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Boulder Daily Camera
April 4, 2018
My favorite is one of the smallest expenditures on his list — $1.1 billion to upgrade 85 Abrams tanks. I spent five years in Afghanistan, one of those years working with the military, and never saw a tank there. It turns out that in January 2017 (yes, under President Obama) the largest shipment of tanks sinceÃÂ ...
TASS
April 3, 2018
MOSCOW, April 3. /TASS/. Delivery of four Mi-35 attack helicopters, four Mi-17 transport helicopters, T-72 tanks, BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles and other military hardware from Russia to Serbia has been discussed during the meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Serbian DefenseÃÂ ...
Roll Call
April 3, 2018
During the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, the military provided federal agents with equipment that included several Bradley armored personnel carriers and two M1 Abrams tanks. National Guard units also deployed helicopters and surveillance aircraft. But active-dutyÃÂ ...
Al-Monitor
April 2, 2018
In addition to the tanks, Rabat received tracked command post vehicles, grenade launchers and howitzers as well as 419 armored personnel carriers. The deliveries are part of US and European efforts to strengthen Morocco's military to deal with drug-trafficking and terrorist networks that are proliferatingÃÂ ...
Express.co.uk
April 2, 2018
Vladimir Putin ratcheted up Russia's military capabilities recently, following the poisoning of double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, England, last month. And today, Russian authorities sent their new 'Terminator' tanks to reinforce military capabilities and sex up the Red Square Victory Day parade in May.
The Diplomat
March 27, 2018
Despite these delays and Bangkok's turn to other sources on this front, including China, deliveries of the tanks had continued on into 2017 (See: “What's Next for China-Thailand Military Ties in 2018?”). Indications were that the deal would finally be effectively completed around the end of the first quarter ofÃÂ ...
Business Insider
March 21, 2018
Trump showed off Saudi Arabia's massive US military buys in giant charts — here's everything that's on them. Ben Brimelow ... The M1 Abrams has been the main battle tank of the US since the 1980s. It known as one of the best tanks ever made, and is in service in a number of variations with seven nations.
NavyTimes.com
March 21, 2018
The facility, with 20 giant underground tanks that cumulatively hold 250 million gallons (946 million liters) of fuel, is deemed by the military to be an essential facility for operations. In December, the Navy submitted a tank upgrade study that examines three single-wall options and includes improved repairÃÂ ...
Business Insider
March 21, 2018
Back in the 1990s, Russians sold the Chinese a lot of military technology, including the Su-27/30/33 Flanker family of multi-role fighters and Sovremennyy-class guided missile destroyers. This wasn't the first instance of Eurasian collaboration — the Soviet Union and Communist China were close in the 1950s, when RussiaÃÂ ...
DefenseNews.com
March 21, 2018
Despite denying the acquisition of the Leopard 2A7, it does look like Singapore is ordering additional Leopard 2 tanks, with the German government's annual military equipment export report stating that a further seven was delivered to Singapore in 2016. German government reports previously indicatedÃÂ ...
Telegraph.co.uk
March 21, 2018
The Chinese state broadcaster CCTV revealed a brief clip of an ageing Type-59 tank fitted with new remote control technology and seemingly being driven by a soldier sitting at a nearby control deck. State media said the Chinese military was investigating how to network the tanks to aircraft and satellites toÃÂ ...
Sputnik International
March 20, 2018
"The principal decision on the adoption of the Terminator has been made. The signing of relevant documents is expected soon," the source said. The BMPT tank support combat vehicle has been developed by Russia's UralVagonZavod Corporation. The vehicle, built on the chassis of T-72 battle tank andÃÂ ...
Voice of America
March 18, 2018
Hundreds of Cambodian and Chinese soldiers began a 15-day joint military exercise in central Cambodia this week, involving live-fire rocket launches from helicopters, mock tank battles, and anti-terrorism and emergency relief training. China will reportedly also donate tanks and armored personnelÃÂ ...
New York Times
March 9, 2018
It looks as if President Trump will get the military parade he has coveted for months. But it will not be on the Fourth of July — and it will not include tanks. Instead, plans are underway to hold a plane-filled display on Veterans Day in Washington, according to a Pentagon memo sent to the chairman of theÃÂ ...
DefenseNews.com
March 7, 2018
Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli has acknowledged that one specific unmanned program — that of a remotely operated tank — is ”a challenging task and a very complex program. But he added that “there is a number of local companies that have the technology to make the ground work for this ambition.
The Killeen Daily Herald
March 7, 2018
M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank crews assigned to Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division engage targets at a live fire accuracy screening test range at Mohamed Naguib Military Base, Egypt, Sept. 15 in preparation for a culminatingÃÂ ...
The National Interest Online (blog)
March 6, 2018
The US Army is taking a substantial next step in the accelerated development of a new Mobile Protected Firepower lightweight armored vehicle - designed to support infantry combat teams in fast-moving combat situations. The service, which plans to build prototypes in the next several years, is nowÃÂ ...
