P-3 Orion: primarily for maritime patrol, reconnaissance, anti-surface warfare and anti-submarine warfare.
TAIPEI: Taiwan has inked a $1.7 million contract with U.S. company Alliant Techsystems’ Integrated Systems Division for the supply of the the AAR-47 Missile Approach Warning System (MAWS).
AAR-47 Missile Approach Warning System (MAWS) warns of threat missile approach and automatically initiates counter measures like flare ejection. [click to continue…]
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Critics claim British casualties could be lowered by using helicopters more to move troops
ODIHAM AIRBASE, England: Britain has announced a $660 million (445-million-euro) package to upgrade its heavy lift helicopter in Afghanistan ‘Chinook’, following criticism of a shortage of air power there.
These upgrades will allow these twin-rotor helicopters to fly longer without refueling, and to spend longer on the [click to continue…]
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KABUL: October became the deadliest month for the US forces, fighting the un-popular eight years old war in Afghanistan, as eight more US troops die in two powerful bomb attacks killing eight soldiers and an interpreter on Tuesday. [click to continue…]
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They were arrested 10 kms indise Pakistan territory
QUETTA: Pakistan security forces have arrested 11 personnel of of Iran’s paramilitary elite unit commonly known as ‘Revolutionary Guards’. The arrest was made 10 kilometers Pakistani side of the Pak-Iran border.
Iran has denied their identity as Revolutionary Guards and said that they were from the Anti-narcotics force and [click to continue…]
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WASHINGTON: The U.S. Army and General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD) are working on a mortar shell technology that uses a satellite guidance system to accurately hit its target. The shell, with a range of 10 kilometers, will use GPS feeds to fall with in three meters of the target. [click to continue…]
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28,000 Pakistani Troops have been sent to fight Taliban
ISLAMABAD: US led NATO forces vacated more than half a dozen security check posts in the Afghan side of border areas just ahead of Pakistan Army operation in volatile South Waziristan region. This move by the ISAF have brought a new wave of mistrust between the buoyant US-Pak relationship. [click to continue…]
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Deadly fighting in Afghanistan has so far left 221 British soldiers dead
LONDON: UK has finally decided to send 500 extra troops to fight the deadly and unpopular war in Afghaistan, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced. He also pressed NATO to put their“fair share” in. There were reports of Britain planning to send about 1,000 troops to Afghanistan but now in official statement the number of troops have been halved. [click to continue…]
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WANA: Pakistan Army has begun the long awaited ground assault against taliban fighters in South Waziristan area, Official sources confirmed.
“The ground operation has begun,” said Tariq Hayat Khan, the secretary of Pakistan’s ethnic Pashtun tribal regions. The troops are advancing in from the north, the east, and the west of South Waziristan. The assault will be supported [click to continue…]
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ISLAMABAD: Terrorism has been pinching Pakistan hard for almost last one decade. Terrorism has never been so strong as it is now. Terrorists have now gained so much power that they now even dare to challenge the world seventh largest Army, The Pakistan Army.
Starting from Friday, this week has brought one of the audacious series of fidayeen style terrorist attacks.Tehrik-e- Taliban Pakistan has claimed responsibility for all of these attacks. [click to continue…]
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Disarming a Suicide Bomber
Lahore: Terror struck the heart of Pakistan ‘Lahore’ as terrorist attack three symbols of Pakistan’s security agencies killing 12 policemen and five civilians.
All the three audacious attacks were carried out between 9:10 a.m to 9:30 a.m. [click to continue…]
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