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The 385th Military Police Battalion conducted training with Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicles at Fort Stewart, Feb. 3-7. The M-ATV training included two 40 hour courses, one for the unit master drivers and a separate course for the wheeled vehicle mechanics.
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The U.S. Defense Department wants to increase NATO's presence in Iraq to reduce the number of Americans serving there, Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper said: "To the degree that NATO can offset the U.S. presence, that would over time allow us to bring some forces home, which you all should know has been my ambition for some time," the secretary told reporters traveling with him on Feb.11 en route to NATO's Defense ministers conference in Brussels. David Vergun reports on DOD News.
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According to news published by the newspaper website "The Times in India" on February 11, 2020, India could acquire National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System-II (NASAMS-II) from United States, to be used with Russian and Israeli air defense systems as a part of the overall air defense shield for the national capital which includes the indigenous Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) shield.
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The Russian defense industry has entered the global market for remotely operated weapon systems (ROWS), according to the representatives of the country’s defense companies.
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"It looks like the Philippine Army received another batch of Russian-made RPG-7V rocket-propelled grenade launchers and ammo last December, and almost screwed it up at the same time", Max Montero wrote on Twitter..
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The Balkan country is nearing the status of full NATO member (it will become the 30th one), as Greece lifted its blockage after the 10-year name dispute was solved.
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The UAE-Based Company NIMR part of EDGE’s Platform & Systems Cluster and a global leader in the manufacturing of combat-proven light- and medium-weight wheeled military vehicles has invited a delegation from SAMI Defense from Saudi Arabia to visit its world-class armored vehicle manufacturing facility in UAE (United Arab Emirates).
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In a recent demo conducted in Israel, RAFAEL's Drone Dome C-UAS system performed interceptions of multiple drones, including maneuvering targets, using its hard-kill LASER BEAM director. The system achieved 100% success in all test scenarios. The stages of the interceptions included target detection, identification, and interception with a high-power LASER beam.
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India’s Kalyani Group will send its two 155mm towed howitzer models – Bharat 52 and Garuda-V2 – to the Saudi Arabian army for local evaluation later this year. This is a major gain for the Indian private industry.
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Deliveries of more than 2,500 Rheinmetall MAN high mobility logistics vehicles to the Australian Defence Force have achieved a major new milestone with the Commonwealth of Australia declaring Initial Operating Capability (IOC) status for the LAND 121 Phase 3B program. Rheinmetall welcomes the announcement by Minister for Defence Senator the Hon. Linda Reynolds CSC that Land 121 Phase 3B has achieved IOC following Exercise Talisman Sabre in 2019.
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The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to India of an Integrated Air Defense Weapon System (IADWS) for an estimated cost of $1.867 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on February 7, 2020.
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The U.S. Army's strength lies in its capacity to project power, said Army Materiel Command's top officer, who will be evaluating AMC's ability to move and sustain more than 20,000 service members and close to 23,000 pieces of equipment during exercise Defender-Europe 20. Devon L. Suits, Army News Service, reports.
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Turkish defense company FNSS has signed an agreement to export its amphibious armored combat earthmover (AACE) to the Philippines, the company's general director said.
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MASA has been chosen to deliver its constructive simulation to the National Training Centre in Spain.
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On Feb.9, the Israeli Defense Ministry announced that the new Eitan armored fighting vehicle (AFV) is ready for serial production.
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards unveiled Sunday, Feb.9, a short-range ballistic missile that they said can be powered by a “new generation” of engines designed to put satellites into orbit. Major General Hossein Salami, the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ) commander, hails a ‘leap in modern missile technology’ with short-range Raad-500 missile that is ‘cheaper, lighter, faster and more precise’.
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The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has started working on the development of the Pranash, a 200-km range surface-to-surface ballistic missile that would be armed with conventional warheads.
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Indonesia has developed a local-made drone in the category of MALE (Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance) named Elang Hitam (Black Eagle). The manufacturing of this new UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) could start in 2022.
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In this early year 2020, the TNI (Indonesian army) has just received several vehicles of three different types: Pandur II Cobra Armored Fighting Vehicles, M3 Amphibious Bridge and Ferry systems, and CAESAR 155mm self-propelled howitzers
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,India’s defense industry has produced about 2,500 BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) under Russian license, a source in Russia’s Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation told TASS at the DefExpo 2020 international defense exhibition in the Indian city of Lucknow.
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The mass production of Kaplan (Turkish name) / Harimau (Indonesian name) has begun. Discussions between both manufacturers are now focusing on export strategies.
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Listva remote mine clearance vehicle 15M107 is a weapon on new physical principles (microwave), the Military-Industrial Courier writes.
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On February 5, 2020, the U.S. Air Forces have performed a test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III InterContinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) during a developmental test from the Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB). The LGM-30 Minuteman is a U.S. land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), in service with the Air Force Global Strike Command.
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The trials of the advanced Floks and Magnolia artillery systems and the Drok mortar developed by Russia’s Burevestnik Central Research Institute will be completed within the next 18 months, the press office of the Uralvagonzavod Corporation told TASS. The serial production of the systems will be launched at the same time, the press office added. The Burevestnik Central Research Institute is a subsidiary of the Uralvagonzavod Corporation within the Rostec state hi-tech corporation.
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Raytheon's new Excalibur S precision-guided munition scored direct hits on moving targets in a U.S. Navy test for the U.S. Marine Corps.. Testing validated the projectile's ability to survive the shock and stress of a howitzer firing, then transition from GPS to laser guidance and hit a moving target.