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Obama: Defense strategy will maintain U.S. military pre-eminence
President Barack Obama announced a defense strategy Jan. 5 that he said will allow the military to defend the United...
Iran to hold new wargames in key oil waterway
Iran is to hold fresh military exercises in and around the strategic Strait of Hormuz within weeks, the naval commander...
Obama unveils leaner military to counter China
President Barack Obama unveiled a strategy for a leaner US military focused on countering China's rising power and signaling a...
Navy Names First Three Mobile Landing Platform Ships
The Department of the Navy’s three Mobile Landing Platform ships will be named the USNS Montford Point, the USNS John...
HMS Kent Sails After Major Upgrade
Royal Navy warship HMS Kent returned to her Portsmouth home in December following a year-long, £24m upgrade in Rosyth, Scotland,...
Exelis Tests Advanced Electronic Warfare System on International F-16
ITT Exelis has successfully installed and tested a pod-mounted, advanced self-defense electronic warfare system on F-16 aircraft operated by an...
Raytheon Delivers First Upgraded Patriot Radar to Kuwait
Raytheon Company completed its first Configuration-3 Patriot radar upgrade for the State of Kuwait. This is the first of six...
France Buys Acoustic Sniper Localization System for Afghanistan
Under an urgent operational requirement, at the end of November 2011, Renault Trucks Defense supplied 80 SLATE (Acoustic Sniper Localization...
Israel and US to hold joint missile drill
Israel and the United States are to hold a joint missile defence exercise, the Israeli military said late on Thursday....
India clears $1.2 bn missile deal with European firm
India has cleared a $1.2 billion deal to buy 500 air-to-air missiles from European firm MBDA as it undergoes a...
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