By Eurofighter GmgH on Monday, November 18th, 2013

The U.s. has scrapped plans to buy additional helicopters from state-run Russian arms exporter Rosoboronexport amid pressure from federal lawmakers over Russian arms deliveries to Syria, a top US senator said Wednesday. “I applaud the [US] Defense Department’s decision to cancel its plan to purchase 15 additional Mi-17 helicopters from Rosoboronexport,” US Sen. John Cornyn said in statement, The Associated Press (AP) reported. Cornyn, a Republican from Texas, was leading a push in Congress to oppose the Pentagon’s purchase of Russian helicopters for deployment in Afghanistan because of Moscow’s weapons shipments to the govt. of Syrian President Bashar Assad as... Read More »

By Australian Department of Defence on Friday, November 15th, 2013

The pinnacle of the powerful US gun lobby railed against American media Thursday, saying it was biased and lying in regards to the heated debate on regulating weapons. “One of America’s greatest threats is the national news media that fails to offer a degree playing field for the reality,” NRA executive vice chairman Wayne LaPierre told an annual conference of conservatives just outside Washington. Congress did not pass a hotly contested gun control law last year, despite a chain of latest mass shootings that shocked the nation. The failure came after stiff opposition by the National Rifle Association and other... Read More »

As anti-aircraft shoulder missiles fall into the hands of terrorist organizations and guerrilla groups around the globe and threaten numerous planes, aircraft defense systems are constantly being developed. Earlier, what has the answer to this threat been? How can laser beams help? And what solutions are at the horizon? As anti-aircraft shoulder missiles only become more sophisticated, threatened aircrafts must be equipped with latest and most sophisticated defense systems. Anti-aircraft missiles that different terrorist organizations around the globe hold of their possession threaten both military planes and civilian passenger aircrafts. Because of the, defense contractors all over are constantly developing... Read More »