossii) aerobatic team performed demonstration flight on Su-30SM aircraft (instead of Su-27 jets) for the first time in October 2014. The SU-30SM is a two place multi-role fighter and attack aircraft that features the powerful passive electronically scanned array (PESA) BARS radar, glass cockpits, some advanced French avionics, full fly-by-wire flight controls, updated electronic countermeasures as well as forward canards and thrust vectoring for super maneuverability.
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MH-17 Air Crash Causes Video- Dutch Safety Board
October 14, 2015 @ 09:09 AMFired missiles can be evaded by hard maneuvers. Infra Red missiles lock on can be defeated if the targeted aircraft fly out of the missile seekers field of view. According to industry expert for Smart Weapons and Unmanned Vehicle Systems, Debajit Sarkar, With radar guided missiles, it is possible to avoid or break radar lock (“Beam Turn” and “Doppler Turn”) by adopting hard turns that will cause the missile to lose the lock and consequently miss the target . While fighter aircrafts will not face problems in adopting the evasive maneuvers we are talking here about a behemoth that has a...
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Successful LCS Surface to Surface Missile Test: NAVSEA
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