Saturday, July 31, 2021

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Defence Blog


Second flight test for U.S. Air Force hypersonic missile fails

Posted: 31 Jul 2021 08:17 AM PDT

The second flight test of the U.S Air Force’s latest hypersonic missile failed on July 28 following technical problems, the service announced in a statement. The details were given in a media release, to announce Air Force conducted its second AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) booster flight test. In a release issued July 29, […]

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Sukhoi Su-35 jet crashes in Russia’s far east

Posted: 31 Jul 2021 08:00 AM PDT

A Russian Aerospace Forces Su-35 fighter jet has crashed in the far east of Russia on Saturday, Russian news agencies cited rescue officials as saying. Four minutes after the takeoff, the pilot ejected, and the fighter jet continued to fly towards Sakhalin. Later, the Su-35 crashed in the Sea of Okhotsk. As a result of […]

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Chinese Type-96 main battle tanks arrives in Russia

Posted: 31 Jul 2021 03:48 AM PDT

Train loaded with large amounts of Chinese military hardware, including Type-96 main tanks and other heavy armored vehicles, has arrived in Russia. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Type-96 main battle tanks and soldiers of the 75th Group Army of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF) have arrived in Russia […]

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Rare Russian electronic warfare planes intercepted by NATO aircraft

Posted: 31 Jul 2021 03:24 AM PDT

Two Russia’s Il-22PP electronic warfare aircraft were intercepted and escorted by NATO fighter jets during a flight over neutral waters over the Baltic Sea. The story was first reported by The Aviationist, which cited a statement from NATO's Combined Air Operations Centre that NATO scrambled Spanish Eurofighters and Italian F-35s on Thursday 29 July 2021 […]

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Russian military awards contract for ten S-500 air defense systems

Posted: 31 Jul 2021 02:48 AM PDT

Russian Defence Ministry on Thursday confirmed that it has awarded Russia’s state arms group Almaz-Antey a contract for the first batch of the S-500 Prometey air defense systems. “The Russian Ministry of Defense signed a contract with VKO Almaz-Antey on shipment of over 10 Prometey systems to the Aerospace forces. Serial shipments will begin in the […]

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