SP's MAI Issue No. 8 | April 16-30, 2013 - Military Updates
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MILITARY / VIEWPOINT
Soft to pulp
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC KatochIn mocking its military, the pulp government should heed former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s famous words, “As the nation’s final safeguard, the army cannot afford a failure in either circumstance.
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MILITARY / EXPERT OPINION
Pakistani nuclear bomb
By Air Marshal (Retd) Anil ChopraZulfiqar Ali Bhutto is credited to be the founder of Pakistan’s atomic bomb. In 1956 he played a key role in setting up the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC).
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MILITARY
Agni-II hits target area accuratelyThe Strategic Forces Command (SFC), fired the medium-range Agni-II missile propelled by the solid rocket propellant system, with a range capability of over 1,700 km utilising the range facility at Wheelers Island...
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MILITARY
Araguari, 3rd OPV of Brazilian Navy on sea trialsThe Brazilian Navy’s latest BAE Systems built warship has set sail for the first time to be put through her paces on an extensive programme of sea trials off the UK coast.
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MILITARY
Ricardo receives order for additional Foxhound vehiclesRicardo has received an order from prime contractor General Dynamics Land Systems-Force Protection Europe (GDLS-FPE), for the assembly of 76 additional vehicles...
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MILITARY
Brazil to buy German anti-aircraft tanksBrazil will buy 34 1A2 Gepard antiaircraft tanks from Germany to provide security at major religious and sporting events, like the upcoming World Cup. The tanks are likely to be used when Brazil hosts the World Cup next year...
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MILITARY
Lockheed Martin's Havoc completes marine testsLockheed Martin’s Havoc 8x8, an eightwheel-drive armoured modular vehicle, successfully completed amphibious testing as part of its evaluation for the marine personnel carrier (MPC) competition.
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MILITARY
Exelis wins Italian Army night vision orderITT Exelis (XLS) has received a contract from Selex ES to manufacture the binocular i-Aware tactical mobility night vision goggle (TM-NVG) for the Italian Army’s Future Soldier programme.
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MILITARY
New-generation Casspir raises the standards for mine-protected vehiclesDenel Mechem, the company which designs and manufactures the durable vehicle Casspir, have upgraded the hull protection...
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MILITARY
PAC-3 missiles intercept TBM targetLockheed Martin’s PAC-3 missile successfully detected, tracked and intercepted a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) in a lower tier project office flight test recently at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
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MILITARY
iRobot wins $29 million US Navy robot orderiRobot Corp., Bedford, Massachusetts, is being awarded a $2,87,76,935 modification to previously awarded contract for the procurement of Man Transportable Robotic System production systems...
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MILITARY / SIMULATION
Meggitt Training Systems awarded army targetry systemsSince December 2012, Meggitt Training Systems (MTS) has been awarded delivery orders worth $7.9 million to support the US Army’s Targetry...
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MILITARY / SIMULATION
Urban Warrior 5 in understanding future battlefieldThe British Army in January this year conducted its largest virtual battle simulation, involving 220 soldiers. The experiment was carried out at the Army’s Land Warfare Centre in Warminster, Wiltshire.
