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NATO Allies Test Air and Missile Defenses in Romania

NATO Allies Test Air and Missile Defenses in Romania

RAMSTEIN, Germany — French MAMBA Surface-Based Air and Missile Defence system repelled a simulated air attack by Allied fighter aircraft in an exercise, November 23.

Exercises such as this one ensure that NATO forces are able to operate together and remain ready to respond to any threat from an…

China’s J-15 Carrier Fighters to Get Domestic Engines: Report

China’s J-15 Carrier Fighters to Get Domestic Engines: Report

A newly produced J-15 carrier-based fighter jet was fitted with what seems to be a pair of China’s domestically developed engines, according to an official media report on Wednesday, which marked the 10th anniversary of the aircraft’s first takeoff and landing on the Liaoning, China’s first aircraft…
Final Archer SP Gun Delivered to Sweden’s FMV

Final Archer SP Gun Delivered to Sweden’s FMV

In November, FMV carried out delivery control of the 48th Archer piece at T&E’s test site in Karlsborg. This means that the last of the artillery pieces ordered so far has rolled out of BAE Bofors and been delivered to FMV.

During the delivery inspection, the Indirect Fire unit at FMV’s area of o…

Hungary to Buy Iron Dome Radar and NASAMS Air-Defense

Hungary to Buy Iron Dome Radar and NASAMS Air-Defense

BUDAPEST — “We are buying one of the most modern radar systems in the world, which is part of the layered defense system called the Iron Dome, and this is complemented by a missile system (the ground-based NASAMS – National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System), which is also similar in logic to…
Finland Completes XA-180 Armored Vehicle Upgrade

Finland Completes XA-180 Armored Vehicle Upgrade

The lifecycle upgrade of the XA-180 series vehicles brings performance far into the future.

The goal of the modernization was to ensure the performance, condition and technical life cycle of Pasi crew transport vehicles until the 2040s. During the project, which started in 2013, all vehicles of t…

Norway Orders Additional Counter-Battery Radars

Norway Orders Additional Counter-Battery Radars

Defense Materiel signed an agreement with the Dutch Defensie Materieel Organisatie (DMO) on Wednesday to acquire a further three new digital radars for artillery location for the Norwegian Armed Forces.

The radars can detect shells and rockets in the air and calculate where they were fired from a…

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