NavyTimes.com
February 27, 2018
The Navy is set to equip its Super Hornet and Growler fleet with bigger fuel tanks in the coming years, a development that will allow the jets to fly farther and provide ... Although new fuel tanks on a jet may seem like an innocuous development, the move reflects the military's renewed focus on preparing forÃÂ ...
Defense One
February 20, 2018
The military will use an new, computer-based database to manage logistics, maintenance and the supply chain of its new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. But there have been numerous problems bringing the system online. “Instead of being sub-optimized, how do we want to run some of these areas like an airlineÃÂ ...
Business Insider
February 16, 2018
After decades of research, the Army has decided to do a wide rollout of active-protection systems for Abrams tanks. The systems are designed to thwart incoming antitank missiles and other projectiles. Such defenses have renewed relevance for the Pentagon, which is refocusing on potential large-scaleÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
December 31, 1999
The Trump administration told Congress on Thursday that it plans to sell Ukraine 210 anti-tank missiles to help it defend its territory from Russia, in a major escalation of U.S. lethal assistance to Ukraine's military. The long-awaited move, which lawmakers of both parties have been urging for years, deepensÃÂ ...
Popular Mechanics
December 31, 1999
By late 2019, the U.S. Army could field up to three manned and unmanned combat vehicles to help determine the future of heavy army fighting vehicles. The Next Generation Combat Vehicle will replace Cold War era fighting vehicles with a new, modern design meant to kit out tank and mechanized infantryÃÂ ...
Popular Mechanics
February 16, 2018
America's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fleet, the backbone of the Navy's fighter force, is getting new fuel tanks, as you can see in the Boeing artist's depiction above. The tanks are designed to allow the plane to fly and fight farther than ever before. It's a move that is in large part driven by a desire to stop ChineseÃÂ ...
Business Insider
February 16, 2018
After decades of research, the Army has decided to do a wide rollout of active-protection systems for Abrams tanks. The systems are designed to thwart incoming antitank missiles and other projectiles. Such defenses have renewed relevance for the Pentagon, which is refocusing on potential large-scaleÃÂ ...
The Diplomat
February 14, 2018
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) currently fields the world's largest active service main battle tank (MBT) force, according to an analysis published in the newly released Military Balance 2018 report, produced by the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS). As of 2017, the PLA'sÃÂ ...
Daily Sabah
February 14, 2018
Two comprehensive reports put together by the Scientific Services Department of German parliament suggested that the 354 German Leopard tanks used by the Turkish military have not violated international law or committed human rights violations. The Bundestag scrutinized the actions of the TurkishÃÂ ...
Boing Boing
February 14, 2018
Trump's self-aggrandizing military parade, with flown-in tanks rolling down the streets of Some Republicans have been reluctant to endorse a military parade. Last week, Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana said “confidence is silent and insecurity is loud” and that the United States did not need to show offÃÂ ...
Popular Mechanics
February 14, 2018
More than 250 of the U.S. Army's Abrams tanks will be equipped with a system designed to sense and destroy incoming anti-tank warheads. Breaking Defense reports the U.S. Army, as part of its 2019 budget, will purchase 261 Trophy anti-tank active protection systems (APS) for its Abrams tanks.
Newsweek
February 14, 2018
The U.S. military destroyed a Russia-built tank, following a recent attack on forces supportive of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that also claimed the lives of Russian fighters. The U.S.-led coalition tasked with defeating the Islamic State militant group said Wednesday its partnered Syrian DemocraticÃÂ ...
TASS
February 9, 2018
NIZHNY TAGIL, February 9. /TASS/. The Russian Defense Ministry plans to purchase about 200 tanks each year, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov reported. "There is one task: to complete all tasks on the state defense procurement program. For the next years, we will be buying about 200ÃÂ ...
Slate Magazine
February 8, 2018
Some 8,800 enlisted soldiers were deployed for the spectacle, which celebrated the liberation of Kuwait and defeat of Saddam Hussein's military in Operation Desert Storm, concluded several months earlier. Close to 1 million Americans showed up to take in the event. M1A1 Abrams tanks, Bradley FightingÃÂ ...
CNBC
February 8, 2018
The former Navy SEAL who says he killed terrorist leader Osama bin Laden called President Donald Trump's idea for a military parade in Washington "third ... Robert O'Neill's scathing dismissal Thursday of Trump's desired parade featuring soldiers, tanks and other military hardware came as a PentagonÃÂ ...
ArmyTimes.com
February 8, 2018
U.S.-issued military equipment, to include as many as nine M1A1 Abrams tanks, fell into the hands of Iranian-backed militias during the turbulent period that swept Iraq as it battled the ... Eric Pahon, a Pentagon spokesman, told Military Times that DoD has not provided defense equipment to the PMF.
ArmyTimes.com
February 8, 2018
President Donald Trump wants a grand military parade to showcase America's military might. ... But reports that the president wants to see tanks and other military hardware rolling down Pennsylvania Avenue, emulating a French Bastille Day parade he saw last summer, are somewhat disturbing, if true.
