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Iran muscles into the UAV battlefield Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Oct 5, 2010 The United States and Israel lead the field in developing unmanned aerial vehicles, including missile-armed drones used extensively against their enemies in an evolving form of remote-control warfare. But their common foe, Iran, is in the race, too, and that has serious implications for the military balance in the Middle East. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled a long-range, bomb-carrying drone called the Karar, Farsi for "assailant," in August that reputedly has a range of 6 ... read more |
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Moorestown NJ (SPX) Sep 21, 2010Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated the second generation of its Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capability in a formal U.S. Navy test event. This configuration, known as Aegis BMD 4.0.1, enables the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Navy to defeat more complex ballistic missile threats and also introduces the BMD signal processor, which improves target identification. ... more  
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Sep 20, 2010 Israel has lashed out at Russia's sale of cruise missiles to Syria, stoking fears that the weapons could end up in the hands of militant Islamists. The condemnation came shortly after Russia's Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov told reporters that Moscow would proceed with a contentious 2007 contract to supply Damascus with P-800 Yakhout anti-ship cruise missiles. On the same day ... more  
Canberra, Australia (UPI) Sep 17, 2010 Australia is set to be the first export country for Boeing's EA-18G Growler, which the U.S. government approved for full-rate production only last December. The decision was made by the U.S. Technology, Transfer, Security Assistance, Review Board, a brief report in the Australian newspaper said, quoting unnamed sources. The order for the advanced electronic attack aircraft was gi ... more |
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Future Missile System For GripenStockholm, Sweden (SPX) Sep 15, 2010 The integration means that Meteor will be adapted to other Gripen systems, such as the radar and displays. The order includes test flights and test firing, as well as the integration of Meteor with support and maintenance systems such as simulators and planning computers. The Swedish Gripen C/D aircraft will also have a two-way datalink for communication between the aircraft and the missile once it has been fired. "Meteor has substantially better performance than any other BVR missile existi ... read more |
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