Sourced : The Aviationist On Apr. 21, a Russian Air Force MiG-31 jet intercepted a U.S. P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft flying in international airspace near Kamchatka Pensinsula, in Russia’s Far East, where a firing range used also to test intercontinental ballistic missiles launched from Borei-class strategic nuclear submarines is located. The Russian Soviet-design supersonic… Continue reading RUSSIAN MIG-31 INTERCEPTS U.S P-8 PATROL AIRCRAFT NEAR RUSSIA’S FAR EAST
Month: April 2016
TURKEY TO DEVELOP ITS OWN MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM
Sourced : Defence World Turkey is eyeing to develop its own missile defense system to be operated by NATO so as to increase chances of entering the alliance and to increase military exports by 15 times in the next seven years. “We have cancelled the results of the tender, not the project itself. Soon we… Continue reading TURKEY TO DEVELOP ITS OWN MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM
DEFENCE MINISTER SAYS POLISH ARMY WILL BE 50 PERCENT LARGER
Sourced : Radio Poland Speaking to journalists in the city of Bydgoszcz, north central Poland, where he opened a new building for a NATO Force Integration Unit (NFIU), the minister forecast that the number of Polish soldiers will reach about 150,000. “The Polish army will be bigger, we envisage a fundamental increase in the army,… Continue reading DEFENCE MINISTER SAYS POLISH ARMY WILL BE 50 PERCENT LARGER
US BACKS NATO FORCE OFF LIBYA AS MIGRANT NUMBERS SOAR
Sourced : Voice of America By : Henry Ridgwell A NATO-led mission aimed at stemming the flow of migrants from Libya to Europe could be up and running by July, according to the Italian government. There are fears the numbers of migrants could soar as the route through Greece and the Balkans remains blocked. Libyan… Continue reading US BACKS NATO FORCE OFF LIBYA AS MIGRANT NUMBERS SOAR
DCNS HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR AUSTRALIA’S FUTURE SUBMARINE PROJECT
Sourced : Malcolm Turnbull web site The Turnbull Government today announces that the next generation of submarines for Australia will be constructed at the Adelaide shipyard, securing thousands of jobs and ensuring the project will play a key part in the transition of our economy. DCNS of France has been selected as our preferred international… Continue reading DCNS HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR AUSTRALIA’S FUTURE SUBMARINE PROJECT
HUGE UK BASED ANGLO FRENCH EXERCISE COMES TO AN END
A Tri-Service exercise designed to test the Anglo-French working partnership was completed last Friday after a fortnight of exercising on sea, land and air. Eight warships from the Royal Navy and Marine Nationale took part – Royal Navy flagship HMS Ocean, HMS Bulwark, HMS Sutherland, as well as RFA Lyme Bay and French frigates FS… Continue reading HUGE UK BASED ANGLO FRENCH EXERCISE COMES TO AN END
CHINA FLIGHT TESTS NEW MULTIPLE-WARHEAD MISSILE (Video)
Sourced : Free Beacon By: Bill Gertz China conducted another flight test of its newest and longest-range intercontinental ballistic missile last week amid growing tensions with the United States over the South China Sea. Pentagon officials told the Free Beacon the flight test of the new road-mobile DF-41 missile took place Tuesday with two multiple,… Continue reading CHINA FLIGHT TESTS NEW MULTIPLE-WARHEAD MISSILE (Video)
KOREAN MILITARY : NORTH KOREA APPARENTLY FIRES BALLISTIC MISSILE FROM SUBMARINE
Sourced :Yonhap news North Korea launched what appeared to be a ballistic missile from a submarine in the East Sea Saturday 23rd of April, the South Korean military said. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said North Korea fired a projectile that it believes was a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) around 6:30 p.m. The JCS… Continue reading KOREAN MILITARY : NORTH KOREA APPARENTLY FIRES BALLISTIC MISSILE FROM SUBMARINE
U.S UPS PRESSURE ON ISIS WITH FIRST B-52 BOMBER STRIKE
Sourced : AFP The US Air Force for the first time deployed a B-52 bomber against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Pentagon said Wednesday as it ramps up a 20-month campaign to smash the jihadists. The bombing mission, in which a hulking B-52 destroyed a weapons storage facility south of Mosul,… Continue reading U.S UPS PRESSURE ON ISIS WITH FIRST B-52 BOMBER STRIKE
RUSSIA’S SURGING ELECTRONIC WARFARE CAPABILITIES
Sourced : The Diplomat By Caitlin Patterson Russia’s new developments in electronic warfare are on display in Ukraine and Syria Largely described as a power in long-term decline, the Russian military under President Vladimir Putin has embarked on a military modernization program that may be gaining the envy of some in Washington. Putin has invested… Continue reading RUSSIA’S SURGING ELECTRONIC WARFARE CAPABILITIES