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Egypt Receives Second Of Four Type 209 Submarines From TKMS

Egypt has received a new Type 209 submarine S41 from German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems at the Ras al-Tin base Wednesday. This is the second of four scheduled deliveries

Fincantieri Delivers 'Rizzo' Vessel To Italian Navy

Fincantieri has delivered sixth vessel of the FREMM program, 'Rizzo' to the Italian Navy. The Multi Mission European Frigates commissioned at Fincantieris shipyard in Muggiano (La Spezia) within the international Italian-French program, coordinated by OCCAR (the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation), the company announced today

Syria's Assad Regime Possess Several Tonnes Of chemical weapons: Israel

Senior Israeli defense officials have said that Syria's Bashar al-Assad is possessing up to 3 tons of chemical weapons. "100 percent certain that the attack was 'directly ordered and planned by Assad'," Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper on April 6,

New Supercavitating Bullets Can Hit Underwater Target With Super Speed

A Norwegian firm DDG has developed new bullets with shapes designed to create an air bubble (supercavitating) around it and carry it much further underwater. The DGG supercavitating bullets can travel a lot farther in the water,

US, North Korea Ready For ‘All-out War’

North Korea has threatened to carry out missile tests on weekly basis amid rising military tensions and will resort to an ‘all-out war if the US uses military means to threaten Pyongyang. “Well be conducting more missile tests on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis,” North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Han Song-Ryol was quoted as saying to

Russia’s New ‘Tsirkon’ Hypersonic Missile Surpasses Max Speed

Russias newest Tsirkon 3M22 hypersonic anti-ship missile reached eight times the speed of sound during the test launch on Saturday, Russian media reported. "During the tests of the missile it was confirmed that its speed on the march reaches eight Mach,” the source told

DARPA Seeks To Develop Integrated Circuits Immune From Software Hacking

US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)'s new program, System Security Integrated Through Hardware and Firmware (SSITH) aims to develop design techniques that lead to protection against cyberintruders at the hardware and circuit level, rather than relying only on software-based security patches. DARPA in an announcement Monday said that its new SSITH program aims at development of design tools that would become widely available so that hardware-anchored security would eventually become a standard feature of ICs in both Defense Department and commercial electronic systems

Russia’s Tu-160M2 Blackjack Supersonic Bomber To Enter Serial Production In 2022

Taiwan To Build 11 Chiang-class Stealth Corvettes

The Taiwanese navy is planning to build 11 Tou Chiang-class stealth corvettes in three lots and also upgrade the original corvette with 3D radar system and Tien Chien II guided missile system. The new vessel type is to be longer, wider and will incorporate anti-aircraft capabilities such as "3D radar systems and a ship-to-air version of the Tien Chien II (“Sky Sword”) guided missile system,"

US Navy’s $12.4 Billion Super Carrier Undergoes First Sea Trials

The US Navys USS Gerald R Ford ship has underwent the first of its sea trials to test its numerous systems. The aircraft carrier left Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding after more than a year in delays and extra costs on Saturday, The Sun reported Monday