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Written by BDJ Desk
 Air Forces Of U.K. And Qatar Conduct A Joint Militar Drill In Doha, Qatar On Nov. 30, 2017, Photo Credit: Defence Ministry of Qatar Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
British defense equipment manufacturer BAE Systems has finalized a 5 billion pounds deal to sell 24 Typhoon fighter jets to Qatar. The deal, worth around 5 billion pounds, ($6.6 billion) includes 24 Eurofighter Typhoon multirole jets and nine Hawk trainers and a bespoke support and training package, confirmed on 18th September, became effective on the same day after conditions were met, as Qatar made its first payment to BAE Systems from the deal... ...
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Written by BDJ Desk
 [The reports also suggested that the UAVs will be equipped with capabilities to take off and land autonomously and will be capable of operating in extreme weather conditions]
Recently Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) inked a deal with Vietnam worth 160mn dollars to supply 3 Heron Type 1 unmanned aerial vehicles. While the reports have not been officially confirmed by either of the two countries or the firm in question, they have nonetheless spotlighted the deepening defense ties between the two countries which has been developing in recent years... ...
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 Photo Credit: Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, M I L I T A R Y T E C H N O L O G Y
The US Air Force and Lockheed Martin, the makers of F-22 Raptor, have confirmed several new weapons and system upgrade for the F-22 Raptor to enhance the capabilities of the stealth fighter by equipping it with more long-range precision attack technology, helping it to cover a wider area in its “target envelope” or “field of regard” and new networking technology enabling improved, real-time “collaborative targeting” between aircraft... ...
Written by BDJ Desk
 Contingents From The Participating Nations Forming Up For The Opening Ceremony Of The ASEAN-China Maritime Field Training Exercise, Photo Credit: LIANHE ZAOBAO
Attended by all 11 countries of ASEAN, 8 vessels and more than 1,200 personnel from both sides will take part in the 7-day long drill held between China and the ASEAN countries. Among the 11 member countries of the ASEAN, China has territorial disputes with a few over islands in the South China Sea... ...
Written by Fakhrul Islam
Indo Defence Expo & Forum is a biannual event and this year it took place from 7th to 10th November. Hosted by the Indonesian Ministry of Defence, INDO DEFENCE 2018 Expo & Forum is one of the largest in the region. The exhibition welcomed exhibitors and visitors from all around the world with over 800 companies from 44 countries, including but not limited to Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, France, German, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, UK and the USA... ...
Written by BDJ Desk
 This Image Reportedly From China Central Television, Is One Of The Many Floating Around The Internet Claiming To Show The H-20 But Doesn't Appear To Be Real, Photo Credit: Asia Times
The ‘existence” of the H-20 was not exactly “announced” or was defiantly given a glimpse of (as in the case of Chengdu J-20 and Shenyang J-31) but was hinted into existence when Xi’an Aviation Industrial Corporation released a promotional video in May this year imitating Northrop Grumman’s Superbowl ad for its new B-21 stealth bomber that it is designing and developing for the US Air Force... ...
Written by Ahmed Sharif
 Figure 1: Malaysian Navy ship MV Bunga Mas Lima was a civilian container ship. In 2011, special forces troops from this ship boarded and took control of a pirate-hijacked ship using helicopters and fast-moving boats. The topic that remained outside discussion is that such a ship has the capability to execute the strategy of taking control of an enemy ship. This indeed makes this ship a warship!
OFF SOMALIA
22 January 2011. A Malaysian ship ‘Bunga Laurel’ carrying chemicals attracts pirates off the shores of Somalia. The ship was being covered by a Malaysian Navy ship ‘MV Bunga Mas Lima’. In fact, the ‘Bunga Mas Lima’ was once a ‘civilian’ container ship, which was part of ‘Operation Fajr’, the Malaysian anti-piracy patrol mission off Somalia. She was carrying members of Malaysia Military. The military members were facilitated to board the pirate-affected ship, using helicopters and fast patrol boats... ...
Written by Franz Stefan Gady
The first of nine domestically built 3,000-ton diesel-electric air independent propulsion subs was launched on September 14. South Korea has launched the first of a planned fleet of nine 3,000-ton indigenously designed KSS-III (Jangbogo–III-class) diesel-electric attack submarines at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard on Geoje Island, near the port city of Busan... ...
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