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New aircraft carrier launches in China

Posted: 17 Jun 2022 07:10 AM PDT

Chinese Navy’s Type-033 aircraft carrier, named Fujian, was launched on June 17 at Shanghai's Jiangnan Shipyard. The Fujian is the largest and most capable aircraft carrier in the Chinese Navy's fleet to date. The Type 003 aircraft carrier is a second-generation Chinese aircraft carrier under outfitting for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China. […]

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Ukraine confirms delivery armored vehicles from UK

Posted: 17 Jun 2022 06:50 AM PDT

The Ukrainian Navy has given more details concerning recent deliveries of armored vehicles donated by the British government to support Ukraine’s defenders in the war against Russia. The Navy confirmed on its Facebook account that Ukrainian Marines have taken delivery of the first batch of Mastiff heavily armoured patrol vehicles. Ukrainian Marines already training on how to […]

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Russia’s artillery inflicts huge damage to Ukrainian Army

Posted: 17 Jun 2022 06:16 AM PDT

Russia is trying to beat down Ukrainian defenses and make incremental advances using the significant superiority of its artillery on the battlefield. Now the superiority of Russian artillery is the only thing that stops the Ukrainian army from counterattacking. Moreover, the concentration of a large amount of artillery on a certain sector of the front […]

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New photos show damaged Russian corvette after Ukrainian forces attack

Posted: 17 Jun 2022 05:42 AM PDT

New photos emerged early Friday on social media showing Russia’s Buyan-M-class corvette, reportedly the Velikiy Ustyug, “slightly” damaged in an attack by Ukrainian Forces off the Odesa coast. The images show the Velikiy Ustyug corvette redeploying from the Azov Sea to Caspian for repairs. Apparently, the warship was seriously damaged due to artillery fire from […]

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Ukrainian missiles fired at Russian navy tug

Posted: 17 Jun 2022 05:04 AM PDT

Two anti-ship missiles were fired at a Russian navy tugboat in the Black Sea, according to the Ukrainian military. Ukraine’s Armed Forces say they have struck a Russian navy tugboat Vasily Bekh in the Black Sea with the Western-supplied anti-ship missiles. According to some reports, like one from Militarnyi, Ukraine’s armed forces have struck the […]

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Saab delivers T-7A fuselages to Boeing’s plant in St. Louis

Posted: 17 Jun 2022 04:34 AM PDT

Swedish company Saab announced on Friday that it has shipped the last of five fully installed T-7A Red Hawk aft fuselages from its factory in Linköping, Sweden to Boeing's production site in St. Louis.  In addition to the five Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) aft fuselages, Saab has over the program also delivered two test fuselages, one […]

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Ukrainian troops shoot down Russia’s newest drone

Posted: 16 Jun 2022 10:16 AM PDT

The Armed Forces of Ukraine has shot down Russia’s newest surveillance drone called the Merlin-VR. Pavel Kashchuk, founder of the automotive site infocar.ua and host of the eponymous YouTube channel, posted images showing the wreckage of Merlin-VR unmanned aircraft. The Merlin-VR is considered to be a long-endurance unmanned system designed for intelligence gathering and support roles. […]

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Ukrainian Soldiers shot down Russian attack helicopter

Posted: 16 Jun 2022 08:35 AM PDT

The Ukrainian military released footage on Thursday showing the moment the Russian attack helicopter is hit by a man-portable air-defense system in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. “The Russian helicopter hit the soldiers of the 231st Dnipropetrovsk Territorial Defense Battalion,” the message added. According to the Militarnyi, the helicopter was a Mi-35M Hind E attack […]

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Rheinmetall develops future main battle tank

Posted: 16 Jun 2022 04:34 AM PDT

Dusseldorf-based Rheinmetall has unveiled a Panther KF51 main battle tank at the Eurosatory 2022 defense exhibition in Paris. As noted by the company, the KF51 Panther is destined to be game changer on the battlefields of the future. The main battle tank concept sets new standards in all areas – lethality, protection, reconnaissance, networking and […]

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Israeli defense giant unveils robot tank

Posted: 16 Jun 2022 03:26 AM PDT

Israel’s defense giant Elbit Systems has unveiled a smart combat robot that can conduct missions to destroy enemy troops and tanks entirely by itself.   The ROBUST medium robotic combat vehicle was presented at the Eurosatory land defense exhibition in Paris. The vehicle includes a new robotic platform type BLR-2 made by BL, a 30 […]

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