N. Korea Threatens Nuclear Bomb Test Over Pacific Ocean After Trump’s UN...
North Koreas foreign minister has warned that Pyongyang could test a powerful nuclear weapon over the Pacific Ocean in response to US President Donald Trump's threats of military action during UN meeting. Ri Yong-ho, who is due to address the UN general assembly at the weekend, told reporters in New York:...
Iranian 10-Ton Bomb More Powerful Than US Air Blast Bomb
The head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards aerospace wing and missile program said Iran is in possession of a 10-ton bomb comparable in scale to the United States "Mother of All Bombs". “Following a proposal by the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Irans Defense Industries Organization manufactured...
United States Supplying Weapons Worth $2.2B To Syrian Terrorists Organization: Report
Two investigative documents have emerged stating that the United States have been supplying arms and ammunitions purchased from several Eastern European countries to terrorists groups in Syria under the guise to fight Daesh. According to a report by the
DRDO Tests 500 Kg General Purpose Bomb From Su-30MKI Aircraft
India's indigenously developed precision guided high speed low drag (HSLD) bomb weighing 500 kg has been successfully tested from the Su-30MKI aircraft in the western state of Rajasthan last week. Developed by the Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) of the state-owned Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Indias General Purpose...
Critical Ammunition Shortage In Indian Army: Audit Report
Indias Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has slammed the state-run Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) saying that among 152 types of ammunition used, 40 percent would run out in less than 10 days. The report by the CAG has raised issues of critical shortages in ammunition mentioning that another 55 percent of...
Raytheon-built Small Diameter Bomb II Completes Wind Tunnel Tests
The US Air Force completed a series of wind tunnel tests of Raytheon-built Small Diameter Bomb II with F-35 the Joint Strike Fighter. SDB II can destroy moving targets in all weather conditions at ranges greater than 40 miles
Blast At Ordinance Factory In India Kills Two
Two employees of Indian Ministry of Defences Ordnance Factory near Pune were killed in an blast while shifting explosives. The explosion occured in one of the magazines where propellant powder is stored before processing at the Ammunition Factory, Khadki (AFK) in Pune
21,600-Pound Non-Nuclear Bomb Unleashed On ISIS Targets, 90 Killed
The United States unleashed its massive non-nuclear bomb - GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, or MOAB, in a combat first time on ISIS positions in Afghanistan on Thursday. The strike in Nangarhar province near the Pakistan border killed at least 90 ISIS fighters, Afghan officials told Saturday
Saudi-led Coalition Admits To Dropping Cluster Munitions in Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition has admitted to using banned Britain-supplied BL-755 cluster munitions in its war against Shia rebels in Yemen, the UKs defense minister Michael Fallon said on Monday. In a statement issued on Monday, coalition said that it used ‘the BL-755 cluster munitions sometime between December 2015-January 2016
South Korean F-16 Jets To Get Guided Bombs, AIM-120 Missiles Upgrade
South Koreas F-16 fighter jets will be upgraded with GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) and AIM-120 mid-range air-to-air missiles, capable of hitting North Korea's underground targets and downing combat jets. JDAM can hit underground military facilities and neutralize the North Korean leadership in the event of an emergency, and AIM-120 missiles have a range of 50 to 180 kilometers that can shoot down combat jets at long range, Yonhap reports
General Dynamics To Provide MK82 Bomb Casings To Saudi, UAE, France And...
General Dynamics has won $39 contract to supply MK82-1, MK82-6, MK84-10 bomb bodies to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, France and Iraq. Work is expected to be completed by December 31, 2017
Russian Army To Receive New Air Bombs Soon
Russias new-generation air bombs equipped with proximity fuzes will soon enter serial production. The tests of the fuze that has been developed by Tecmashs Electronic Instruments R&D Institute in Novosibirsk have passed successfully, CEO of Tecmash engineering group Sergei Rusakov was quoted as saying by company press service, TASS reports Tuesday
Nigerian Navy Receives French-made Offshore Survey Vessel
U.S. Navy Receives First T-54A Training Aircraft
Russian Troops to Receive S-500 Air Defense System this Year
Indonesia, Canada Host First Defense Dialogue to Strengthen Bilateral Relations
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...
Grounding of U.S. Military’s V-22 Osprey Fleet Enters Third Month
The grounding of around 400-strong fleet of Osprey V-22 Tilt-rotor aircraft is in its third month with no update on...