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January 4-9 2010
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Russia to Deploy Additional Topol-M Missiles
Russia plans this year to field two more regiments equipped with mobile and fixed-site Topol-M missiles, ITAR-Tass reported (see GSN, Nov. 19, 2009)."So a total number of the regiments with Topol-M weapon systems ... will be increased from seven to nine," said Russian strategic missile forces spokesman Col. Vadim Koval."The strategic missile troops plan to put on stand-by alert in 2010 another two regiments with Topol-M missiles," he said. Read more
S. Korea to Transfer UAV, Missile Technologies to UAE
Korea promised to transfer technology for its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), following its successful bid to build four nuclear reactors in the Middle East nation, a government source said Thursday. Defense Minister Kim Tae-young made the commitment during his visit to the UAE in November to discuss bilateral defense issues as well as to support the landmark $20 billion deal, the source told The Korea Times. Kim also offered to provide key arms technologies related to the homegrown Hyunmoo ballistic and cruise missiles to the UAE as part of efforts to expand defense cooperation between the two countries, he said on condition of anonymity.Read more
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Israel succesfuly tests anti-rocket system
Israel has completed tests on its Iron Dome anti-missile system, designed to provide a response to the thousands of rockets fired at Israel by Hamas and Hezbollah, the defence ministry said.The system, which can intercept short-range rockets and artillery shells, underwent its final tests in the past 48 hours, a statement said."For the first time, Iron Dome faced multiple threats simultaneously. All the threats were intercepted with complete success," the statement said.Read more
UAE Placing Order For 6 C-17s From Boeing
Boeing said Jan. 6 that it has won a contract from the United Arab Emirates for six C-17 military aircraft, making the UAE the second Middle East nation to order the airlifter.UAE will take delivery of four C-17s in 2011 and two in 2012 in the deal, whose "financial terms are not being disclosed," Boeing and the UAE said in a joint statement.The C-17 Globemaster III advanced airlifter can carry large combat equipment and troops or humanitarian aid across international distances to small "austere" airfields anywhere in the world, the company said.Read more
Lockheed F-35 Purchases Delayed in Pentagon’s Fiscal 2011 Plan
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has directed the military to delay the Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 program, cutting planned purchases by 10 aircraft in fiscal 2011 and a total of 122 through 2015, according to a budget document.More than $2.8 billion that was budgeted earlier to buy the military’s next-generation fighter would instead be used to continue its development.The delay is a setback for both Gates and Lockheed.Read more
BrahMos missile to be inducted into Air Force in 2012
The country's prestigious 'BrahMos' missile would be inducted into the Air Force in 2012 that would ensure all the three wings of the military are equipped with the supersonic cruise missile, a top Defence official said today."We have developed the airborne missile part, and process of integrating it with the Aircraft 'Sukhoi' was progressing', BrahMos Aerospace Ltd CMD A Shivathanu Pillai told PTI at the BrahMos Aerospace's facility here.Trial run of Airborne BrahMos missile would be held next year and the target was to integrate it with the Aircraft in 2012, he said.Read more
Ballistic trajectory - China develops new anti-ship missile
It seems a cliché to cite Sun Zi's maxim "in war, the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak". Yet, this universally accepted approach does seem to correspond to Chinese military planning. Nowhere is this more true than in such ballistic missile developments as its anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) programme, one of several weapons designed to exploit relative Chinese military strengths against relative military weaknesses of the United States.Through this approach, China is working to make it more difficult for the US to intervene militarily in China's maritime periphery. Read more
Germany to sell Israel another nuclear submarine
Germany starts talks with Israel over the sale of a new submarine, capable of firing nuclear missiles, despite having received no payment for previous deliveries. Israeli and German officials have reached an "advanced" stage in their negotiations about the new Dolphin class attack submarine, a "senior" Israeli source told Israel's Maariv daily. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are expected to agree on the deal's details on January 18, the source said. Read more
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