The U.S. State Department approved the sale of AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles to Hungary at an estimated cost of $500 million, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced. The approval, announced on Tuesday, came after the Hungarian government requested the purchase of 180 AMRAAM missiles, training missiles, cryptographic and communication security …
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Houthi rebels claimed to have attacked a military target in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh a day after the Yemeni rebels fired ballistic missiles at an airport. The Iran-backed Houthis said the drone strikes occurred Monday afternoon, one day after the same militia conducted a missile attack against King Abdullah bin Abulaziz Airport in …
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to visit India for a day two weeks from now. On the agenda are the acquisition of two more Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) and extended range air to air Derby missiles by the Indian Air Force and joint projects in agriculture, …
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Egyptian Air Force has signed a military agreement to buy 50 MiG-35 warplanes from Russia the US’ National Interest reported on Saturday. The $2 billion deal, the largest in the post-Soviet era, was signed between Cairo and Moscow in April 2015, under which Egypt will receive the warplanes by 2020. …
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On August 24, Israeli warplanes bombed what the Israeli military described as ‘Iranian targets’ near the town of Aqraba south of the Syrian capital, Damascus. The Syrian air-defense forces intercepted several hostile missiles. However, the rest of them hit the target. Related Articles: Israeli Air force Jets Strikes Syria To …
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The Indian Air Force has withdrawn the long-overdue plan of providing new engines to the Jaguar fighter fleet due to time and cost concerns, reports The Hindu. According to the defence sources, the Air Force does not feel the need for immediate replacement of the fleet’s engines. “The design and development [of …
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Recently, a team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a glider using special polymer material that can self-destruct on reaching a certain temperature. The innovation has been developed for the Department of Defense, which aims to deliver electronic sensors and vehicles that leave no trace of …
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An Air Force X-37B spaceplane just completed its 718th day in orbit, making it the longest mission yet for a secretive military test program. The US military has launched five uncrewed X-37B spaceplanes into orbit over the past decade, and each flight has been longer than its predecessor. OTV-5 blasted …
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On Aug. 27, 2019, just before 1AM Local Time, two B-2A Stealth Bombers belonging to the 509th Bomb Wing, from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, arrived into RAF Fairford, UK. Flying under the call signs DEATH11 (89-0168 “Spirit of New York”) and 12 (89-0129 “Spirit of Georgia”) the two B-2s …
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President Donald Trump has suggested dropping nuclear bombs into hurricanes to stop them from causing damage to the US, the news website Axios reported. Donald Trump has reportedly suggested on more than one occasion that the US military should bomb hurricanes in order to disrupt them before they make landfall. “They …
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