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Nuclear Warhead Reductions Continue Despite Growing Tensions – SIPRI

"Despite an overall decrease in the number of nuclear warheads in 2019, all nuclear weapon-possessing states continue to modernize their nuclear arsenals." This was the key finding of the SIPRI Yearbook 2020. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the total number of nuclear weapons at the start…
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Congress Grants Ukraine $250M Security Assistance Package

Ukrainian Ministry of Defence announced that the U.S. Congress approved today a $250 million security assistance package to Ukraine for FY2020 under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) program. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. The statement, published by the press service of the ministry today, said that the Congress approved the assistance package on…
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Georgia to Produce and Sell Su-25

The Georgian Minister of Defence, Irakli Gharibashvili, has said that Su-25 might become a commercial project that the Georgian Ministry of Defence will pursue. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. "We have absolutely all the resources - technical, intellectual or human - to be able to restore, produce, produce and sell "Su 25" with our…
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New Satellite Ground System for SA by Lockheed Martin & TAQNIA

Lockheed Martin and the Saudi Technology Development and Investment Company (TAQNIA) will establish a new ground system to control, manage and operate Saudi Arabia’s newly launched commercial communications satellite, SaudiGeoSat-1 (SGS-1). Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. The ground system supports advanced Ka-band spot beam communications services. Also, it supports commercial off-the-shelf-based broadband services, as well as…
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Indo Defence Expo & Forum to be Held in 2021

Indo Defence Expo & Forum has new dates now because of the spread of the novel coronavirus. The event was planned 4-7 November 2020. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. The new dates are 7-10 April 2021. This is yet another major exhibition to change dates this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Several defence…
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Philippins Intends to Buy BrahMos Missiles from India

Several sources from Indian and Philippine have reported that Philippines intends to buy BrahMos missiles from India. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. Some sources quoted the Indian Ambassador to Philippine saying that there are talks for the purchase of a number of defence platforms from India including the BrahMos missile. “There are…
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Turkey Unveils Its Indigenous T629 Attack Helicopter

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has unveiled a mock-up of a second indigenous attack helicopter concept under development. The presentation of the T629 attack helicopter was private. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. The development of the T629 helicopter has been underway by Turkish Aerospace Industries since 2017. In 2019, the company defended the helicopter…
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MEGA Arms Deal Between Italy & Egypt Estimated at €18 B

The Italian government is considering approving of a new arms deal with Egypt estimated at €18 billion. If completed, Egypt would receive frigates, jets including Eurofighter Typhoons and a military satellite. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. According to the Italian newspaper La Republica, the Italian government is set up to soon approve…
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The First Flight of the Next Generation of F-18 Fighter

Boeing announced on 3 June that it has delivered the first Super Hornet test aircraft for the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angel flight demonstration squadron. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. In a press release published on its website, Boeing said that the aircraft will now enter the flight test and evaluation phase at…
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Turkey’s Baykar Reveals its Upcoming Projects

Turkey's leading UAV and AI company "Baykar", has revealed its future projects. Selcuk Bayraktar, Technical Director and Chairman of Baykar, said that after the recent completion of the production of "Bayraktar Akinci" UAV, the focus will be on completing the "Cezeri" flying car project. This came at the end of the documentary film "Baykar", about…
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