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The Brazilian Navy is exploring ways to modernise the Marine Corps (Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais) and has unveiled a plan to merge three previous modernisation programmes into a new single effort called Programa de Meios de Fuzileiros Navais (PROADSUMUS). In October the navy began the PROADSUMUS...

I guess they can achieve this with a suitable seeker.

Rafale F3-R jet with Talios pod. Hellenic Air Force will receive 12 Rafale fighter jets upgraded to the latest F3R standard, in 2021. Greece is buying 18 Rafale combat jets from France of which 8 would be brand new while the remaining, second-hand ones. First of the jets will arrive in Greece...

As part of a historic Missile Defense Agency (MDA) demonstration and for the first time ever, an intercontinental ballistic missile target was intercepted and destroyed outside Earth's atmosphere by an advanced SM-3® Block IIA ballistic missile defense interceptor made by Raytheon Missiles &...

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Last Friday, 13 November 2020, the second pair of an additional order for the A-29B Super Tucano was delivered to the Fuerza Aérea de Chile (Chilean Air Force). Seen during their a technical stop at Asunción/Silvio Pettirossi (Paraguay), serials 471 and 472 constitute the last of the follow-on...

Rafael Trophy defensive suite on US Army Abrams MBT [via Rafael] Rafael is to showcase Next-Generation Combat Vehicle Suite for increased lethality, manoeuvrability and situational awareness at DX Korea. ~ Press Release, 16 November 2020: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. is participating in...

Absolutely, no doubt about this but this is not sufficient and sustainable. Especially for taxpayers with a population of 10 millions

You are wrong, real force multiplier is military production and industry, not purchase. You are as strong as you produce, not as much as you buy. According to this opinion, Saudi Arabia have more real force multipliers than France, UK, or Russia?

Frisian Lightning II marks first national deployment for Dutch F-35A stealth fighters. Dutch F-35 and F-16 fighters taxi at Volkel AFB, The Netherlands, during Frisian Lightning II exercise. From Monday, November 9, 2020, the exercise Frisian Lightning II started at Volkel Air Base...

Fresh out of the paint booth, the bridge for the future HMCS Max Bernays, RoyalCanNavy's 3rd Arctic & Offshore Patrol Ship

Bulgaria Signs Contract for Purchase of Multi-Role Patrol Ships with Germany's Fr. Lurssen Werft, It Is One of Three Large Projects for Armed Forces Modernization November 12 (BTA) - On Thursday Bulgaria signed a contract for the acquisition of two multi-role patrol ships for the Bulgarian Navy...

Today we’ve tracked a double Italian mission off Libya. The Italian Air Force Beech B350ER (reg. MM32600 – callsign 1468) made an ISR mission off western Libya, this time departing from Trapani Birgi AB (and not from Pantelleria AB as usual). At the same time also an Italian Air Force...

The Russian Navy has continued with its procurement plan for 2020 after the service commissioned the 17th Project 03160 RAPTOR class patrol boat last Saturday. The ceremony took place at the Pella shipyard in St. Petersburg and the ship was inaugurated by Admiral Nikolai Evmenov...

The Defense Ministry is moving ahead with the reinforcement of the Hellenic Air Force with French-made Rafale and US F-35 fighter jets as well as unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and drone response systems, possibly within 2021. At the same time, the maintenance and upgrading of existing systems...

The German Armed Forces lost an unarmed Heron reconnaissance drone while on duty in Afghanistan . The unmanned flight system went down east of Mazar-e-Sharif, announced the command and control of the Bundeswehr. The reason is probably a technical defect, people were not harmed. On returning...