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Iran Producing Advanced Anti-Armored Missiles
2016-12-27 Read More...
“Important measures have been taken in the field of top attack weapons and producing smart rockets and anti-armored missiles and with different extra capabilities,” Head of Iran Ground Force’s Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization General

Iranian, South African Defense Ministers Sign MoU
2016-12-21 Read More...
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan and his South African counterpart Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula in a meeting in Pretoria last week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to broaden their mutual cooperation, Fars

Russia Delivers S-300 Air Defense System to Iran
2016-12-06 Read More...
Russia has fully delivered all parts of S-300 air defense system to Iran and the two countries have agreed to develop logistical and technical cooperation, a senior Iranian government official

Israel to Acquire 17 Additional F-35 Fighter Jets
2016-11-29 Read More...
Israel on Sunday said it will expand its fleet of next-generation F-35 fighter jets in a move that officials believe will help maintain the country’s qualitative military edge over its Mideast neighbors for years to

Iran Plans to Buy Sukhoi Su-30 Fighter Jets
2016-11-28 Read More...
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan stated Tehran’s plan to buy Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets from Russia, adding that Moscow’s anti-terrorism flights in Syria from Iran’s Western airbase of Nojeh might resume in future, Fars News

Russia, Iran Negotiating $10 Billion Arms Deal
2016-11-16 Read More...
Russia and Iran are in talks over an arms deal worth around $10 billion that would see Moscow deliver T-90 tanks, artillery systems, planes and helicopters to Tehran, a senior Russian senator said on Monday, the RIA news agency

Iran, China Sign Defense-Military Agreement
2016-11-16 Read More...
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan and his Chinese counterpart General Chang Wanquan (photo), in a meeting in Tehran earlier this week, signed an agreement to further develop defense and military cooperation between the two

Iran Expanding Airborne Force’s New Bases
2016-11-14 Read More...
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Ground Force Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour announced that the newly-founded IRGC Airborne Force is setting up new bases in different parts of the country, Fars News Agency (FNA)

Israel Negotiating More Submarines with Germany
2016-10-18 Read More...
Four years after the heated debate regarding the question of whether or not the IDF Navy needs a sixth submarine - Germany and Israel have initiated negotiations regarding the acquisition of additional

Poll: 80.8% of Americans Oppose $38 Billion Aid to Israel
2016-09-30 Read More...
A majority of Americans would redirect $38 billion the Obama Administration recently pledged to Israel toward other priorities. A federal lawsuit aims to help

Iran, Italy Stage Joint Naval Wargames
2016-09-29 Read More...
Iranian and Italian Naval Forces held joint exercises in Iran’s territorial waters in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, Fars News Agency (FNA)

U.S., Israel Sign Record $38 Billion Military Aid Deal
2016-09-15 Read More...
The United States will give Israel $38 billion in military assistance over the next decade, the largest such aid package in US history, under a landmark agreement signed on Wednesday, Reuters

Italian Military Delegation Visits Iranian Armed Forces
2016-09-09 Read More...
A delegation of the Italian army is visiting the Iranian Armed Forces’ different units in line with military interactions between Tehran and friendly states, Fars News Agency (FNA)

Rheinmetall Wins Simulation Order in the Middle East
2016-09-06 Read More...
The Rheinmetall Group of Düsseldorf has won another important export order in the simulation technology domain. A military customer from the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region has contracted with the Group to equip an ultramodern facility where

UN: Israel Should Ratify Nuke Test Ban Treaty within 5 years
2016-09-02 Read More...
Israel should ratify the nuclear test ban treaty within five years - and Iran should also ratify but the timing is uncertain, the head of the UN organization established to implement the treaty said

L-3 to Supply 8 Designating Turrets to a Middle East Nation
2016-09-01 Read More...
L-3 Communications announced that its Integrated Sensor Systems (ISS) sector within its Electronic Systems segment has been selected under a U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract to provide eight WESCAM MX™-10D electro-optical and infrared

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