a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://bp1.blogger.com/_RRbP6fpJWAc/RvvFTvzufrI/AAAAAAAAAUg/p9gv_bXMlNQ/s1600-h/growler0925flash.jpg”img style=”margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;” src=”http://bp1.blogger.com/_RRbP6fpJWAc/RvvFTvzufrI/AAAAAAAAAUg/p9gv_bXMlNQ/s320/growler0925flash.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114898744850939570″ border=”0″ //aLike a proud parent, Boeing Co. handed over the keys of its newest fighter plane Monday.br /br /With all the pomp one might expect, the aerospace giant formally delivered to the U.S. Navy its first EA-18G [...]

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Russia has tested the world’s most powerful vacuum bomb, an explosive device unleashing a destructive shock wave with the power of a nuclear weapon, the military said on Tuesday.br /The bomb is the latest in a series of new Russian weapons and policy moves unveiled as President Vladimir Putin tries to reassert Moscow’s role on [...]

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Reports have indicated that Shafaq will be a sub-sonic aircraft but this might be improved, and it will have a skin of radar-absorbing material according to Iranian officials. Production is expected to start in 2008.
This two-seat Advanced training and Attack aircraft appears to be based on the Russian-Iranian “Project Integral” and are fitted with Russian [...]

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pNEW DELHI: The race for the multi-billion dollar fighter aircraft deal has opened with a high-level Swedish delegation proposing a defense partnership pact with India and offering a partnership to develop the next generation of fighters./p pSweden is also planning to post a defense Attache at its embassy here to pursue further defence opportunities in [...]

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France will redeploy six Mirage jets currently stationed in Tajikistan to a NATO base in Afghanistan, Defense Ministry officials said Friday.br /br /The redeployment, along with a planned increase in French troops in Afghanistan, comes as new President Nicolas Sarkozy seeks to improve ties with the United States and boost France’s visibility on the world [...]

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TEL AVIV — The biggest victim of reordered, post-Lebanon war spending priorities is the Israel Air Force, which now stands to acquire much fewer — perhaps only half — of the 100 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) initially planned for its future force.br /Under the 2008-2012 spending plan, IDF brass approved funding for just one [...]

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An Indian Air Force contingent comprising 29 Air Warriors alongwith an IL-76 aircraft would be participating in joint Indo-Russian Indra 07 Exercise from 11 Sep 07 till 20 Sep 07at Pskov in Russia. Ex Indra 07 is an airborne exercise in which there would be joint participation between the airborne forces of Russia, Indian Army [...]

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Japan’s defense ministry plans to request billions of dollars to upgrade its F-15 fighter jets and develop its own stealth fighter since Washington is reluctant to sell its advanced Raptor fighters to its Asian ally.The ministry is asking for a 4.82 trillion yen ($41.6 billion) budget for the fiscal year beginning next April, an increase [...]

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