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Hackers have accessed designs for more than two dozen major U.S. weapons systems, according to a devastating classified report a Pentagon advisor shared with the Washington Post.
Although the report from the Defense Science Board did not identify the hackers, senior military and industry officials with knowledge of the breaches say they come primarily from China, according to Ellen Nakashima of the Post. “This is billions of dollars of combat advantage for China. They’ve just saved [...] Turkish F-16 fighter jet which lost contact has crashed in south of country near border with Syria, Turkish media reports -@BBCBreaking http://www.breakingnews.com/ Turkish military says loses communication with fighter jet in southern Turkey http://www.haaretz.com/misc/tags/Syria-1.476734 Contact lost with fighter jet close to Syria’s border The Turkish military says it has lost contact with one of its F16 fighter jets in a city close to the border with Syria. A search and rescue operation is underway in [...] China Orders Troops and Tanks to North Korean Border China is reportedly beefing up its military presence on the North Korean border amid heightening tensions in the region. The troop mobilisation is said to be taking place along with deployment of dozens of tanks in the strategically important border region with North Korea, which is separated by the Yalu River. The Chinese military is on high alert over the ongoing tensions in the [...] WATCH: Summary of FSA operation to liberate regime outposts and checkpoints on the Mutahaleq al-Janoubi in Damascus. Syria’s army has launched a fierce assault around Damascus, blasting rebel strongholds and sealing the main entrances to the capital, witnesses said, as prospects for peace talks dimmed. Shattering months of relative calm in the capital, Wednesday’s offensive coincided with two suicide car bombings that killed almost 20 members of the security forces in the [...] More features: -This aircraft has been made by heavily modifying another aircraft Oh Iran…you never cease to surprise me http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z429/moeskyhigh/f31316.jpg http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z429/moeskyhigh/….jpg http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z429/moeskyhigh/…jpg http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z429/moeskyhigh/…jpg http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z429/moeskyhigh/…jpg http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z429/moeskyhigh/…jpg http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z429/moeskyhigh/…jpg they really surprised me, it looks so modern and so stealthy IMX
EHRAN (FNA)- Iran plans to unveil its new home-made fighter jet in an official ceremony due to be held tomorrow. The Iranian Defense Ministry announced on Friday that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will unveil the second indigenized Iranian jet fighter named ‘Qaher 313′ on Saturday. Read more: http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9107140712 The state-run Chinese press on Sunday announced the success of the first takeoff and landing of a fighter jet on the aircraft carrier Liaoning, the first and only such vessel in the Chinese navy. The first images of the new model J-15 fighter on board the Liaoning, which was commissioned earlier this year, were shown by China Network Television, the Internet channel of the state-run CCTV network. The J-15 is the first [...] Not sure how accurate this news is, if its true no doubt we will soon hear of it from other sources. I would certainly not want to be to be about in Gaza. Palestinian fighters have downed an Israeli warplane flying over the Gaza Strip as retaliatory rocket attacks from the enclave continue to sound alarms across Israel. According to Hamas sources, the Israeli F-16 fighter jet was shot down on Friday. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/11…-down-in-gaza/ presstv.ir Palestinian fighters have downed an Israeli warplane flying over the Gaza Strip as retaliatory rocket attacks from the enclave continue to sound alarms across Israel. According to Hamas sources, the Israeli F-16 fighter jet was shot down on Friday. Meanwhile, several Israelis were injured after three rockets fired from Gaza hit the Zionist settlement of Gush Etzion in al-Quds (Jerusalem). Palestinian missiles and rockets have also hit the other Israeli cities [...] WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT State media claims jet crashed after ‘technical problems’ LONDON (AP) – Britain’s Ministry of Defense says it scrambled a Typhoon fighter jet after an airplane entered restricted airspace in effect for the London Olympics. Read more: http://www.myfoxny.com/story/19111905/uk-scrambles-fighter-jet-over-olympics-airspace#ixzz21f4hnTx2 F-16 fighter jet splash down in Pacific near Kurils An American F-16 fighter jet went down in a Russian exclusive economic zone near the Kuril Islands on Sunday. The pilot successfully ejected before the jet plummeted into the waters below. “The Kamchatsky territorial naval rescue center reported at 8:30 am local time (8:30 pm GMT) that an aircraft was in distress over the Pacific Ocean near the northern Kurils,” Andrey Orlov, a [...] The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jump-jet was handed over at a ceremony in Fort Worth, Texas. The Government has ordered 48 of the amazing jets — the UK’s first combat stealth plane. Mr Hammond told The Sun: “It’s the best jet money can buy. “It is way ahead of anything anybody else is producing and will give our forces a battle-winning edge. It is a complete step-change in capability.” Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaigns/our_boys/4439308/Britain-gets-first-100m-superfighter.html en.rian.ru The General Staff of Turkey’s Armed Forces on Friday backed down from its previous claim that its fighter jet was downed last month by Syrian forces. “The actual cause of the incident will be established after the plane wreckage is raised from the seabed,” the General Staff said in a statement. “No traces of explosives or flammable products were found on the debris recovered from the sea.” Read more Russian specialists involved in Syria intercepting Turkish jet, sources say Diplomatic sources talking to the Sunday Times say Syria shot down the Turkish plane to warn NATO not to intervene in the Syrian conflict. Russian technicians were involved in the taking down of the Turkish fighter jet by the Syrian military last week the Sunday Times reported on Sunday. Sourcing Middle Eastern diplomatic sources the Times reported that the decision to down the [...] ISTANBUL, June 29 (Xinhua) — Turkey on Friday rotated its stringer missiles in the Oncupinar Border Post towards Syrian soils, as it continued