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Weapon and Technology: Brazilian air force may buy F-18 http://weapons.technology.youngester.com/2012/12/brazilian-air-force-may-buy-f-18.html

Four Chinese warships passed the contiguous zone around Japan’s southwestern islands to enter the East China Sea on Dec. 10, the Defense Ministry said. Two destroyers and two frigates were spotted between Yonagunijima and Iriomotejima islands around 5 a.m. that day, the ministry said. The...

— Deng Yudong, who is the business director of Shenyang Aircraft Industry Group Company (SAC), recently said that J-15 is going to be involved in a series of tests, including emergency barricade landing test on Liaoning Aircraft Carrier. Deng Yudong summarized that recent J-15′s...

Syrian Kurds, who established control over some areas in the north of Syria in the middle of this year, have begun creating an independent army. This information was provided by the internet portal Elaph referring to the head of the Kurdistan National Assembly of Syria Sherkoh Abbas. "The main...

To counter the Syrian government tanks, rebels have built and deployed the "Sham II," an home-made wheeled armoured vehicle. Without the advantage of a well-financed and equipped national military, Syrian rebel fighters have turned to their own ingenuity to level the playing field in the fight...

An F-22 fighter jet used in a flyover during a remembrance ceremony at Pearl Harbor scraped its tail on a runway as it landed, causing $1.8 million in damage. A Hawaii National Guard spokesman says nobody was hurt in the incident Friday morning on the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack on...

Brazilian air force is said to be leaning towards the American F-18 Super Hornet aircraft in the selection of 36 fighter jets, according to media reports. A weekly magazine, Istoe, has published a document attributing to the commission in charge of analyzing the three aircraft (the Dassault...

Military Sealift Command accepted delivery of the Navy’s first joint high-speed vessel at Austal Shipyard in Mobile, Ala., Dec. 5. USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1), a joint high-speed vessel, or JHSV, is designed for rapid intra-theater transport of troops and military equipment. MSC will own and...

Iranian television has shown footage of the ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) claims to have recently captured. Iran announced on 4 December that the UAV had been captured in an unspecified way after it violated its airspace over the Gulf...

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Iran claims capture of another U.S. drone Share 1 Comments 2:47AM EST December 4. 2012 - TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state TV says the country's Revolutionary Guard has captured a U.S. drone after it entered the Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf. The report Tuesday quotes the Guard's...

Iran claims capture of another U.S. drone Share 1 Comments 2:47AM EST December 4. 2012 - TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state TV says the country's Revolutionary Guard has captured a U.S. drone after it entered the Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf. The report Tuesday quotes the Guard's...

Saudi Arabia has officially asked about purchasing several hundred Germany armored fighting vehicles, the magazine Spiegel reports. The inquiry was discussed at a secret meeting of the German Federal Security Council. The Federal Security Council considered the transaction on Monday, according...

In the first quarter of next year another new-generation radar "Voronezh" will be accepted for combat duty. First Vice-President of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems, Captain 1st Rank Konstantin Sivkov in an interview with "Voice of Russia" explained why it was imperative to update the...

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2012-11-30 — Asean Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan told Reuters news agency that Beijing’s plan was “a very serious turn of events”. On Thursday China said that it granted its border patrol police the power to board and search ships in the area. The Philippines...

2012-11-30 — China has ordered 10 used Il-76s from Russia’s arms vendor Rosoboronexport as an interim measure to enlarge its fleet of the heavy airlifters, before the redeveloped Il-476 version becomes available. Sergei Kornev, head of Rosoboronexport’s aviation equipment department, told AIN...

2012-11-30 — The Chinese and US militaries held joint disaster response exercises Friday, as Beijing increases its global reach and Washington continues its “pivot” to the Pacific. The joint drill, which saw officers from both nations express hopes for closer ties, came amid rising concerns...