Military Equipment
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 - 06:12
The US Army Contracting Command (USACC) has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to supply an undisclosed number of AGM-114K/R3 Hellfire II missiles to Egypt and Tunisia as well as Iraq, Pakistan and Indonesia in a $357.8 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 06:09
Syrian rebels trained by U.S. military said they turned over equipment and vehicles to militants linked with al-Qaeda to ensure safe passage through a dangerous area and were threatened with an ambush if they did not do so, according to the U.S. military.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 05:48
Kiev expects delivery from the United States of two border control systems by the end of this year and another six in 2016, according to the first deputy secretary to Ukraine’s Security and Defense Council, Oleh Hladkovskiy.
Monday, September 28, 2015 - 06:00
The U.S. military’s Central Command admitted Friday that a Syrian fighter trained by U.S. forces handed over six vehicles and ammunition to an al Qaeda intermediary, “purportedly in exchange for safe passage within [his] operating area.”
Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 06:51
When two US-made Humvees approached a checkpoint in Afghanistan’s Helmand province last month, the police assumed them to be friendly local or coalition forces.
In fact, Taliban militants were behind the wheel of the sand-coloured vehicles. Caught by surprise, police stood no chance against the Humvees’ mounted machine guns.
Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 06:05
Egypt will buy two warships that France originally built for Russia but refused to deliver because of Moscow’s role in the conflict in Ukraine, French President François Hollande said on Wednesday.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 06:41
When two U.S.-made Humvees approached a checkpoint in Afghanistan's Helmand province last month, the police assumed them to be friendly local or coalition forces.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 05:59
Talk is heating up in Congress and the Pentagon about whether to share America’s massive new bunker-busting bomb as a warning to Iran, but Israel remains cool to the idea.
Monday, September 21, 2015 - 06:28
The Tunisian Air Force is upgrading its Northrop F-5E/F Tiger II fleet with new avionics and maintenance repairs under a $32 million contract.The US Department of Defence announced the $32.458 million contract on 16 September, which was awarded to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation in Florida.
Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 06:51
New mine-sweeping ship will join the arsenal of the naval forces of Kazakhstan, reports the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan.