The Brazilian Navy is preparing to commission former French Navy Foudre-class landing platform dock FS Siroco into service by Dec. 31.
By KoS (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Monthly Archives: November 2015
U.S. delivers two AN/TPQ-36 radars to Ukraine
The U.S. Army delivered two surplus AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder Weapon Locating Systems to Ukraine on Nov. 14. It was reported that a total of six radars will be supplied to Ukraine.
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Photo: Ukrainian government
Did Russia accidentally leaked design of secret nuclear weapon delivery system?
Russian state television recently broadcast a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and military industry officials and generals. At one point, the camera zoom into a document being read by a military official and it shows a secret unmanned underwater nuclear delivery system dubbed “Maritime Multifunctional System Status-6.”
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U.S. Marines in Iraq try out new mortar system
U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force–Crisis Response–Central Command took their new M252A2 Lightweight 81 mm mortar system to the range at Al Asad air base, Iraq on Oct. 25 for some testing.
Photo By: Sgt. Owen Kimbrel
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Task Force La Fayette to train Peshmerga
France’s Task Force La Fayette will be sending some personnel to Kurdistan region to teach Peshmerga forces on how to defuse Improvised Explosive Devises (IEDs).
By Claude TRUONG-NGOC (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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On the ground: Reclamation work on Mischief Reef
Missile unit in East Siberian Republic of Buryatia received Iskander-M
A missile unit located in the East Siberian Republic of Buryatia has received the Iskander-M tactical missile system.
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By Vitaly V. Kuzmin (http://vitalykuzmin.net/?q=node/557) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Croatian Navy fired RBS-15 from warship for the first time
The Croatian Navy has tested the RBS-15 anti-ship missile from a warship for the first time. The test took place at the beginning of October in the waters off Dugi otok in the Adriatic Sea.
Obama reviewing Multinational Force and Observers mission
For many years, the U.S.-backed Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in the Sinai Peninsula has help maintain peace along the Egyptian-Israeli border, but the rise of Islamist militants in the area has prompted Washington to review its mission.
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Construction of HMS Jufair started
Work has started on Britain’s first new permanent military base in the Middle East since 1971. British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa laid the first cornerstone of HMS Juffair at Mina Salman Port on Nov. 1.