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Iranian UAV «Shahed 129 » crashed in Pakistan
Iranian UAV "Shahed 129" crashed in Pakistan's Baluchistan province. The Shahed 129 is an Iranian Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) first publicly unveiled in September 2012. The aircraft is claimed to be capable of carrying out combat...
Finland Gives Up New Rifle Program, Will Modernize Rk. 62 to Serve Until 2035
The Finnish Commander of the Army has announced that the Nordic country will not be purchasing 5.56mm replacements for their existing 7.62x39mm caliber Rk. 62 rifles, but instead will seek to upgrade the venerable Kalashnikov-based Valmet. Altair.com...
Belarus to buy 12 helicopters MI-8MTV5
Belarus to buy 12 helicopters MI-8MTV5. During the international military technology forum Army-2015 on 16 June 2015, Russian Helicopters (part of State Corporation Rostec) announced that a contract has been signed with the Belarusian Defence Ministry...
Photos test of SR-5 multiple launch rocket system
The SR-5 multiple launch rocket system is a recent Chinese development. It is a medium-range system. Currently there are two types of pods for the SR-5. It can fire 220-mm and 122-mm rockets. These rockets have different...
Ultra-lightweight combat vehicles at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin
Ultra-lightweight combat vehicles bearing Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, speed across the Mojave Desert during a tactical movement toward an assault on an enemy-held urban...
21st Group Army at Firepower-2015 trans-MAC military exercise
The "Firepower-2015", a trans-Military Area Command (MAC) military exercise for the artillery brigades of the Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), was kicked off at the PLA Nanjing Artillery Institute on May 4, 2015. 　　The...
The Philippine Navy commissioned into service its two armed AgustaWestland AW-109E
The Philippine Navy (PN) formally commissioned into service its two armed AgustaWestland AW-109E "Power" helicopters in simple ceremonies at Naval Station Jose Andrada, on Roxas Boulevard, Manila Monday. The helicopters are armed with .50 caliber machinegun pods and...
PLA working on controlling robots with brain signals
PLA working on controlling robots with brain signals