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
NORTH KOREA BM25 MUSUDAN MISSILE EXPLODED, DAMAGED LAUNCHER IN FAILED TEST
Sourced : Freebeacon BY: Bill Gertz North Korea’s first attempt to test-launch a new intermediate-range missile last week failed after the Musudan blew up shortly after launch, causing a huge fireball that damaged the mobile launcher, according to American defense officials. “We’re still assessing the specifics of it but I can tell you that it… Continue reading NORTH KOREA BM25 MUSUDAN MISSILE EXPLODED, DAMAGED LAUNCHER IN FAILED TEST
THREE NEW SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMMES FOR THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
Austal shipbuilding company has been awarded preferred tenderer status by the Australian Government for the Pacific Patrol Boats Replacement (PPBR) Project. The programme involves the construction of up to 21 steel-hulled patrol vessels. The total cost of the project is $900 million and includes a budget of $500 million for the construction of up to… Continue reading THREE NEW SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMMES FOR THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
US AND GERMANY SAY NO TO POLAND ON NATO BASE
Sourced : Eurobserver By Andrew Rettman The US and Germany have unequivocally said that Nato will not build new bases in Poland, citing tactical and political reasons. “Nato’s not talking about establishing bases … we support an enhanced presence, but we can do it without bases, bases, bases,” James Townsend, a senior Pentagon official, said… Continue reading US AND GERMANY SAY NO TO POLAND ON NATO BASE
RUSSIA’S MILITARY PRESENCE IN SYRIA IS AS POWERFUL AS EVER
Sourced : Reuters By : Jack Stubbs and Maria Tsvetkova, A month since Vladimir Putin announced the withdrawal of most Russian forces from Syria, his military contingent there is as strong as ever, with fewer jets but many more attack helicopters able to provide closer combat support to government troops. A Reuters analysis of publicly… Continue reading RUSSIA’S MILITARY PRESENCE IN SYRIA IS AS POWERFUL AS EVER