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Russia Develops Revolutionary Ammonia Rocket Engine
Power engineering manufacturer Energomash has started development of a new rocket engine which could vastly reduce the cost of rocket launches and avoid the need to produce hydrogen for fuel, the makers say. The new rocket, which will be around 30 percent more efficient than exising designs, works on a completely novel fuel mixture of [...]
Ukraine, Kazakhstan Sign Armored Vehicle Deal
Ukraine and Kazakhstan are to jointly produce the Ukrainian BTR-4 armored personnel carrier in a $150-million deal signed on Thursday at the Kadex 2012 defense exhibition in Astana, Ukroboronprom General Director Dmitry Peregudov said. Kiev and Astana signed an initial agreement on joint cooperation on armored vehicle overhaul at the end of 2011. “Today we’ve [...]
US Launches Advanced Military Communications Satellite
The United States Air Force has launched an advanced communications satellite, the second in a new satellite network designed to improve U.S. ability to control its military forces around the globe, the Space.com online portal reported. An Atlas 5 rocket carrying the Advanced Extremely High Frequency 2 (AEHF 2) satellite on board blasted off from [...]
Israel Gets Nuke-Capable Submarine
An official ceremony to hand over to Israel a Dolphin-class submarine, which can carry nuclear weapons, was held on Thursday in the German city of Kiel. The German-made submarine, named Tanin (“alligator” in Hebrew), is due to enter service in 2013, when all tests are completed. The Tanin is the fourth submarine of the Israeli [...]
Russia Does Not Rule Out Preemptive Missile Defense Strike
Russia does not exclude preemptive use of weapons against [NATO] missile defense systems in Europe but only as a last resort, the Russian General Staff said on Thursday at a missile defense conference in Moscow. “The placement of new strike weapons in the south and northwest of Russia against [NATO] missile defense components, including the [...]
Russia Pulls Out of Indonesian Rocket System Tender
Russia’s arms trading company Rosoboronexport has pulled out of an Indonesian tender for the supply of multiple launch rocket systems, the company told Military Industrial Courier magazine. The company pulled out because it had offered its Smerch rocket launcher system which “did not meet a range of technical conditions in the tender,” Rosoboronexport official Nikolai [...]
US Deploys F-22 Stealth Jets in Southwest Asia
The U.S. Air Force has deployed its fifth-generation stealth fighters, F-22 Raptor, in Southwest Asia, the Washington Post newspaper said, citing an Air Force spokesman. The paper quoted An Air Force spokesman, Capt. Phil Ventura, as saying that the deployment was “regularly scheduled” and was directed at improving “tactical interoperability.” The number of F-22s, as [...]
Russia, China Complete Naval Drills
Russia and China have completed a naval exercise in the Yellow Sea, off the coast of Qingdao in eastern China, a Russian Navy commander said on Thursday. “Russian and Chinese warships have completely fulfilled the concept of the exercise in an efficient manner,” Rear Admiral Leonid Sukhanov, deputy chief of the Navy Main Staff, said. [...]
Ukraine on Brink of Missile Deal with India
Ukraine is close to signing one of its biggest ever defense deals for air-to-air missiles with India, according to Russian media reports. Nezavisimaya Gazeta says the deal for R-27 missiles, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, is in the final stages and is waiting for approval from the Ukrainian leadership. The Vympel R-27 (AA-10 Alamo) [...]
