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RMN fires Black Shark torpedo for first time

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A Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) Scorpène-class submarine carried out the service's first successful firing of a Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei (WASS) Black Shark torpedo on 31 October. KD Tun Abdul Razak fired the torpedo against a 55 m passenger ferry that had been converted into a target.

New Greek defence minister appointed

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Nikos Dendias was appointed as Greece's minister of National Defence on 31 October. Dendias replaces Dimitris Avramopoulos, who had been appointed as Greece's commissioner in the European Commission. Dendias previously served as minister of public order and minister of development. He is a lawyer

Euronaval 2014: Thales launches SeeMapper for maritime protection

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Thales has developed a new seabed imaging and surveillance solution designed to help defence forces, maritime security agencies, and private operators to better protect waterways from threats such as sea mines and piracy. Launching the system at the Euronaval exhibition in Paris, France, Thales

US concerned at heightened Russian air activity

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The recent increase in Russian military air activity over European airspace presents a 'risk' to regional security, the US government stated on 31 October. Speaking from the Pentagon, Press Secretary Navy Rear Admiral John Kirby told reporters that NATO had tracked Russian fighter jets, long-range

F-35C completes first carrier-based arrested landing

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A Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II conducted its first arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier off the coast of San Diego, California, on 3 November, the US Navy announced. Commander Tony Wilson landed carrier variant F-35C test aircraft CF-03 aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). "Today is a

Discovery Air deploys A-4N jets to Germany ahead of training contract

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Discovery Air Defence Services Inc. has begun the deployment of Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft to Germany ahead of a five-year training contract that is set to begin in early 2015, the company announced on 29 October. The subsidiary of Canadian specialist aviation company Discovery Air has started

Afghanistan gets final Mi-17s

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Russia has completed the delivery of 63 Mil Mi-17V-5 military transport helicopters to Afghanistan, the Federal Service for Military-Technical Co-operation has said. The helicopters, produced by Russian Helicopters' Kazan subsidiary, were supplied to Afghanistan under a 2011 contract worth around

USN seeks to better understand, defend against cyber threats

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Key Points Recommendations for phase one examining USN cyber-defence capabilities are due in November The navy will establish a technical authority development group in August 2015 to implement the plan The US Navy (USN) is embarking on a year-long effort examining what it will take to better

USN launches 10th amphibious transport dock

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The US Navy's (USN's) penultimate San Antonio-class (LPD 17) amphibious transport dock ship has entered the water. 10th-in-class John P Murtha (LPD 26) was launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII's) Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Mississippi on 30 October. The ship is expected

Singapore joins in fight against Islamic State

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Key Points Singapore will deploy an imagery support group and a KC-135R tanker aircraft to support the international coalition battling the Islamic State News of the deployment follows revelation that Islamic State fighters from Southeast Asia have formed a militant unit comprising of personnel

Mexican Navy Secretary details aviation expansion, modernisation plans

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Mexico's Ministry of the Navy (SEMAR) has acquired 27 aircraft and 7 helicopters since Enrique Peña Nieto's administration began in December 2012, Secretary of the Navy Admiral Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz noted. His comments came as he detailed the current and future development of the

Libyan naval vessel damaged in Benghazi fighting

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The Libyan Navy's only potentially repairable corvette has been badly damaged during the current fighting in Benghazi. Reuters cited a security source as saying the ship was sinking after being hit during fighting between forces loyal to the country's new Tobruk-based government and other militias.

First Chinese Il-78 tanker seen at PLAAF base

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Satellite imagery indicates that China has taken delivery of at least one of three Ilyushin Il-78 'Midas' air-refuelling tankers reportedly on order from Ukraine. The imagery, taken by DigitalGlobe in mid-October at the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Wuhan-Paozhuwan airbase in Hebei

EUCOM chief seeking more equipment, rotational troops

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The head of US European Command (EUCOM) would like to receive additional pre-positioned equipment sets and to hold force posture at current levels, although he would like a bigger 'rotational' presence for the region. "My first budgetary priority is to not further decrease forces in Europe

Colombia launches first locally built CPV-46

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The Colombian Navy-run COTECMAR shipyards in Cartagena launched ARC Punta Espada coastal patrol vessel on 31 October. The 286-ton Punta Espada is powered by two diesel engines and armed with a 25 mm remote-controlled weapons station and two side-mounted M60 7.62 mm machine guns. The vessel was laid

Colombia develops RQ-11B Raven simulator

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The Colombian Ministry of Defence (MoD) received its first AeroVironment RQ-11B Raven unmanned aerial system (UAS) simulator on 31 October, according to local reports. The RQ-11B simulator was developed by the Corporacion de Alta Tecnologia para la Defensa (CODALTEC), a MoD-run organisation

Australian DoD warns of tough decisions in annual report

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Tough decisions will be required to better align Australia's defence funding and capability, the secretary of the Department of Defence (DoD) has warned in the DoD's 2013-14 annual report. Dennis Richardson said a firm implementation plan will be an important part of a First Principles Review now

Lockheed Martin progresses C-5M Galaxy deliveries to USAF

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The US Air Force (USAF) is continuing to receive upgraded Lockheed Martin C-5M Galaxy strategic airlifters, with delivery of the 20th production aircraft on 5 November. Aircraft 87-0034 was flown from the company's Marietta production facility in Georgia to Travis Air Force Base (AFB) in

UK announces further support for Iraq in fight against Islamic State

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The United Kingdom is to offer further training and advisory personnel to the Iraqi military to assist in its fight against Islamic State (IS) militants, although no ground combat troops will be deployed as part of the effort. The additional support was announced on 5 November by UK defence

Russia exercises its strategic nuclear 'triad'

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Since 28 October Moscow has tested and exercised all three components of its nuclear arsenal, including the firing of submarine-launched and land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (SLBMs and ICBMs) as well as extensive long-range strategic bomber sorties. The Russian Defence Ministry
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