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.
RMN fires Black Shark torpedo for first time
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New Greek defence minister appointed
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
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Euronaval 2014: Thales launches SeeMapper for maritime protection
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
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US concerned at heightened Russian air activity
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
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F-35C completes first carrier-based arrested landing
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
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Discovery Air deploys A-4N jets to Germany ahead of training contract
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
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Afghanistan gets final Mi-17s
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
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USN seeks to better understand, defend against cyber threats
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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
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USN launches 10th amphibious transport dock
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
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Singapore joins in fight against Islamic State
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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
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Mexican Navy Secretary details aviation expansion, modernisation plans
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
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Libyan naval vessel damaged in Benghazi fighting
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.
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First Chinese Il-78 tanker seen at PLAAF base
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
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EUCOM chief seeking more equipment, rotational troops
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
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Colombia launches first locally built CPV-46
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
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Colombia develops RQ-11B Raven simulator
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
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Australian DoD warns of tough decisions in annual report
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
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Lockheed Martin progresses C-5M Galaxy deliveries to USAF
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
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UK announces further support for Iraq in fight against Islamic State
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
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Russia exercises its strategic nuclear 'triad'
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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