Latin America Interest in BrahMos Missile
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Brazil, Venzuela, Chile, Argentina and South Africa have expressed interest in buying Indo-Russian supersonic cruise missile system BrahMos. The LatAm countries have been in talks with officials from BrahMos and expressed interest in mobile autonomous launchers for coastal defense batteries, ship-based weapon complex for submarines and frigates. The BrahMos is a short range ramjet supersonic […]
First Australian-Made JDAM Kit Delivered
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The Defence Project to enhance Air Force’s ‘smart bombs’ achieved a significant milestone with the acceptance of the first production set of Australian designed and manufactured range-extending wing kits. Known as the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), and manufactured by Boeing Defense, Space and Security, smart bombs provide an all-weather precision strike capability for Air […]
New KH-35 Coastal Missile System «Bal» Successfully Completed Live Firing in Russian Far East
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28 April, the Pacific Fleet (PF) Coastal Troops’ formation held the first launch from the new missile system ‘Bal’, which came into the brigade’service at the end of last year. Division, having made 200-kilometer march from the point of home station, deployed on the move on an unequipped position and made a missile launch against […]
Libya Dawn going DIY: 2K12 SAMs used as surface-to-surface missiles
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The surprising move by Libya Dawn that resulted in the conversion of several S-125 surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) into surface-to-surface missiles is not the only of its kind in Libya. Indeed, initiated at roughly the same time, Libya Dawn also worked on the conversion of 2K12 SAMs to the surface-to-surface role. The first contraption, seen above, […]
S-400 Triumf systems spotted in Petropavlovsk in the Russian Far East
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S-400 Triumf systems spotted in Petropavlovsk in the Russian Far East. The S-400 Triumf , previously known as S-300PMU-3, is a new generation anti-aircraft weapon system developed by Russia’s Almaz Central Design Bureau as an upgrade of the S-300 family. It is currently in service with the Russian Armed Forces. The S-400 uses three different […]
Poland is buying US Patriot missiles
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Poland said on Tuesday it would buy Raytheon’s Patriot missiles from the United States and chose Europe’s Airbus utility helicopters for further tests, albeit reducing the size of this potential order. The choice of suppliers in military contracts, worth an estimated $8 billion, strikes a transatlantic balance as eastern Europe’s largest economy faces rising tensions […]
Pakistan successfully test fires nuclear-capable Ghauri missile
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Pakistan test-fired on Wednesday ballistic missile Ghauri, which is capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads up to a distance of 1,300 kilometres. In a statement, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the launch of the intermediate-range Ghauri was conducted by a Strategic Missile Group of the Army Strategic Forces Command (ASFC) that […]
Iran plans to field Bavar 373 air and missile defense systems in 2015
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Iranian Sayyad-3 missile is part of the new Bavar-373 air and missile defense system Iran has developed, to fulfil the role of the Russian S-300 that has been denied by the Russians since 2010. Photo: FARS News Iran unveiled yesterday the Bavar-373, an indigenous long-range air defense missile defense system employing Sayyad-3 (Hunter III) interceptor […]
Algeria Has Developed Anti-Tank Weapons System Based on the BTR-60
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Algeria has developed anti-tank weapons system based on the BTR-60. New anti-tank weapons system have four «Kornet» Russian anti-tank guided missiles. The Kornet anti-tank missile as a modular, universal system able to engage any target from a mix of platforms using a reliable laser beam guidance system that was simple to use. It is a […]
Russia Will Deliver Four S-300 Battalions to Belarus
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By the end of the year Russia will deliver four S-300 Battalions to Belarus. In addition to the 2020 Minsk will buy Russian missile systems Tor-M2, reports Interfax-AVN message Defense Ministry of Belarus. Moscow is set to supply Minsk with more S-300 complexes and Tor-M2 to strengthen the external border under a project of merging […]