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“Hypersonic” appears to become a major motto in the armament world. Beside missiles, we are about to also see shells fired at such speeds. The US Army has the lead, apparently.
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The Kalashnikov 5.45mm RPK-16 light machine gun is currently undergoing operational evaluation trials in the Russian Armed Forces, the Kalashnikov Media platform reported. The RPK-16 is a 5.45mm caliber light machine gun (LMG) designed and manufactured by the Russian small arms manufacturer Kalashnikov Group, a subsidiary of the Russian ROSTEC state corporation.
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The Canadian Company GSCI (General Starlight Company Inc) introduces its QUADRO-S Compact Fusion Weapon Sight to the Asian Market. The QUADRO-S will be officially introduced to the Asian Market at the DSA 2018 defense exhibition that will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from April 16th to 19th.
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A Polaris 4x4 All-Terrain vehicle fitted with Raytheon High Energy Lasers was tested during the Maneuver Fires Integrated Experiment (MFIX) at the U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence. Advancements have been made to the Hunter and Killer platforms which provide U.S. Soldiers with counter unmanned aerial system capabilities (C-UAS).
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The Russian Central Design and Research Bureau of Sporting and Hunting Firearms (TsKIB SOO), a subsidiary of the Tula-based Instrument Design Bureau (KBP) named after Academician A.G. Shipunov of Rostec's High-Precision Weapons holding, has unveiled the MTs-116M bolt-action sniper rifle based on a sporting firearm.
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This is something that US aircraft carrier crew members have been knowing for a while: a spare part is not available on site and cannot be procured in time, neither by logistics nor by industry? Just print it!
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The latest generation of Israeli-made Merkava IV with Rafael Trophy APS (Active Protection System) nicknamed Merkava Mark IVM Windbreaker, is one of the most protected Main Battle Tank (MBT) in the world. Following the series of tests of the Trophy system, the IDF Ground Forces Command declared the Trophy operational in August 2009 and first MBT Merkava 4 equipped with the Trophy APS enters in service with the Israeli Army in 2010.
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The Russian T-14 Armata is indisputably the first of its generation. The development of a similar main battle tank by Western countries will take a few more years, Stefan Bühler, from the Swiss Association of Officers of the Armored Forces, said.
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The Barys 8x8 armored fighting vehicle (AFV) developed by the Company Kazakhstan Paramount Enineering (KPE) has been tested with the Russian-made 2A42 30 mm automatic cannon, according to Director of Kazakhstan Paramount Engineering (KPE) Yerbol Salimov.
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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has recently developed and demonstrated a breakthrough operational and technological capability for the Heron Family equipped with new technology offering automatically land in remote runways located thousands of kilometers away, where it is serviced by a small crew and basic fueling infrastructure before it takes off for an additional mission. New capability enables the Heron RPAS(Remotely Piloted Aerial System) to perform long distance missions (thousands of kilometers away) and to use remote sites with minimal infrastructure for landing and takeoff for another mission, all with satellite communication.
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According to a video released on Twitter, Chinese army has developed their first unmanned main battle tank, using the Type 59 Main Battle Tank (MBT) platform. The video published on Twitter shown a Chinese soldier driving the Type 59 from an independent computer terminal with a steering wheel to control and drive remotely the main battle tank.
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Setting off smoke bombs is more than good fun on the Fourth of July. The military uses smoke grenades in dangerous situations to provide cover for people and tanks on the move. But the smoke arms race is on. Increasingly, sensors can now go beyond the visible range into the infrared (IR) region of the spectrum. Today, U.
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The U.S. military is preparing to arm its most elite warriors with dirt motorbikes so quiet they are “about as loud as an indoor conversation,” according to We Are Mighty.
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Soldiers at Fort McCoy (Wisconsin) assigned to Regional Medic and Operation Cold Steel II received a peek at the new Army and Marine Joint Light Tactical Vehicle to be fielded in 2019.
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U.S. Army Depot is putting Avenger mobile air defense missile systems back into service. The first 36 refurbished Avengers have been shipped to Europe to support a battalion there.
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The Russian laser weapons are one of the most classified issues even after President Vladimir Putin publicly demonstrated a film about the engagement of a combat laser. The head of state limited his announcement to a general statement, expert Pavel Ivanov writes in the Military-Industrial Courier.
