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Anzac-class frigate HMAS Arunta rejoins RAN fleet after AMCAP upgrade

The Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) Anzac (MEKO 200)-class frigate HMAS Arunta (II) has rejoined the fleet after having undergone a 20-month-long Anzac Mid-Life Capability Assurance Program (AMCAP) upgrade at the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson, Western Australia. The RAN

IAF to curtail An-32 operations

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is looking to limit the use of its ageing fleet of Antonov An-32 ‘Cline’ transport aircraft after one of them crashed in India’s mountainous northeastern region on 3 June, killing all 13 service personnel on board. Senior IAF officers said the force

Paris Air Show 2019: IAI offering Kfir NG to Colombia, expects to return Sri Lanka and Ecuador jets to service

Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) is offering Colombia an upgraded variant of the Kfir combat aircraft it currently flies, dubbed the Kfir Next-Generation (NG). Speaking to Jane’s at the Paris Air Show, Yossi Melamed, head of IAI’s Aviation Group, said that with the Colombian Air Force

Paris Air Show 2019: NATO MRTT to receive Elbit DIRCM

NATO, Airbus, and Elbit Systems have integrated and tested the J-MUSIC directed infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) self-protection system into an A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft of the NATO Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF), the Dutch Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Elbit announced on the

Russian Udaloy destroyer modernised for land-attack mission

The Russian Navy will take delivery of its first modernised Project 1155 Udaloy-class destroyer before the end of 2019, the Izvestia newspaper reported on 29 May. Upgrades to anti-submarine warfare (ASW) destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov will convert the ship into a robust land-attack and anti-surface

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  Progressive HARM: An evolution in capability

  The suppression and/or destruction of enemy air-defence systems is essential to sustaining US and allied anti access/area denial mission superiority. Robin Hughes explores the evolution of the AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile in advancing this capability
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  All at sea: Indian shipbuilding under scrutiny

  The pace of the Indian Navy’s shipbuilding under its LTIPP and MCPP has been slow to deliver platforms in a timely manner, according to public project delivery timelines. Mazumdar Mrityunjoy reports
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  Tatmadaw troubles: Myanmar country briefing

  Nearly a decade into Myanmar's stumbling 'transition to democracy', the country's armed forces still dominate a fractious national, political, and security landscape. Anthony Davis reports
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