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Turkey & South Korea’s Altay Tank Project

Turkey & South Korea’s Altay Tank Project

South Korea's XK2 (click to view full) Turkey's tank fleet is currently made up of American M-48s and M-60s, some of which have been modernized with Israeli cooperation into M-60 Sabra tanks, plus a large contingent of German Leopard 1s and Leopard 2s. That is hardy...

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The UK’s Watchkeeper ISTAR UAV

The UK’s Watchkeeper ISTAR UAV

Britain has given the green light to the Watchkeeper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Program. The contract with Thales UK will be worth around GBP 700 million ($1.23 billion), and is expected to create or sustain up to 2000 high-quality manufacturing jobs in the UK. The Watchkeeper program also received recent praise for “best practices” in the UK National Audit Office’s (NAO’s) annual Major Projects Report….

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