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The first true torpedo was invented in 1866 by British engineer Robert WHITEHEAD, based on the ideas of Austrian Navy officer Johann LUPIS. The word `torpedo` (derived from the word `torpere,` which means `to stun` in Latin), was created in 1800 by the American inventor Robert FULTON, who also...

As far as I remember, @UkroTurk was a vegetarian.. He prefers to eat mostly vegetables:giggle:

Thailand Set to Chose Beechcraft Light Attack and Trainer Aircraft The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) is thought to have selected the Beechcraft AT-6E Wolverine and T-6C Texan II as its next-generation light attack aircraft and trainer, edging out the Pilatus PC-21, Turkish Aerospace Industries...

AT-6 Wolverine demonstrators are seen with laser-guided bombs, plus rocket pods on the aircraft in the foreground and gun pods on the example behind. [Photo: Textron Aviation Defense] The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) is thought to have selected the Beechcraft AT-6E Wolverine and T-6C Texan II...

Ilyushin Il-76 plane mounted with IAI ELW-2090 AEW&C system India’s fleet of Phalcon Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft could increase to five from three, with New Delhi preparing to ink $1 billion contracts with both Israel and Russia. The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS)...

Correction: A previous version of this story misidentified the title and employer of Aram Nerguizian. He is a senior associate with the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. BEIRUT — Analysts are looking forward to potential cooperation among...

National Center for Helicopter Engineering (NCV) office Russia’s Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and Kamov have merged to form a joint venture- National Center for Helicopter Engineering (NCV)- to build new types of helicopters such as unmanned, high-speed and electrically powered ones. “Since April...

Channel 10 News, the ABC affiliate in San Diego, reports that a sailor is under investigation for the fire that burned for days aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard. The blaze has likely destroyed the multi-billion-dollar capital ship. Channel 10 News states: The outlet...

The U.S. government has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan of 32 AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) with support for an estimated cost of $63 million. Along with the missiles, the sales package includes one AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM guidance section spare...

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These types represent 56% of the world's "active" service fighter fleet

Navantia successfully carried out the launching of AL-JUBAIL, the first of five corvettes built for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF). The ceremony was held in slipway number 2 at the San Fernando shipyard, and was chaired by the Commander of RSNF, H. E. Vice Admiral Fahad Bin Abdullah...

South African media has reported that the sale of Umkhonto surface-to-air missiles by Denel Dynamics has fallen through after the company failed to raise the required funds for a bank guarantee. According to an article by the Mail & Guardian on 22 August, the Egyptian government subsequently...

During a major test of the Army's Integrated Battle Command System, a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement missile misfired when attempting to intercept a tactical ballistic missile target. (Courtesy of Lockheed Martin) WASHINGTON — The most advanced variant of the Patriot...

Vice prime minister for strategic sectors of Ukraine and Ismail Demir(PM of defence industry) signed a MoU.

Yes. That's why protests were held. Most egregious, as far as local communities were concerned, was the lack of any guarantee that rocket boosters from the SM3 missiles would fall into designated drop areas and not land on residential neighborhoods, absent a fix that would take years to...

Taiwan has deployed a small number of its indigenous Albatross unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to Pratas and Taiping Islands in the South China Sea. Each island had one set of system which consists of 4 aircraft along with its ground control station. The system deployed to Pratas Island is...

HMS Enterprise has her bottom cleaned while dry-docked in Falmouth 2018. The azipods actually pull the ship forward, the opposite of conventional shaftline propulsion which push the ship forward through thrust blocks. Core mission At the heart of the ships is the Integrated Survey System...