Military Equipment
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 06:51
Ukrainian intelligence service reports another train convoy with Russin fighters and military hardware arriving to the militant-occupied city of Khartsyzk in Donetsk region.
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 06:45
The Nigerian Navy has received nine inshore patrol boats from Sri Lanka in a contract worth $4.2 million. According to the Sri Lankan Navy, six Arrow class boats and three unspecified inshore patrol craft (possibly Wave Rider class boats) were handed over in what the Navy said was its first international defence sale.
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 06:37
In late March Uganda received equipment from the U.S. as part of an ongoing mission to build international peacekeeping capacity and promote regional security operations in nearby Somalia. The equipment allows Uganda to perform the mission without deploying U.S. troops and strengthens the partnership between the two countries.
Monday, May 9, 2016 - 07:24
Regional economies last year spent $3.2 billion on their military hardware last year, an increase from the previous year, as they sought to modernise their weapons and to tackle the increasing terrorism threat.
Monday, May 9, 2016 - 07:14
Imagine an intuitively trained special missions operative endowed with 360-degree vision who works alone or in packs to breach high-risk safe houses and bunkers, ready to shoot to kill within a second of an officer’s command. That’s exactly what General Robotics Ltd. has developed with its trademarked Dogo.
Friday, May 6, 2016 - 07:20
UK based company Kelvin Hughes has installed and commissioned a SharpEye radar system onto the South African Navy’s fleet replenishment ship SAS Drakensberg.
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 07:09
Uganda took ownership of equipment from the United States as part of an ongoing mission to build international peacekeeping capacity and promote regional security operations in nearby Somalia. The U.S. equipment allows Uganda to perform the mission without deploying U.S. troops. It also strengthens the partnership with this country that works closely with U.S. Africa Command promoting regional security.
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 06:41
The U.S. Army has deployed Abrams battle tanks in Georgia for the first time, offloading the heavy armor at the Black Sea port of Poti for live-fire training exercises with forces from Georgia and the United Kingdom.
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 06:19
More than two dozen U.S. lawmakers are urging President Barack Obama to refrain from supplying Syrian rebels with American-made shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 06:53
Colombia’s navy – the Armada Nacional de la Republica de Colombia, or ARC – has been collaborating with the state-run shipyards, Cotecmar, to build more than 100 ships in the past 16 years. The country is building naval ships for Brazil, Paraguay and Ecuador.