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The S-400, Russia's high-tech air defence system
Jul 12, 2019 (AFP)
The delivery marks a new high in warming ties between Ankara and Moscow. Here is what you need to know about Russia's most modern anti-aircraft defence system. ...
Turkey receives first Russian missile delivery risking deepening rift with US
Jul 12, 2019 (AFP)
The delivery to an air base in the Turkish capital Ankara comes after Washington warned this week that there would be "real and negative" consequences if Turkey...
US renews warning to Turkey over Russian missile deal
Jul 09, 2019 (AFP)
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after meeting Trump last month that he was confident Turkey would not face sanctions for buying the S-400, after the Pentago...
Brand-New S-500 Missile Systems Can Tackle Attack From Space
Jul 09, 2019 (Sputnik)
The new S-500 air defence system will specifically be aimed at countering an attack from outer space, Yuri Muravkin, the deputy chief of the Russian Aerospace F...
Sweden deploys new air defence missile system on Baltic island
Jul 01, 2019 (AFP)
"Through its geographical location the island provides essential military advantages in regards to protection and control of shipping, air control over the Balt...
Erdogan confident Turkey will avoid US sanctions over S-400s
Jun 29, 2019 (AFP)
Ankara's push to buy Moscow's S-400 missile defence system has strained ties between the NATO allies, with the threat of penalities from Washington looming over...
Iran air defence missiles must be taken seriously: experts
Jun 25, 2019 (AFP)
The Global Hawk, an advanced US navy surveillance drone, was flying at high altitude -- it can reach 60,000 feet (18 kilometres) -- early Friday local time when...
Turkey unafraid of US sanctions over S-400 deal: minister
Jun 24, 2019 (AFP)
The United States has given Turkey a deadline of July 31 to drop the purchase of the S-400 system, or face sanctions and removal from its F-35 fighter jet progr...
Erdogan to use ties with Trump to defuse S-400 tensions
Jun 20, 2019 (AFP)
Erdogan and Trump are due to meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, at the end of June, a month before a US deadline to Turkey to renounce its...
Lockheed Martin awarded $76.7M for AEGIS development, test sites
Jun 20, 2019 (UPI)
Work by Lockheed's Rotary and Mission Systems is for the Combat Systems Engineering Development Site, SPY-1A Test Facility and Naval Systems Computing Center in...
U.S. considers sanctions on Turkey over plans to buy Russian air defense system
Jun 20, 2019 (UPI)
At issue is a plan by Turkey, a NATO member, to purchase the S-400 surface-to-air missile defense system. On Friday the Pentagon announced it would remove Turke...
Turkey says US ultimatum over Russian S-400 'not in spirit of alliance'
Jun 18, 2019 (AFP)
The Turkish defence ministry said in a statement that "the wording and approach" of a letter sent this month by Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan "wa...
Syria says air defence downs Israeli missiles
Jun 12, 2019 (AFP)
The attack was launched in the early hours of the morning against the Tall al-Hara sector near the Golan Heights, according to official news agency SANA, which ...
Syrian air defence fires at 'enemy missiles' in Damascus: state media
Jun 02, 2019 (AFP)
"At dawn Sunday, enemy air targets arrived from the occupied Golan", the military source said. "Our air defence blocked and shot down these enemy missiles which...
Pentagon calls Turkey plan to buy Russian missiles 'devastating'
May 30, 2019 (AFP)
Kathryn Wheelbarger, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, said that Ankara's planned purchase of the S-400 system would dam...
Erdogan offers Trump working group on Russian missiles
May 29, 2019 (AFP)
The move to buy the Russian S-400 system over America's Patriot equivalent has been a major source of tension between the NATO allies, leading to threats of US ...
Washington says 'possible' Ankara will reject Russian missiles
May 16, 2019 (AFP)
Washington has warned for months that Turkey's adoption of the Russian S-400 missile system would endanger Western defense and jeopardize Ankara's planned purch...
Patriot system, transport ship sent to Middle East as Iran tensions rise
May 13, 2019 (UPI)
On Friday, the Pentagon announced the ship and an additional launching system for PAC-3 missiles are part of the U.S. Central Command's original request from ea...
Lockheed Martin awarded $84.9 million Navy contract for AEGIS system development
May 08, 2019 (UPI)
The contract is a cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to a prior contract, the Defense Department said on Tuesday. It covers combat system engineering, archite...
State Department approves $2.7B Patriot system sale to UAE
May 06, 2019 (UPI)
On Friday, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of the possible sale of Patriot Advanced Capability 3...
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