The Russian army will soon be equipped with a new state-of-the-art Khrizantema-S anti-tank missile system, which is equipped to engage heavily armoured targets day or night in zero visibility and under all weather conditions.
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Friday, July 19, 2013 03:26 PM

The fully integrated modified version of India's Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun Mark II would go for final trials in the first week of August in Rajasthan. Though trials of the updated version are presently on in Rajasthan, the fully integrated tanks would be sent for final trials by the Indian Army by August.
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Friday, July 19, 2013 11:05 AM

Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan met with Swiss President Ueli Maurer on Thursday to discuss improving cooperation between the two countries' militaries. Chang, also a state councilor, said that with China and Switzerland maintaining high-level military contacts, institutionalized exchanges and specific cooperation between the two militaries have developed smoothly.
Friday, July 19, 2013 05:53 AM

President Barack Obama is considering using military force in Syria, and the Pentagon has prepared various scenarios for possible United States intervention. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Obama administration is deliberating whether or not it should use the brute of the US military in Syria during a Thursday morning Senate hearing.
Thursday, July 18, 2013 06:39 PM

The Brazilian Army has delivered refurbished Cascavel armored vehicles to neighboring Suriname under a 2012 bilateral agreement. The Cascavel, originally manufactured by a now defunct Brazilian company, is a 6X6 armored vehicle.
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Thursday, July 18, 2013 05:47 PM

The Russian military is planning to purchase aerial drones in the United Arab Emirates, a defense industry source said Wednesday, July 18, 2013. “We are talking about at least two United 40 Block 5 models developed by the company ADCOM Systems,” the source, who preferred to remain anonymous, told RIA Novosti.
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Thursday, July 18, 2013 11:52 AM

Several prototypes of the Armata, to become Russia’s main battle tank, will be privately shown to the country’s leadership during an arms expo in September, said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin.
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Thursday, July 18, 2013 10:48 AM

Russia and France will jointly produce armament announced Tuesday, July 16, 2013 Dmitry Rogozin, Russian Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the defense industry, on his Twitter account.
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Thursday, July 18, 2013 10:24 AM

Before the J-20, China's first stealth fighter, enters service with the PLA Air Force, Vietnam will purchase the Vostok E 2-Dimensional Metric Band Surveillance Radar from Belarus with the ability to detect and attack stealth aircraft, reports the Military Analysis based in Moscow.
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Thursday, July 18, 2013 09:27 AM

Ukraine sold 14 BTS-5B armored recovery vehicles to Azerbaijan in 2012. The BTS-5B is a tracked armoured recovery vehicle, an Ukrainian version of the Russian-made BREM-1.
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013 06:45 PM

The competition of land subjects of the Special Operation Forces of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was officially unveiled on July 16, 2013 at the Zhurihe Combined Tactics Training Base of the Beijing Military Area Command (MAC) of the PLA.
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013 03:51 PM

British Ambassador to Lebanon Tom Fletcher said Tuesday, July 16, 2013, that his country will provide Lebanon with financial assistance to fortify its army's capabilities and help it confront the Syrian refugee crisis.
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013 03:36 PM

The Indian government on Tuesday, July 16, 2013, decided to allow 49 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) in the defense sector and insurance sector, said local media.
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013 10:43 AM

Raytheon UK has launched a new Stand-Off Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Detection and Confirmation Technology, known as Soteria, as a vehicle mounted system. The underlying technology has been developed in the UK alongside Laser Optical Engineering Ltd, a spin out company of Loughborough University.
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013 09:55 AM

Cuba has said a North Korean cargo ship seized in Panama was loaded at one of its ports with 240 tons of "obsolete defensive weaponry". The Cuban foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, July 17, 2013, that the Soviet-era weapons were being sent to North Korea for repair and included two anti-aircraft batteries, nine disassembled rockets, and two MiG-21 aircraft.
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 09:07 AM

Israel's military is planning to hold a bargain basement sale of aircraft, tanks and navy missile ships that are being made redundant under a revolutionary, multiyear program to restructure the Jewish state's armed forces to meet new challenges.
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013 11:19 AM

Exercise Talisman Saber 2013 has commenced, with more than 28,000 soldiers, sailors, air men and women taking to the sea, land and sky in northern Australia. Talisman Saber is a biennial training activity jointly sponsored by the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Joint Operations Command and the US Pacific Command to train the United States 7th Fleet and Australian Deployable Joint Headquarters staffs as a designated Combined Task Force. Tuesday, July 16, 2013 09:24 AM

Iveco Defence Vehicles announced that 14 variants of the “New Generation Vehicles” programme were symbolically handed over from armasuisse to the Swiss Armed Forces Logistics Organisation (LBA). The hand-over ceremony was held at the Arms square of the Swiss Army in Thun and was attended by military representatives and industrial partners.
Monday, July 15, 2013 10:37 AM

U.S. defence firm General Dynamics is in talks to deliver M1A2 Abrams mauin battle tanks to Saudi Arabia, beating out German rival Krauss-Maffei Wegmann with its Leopard 2 tank for the lucrative deal, a German newspaper reported.
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Monday, July 15, 2013 10:17 AM

Mobile satellite communications company Inmarsat said it has successfully demonstrated its new tactical communications system for use on moving vehicles.
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Monday, July 15, 2013 10:03 AM

A total of 160,000 servicemen, 1,000 tanks, 130 planes and 70 ships are taking part in Russia’s biggest military drill since Soviet times. The war games will continue in the country’s Far East until July 20. The maneuvers are the latest in series of surprise military checks which performed by Russia, in an effort to reveal and oust flaws in the country’s defense program.
Monday, July 15, 2013 09:39 AM

The government of Nepal on Thursday, 11 July 2013, decided to dispatch Nepali peacekeepers under the UN flag to war-ravaged Syria to help the country establish peace and order.
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Monday, July 15, 2013 08:51 AM

Russia will prioritize the development of powerful high-accuracy weapons whose combat capabilities would be comparable to those of weapons of mass destruction, President Vladimir Putin said.
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Saturday, July 13 2013 08:17 PM

The Israeli military has test-fired a new long-range ballistic missile reportedly capable of carrying a nuclear, chemical or biological warhead, Friday, July 12, 2013. Israeli media, citing analysts, said the test was very likely related to Israel's Jericho ballistic missile system.
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Saturday, July 13 2013 11:38 AM

First Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Aleksandar Vucic attended the handover of 20 medical utility vehicles that were donated by the People's Republic of China to the Serbian Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces.
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Saturday, July 13 2013 11:02 AM