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Turkey Selects Chinese Firm for Missile System
2013-10-01 Read More...
NATO member Turkey has chosen a Chinese defense firm that has been hit by U.S. sanctions to co-produce a $4 billion long-range air and missile defense

US, South Korea Stage Annual Military Drills
2013-08-20 Read More...
South Korea and the United States started annual joint military exercises on Monday, South Korean media have reported citing the Combined Forces Command

RUAG Space Wins First Contract in India
2013-07-23 Read More...
RUAG Space has succeeded in entering India's young but expanding space market by obtaining a contract for the supply of satellite test equipment. Thanks to intensive marketing efforts on the Asian continent, backed by decades of experience in the

India Launches Satellite for New Navigation Network
2013-07-08 Read More...
India launched the first of seven satellites for its domestic satellite navigation network last week, its space centre said, in the first step to creating a scaled down version of the US Global Positioning

U.S. Drone Kills Pakistani Taliban Deputy Commander
2013-05-30 Read More...
The Pakistani Taliban’s number two was killed in the North Waziristan region on Wednesday, three security officials told Reuters news agency, in what would be a major blow in the fight against

China “Hacking” Major US Weapons Designs
2013-05-29 Read More...
Designs for more than two dozen major US weapons systems have been compromised by Chinese hackers, a US report said on Monday, as a news report in Australia said Chinese hackers had stolen the blueprints for Australia's new spy

US, South Korea Start Joint Naval Exercise
2013-05-13 Read More...
South Korea and the United States started on Monday a two-day joint naval exercise off the east coast involving a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, South Korean media

Turkish Industry Takes Off In Support Of F-35
2013-05-10 Read More...
ISTANBUL, Turkey, May 8, 2013 - Nine Turkish companies participated in the Lockheed Martin F-35 Industry Recognition Event during the IDEF tradeshow

Russia, Japan Condemn North Korea’s Conduct
2013-04-30 Read More...
The leaders of Russia and Japan have condemned North Korea’s conduct and urged the reclusive communist state to observe UN resolutions, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in a joint statement after talks in

China Reveals its Military Structure for First Time
2013-04-24 Read More...
China revealed the composition and structure of its Armed Forces, including its nuclear deterrent, for the first time last week in a new edition of a white paper on national defense that also elaborates the country’s new security

Raytheon Anschuetz Wins Oman Navy Order
2013-04-11 Read More...
Raytheon Anschuetz, a German based, indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon Company, was awarded a contract to provide the company's Integrated Bridge and Navigation Systems for 4 Offshore Patrol Vessels for the Royal Navy of

Bangladesh Plans to Buy 24 Yak-130 Jet Trainers
2013-04-01 Read More...
Bangladesh is planning to buy 24 Yak-130Mitten jet trainers (photo) on $1 billion credit from Russia, Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport

Iran, Syria, North Korea Block UN Arms Trade Treaty
2013-03-29 Read More...
Iran, Syria and North Korea on Friday prevented the adoption of the first international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade, complaining that it was flawed and failed to ban weapons sales to rebel

South Korea, US Sign Military Plan Against North
2013-03-26 Read More...
South Korea has signed a new military plan with the US to counter what officials call North Korean

4 RAF Typhoons Arrive to Lima 2013 Air Show
2013-03-25 Read More...
All eyes turned skywards in Penang (Malaysia) Friday with the arrival of 4 Royal Air Force

India Test Fires Sub-Launched Version of BrahMos Missile
2013-03-21 Read More...
India successfully carried out on Wednesday the maiden test firing of the over 290km-range submarine-launched version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in the Bay of Bengal - becoming the first country in the world to have this capability.

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