Новости ВПК иностранных СМИ за 10.02.2019

GROTON -- Frank 'Mick' O'Beirne Jr., a key figure in thwarting attempts to close the Naval Submarine Base and a long-serving former Town Councilor, died Monday at age 82.He was remembered this week by community members who spoke about his dedication to both his community and country.Capt. ...

A former U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesman who moonlighted as a PR guru for 'Fat Leonard' Glenn Francis was sentenced to six months in prison Friday. Now-retired Navy Capt. Jeffrey Breslau also must pay a $20, ...

U.S. amphibious warfare forces are this Nation's first line of defense. They are a unique strategic and operational capability. The demand for amphibious warfare forces by Combatant Commanders routinely exceeds their availability. At present, the U.S. has 32 amphibious warfare ships of all classes. ...

Mi-35 - the Russia-made assault anti-armour helicopter - will unleash its firepower in the upcoming Indian Air Force's (IAF) exercise 'Vayushakti 2019,' which is due to begin from February 16..The Mi-35 is an assault anti-armour helicopter, which can be used in numerous combat roles. ...

WASHINGTON -- Shannon Kent, the Navy linguist killed in Syria last month in a suicide bomb blast, was posthumously promoted Friday, the service announced.Kent, a 35-year-old mother of two, has been advanced to senior chief petty officer. She was a chief petty officer when she was killed Jan. ...

Amid the shrinking dollar inflows, Pakistan will have to cough up over $5 billion up to June this year in shape of repayments as principal and mark-up on foreign loans and international bonds, making it harder for the PTI-led government to avoid balance of payments crisis, The News has learnt. ...

Technology investor Paul Meeks is no longer avoiding the group that made him famous on Wall Street. Meeks, who ran the world's biggest tech fund for Merrill Lynch in the late 1990s and early 2000s, expects the tech-heavy Nasdaq to end the year at least 10 percent higher. ...

THE maritime zone in India's neighbourhood is now strategically significant and falls in the zone of connected security. That is why the news that China could sell an aircraft carrier to Pakistan, without a timeline attached to the proposal, needs a holistic examination, ...

The cuts could fuel investor worries that demand for the Model 3 in the United States has tailed off after a large tax break for consumers expired last year and the car remains too expensive for most consumers.'There are not enough deliveries,' one of the former employees told Reuters. ...

S-300 surface-to-air missile systems are now active in Syria, according to images captured by an Israeli Eros-B satellite. 'Three erected s-300 launchers observed by the ISI (ImageSat International) for the first time since arriving from Russia and deploying in Masyaf (October 2018). ...

A San Diego-based sailor is facing court-martial for allegedly pointing an unloaded gun at a fellow sailor and pulling the trigger. Assigned to Beachmaster Unit 1, Gunner's Mate Seaman Apprentice Khali K. Lane, 20, was arraigned last month at Naval Base San Diego, according to court records. ...

India on Saturday said that Arunachal Pradesh is an 'integral and inalienable part' of the country after China 'firmly opposed' Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the sensitive border state.Condemning Prime Minister Modi's visit, ...

The U.S. Attorney's office has granted testimonial immunity to seven SEALs tied to the war crimes case against Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward 'Eddie' Gallagher, who is accused of executing a wounded Islamic State prisoner in Iraq in 2017. ...

Pakistan's economy is in a shambolic state but the country is looking at ways to increase its defence budget instead of reducing it to address more pressing problems.Speaking to members of the local press, ...

In a dangerous sign that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) has expanded its tentacles in the United States, federal prosecutors on Friday announced to have arrested a New Yorker who was about to catch a flight to Pakistan to join the terror group.While in Texas, ...

STUTTGART, Germany -- Air Force fighter pilots continue to be promoted at higher rates than their counterparts who control drones, but the gap is closing as the demand for remotely piloted aircraft increases, a government watchdog said in a new report.Five years ago, ...

The Centre has approved 15 projects worth Rs 1,000 crore to upgrade and modernise ordnance factories across the country.Sharing this information with TOI, secretary of the department of defence production Ajay Kumar on Friday said, ...

A new investigation into a deadly nighttime collision involving a U.S. Navy destroyer heading toward a secret mission in the South China Sea reveals several warning signs leading up to the tragic accident that took seven sailors' lives.ProPublica, a nonprofit that produces investigative journalism, ...

Foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday said Pakistan would provide all the evidence of 'sabotage activities' by former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on February 19.Jadhav, 48, ...

The Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) has launched work on the prestigious Diving Support Vessels (DSV) project which was awarded to it by the Indian Navy to augment its submarine support operations.Rs 2,050-crore project ::According to the officials, construction of two DSVs will cost в‚№2,050 crore, ...

The U.S. Air Force's ambitious 2019 F-35 air show plans come at a time when when Russia and China are actively advertising the capabilities. Recent commentary on the F-35 fifth-generation fighter has centered around its firepower and stealth capabilities, ...

If the aircraft ever gets off the ground, it may just be worth it: As Task & PurposeВ previously reported,В the Sikorsky designed the CH-53K to haul up to 27,000 pounds, three times the cargo of the Pentagon's current heavy-lift workhorse, without any significant changes in the airframe dimensions, ...

The Indian Army will test a new concept of warfare — Integrated Battle Groups — as part of an exercise under its Western Command in Punjab in the next few months, top officials said. ...

BANGLADESH is not some Scandinavian heaven. It is poor and overpopulated, undereducated and corrupt, frequented by natural catastrophes, experiences occasional terrorism, and the farcical nature of its democracy was exposed in the December 2018 elections. ...