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China to deploy Air Force Rainbow-4 UAV
China to deploy Air Force Rainbow-4 UAV for earthquake damage reconnaissance for first time Rainbow-4 is the largest fixed wing UCAV of the Rainbow series (as of end of 2013). Externally, CH-4 looks almost identical to General...
Chinese snipers adopted a new Russian rifle ORSIS T-5000
Trainees from the People's Liberation Army won all the five gold medals at the 14th Military and Police Sniper World Cup in Budapest, Hungary, June 20-24. Chinese team during the competition use Orsis T-5000 is a Russian bolt-action...
Slovakia plans to buy 30 armored personnel carriers from Poland
Slovakia plans to buy 30 armored personnel carriers (APC) from Poland over the next three years in a deal worth about $32 million, Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz said on Friday. Under the agreement, Slovak firms will jointly...
Israel signs $111 million deal to upgrade Argentine tanks
Argentina’s army signed a $111 million contract with Israel to upgrade 74 tanks made in Argentina. The deal to upgrade the Argentinian Medium Tanks, or TAM, was signed in Buenos Aires by Argentina’s Minister of Defense Agustin Rossi...
Bell 525 Relentless completes first flight
The Bell 525 Relentless super-medium helicopter has successfully completed its first flight at Bell Helicopter's aircraft assembly centre in Amarillo, Texas, the company announced on 1 July. The flight test began with taxi testing and manoeuvres, after which...
Kuwait to get Fuchs NBC recce vehicles
The Emirate of Kuwait contracted the German firm Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH (RMMV) to deliver twelve Fuchs 2 NBC-RS armoured NBC reconnaissance vehicles. The order also includes comprehensive support in the form of training, service and spare...
Russian MiG-29 Fighter Crashes In the Kuban
A Russian MiG-29 fourth-generation fighter jet crashed near the village of Kushchevskaya in the Krasnodar Territory on Friday, injuring one of the pilots, the Interfax news agency reported. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the information about the crash....
Interior of Kawasaki P-1 Japanese maritime patrol aircraft
Interior of Kawasaki P-1 Japanese maritime patrol aircraft