A modified version of the Russian nuclear powered “Yasen” class attack submarine could be proposed to the Indian government for its programme to lease a multi-purpose attack submarine for quite a long while. According to the Indian ‘Economic Times’ newspaper,…
On 23 July five ISIS fighters attacked a Turkish border patrol close to the observation post of the 1st Border Guard Regiment. The ISIS unit was trying to enter Turkish territory and was detected by the Turkish patrol. A firefight…
The Royal Navy’s smallest ships which are used to give university students a taste of life in the Senior Service have been sailing round the Baltics for their summer deployment. Four of the 16 patrol boats are flying the flag…
Russia is going to deploy a squadron of Tu-22M3, enhanced, long-range bombers in Crimea to counter NATO’s new antiballistic missile base in Romania. The new NATO facility is located at the Deveselu, a Romanian Air Force base, southwest of Bucharest,…
An anti-submarine warfare version of the Beriev Be-200ES amphibious aircraft will be ordered by the Russian Navy by 2020. According to the RIA Novosti news agency, the Russian Navy decided it is necessary to purchase an anti-submarine configuration of the…
Members of the Islamic State’s Sinai branch (known as Wilayat al-Sina, and formerly as Ansar Bait al-Maqdis) have claimed responsibility for an attack on a patrol boat off the Egyptian Coast Guard. The attack, which involved an anti-tank missile, happened…
The incredible capabilities of ISIS in the battlefield were analyzed in an extensive article written by Hamza Hendawi Qassim Abdul Zahra and Bassem Mroue. According to the article, published by the Associated Press, ISIS is a highly organized and flexible…
The American government announced its programme to downsize the US army from 490,000 to 450,000 troops and fire 17,000 civilian workers over the next two years. The downsizing of the US army is part of government’s decision to reduce the…
For the first time India is going to launch an underwater ballistic missile from the nuclear powered submarine, INS Arihant. The recently delivered Indian made ballistic nuclear submarine, is going to test the medium range K-15/B-05 Sagarika submarine-launched ballistic missile.…
The prototype of Sarmat, the new Russian liquid-fueled, MIRV-equipped heavy intercontinental ballistic missile, is going to be ready at the end of September or the beginning of October 2015. The new missile is 100 tonnes in weight. It can carry…