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Indian Missile Defence Shield Mov...
India's two-tiered ballistic missile defence shield ...
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Pakistan Increases Defence Budget b...
New Pakistani Prime Minister introduce a 10 percent annual military budget ...
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Eager Lion Military Exercise Begins...
Massive multi-regional military exercise gets underway in Jordan, involving...
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$4bn US Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook C...
177 upgraded Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavylift support helicopters are headin...
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Russian and Indian Fighters Violate...
Finnish and Pakistani airspace was reportedly infringed on the same day dur...
Read More....Australia and India Advancing Military Robotics
Posted by Paul Fiddian - Armed Forces International's Lead Reporter on 11/06/2013 - 06:35:00
Both Australia and India are looking to take battlefield robotics to the next level, especially so far as human interaction and independence are concerned
Read more....Indian Air Force Gets First PC-7 MkII Trainers
Posted by Paul Fiddian - Armed Forces International's Lead Reporter on 07/06/2013 - 08:45:00
The first 12 upgraded PC-7 turboprop trainers for the Indian Air Force have been delivered. 63 more will join them between now and 2015
Read more....Ospreys and Commandos Expand Special Ops Group
Posted by Paul Fiddian - Armed Forces International's Lead Reporter on 07/06/2013 - 07:35:00
RAF Mildenhall's 352nd Special Operations Group will start to re-equip with CV-22 Osprey tiltrotors and MC-130J Commando II refuellers this month
Read more....First FREMM Frigate For Italian Navy
Posted by Paul Fiddian - Armed Forces International's Lead Reporter on 06/06/2013 - 08:15:00
The Italian Navy now has its first FREMM frigate, the Carlo Bergamini. Nine more FREMM (fregata multi-missione) vessels will join it in months ahead
Read more....Upgraded Harriers To Serve On In USMC
Posted by Paul Fiddian - Armed Forces International's Lead Reporter on 05/06/2013 - 10:00:00
With the F-35 Lightning II programme running behind schedule, the US Marine Corps' AV-8B Harrier IIs are getting a service life extension
Read more....Terrier Drive-by-Wire Vehicle Joins British Army
Posted by Paul Fiddian - Armed Forces International's Lead Reporter on 05/06/2013 - 10:00:00
BAE Systems' state-of-the art Terrier CEV (Combat Engineer Vehicle) enters British Army service: the first drive-by-wire vehicle to do so.
Read more....60+ Nations Sign UN Arms Trade Treaty
Posted by Paul Fiddian - Armed Forces International's Lead Reporter on 04/06/2013 - 10:35:00
More than 60 nations sign the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty within hours of its launch - an encouraging event, according to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
Read more....Oshkosh P-19R Firefighting Vehicles For USMC
Posted by Paul Fiddian - Armed Forces International's Lead Reporter on 04/06/2013 - 10:30:00
Oshkosh Defence has been awarded a $192m contract for the supply of P-19R (Replacement) ARFF (Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting) vehicles to the United States Marine Corps
Read more....Nuclear Powers Increase Warhead Arsenals
Posted by Paul Fiddian - Armed Forces International's Lead Reporter on 03/06/2013 - 09:15:00
China, India and Pakistan have all increased their nuclear warheads inventories, while other nations have cut back or in some cases, not moved either way
Read more....India Developing Glide Bomb for Air Force Jets
Posted by Paul Fiddian - Armed Forces International's Lead Reporter on 03/06/2013 - 05:35:00
India defence scientists are developing the country's first home-grown glide bomb to strengthen the Indian Air Force's frontline combat jets' strike capabilities
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