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The Javelin is a manportable, fire-and-forget, antitank missile employed by dismounted infantry to defeat current and future threat armored combat vehicles. Javelin is intended to replace the Dragon system in the Army and the Marine Corps. JAVELIN has significant improvements over DRAGON. The Javelin’s range of approximately 2,500 meters is more than twice that of its predecessor, the Dragon. Read the rest of this entry »

Ka-50 “Black Shark” is a single-seat attack helicopter for destroying armored vehicles, slow-speed air targets and manpower on the battlefield.

Coaxial Ka-50 helicopter has two three-blade rotors of 14.5-m diameter each. The polymeric composite blade is attached to the hub by a torsion bar. The airframe features perfect aerodynamic outlines, mid-set stub wing, retractable three-leg landing gear and empennage of a fixed-wing aircraft type. The pilot cockpit is fully armored. The emergency pilot escape system, comprising an ejection seat, saves the pilot within the entire flight speed and altitude range. Read the rest of this entry »

Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile

SHORT-RANGE AIR SUPERIORITY

REDEFINES WITHIN VISUAL RANGE COMBAT : First Shot, First Intercept, First Kill

ASRAAM is the most capable next generation air-to-air missile dedicated to within visual range combat and provides the pilot with a range of options not available with any other short range missile.

Operational requirement
In modern short-range air combat, the pilot needs the capability to strike first. When he engages a hostile target, he needs a missile that reacts faster than ever. The missile’s speed and agility must guarantee that the pilot will be provided with the maximum killing power, whatever the enemy’s avoidance manoeuvres or the extent of the countermeasures he deploys. Read the rest of this entry »

Russian military aircraft were intercepted by British and Norwegian jets Friday after they breached NATO airspace close to the U.K. and Finland, defense officials said.

Finland’s prime minister demanded an explanation from Moscow. Interception of Russian warplanes in NATO patrolled-airspace has become increasingly common since the Kremlin ordered strategic bombers to carry out long-range missions for the first time since the breakup of the Soviet Union. Read the rest of this entry »

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the United States of applying a double standard in dealing with terrorism by its lack of action against Kurdish rebels who launch attacks against Turkey from northern Iraq.

Ahmadinejad’s comment came in a phone conversation with Turkish President Abdullah Gul on the same day Turkey’s prime minister said his country would not hesitate to send troops across the Iraq border if needed to pursue the rebels — formally named the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) — who are seeking to carve an independent state out of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. The Turkish government — which so far has restrained itself from undertaking a full-scale military operation amid diplomatic pressure — wants Iraq to handle the rebels inside their territory and has been saying it can’t wait indefinitely for Iraq to do so. Read the rest of this entry »