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Portuguese F-16s intercept Russian bombers near NATO airspace
F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets of the Portuguese Air Force intercepted Russian military aircraft, including Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear bomber during an Air Policing mission. The Portuguese Air Force regularly participates in NATO Air Policing missions to safeguard the...
Warthogs still ready for anything: A-10s put on impressive “Elephant Walk”
The 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard that Warfield Air National Guard Base has executed a massive readiness drill that included an 'elephant walk' of a 16 legendary A-10C Thunderbolt II close-air-support jets, also known as Warthog. The...
Latvian Army gets new armoured wheeled vehicles from Patria
Finnish state-owned defense manufacturer Patria delivered its first Patria 6x6 armoured wheeled vehicles to Latvian National Armed Forces on last week. According to a company news release, this first vehicle handover of the whole joint program is a...
82nd Airborne test newest unmanned ground vehicles in Arizona
Soldiers Paratroopers assigned to U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division tested new Pratt Miller's Expeditionary Modular Autonomous Vehicle (EMAV) at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. According to an Oct. 25 news release from Army Army Futures Command, a group...
Turkey’s Aselsan to arm Ukrainian armored vehicles
Defense electronics specialist Aselsan, Turkey's biggest defense company, reportedly to supply remote-controlled weapons stations for the Ukrainian Practika company to arm its Kozak-2M1 armored vehicles. According to a post from Practika, Aselsan-made SARP NSV remote-controlled weapons stations are...
Ukrainian forces get new batch of Javelin missiles
More than $60 million worth of weapons and other equipment is going to Ukraine as part of the U.S. security aid program with the country, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said Saturday. Ukrainian military said that the...
Russian military still using World War II-era tanks
World War II-era T-34 medium tank from the Kantemirovskaya tank division escaped their confinement of garrison motor pools and came alive on the tank trails just outside Moscow. Tank crews of the Kantemirovskaya tank division conducted live-fire gunnery...
German troops uses helium-filled balloons to send leaflets
Germany's military, the Bundeswehr, is using helium-filled balloons to send information and propaganda leaflets, according to a recent service news release. The use of balloons to sending leaflets has been practiced for a long time and was especially...