The Killeen Daily Herald
February 8, 2018
According to post spokesman Chris Haug, members of 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division are currently training with 155 mm Howitzer artillery rounds, causing the noise coming from post. Also accounting for the booms: M1A2 Abrams battle tanks from 3rdÃÂ ...
News18
February 8, 2018
Recent developments indicate the Pakistani leadership has increasingly been realising that Chinese investment is more about the latter's economic and strategic interest, members of the US think-tank community told lawmakers during a Congressional hearing on Pakistan by the House Foreign RelationsÃÂ ...
Washington Examiner
February 8, 2018
Take, for example, this response to news reports that the president wants to hold a Bastille Day-style military parade in the nation's capital. “We already have 13 people who signed up to lay down in front of the tanks if Trump brings out a Military parade. This is not a Military Authoritarian State. We [sic] youÃÂ ...
CNN
February 8, 2018
... out the attack using artillery, mortar fire and Russian-made tanks "in what appears to be a coordinated attack on Syrian Democratic Forces," US Army Col. ... "We estimate more than 100 Syrian pro-regime forces were killed while engaging (Syrian Democratic Forces) and Coalition forces," a US militaryÃÂ ...
Albany Times Union (blog)
February 8, 2018
The Tribune article also shares many of the criticisms of this plan, including the millions of dollars that would need to be spent just moving weapons to Washington DC and the pointlessness of the parade which would not be celebrating any military victory or any anniversary of a victory. The president'sÃÂ ...
HuffPost
February 8, 2018
Shepard Smith Suggests Trump Play With Toy Tanks, Not Hold Military Parade. “You can get the little plastic ones and lay them ... President Donald Trump's dream of a big military parade in Washington is getting a lot of pushback from both citizens and the military. But more surprisingly, some people at hisÃÂ ...
CNN
February 8, 2018
"This was a much more grounded military parade in the sense that these are real systems they have actually tested," said Dave Schmerler, a research associate at the Middlebury Institute for International Studies' Center for Nonproliferation Studies. An official at South Korea's Defense Ministry told CNN thatÃÂ ...
Al-Monitor
February 7, 2018
As many as nine US tanks provided to Iraq's military for the fight against the Islamic State (IS) have ended up in the hands of Iranian-backed militants, a government audit revealed on Monday. The latest quarterly inspector general report for the US mission in Iraq and Syria confirms a string of on-the-groundÃÂ ...
ABC Action News
February 3, 2018
"We thought about putting down some old tanks but then we realized over time they would rust apart and start to look bad on the bottom, we wanted something to be around for a long time," Dr. Heyward Mathews, Professor Emeritus at St. Petersburg College, said. This memorial, called Circle of Heroes, willÃÂ ...
Middle East Eye
February 3, 2018
The US has suspended maintenance of Abrams tanks in Iraq following accusations that the Iraqi army had given at least one of the tanks to a controversial Hashd al-Shaabi brigade. According to the Baghdad-based al-Ghad news agency, defence contractor General Dynamics has suspended maintenanceÃÂ ...
The National Interest Online (blog)
February 3, 2018
For long distance targets at ranges of up to eight kilometers, the Armata will have the 3UBK21 Sprinter anti-tank missile. The autoloader is reportedly capable of firing ten rounds per minute. Almost all major military powers today field some sort of powerful main battle tank. But what would be considered theÃÂ ...
Haaretz
February 3, 2018
Despite the substantial cuts made in the number of IDF tanks, Levin believes this is not enough and recommends taking advantage of the window of opportunity presented by internal wars in the Arab world and getting rid of other relatively outdated platforms in the Armored Corps – even if it then takes timeÃÂ ...
The National Interest Online (blog)
February 2, 2018
“Special operation forces are currently estimated at 200,000 strong. The special operation forces have a diverse array of strategic, operational, and tactical units, including the 11th Corps, the light infantry division of the forward corps, and light regiment of the forward divisions,” the South Korean white paperÃÂ ...
The National Interest Online (blog)
February 2, 2018
The Russian Ground Forces are set to receive their first batch of upgraded T-90M main battle tanks. Initially, one tank battalion will be re-equipped with the upgraded machines in the coming months. “Within months we will be able to say that T-90M will be authorized for service. The first batch will be enoughÃÂ ...
The Local Denmark
February 1, 2018
But an EU directive on public purchases of military hardware states that member states must not enter into such agreements unless for reasons of national security. Denmark has previously tried to convince the EU Commission that the purchase agreements do not break EU rules, according to Altinget'sÃÂ ...
The Diplomat
February 1, 2018
While much of the focus has been on Thailand's purchase of Chinese submarines, there have been other notable developments in defense ties as well, including a first-ever joint air force exercise, planned purchases of tanks, and even discussions about a joint military production facility to advance defenseÃÂ ...
