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  Vietnam’s Restocking: Subs, Ships, Sukhois, Now Perhaps F-16s P-3s?

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Vietnam-Reportedly-Set-to-Buy-Russian-Kilo-Class-Subs-05396/

  In April 2009, reports surfaced that Vietnam had agreed in principle to a deal with Russia for 6 of its diesel-electric Kilo/ Project 636 Class fast attack submarines. By December 2009, it was an inflection-point deal for a capability that Vietnam has

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  ALAS: the Missile Cometh

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/alas-the-missile-cometh-010230/

  The usefulness of over the horizon light precision strike weapons is becoming clear to navies, recently became clear to land forces, and was always clear to air forces. Serbia's Yugoimport has been working on an "Advanced Light Attack System" missile that

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  A Spookier Spooky, 30mm at a Time? Nope.

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/a-spookier-spooky-30mm-at-a-time-03023/

  In 2006 GD was contracted to repackage A-10 ammo for AC-130 Gunships. As is so often the case, there's a story behind the story. The USA's fearsome AC-130U "Spooky" Hercules gunships were having their old 40mm

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  South Africa Orders IRIS-T Missiles

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/South-Africa-Orders-IRIS-T-Missiles-04948/

  IRIS-T on Gripen(click to view larger) IRIS-T (InfraRed Imaging System - Tail/thrust vector controlled) emerged after Germany pulled out of the joint US-UK-German ASRAAM program, following testing with its "new" East German MiG-29s and their AA-11/R-73…

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  Peru Upgrades Its Lupo Class Frigates

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Peru-Upgrades-Its-Lupo-Class-Frigates-07060/

  Italian-built Lupo Class frigates currently form the high-end backbone of Peru's navy, with 8 of the 3,000t Carvajal Class ships serving. Four were built under license from 1984-1987, and the 2nd batch of 4 ships was decommissioned by the Italian Navy and…

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  F-35 JSF Hit by Serious Design Problems

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/f-35-jsf-hit-by-serious-design-problems-04311/

  by Johan Boeder in The Netherlands. Earlier versions of this article have been published in the Dutch press and Defense-Aerospace. DID has worked with the author to create an edited, updated version with full documentation of sources. On May 3, 2007,…

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  Dutch XA-188 Pasi Wheeled APCs for Estonia

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Dutch-XA-188-Pasi-Wheeled-APCs-for-Estonia-06602/

  Before Patria Oyj introduced the popular AMV 8x8 wheeled APC, Finland's XA-180 Pasi family of wheeled APCs was sold to a number of Nordic countries, as well as the UN and to several countries with UN peacekeeping missions. In 2004,

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  Next-Gen 120mm Tank Killer: ATK’s M829E4 AKE

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Next-Gen-120mm-Tank-Killer-ATKs-M829E4-AKE-06995/

  APFSDS in flight ATK recently announced a $77 million, 3-year contract, exercising an option to develop and qualify the USA's new 120mm tank-killing round for use in the U.S. Army's M1A2 SEP Abrams tanks. The M829E4 is called the Advanced Kinetic Energy…

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  Slovenian Army’s New APCs: Patria’s AMVs

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/slovenian-armys-new-apcs-patrias-amvs-updated-02358/

  In June 2006, the Slovenian Ministry of Defence picked Patria's 8x8 wheeled Armored Modular Vehicle (AMV) as the preferred choice for its 135 vehicle armored personnel carrier program. The APCs would come in 4 different versions, including a variant with

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