its military deployment along the border with the unrest-ridden country, local Dogan news agency reported. Turkish commanders of the Adana 6th Mechanized Infantry Brigade and the Gaziantep 5th Armored Brigade visited the region Thursday and inspected the deployed artilleries and missiles, said Dogan. Also, the country’s Chief of Army, [...] The United Nations and Arab League envoy to Syria is to convene a high-level meeting in Geneva amid the worsening situation in the Middle East. The deputy for envoy Kofi Annan said he would hold an “action group on Syria” for June 30, seeking to find a “common position on proposed outcomes”. Jean-Marie Guehenno said the six-point plan forged by Mr Annan “is clearly not being implemented.” http://news.sky.com/story/953090/kofi-annan-to-convene-un-meeting-over-syria Russia suspends selling missile systems to [...] In the aftermath of the recent escalation in tensions between Turkey and Syria, whereby Syria was accused of hostile behavior for firing and taking down a Turkish fighter jet that supposedly spent at least 5 minutes in its airspace, today was a quiet day. At least until recently we saw the following footage in a clip uploaded to YouTube. Supposedly, Turkey has sent troop reinforcement to the Syrian border, after [...] Turkey has deployed a large number of military vehicles to the Syrian border. (Excerpt) Read more at timeturk.com … Turkey dubs Syria ‘a clear threat’, vows to retaliate AFPAFP – 3 hrs ago Turkey branded its former ally Syria “a clear and imminent threat,” on Tuesday as its Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vented his fury over the downing of a Turkish fighter jet. In his most outspoken criticism of the Damascus regime, Erdogan vowed to [...] http://www.aljazeera.com/watch_now/ Erdogan: “We tried o be calm” about the shooting down of a Turkish fighter jet by #Syria Erdogan: “We have been re-evaluating our diplomatic relationship with #Syria Erdogan: “Nobody should follow a discourse that is going to harm our interests with regards to #Syria” From Azizonomics: The whole world knows the name Gavrilo Princip, and that of the man he assassinated, Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Princip’s shot triggered the Austro-Hungarian invasion of Serbia that set in motion the chain of events leading to the Great War of 1914. After Serbia appealed to Russia for help, Russia began moving towards mobilization of its army, believing that Germany was using the crisis as an excuse to launch war in [...] Syrian air defences “shot down” the Turkish jet fighter that went missing while on patrol near the border between the two countries on Friday, according to local television reports. Reports in Turkey initially stated that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed that Syria had apologised for shooting down the plane. “Syria immediately offered a very serious apology for the incident and admitted it was a mistake”, Haberturk daily newspaper quoted Mr Erdogan [...] Colonel Hassan Hamada landed in Jordan at 11am America called for more military defections from Syria today after a fighter pilot flew to Jordan and was given political asylum. It was the first defection by a member of Syria’s air force during the 15-month uprising against President Assad. It is seen as a propaganda coup for the rebels because the air force has been viewed as fiercely loyal [...] One of the Pentagon’s most-criticized expenditures is warmly welcomed in tea partier Rick Scott’s Sunshine State. The F-35 fighter jet’s first missile floated wide. The second found its target, and an explosion brought the bogey down. “Yes! Got him! Woo!” exclaimed the pilot, Jennifer Carroll, a 52-year-old former Navy officer and airplane mechanic. But it’s Carroll’s current job—lieutenant governor of Florida—that explains why her simulator flight was being closely watched by [...] The U.S. has sent a number of hi-tech fighter jets to a base just 200 miles from Iran, it has emerged. The aggressive move could further worsen relations between the West and the wannabe nuclear-powered Islamist state. A number of F-22s have been sent to the Al Dhafra air base in the United Arab Emirates. Fighter: A number of F-22s have been deployed to a base in Abu Dhabi This puts the stealth fighters [...] RIA Novosti Israel successfully tested its Arrow missile defense system on Friday, the Defense Ministry said. An Israeli F-15 fighter jet launched a Blue Sparrow, a missile developed to impersonate long-range Iranian ballistic missiles. The Arrow detected the incoming “enemy” missile and tracked it together with the US X-Band radar deployed in the Negev Desert. Read more What do Plastic Bags and Military Contractors Have in Common? One Congressman A Republican running for an open seat in the California Assembly has received unusually large donations from defense contractors, possibly because of her congressman-husband who holds a powerful position in Washington. Outraged by Los Angeles County’s 10-cent tax on plastic grocery bags, Patricia McKeon decided to run for an Assembly seat that overlaps with her spouse’s congressional district. Her husband, [...] A U.S. Predator drone, along with a French fighter jet, fired on the convoy said to be carrying Muammar Qaddafi in the moments before his death, a U.S. defense official told Fox News on Thursday. The official said the drone and French jet fired on a “large convoy” leaving Qaddafi’s hometown of Sirte. A French defense official earlier said about 80 vehicles were in the convoy — the official said the [...] By William Wan and Peter Finn, Published: July 4 At the most recent Zhuhai air show, the premier event for China’s aviation industry, crowds swarmed around a model of an armed, jet-propelled drone and marveled at the accompanying display of its purported martial prowess. In a video and map, the thin, sleek drone locates what appears to be a U.S. aircraft carrier group near an island with [...] A new Pentagon forecast showing the total cost of owning and operating a fleet of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters topping $1 trillion over more than 50 years has caused a case of sticker shock in Washington. And that price tag doesn’t even include the $385 billion the Defense Department will spend to purchase 2,500 of the stealthy planes through 2035. During a Senate hearing this month, Sen. John [...] WASHINGTON (AP) – A House panel approved a defense bill early Thursday that would delay President Barack Obama’s new policy allowing gays to serve openly in the military and limit the commander in chief’s authority on slashing the nation’s nuclear arsenal. By a vote of 60-1, the House Armed Services Committee approved the broad, $553 billion defense blueprint that would provide a 1.6 percent increase in [...] |
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