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Rapid Fire 2010-08-10: Support for Georgia?

Rapid Fire 2010-08-10: Support for Georgia?

* Russia is moving to reduce reliance on the Ukraine for defense industrial work. * ITT to sell off its CAS defense systems engineering and technical assistance unit in Huntsville, AL to Wyle for $235 million in an effort to expand in non-defense segments. * Christmas...

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Mk47 Striker40: GD’s Auto-Programmed 40mm GMG

Mk47 Striker40: GD’s Auto-Programmed 40mm GMG

MK47 Striker40(click to view full) 40mm grenade machine guns (GMGs) like the Mk19 are extremely effective weapons against lightly protected opponents, offering fast firepower overmatch against superior numbers. This has made them an increasingly popular choice on the...

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Rapid Fire: 2010-08-09

Rapid Fire: 2010-08-09

* Footlong Sub: Iranian navy takes delivery of 4 Ghadir class midget submarines, the 1st Iranian-built class of submarine, which is thought to be based on the North Korean Sang-O class coastal submarine. * Bulking Up: Iran says it is beefing up its indigenous Mersad...

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Bulgaria’s Finances Squeezing Existing Arms Deals

Bulgaria’s Finances Squeezing Existing Arms Deals

F910 Wielingen(click to view full) Bulgaria's government recently allocated BGN 256 million (about EUR 131M/ $174M) from the country's fiscal reserve in order to complete a number of arms deals, lest it find key defense items repossessed. Bulgaria is actually one of...

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Rapid Fire 2010-08-06: Boeing Acquires Argon ST

Rapid Fire 2010-08-06: Boeing Acquires Argon ST

* USAF 59th Medical Wing Clinical Research division at Lackland AFB, TX are studying vascular injuries and their effects on limbs, based on field experience in Iraq and Afghanistan where these injuries are 75% more common than previous wars. Their subject model...

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Rapid Fire 2010-08-05: Israel’s Talpiot

Rapid Fire 2010-08-05: Israel’s Talpiot

* The Israeli approach linking threats to military budgeting... and their "Talpiot" program that has started plucking top 18 year olds out of standard military service and putting them to work solving key problems in the government, military and industry. * They'll...

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Rapid Fire: 2010-08-04

Rapid Fire: 2010-08-04

* Chinese Exercises: China is conducting major air defense exercises in Shandong and Henan provinces involving more than 10,000 troops from the naval and army aviation units and land-based air defense forces, as well as 100 aircraft, including the J-10 fighter. * How...

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Italy Upgrades its Army with Shadow UAVs

Italy Upgrades its Army with Shadow UAVs

RQ-7, Iraq(click to view larger) Textron subsidiary AAI Corporation recently announced that Italy's Ministry of Defense Directorate of General Aeronautical Armament will buy 4 RQ-7B Shadow 200 systems for the Italian Army, under a EUR 51 million (about $64 million)...

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Rapid Fire 2010-08-03: Tactical Radios for Congo

Rapid Fire 2010-08-03: Tactical Radios for Congo

* Alternate QDR: "We cannot reverse the decline of shipbuilding, buy enough naval aircraft, recapitalize Army equipment, buy the F-35 requirement, purchase a new aerial tanker, increase deep strike capability, and recapitalize the bomber fleet just by saving $10-15...

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