34 Ergebnisse für: usa’s
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Poland Orders RBS15 Missiles for its Navy
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/poland-orders-rbs15-missiles-for-its-navy-02692/
Fire! On October 6, 2006, Saab Bofors Dynamics and the Polish companies MESKO and BUMAR signed a contract for production of the RBS15 Mk3 anti-ship missile. MESKO and BUMAR are procuring the RBS15 Mk3 on behalf of the Polish Ministry of Defence, and the…
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F-22 Raptor: Capabilities and Controversies
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/f-22-raptor-capabilities-and-controversies-019069/
The 5th-generation F-22A Raptor fighter program has been the subject of fierce controversy, with advocates and detractors aplenty. On the one hand, the aircraft offers full stealth, revolutionary radar and sensor capabilities, dual air-air and air-ground…
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Die neuesten Tweets von Sam Kendricks (@samkendricks). 2016 Olympic Bronze Medalist. Oxford, MS
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US MSC Charters Westpac Express Catamaran
https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/us-msc-charters-westpac-express-catamaran-for-15-more-years-02269/
The Westpac Express fast ferry ship has been instrumental in changing the way the US Navy approaches sealift in the Western Pacific. It's fast enough to substitute for airlift in many cases, and large enough to move a Marine battalion with its gear.
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Have Guns, Will Upgrade: The M109A7 Paladin PIM Self-Propelled Howitzer
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/have-guns-will-upgrade-the-m109a6-paladin-pim-partnership-04039/
The USA's 155mm M109 self-propelled howitzers (SPH) were first introduced in 1962, as a form of armored mobile artillery that could stand up to the massed fire tactics of Soviet heavy artillery and rockets. They and their companion M992
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M1 Abrams Tanks for Iraq
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/M1-Abrams-Tanks-for-Iraq-05013/
Tanks often decide battles, unless aircraft are around. Iraq had a lot of unfriendly visits by the USAF from 1991-2003, which left the largest armored force in the region looking to rebuild their armored corps from zero. Early donations and salvage fielded…
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MRAPs and New Wheeled APCs for Spain
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/mraps-and-new-wheeled-apcs-for-spain-04144/
Western militaries are quickly coming to the realization that the light Land Rover, G-Wagen, and HMMWV type flat bottom vehicles deployed as light troop transports are no longer adequate on a non-linear battlefield with no defined front lines, in a world
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Virginia Block III: The Revised Bow
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/virginia-block-iii-the-revised-bow-04159/
Virginia Block I-II (click for SuperSize) "GDEB Receives $148M as Virginia Class Lead Yard" described changes to the Virginia Class submarine's design that are expected to reach 20% of the $200 million savings goal by the time orders for the versatile…
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Pocket Gunship: From AC-XX to the MC-27J Praetorian
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/AC-XX-Gunship-Lite-A-C-27J-Baby-Spooky-05001/
In mid-2008 Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) made a $32 million budget reprogramming request in order to buy a C-27J light tactical transport plane and convert it into a small prototype AC-XX gunship, using "proven/known" weapons and